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s. I I -.1 ' -I - f r V ! L L I A M H. BE ENABD Editor and Proprietor. , j WILMINGTON, N. C. - Friday, -. - February 10, 1899. THE EXPECTED HAS HAPPENED. The announcement that there has been fighting (at Manila" between the American forces and the Filipinos does not come ar a surprise, for It hasjbeen apparent for some time that only the coolest headed man agement both sides could avert a collision. It was stated in the dis- patches a few days ago that "it was I doubtful if even Deey?s diplomacy could prevent a clash," from which it may be inferred that Dewey has been doing, all ho could . to prevent the spilling of blood, but it ' has come, blood has been shed and more will be s.hed. . . - If these reports be&ue. the treaty, will be ratified, if it has not been ratified at this writing, for the fact that blood has been shed, American lives lost, and that the s attack was made by the Filipinos will quiet opposition and unite not only the 'Senators who .differed, ,but-the American people Batification -will be - the necessary step to assert sovereignty, for we cannot make war on those people, save in self-defence,1 until sover eignty is asserted. We therefore take it for granted" that the treaty will be ratified if it has not already been, and that instead of trying - to. placate our late allies they will be dealt with as enemies until they desist from aggressive opposition and acknowledge, or at least submit to,, the sovereignty we claim. It is somewhat remarkable that the conflict 'of. arms should have taken place just a couple days be fore the day fixed for the vote in the Senate on the' peace treaty, and if the attack was made; as reported, by the Filipinos, it is proof of their amazing stupidity to thus invite and provoke battle against a powerful foe, when such strenuous " efforts were being made by the opponents of imperialism to prevent; trouble and to secure them the independence they fought Spain for. In this they showed not only amazing stupidity, but cold-blooded ingratitude to that portion of the American people1 who," i spite of "having their motives mis represented, stood up as their advo catesjand the defenders of the claims they made to the ,, right of self-government. When they, fired on the. -flag and shot d6wn the American soldiers who marched under it they " spat in the face not only of the men who" asserted1 the. -right to hold them as . subjects, But . in the face of the men who through abuse and misrepresentation contended for their right to rule themselves. They made no distinction between friend and ' foe, and insulted all alikethat is if they were the aggres sors and the, attacking party. This is the situation as is presents itself on the face of the dispatches 90 far received, but where it will end? To quote Senator Piatt, "nobody can foretell." Possibly - Aguinaldo and his supporters who are leading this demonstration by arma may af ter they have experienced the effect of long range guns and the dash and ; valor of military skill of the Ameri can soldiers, come to the conclusion that they made a mistake and will' be in a better frame of mind to - listen to advice, in which event it will be, well; but Aguinaldo v is full of conceit and as full of ob stinacy as he is of conceit, and un less the lesson comes home to him personally he is not likely to- be much influenced by it, and it is said that he has almost unbounded in- . fluence over his people. They are, as described by a writer who spent some time among thern "halfjdevl ' and half child," a very good and a very dangerous material for a wily leader who understands it to work with--gqod for him, dangerous in the uses that may be made of it. If they bp brought to their senses by the first crack of war, very well, but suppose they are not, and do about, -ihe only thing they can do in that t event move beyond Hhe range of the big guns, -and jamp their armies in the interior, and leave our juris diction confined, as Admiral Dewey "said it was, sometime ago, , to the belt covered by the guns of his ships, s, what then? Then it means leaving the "rebels" in possession of tKe islands, save a thin strip along the sea, or it meanVpursuing them with armies, and that means, if persisted in, a war compared wth which the war for Cuba was a picnic. It is to be hoped that this may be averted, for there may be contingen cies in this beyond the ken of mortal now. There was glory in the war for Cuba, because its motive was noble and glorious. But there will be no glory in this, however it may end. ' ; Our consul at Paris says with the way " the automobile is coming into use in France, the horse must go. But judging from popular perform ances over, there the ass can continue operations. 'Here are two soap trusts coming along, one of $20,000,000, another of $100,000,000, and just about the tinfewo were talking about assimi lating the Filipinos and a lot of other unwashed heathen. ',.'.': OlffE OP H ANNA'S SCHEMES.', How much Hon, Mark Hanna ex pects to make out of his ship sub sidy bill if it become a law we do not know, but he doubtless expect to make it pay. But whether he will make anything by it or not there are millions in it for the favored ship builders and v ship-owners. ' How the tax-payers of this country will be bled by this scheme is shown by the following synopsis of ' the report of the minority of the House con mittee, which we clip, from the Brooklyn, N. Y., Citizen: 'This renort'savs that even if the bill were passed and repealed at the next session, it wouia cost me couuirjr $165,000,000, and that under-it the In tAprftitinnftl Navigation Company, which is to receive a yearly subsidy or $2, 850,000 for twenty years would draw I in all ova SJ57.000.000. A neat addi tion to the dividend of the stockhold ers, truly! - , .' "Further, the report says the bill provides that a man who builds a great and speedy steamer snan oe paiu; iu bounties in twentv years more than twice the whole cost of the boat It is admitted bv the advocates of the bill that the bounties would be enough to pay all the salaries and wages of the officers and crews of the ships. It was pointed out that, the period of con tracting for subsidies expiring in tea vears. there would ensue a period in which no American ships would be built, for unsubsidized ships could not cnmnete with the susidized ships3 Naturallv. the minority asks why. if the public moneyis to be taken to encourage the building of ships shins, let us remark. . that are not needed it 6hould not be distributed also among farmers, mechanics and merchants. And really there is no answer to this; for, on the principle that a business wmcn win not innve without a bounty ought to have it, we might set every business in the coun try on its feet, and introduce some from other countries, too. How much better' off the nation would be, and how long its seeming prosperity would last if every, man were contributing his share of the subsidy given to every to everv other, are questions that do not trouble the statesmen who believe in subsidies; but the rest of the com- : l..u a:.i. lUMUitjr OUUU1U tUlU& 111 UYCl. i , The minority report calls attention to the fact that American shipbuilders are now underbidding foreign rivals, because they can build them cheaper, and advocates free ships and free ma terial used in shipbuilding, which would still further reduce the cost; and it holds that .tonnage taxes and vexatious fees for official papers &( custom houses should be done away with, and that with such a policy the shipbuilding industry will take care of itself even better than it is done now, and that is well enough. . - This bill was dictated by a num ber of ship builders who met in rimadelphia some time ago, but is fathered by Senator Hanna,' whose . name it bears, while Mr. Payne, of Ohio, stands sponsor for it in the House. , . ' Assuming that they are honest in the professed desire to build up a merchant marine, and that there is no grab in it, doesn't $165,000,000 look like a pretty big bonus to divide among the ship building - f ra ternityr ana isn't $57,uuu,uou a pretty large sized plum to hand over to one concern? xnere is little doubt that such a temptation would stimulate ship building and -ship-sailing, but if it be necessary now when it has been' clearly demonstrated that our ship builders can build ships as cheaply o a 4-Via Kni1i?aia a! onir nAiinfvtr ton will it noc.be necessary to keep it up x 1 A xt i i I i n to Keep one snip-ounaing goiig our If our Bhip-sauers cannot compete with the owners of foreign ships, because foreign wages are les3 (as alleged) than the wages of American sailors, will it not be necessary to continue the subsidies to enable our ship owners to keep these ships afloat? These questions admit of only one answer, these subsidy aavocates oe honest in the reasons they assign for advocating it? If they are really anxious to build up an American merchant marine without taxing under a false pre tence the American people to do it, why don't 'they apply some of the same tactics they7 did in favoring manufacturers resor to practical ly prohibitory legislation?- They enacted tariff laws that kept out certain' lines of foreign manufac tured, goods and thus gave the home manufacturers a practical monopoly of the home market. Wouldn't it be equally as plausi ble and quite as effective if they should so legislate against foreign ships as to make it impossible for them to find trade in our ports, and thus give a monopoly to American ships and stimulate ship builders to build them? Exactly how they would go about that we do not know, but we have no doubt that their genius would; be equal to the occasion if they were to hit on that plan; . - But the subsidy scheme has been tried, and while it has, as might have been expected, resulted in "the building of sotne ships, it has never been a success anywhere in accom pushing what was intended? Several European countries have tried it, but' England, which pays no subsi dies, unless when .vessels are so con' structed that they may be readily mverted4nto auxiliary war vessels,' in case of need, builds more vessels than all of them put together, and builds themj for the countries which pay subsidies. We have tried it on some lines running out of New York, some running to South America, and some to the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company, and it has proved a a failure in all, that is in adding to the numbers of these ships and in giving a better service by the subsi dized lines. We do not read of any new ships being put on these lines, while theships'ofthe Pacific Mail Company are decreasing in number because when it comes to replacing the worn ont vessels - it " 5an't compete with the Japanese, .who build their own ships or buy them in England and with their new and better appointed craft are taking the trade away from our Bubsidizedswps. That is the snowing for the sub sidy plan a's far as it has gone, but Senatpr Hanna proposes to be more liberal and to give money enough to build a respectable fleet of firs t clasa ships and keep t-hem running whether they make much money or not. " If they really want an American merchant marine and are more in terested in that than in opening the "way to. the U. S. Treasury for gen tlemen who contributed to Manna s campaign funds, why do they not consent to repeal the old navigation laws and let Americans who wish to go into the ocean carrying business buy their ships where they can buy-i the cheapest, and get the most, value for their money, just as Mr. Hanna goes into the- "market to buj his iron where he can buy it the fiheanast? If that were the case and there be any money i'n the ocean carrying business, American enter prise, would soon have ships on the sea floating the American flag, for our capitalists would go abroad and buy them, and when our ship build ers saw that they would very soon come to terms and put their build ing prices as low or lower than their European competitors, and would even have the business in their own hands.. But that isn't what Hanna is after. , He is thinking more of the loot in that subsidy steal than he is of our American merchant' marine. WHO THEEW THAT BRICK. Now that the war is on in the Philippines of courso the Filipinos will be charged with having begun it, and" all precedent provocation will be ignored and lost sight' of. The onus will be thrown upon them to justify shooting them down. Powder and ball will b$ the argu ments and the pacificators now, al though this resort might have been very easily averted, if there had been a desire to avert it. ' Secretary of War Alger has sent a dispatch to Gen. Otis congratu lating him on "the magnificent vic tory of Sunday, all the more credi table because you were not the ag gressor" - And yet the dispatches in form U3 that the first shot was fired by an American sentry at Filipinos who were crossing the American lines, af ter having been ' repeatedly warne This shootmg was doubtless in ac cordance with orders, and may have been necessary, but whether or not it shows, as far as information goes, that the first shot, and - that which brought on the fighting, was fired by our men. But perhaps shooting at the Filipinos is not, in the opin ion of Secretary Alger, ah aggress ive act, while crossing the American lines by Filipinos is. Of course the responsibility must be put upon the Filipinos, who have become "rebels," for that is the only way making war upon them can be justified, f j Aguinaldo may have issued proc lamations, one Saturday and an other Monday, d5e before the fight ing began, the other after, but neither of these affects the fact that the first shot was fired by our troops, and have force only in so far as they show the feelings of the Filipino commander, who in this supreme act or lolly showed his utter stupidity and -incompetency to lead his people by precipitating a conflict which, if he had the sense he should have been born with, he should have seen would end in dis aster, as it did. - But we are in for it now, and the only thing that can be done is to act with vigor and show those peor pie who may be disposed to under estimate the power of this country the folly of making 'war upon it. It is too late to hesitate or to parley now, for after their blood is up peo ple like those listen only to the argu ment of force. ' All this might have been averted, but it wasn't. This isa sweet item This coun try produced in 1896 793,548,431 pounds of sugar, : and that wasn't enough to go 'round, for in the same year we imported 613,793,237 pounds. A Chicago syndicte owns a 5,000 square mile patch of ground in Texas, on which it has 120,000 head of cattle and . 1,500 horses, and all 0 - the work an it is done by 125 men. One hundred shares of Keely motor stock were sold in New York the other day at 2 50 cents on the $100. And the. people who bouerht it didn't show much sense. 1 uen. mues tnints it isn't a mat ter of so much importance whether he has been talking through the newspapers, as whether that beef was bad. " i . The Russian hen attends to busi ness too. ; In addition to what Bhe furnished for home use, she supplied for export last year 1.475.000.000 eggs , Wanamaker made $2,000,000 last year, and devoted considerable at tention to Boss Quay, too. The Beat Prescription for Chills and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. Never , fails to cure; then why experiment ' with worthless imitations! Price 50 cents. Your money back if it fails to cure. Bean th M ma ion naw Always roup Stgutoi IMPROVED STORM SIGNAL SERVICE. Telephone andv Telegraph Warnings to : be Sent Throughout : the , District : Improved Forecasting Service! r Very decided improvements are be ing inaugurated by Mr, W. H. Fallon, chief observer of the U. S., Weather Bureau station in this city, in the mat ter of severe storm or hurricane sig nals. The improvement is in . pursu ance to instructions from Washington and consists of a telesrraoh. telephone and mWl warning service, which wnLht wisd of. the , party cover the entire district- for which the Wilmington office is the chief station. When storm warnings, are re ceived Mr. Fallon will immediately. telegraph or telephone them, at the government's expense; to the principal towns in all pacts of the district, which comprises Bladen, Brunswick, Car-, teret, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pam lico, Pender and Robeson counties. In speaking of the Storm Signal service, to a member ot tne stab stan vesterdav. Mr. ' Fallon said that the storm forecasting is now much more accurate and very much earlier because of the service which the Washington Bureau has established in the West Iudies since the Spanish-American war. Heretofore there has been no warning of Atlantic coast storms, from the South until they struck Key West on the. south coast of Florida, but now there are reports from Cuba and the other West India islands twice a day, so tha't cities all along the South tlantic coast can be warned of any storms Which pass those islands bound thi3 way. very much earlier than previously. Mr. Fallon says that arrangements have been made for the most effective frost forecast service, during the .com ing Spring which have been given in the history of the service; The frost forecast will commence on March 15th, and the warnings will be given "from 24 to 36 hours in advance. It is estimated. that this department of the service-; saved in this district alone fully $200,000 to truckers and others last season. - . " ' It is claimed that there was not a single frost last Spring which was not forecasted by the service. This Spring the citizens at any postoffice in the district can get the service by asking, the Wilmington office for it And the daily weather forecasts will be mailed to any citizen who will make a written request for them. ATLANTIC & YADKIN R. R. Officers Elected at a Directors' Meeting in Bilticnorc Will Take Charge February 15th. V Special Star Telegram Baltmohe, Md., Feb. , 8. Direc tors of the Atlantic &' Yadkin Rail road Company met at 2.30 P. M. to day iu the office of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Present i Mr. Warren G. Elliott, Wilmington; Messrs. B. F. Newcomer and Michael Jenkins,' Baltimore, and their clerks. Mr. Walters is away from the city. The followinggeneral officers were elected: J. R. Kenly, General Man ager; T. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager; J. F. Divine, General Superintendent; W. A. Riach, General Auditor: J. F. Post, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. The general officers were authorized and directed to take possession of the property at midnight on the night of February 14th. Other business trans acted was of - the ordinary routine nature. ' . "v Details of the transfer will be ar ranged by Mr. Elliott, president of the new company, and uen. John Kim, receiver of the C. F. & Y. V. Nothing learned as to issue of new securities. , W-M00RE.KEAT0N NUPTIALS. Quiet Home Wedding in Goldsboro Will Reside in Wilmington. Mr. Lloyd W. Moore, of this city, was united in marriage yesterday at 2:30 P. M., to Miss Georgia Keaton, of Goldsboro. The ceremony was per formed at the home of the bride's parents,pMr. and Mr. A. H. Ketaon, in. me presence 01 the family and a few intimate friends. jut. moore is a promising young man and holds a good position in the auditing department of the A. C. L, offices here and his bride is a talented and highly esteemed young lady. -Mr. and Mrs. Moore will reside with Mrs. Westbrbok in this city. - -Freshet in the Cape Fear. As the result of heavy and long con tinued rains in the up-county there is a great freshet in the upper Cape Tear river. , At Fayetteville, yesterday at 8 A. M., the Weather Bureau observer reported the stage of " water 50.8 feet and rising. ' , , :v . The Observer of Tuesday last said : "From present indications it looks as if it might equal the great Populist -freshet of January, '95, J8 feet," which broke all .records, surpassing the Sherman freshet by 18 inches. Great banks of drift wood are piled against the Ularenaon bridge and there are fears for its safety. If it should ero. the handsome irou bridge of the At lantic aivdjfadkin railroad would be surely swept away." The Inconsistency Of It. Although the Senator and both Rep resentatives from Cumberland favor submitting the dispensary question, to a vote of the people of that county, the proposition meets with no favor in the Legislature. This, it is admitted, is because theegroes can vote on the question, f But when it is proposed to saddle a bonded debt of $50,000 . (or nine-tenths of it) on the city of - Wil mington a debt totally unnecessary- not a voice is raised against it in the .Legislature, although the negroes here will vote on the question just as they would vote on the dispensary in Cum berland. Apparently, anything af fecting the interests of New Hanbver county "goes" with the present Legis lature, whether the white folks want it or not.- I . .y ": y . -' THE DANGER TO THE PARTY. , - - It Lies , in Local Legislation Not Fa vored By An Ascertained Majority j Of White Voters. - The following from the ' Raleigh News and Observer applies with great force to some of the legislation pro- . posed for New Hanover county, and is fully in accord with the position of the Stab: - ! The danger to the Democratic party 5 does not lie in general legislation. ! That will be given much deliberation, j 1 1 . 1 :n M.u.ji,. -u. 1 The danger is in local legislation ; such as the stock law, local, dispensary, and other such matters upon which there is wide difference of opinion in the party's ranks, If we could postpone such legislation until after the Consti tutional amendment is adopted, it would be wise in most instances. Where it is not possible to postpone, the Legislature ought to do nothing upon which there is division except upon the ascertained petition of a majority of the white voters. WANTED FOR INFANTICIDE. Colored Woman Said to Have Murdered Her Child and Skipped. Coroner Richard J. Price yesterday empanelled a jury to inquire into the facts and circumstances of the death of a colored infant,' whose body was found partially buried in a small roughly constructed box in the yard of Catherine Lowder, a colored woman, who lives on Ninth, b3tween Taylor and Howard street. The jury was composed of W. A. McLeod, fore man, and R. F. Duke, aW. B. Brink ley, H. W. Smith, L. Clifton and R. T. Burch. After hearing the evidence in the case, it developed that the child was murdered by its own mother and the jury accordingly rendered its verdict that "the deceased infant came to its death at the hands of one Georgiana Hawkins, colored-" The police, after discovering the child, at once instituted 'a thorough search for the Hawkins woman, but she has probably skipped the to wn and could not be found Atlas House Burned Sunday evening about 6.30 o'clock the Atlas House, on WrightsvSle beach, was completely destroyed by fire. The building was owned by Messrs. Schloss and Nathan. The pro prietors were protected by insurance as follows: $600 on building, with Mr. Frank H. Stedman; $200 with Messrs J. H. Bbatwright & Son, and $150, on contents, with Messrs. Boatwright & Son. The origin of the fire is not known. CAROLINA CENTRMRAILROAD: The New Board of Directors Mr. John Skelton Williams President Special Star Telegram. Baltimore, Feb. 6. A meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina Cen tral Railroad Company was held in this city to-day, and the following officers were elected: , President Jno. Skelton Williams. Directors D. A. Tompkins, J. Aug. J ohnson, R. C. Hoffman,; C. Sidnev Shepard, Edmund' B. Addison, Robt. C. Davidson, J. Brander Matthews, G. J. Boney, Jno. F. McNair and J C. Stevenson. PHILIPPINES SITUATION. Aguinaldo Seeking a Cessation of Hostili ties His Influence Destroyed-Mien. Otis Has Full Power to Act. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, February 8. There was an almost complete release to diy of the tension under which the rapid occurrence of events in the Philippines has held the officials of the adminis- . .... j ... tration since the hrst startling -news from Manila Saturday. This was brought about through the receipt of a bulletin from General Otis, summing up the latest results of the fighting .he has had with the natives. The state ment that Aeruiaaldo's influence has been destroyed and that, the Philip pine leader was seeking for a cessation of hostilities and for a conference Was most acceptable, and was interpreted as an admission that he had realized his terrible mistake. It is entirely improbable that he will be able to restore anything like the status quo or to obtain anything like the same texms as were possible last week. No one here now knows just what . Gen eral Otis intends to impose in the way of terms. , Gen. Otis to Have a Free Hand. Secretary Alger this afternoon re peated his statement of yesterday, that he had given tne general no instructions since the battle and saw no reason for giving any. He realiz ed, he said, that General Otis being on the ground and havinsr proved his fit ness, was in better position to deal with the situation ' than any one 'ir Washington. - Should the genera ask permission, tnereiore, to do any thin sr, he would be granted it imme diately, j . "Should he ask f or instructions on any point." said Secretary Alger, ''he will be told to exercise his own discre tion." Iu view of this case, it will be seen that no one here can tell- at present how Otis will act toward Aguinaido's application, iiut the opinion is ex pressed by men here who know of General .Otis' experience with the Indians, max ne will mane tne laying down of arms the condition in dealing with the insurgents, if at all. That condition being met, of course it wil mean a speedy termination of the re beiiion. t The local crude turpentine market opened up again yesterday. after several days of inactivity. The closing quotations were $1.35, 2.40 and $2.40, with receipts of 22 barrels . THE MODERN WAY Commends itself to the well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually whai was formerly done in the crudest man ner and disagreeable as well. To cleanse the. system and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without un pleasant after effects, use the delight ful laxative remedy. Syrup of Jigs, lr.J. 1 I'M T7l-I L . in.au a vj uaiuonua fig pvrup kjo. T Bean the .Ihe Kind You fcw Always Bsugtt of SENATE RATIFIED PEACE TREATY The Opening of Hostilities at - i Manila Had Much to Do With It. - r CAUSED A CHANGE OF VOTES. The Measure Passed by a Vote of 57 to 27. Only One Vote More than the Two Thirds Majority Necessary. President Highly Gratified. By Telegraph to the. Morning Star. - Washington, February 6. The treaty of peace negotiated between the commissioners of the United States and Spain at Paris was to-day ratified by the United States Senate, the vote being 57 ayes to 27 nays, or one vote more than the two-thirds majority necessary to secure senatorial concur rence in a treaty document. The vote was taken in executive session, and until the injunction of secrecy was re moved, the result was. supposed to be private; but the vice president had no more than announced the figures be fore Senators rushed out of every door leading from the Senate chamber, de claring that the treaty had been rati- hed. Some made the mistake of stat ing that there ' were three votes to spare. There was, in fact, only one vote more than was necessary. JNo vote has been taken in the Senate since that on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law that has been followed with as close interest as was the vote of to day. this anxiety was due-not only to the magnitude of the question at issue, but to the uncertainty which attended the matter ap to the last moment. Many of the vast throng: which was turned from the galleries after the doors were closed, inesponse to Sena tor Davis' motion lingered in the corridors, all waiting eagerly for the news from inside. j Within the chamber the interest was even more intense. Very . fw Sena tors left the chamber except j those en gaged in the cloak rooms in trying on the one side to gain votes for the treaty and on the other to prevent a break in the ranks. - Senators Aldrich, Lodge and Elkius," who have given their especial atten tion to securing the necessary vote to insure ratification, were doubtful 01 tne result when the secret ses sion began, while Senators Gor man and Jones, the leaders of the opposition, considered their forces in tact Half an hour afterwards it was whispered about that Senator McEnery had been won over on condition that his declaratory resolution should be adopted subsequent to the passage of the ratification resolution. When this news was confirmed, it was known that ratification was assured; for Sen ator McLaurin had already announced nis intention to vote lor tne treaty in view of the condition of affairs in Ma nila. Senator Jones, Nevada, went over at the last moment, making th one vote more than necessary. There was no applause when the re suit was announced, but many Sena tors heaved a sigh of relief and rushed from the chamber to give the news to the waiting world. " , ; Speeches Made, j In advance of the voting;, speeches were made by senators Uoss. Money and Fairbanks. Senator Stewart, who had just arrived from his successful campaign in Nevada for re-election, announced informally that in his en tire trip across the continent he had not encountered one man 1 who was opposed to the ratification of the treaty. Senator Boss read a brief written speech announcing his intention to support the treaty as in the jinterset of peace. 1 . senator Money, reiterated his oppo sition jto tha treaty and made a last plea for a modification of the agree ment. He asserted that if the friends of the treaty had agreed to a modify ing resolution that it would have car ried assurance of pacific intentions on the part of this go eminent and would have prevented the hostile conflict at Manila. j Senator Teller here interrupted the Mississippi Senator and there was quite a lively exchange of words Mr. Teller announced his belief that the opposition to the treaty were respon sible for the Manila battle, and Mr. Money declared this view to be absurd, The Hoar for a Vote. Promptly at 3 o'clock the vice presi de nt interrupted Senator Money, who was then speaking, to announce that the hour had arrived for a vote. But an amendment was offered, that pre pared by Senator -Vest, placing the .rnuippine, on tne same looting as Cuba in the -.treaty. The voting on this amendment proceeded quietly and as all the Senators were present, it was soon disposed of. The votes of Sena tors were closely scanned for pointers on the approaching vote on the treaty itself. The only vote considered as at all significant of a change favorable to the treaty was that of Mr. McEnery wno voted against the amendment Senators Jones of Nevada, j McLaurin and Kennv voted for it.' The vote was immediatelyay announced and pages were sent scurry ng through the corridors to announce -to the few Senators who were not in their seats that the cul minating event had arrived. The call proceeded quietly until the name or senator McLanrim was an nounced. He created the first stir by a speech in explanation of his vote for the treaty. This was the initial break in the ranks of the opposition. Mr. MCLiaurin made a brief statement in explanation of his change of position, giving tne opening or hostilities in Manila as the reason for it. J "I am as I have been from the first." he said. "irrevocably opposed tothe expansion of our territory, and should have voted against ratification but for the news that has come to us over the cable -in the past two days.". He then went on to say that the attack upon j ouj troops liad brought about a new condition of affairs and that he should vote for the treaty. This announcement created a hubbub of excitement, for while some Sena tors were informed that he had de cided upon a change, there were many who were not in possession of this information.. The announcement brought some of the opposition Sena- otnva tr Vtia oia -nriT-Vk vamiAnatMnnAa but he replied to them that he could not any longer see his way clear to casting his vote against the treaty. He- had hardly concluded when Senator McEnery approached him with a word of congratulation, saying that he had decided upon the same course. The Louisiana Senator made no speech of explanation the Senator publicly announcing himself only by means of his vote. i ; Senator Jones, of Nevada, did not vote on the first roll call, i but came in from the cloak room before the vote was announced and by unani mous consent made a brief and feeling speech. He said he was against ex- . pansion and if he thought the ratiflca; tion of the treaty meant expansion he would not vote forit as he considered a policy of expansion would prove the ruin ot tne country. The events in Manila during the past two or three days in his-judgment, werevlikely to do more to discourage expansion than anything that : had happened. But had at the time produced a crisis which made the ratification of the . treaty 1 necessary. He considered it a patri otic duty to vote forj the treaty and consequently cast his votein the affirm ative. s j' With Senator Jones' vote added, the roll' call stood as follows: . Yeas 57, nays 27. 5 I On motion of Senator Davis it was then ordered : that the aye and nay vote - be made public, and soon aftfr ward the doors were opened and the Senate proceeded with legislative busi ness, attempting to pass the McEpery declaratory resolution according to the promise to the Senator.'; The President Gratified. News of the ratification of the treaty reached the White House almost immediately after the , announcement of the vote. Postmaster General Em ory Smith was with the President at the time and was the first to congratu late him. Naturally the President was gratified at the vote and so expressed himself. , , Within forty minutes after its ratifi cation General Wilcox, the secretary of the Senate, appeared with- the treaty itself, which; he promptly de livered into the President's hands and then retired. Cabinet members, as they left the White House, were jubi lant over the ratification. of the treaty and spoke of it as a great triumph. WAR . INVESTIGATION REPORT IS READY. Dismisses Charges About Beef Furnished Soldiers Severely Criticises Mil Commends Alger. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Washington, February 8. The war investigating commission has now completed its labors, and its report will be in the hands of the President to-morrow. ! t - xne report or tne commission is a voluminous document of 150 printed pages. Tne report makes an import ant feature of the beef issue and dis misses as a general proposition the charges that have been made against the beef furnished . the army. It finds, it is understood, that most of the beef was such as could be properly furnished as an emergency ration, poiuting out that the evidence shows it never was intended 'to " be anything but! an emergency ration. It says there were only two witnesses who really testified against the beef, Gen eral Miles and Major Daly, , the chief surgeon who made the report regarded as the most sensational and forwarded to the commission by General Miles. As to the testimony of these two witnesses, the commission, it is under stood, goes on to point out the mass of evidence submitted to the contrary, as off setting this testimony. As to such of. the canned beef as was found to be objectionable the commission points out the effect of the tropical climate in producing hquification of the fat in the meat and the consequent render ing of the contents unpalatable. Most of the beef, though, is found to have been satisfactory for emergency use. where fresh beef or beef on the hoof could not be procured. Gen. Miles Criticised. ' . The strictures of General Miles made public on the beef and Hs public ex pressions in other ways, it is under stood, are subjected to severe criticism The methods and planner of loading the. transports inj .General Shafter's Cuban expedition! are also discussed and responsibility! placed for the re suits. The report finds that the state ments of the chemical treatment made by General Miles, on the authority of Major Daly, are not borne out by the chemical experts, who were also placed on the stand. It quotes from Major Daly's testimony and then takes up the testimony of chemists Clarke, of the Geological Survey, and Bigelow, of the Agricultural Department, who ex amined an analysis of the beef and find that, as a chemical expert. Major Daly is not supported by other chemi cal authorities, and that therefore his testimony is not worthy of credence. There are also said , to be--some recommendations as to the organiza tion of certain branches of the army, but, it is stated, the recommendations are not radical. As to the adminis tration and conduct of the war, the conclusions of the commission are un derstood that to be everything possible was done by the department in the limited time it had at its command in making its preparations for the war, and the report says that the conduct of the war not only worked out in the end successfully, but in such a way as to be worthy of great commendation. Alger Whitewashed. The report says that the'eyidence be fore the commission shows that Sec retary Alger exercised proper dili gence and supervision and that his subordinates also! were efficient, ex perienced and faithful. The commission is a Unit on its re port, and there is no minority report. At the outset, the commission di vided itself into i sub-committees for separate consideration of designated branches of the main subject of in quiry. These sub-reports will ba add ed to the principal statement of con-, elusions handed tq the chief executive. CAROLINA PINE COMBINE. Representatives of Leading Mills Con sider a Plan of Amalgamation. ! !- . Baltimore Sun. A meeting was held at the Hotel Rennert yesterday of representatives of leading mills engaged in the North Carolina pine lumber industry to con: sider the proposed plan of amalgama tion. It was stated after, the meeting that nothing was accomplished and that the plan to consolidate the lead ing mills was no nearer success than when first proposed, . more than a month ago. Boston capitalists are promoting the scheme, which aims to control the entire North Carolina pine industry. It is estimated that more than $20,000,000 will (be required to finance the project if it is carried out, and it is stated that those behind it are financially able to supply all the capi tal needed. A number of Baltimore concerns were represented at the meet ing held yesterday. Jeafnea Cannot Be Oared Cl by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. .There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ing of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma tion can be taken put and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; -nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars. tor any ease of JJeainess (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c ' Hall's Family Pills are the best, f o ear 1 1 FILIPINO FORCES STILL ACTIVE. American Troops Continue to Control the Situation at Manila. ANOTHER NIGHT ATTACK. All Quiet at CavIte-Filipinos Concen- trated at Paranaque Villages De. stroyed by Artillery Tennes. see Regiment Sent to Hollo. By Cable to the Horning Star. - -v Manila, FebruaryS -Last evening', as the Filipinos at Caloocan were evidently massing, for a night attack upon the American left wingK compa nies B, Ct and L, of theTwentieth Kan sas infantry, were ordered to attack and drive the sharpshooters from abambdu i : . jl. - juufcio iu iruui ui mu uring line where they had caused considerable annoyance all the afternoon. The battalion charged brilliantly, drivinj; the enemy like chaff and penetrating to -the very heartof Caloocan. First Lieutenant. A- C Alford, as cabled last night, was killed while leading ' his company. ' Me was shot in the rehead. Sergeant Jay Sheldon. . Company I, was seriously wounded. rivate Danield Hewitt (Healitt?) rnest Fritz, John Gillilan. and two others, members of Company B, were slightly wounded. Shelled the Town. Thirty dead Filipinos were counted' in the brush, and there .were many more wounded. The gunboats Con-v cord and Callao kept up an incessant' fire from the bay the Concord drop- A. ping many sheik in the town with tell ing effect. In order to avoid accidents from this source," General Otis was compelled to recall . the Kansas bat talion. After burning the outskirts of lh-; town, either shells of the American warships' or the natives themselves fired a number of buildings withiu the town, limits. Presumably, this was the result of shelling. No further attempt to attack during the night was made by either side. The Spanish papers generally come ment in favorable termsupon the admirable order maintained in Manila. The Union Iberica says: "We are satisfied that the Americans, who are for the greater part volunteers,- fought coolly and with' professional discip line, though without idtrenchments at the various points defended. They demonstrated "the spirit which ani mates them. The Filipinos, who are accustomed to fighjt in trenches and with guerilla methods, also fought bravely, but with less precision and' regularity." - Situation Unchanged. The situation to-day is practically unchanged. The American line has ' not been appreciably extended and the troops generally are takiDg much needed rest. Raconnoissances shove that the Filininos are in force in the villages of Pasig and Paranaque, ' probably 7,000 men at the latter plate, within strong fortifications. All. is quiet along the line when this dis patch is filed at noon. AH Quiet at Cavite. . Manila, Feb. 8, 5.15 P. M The ; provost guard is in absolute control of Manila.' All fears of a native " upris ing in the city were dispelled Jby the promptitude with which the outbreak on Monday evening was quelled. The streets were deserted last evening by 9 o'clock, and not a light was to be seen in the native quarter. . The Filipinos, accustomed to Span ish methods, are constantly inquiring of the American soldiers when the. prisoners "are to be executed. They seem unable to rea lize that orders have not already been issued for the execution. Indeed, headquarters is besieged by women anxious to plead for the lives of their relatives and-. friends. . - All is quiet at Cavite. Owing to the . lack of supplies in the adjacent village of San Roque, Commissary Milliken has been authorized to sell necessaries tCL those able to pay for them; and tJKere will be a distribution of free . rations to others. f 'General Hale's brigade, consisting 'of . the First South Dakota infantry, -First Colorado infantry and the First Nebraska infantry, supported by a battery of the Utah light artillery, oc cupies the most, advanced post in the American line, fully ten miles from the base of supplies It has an almost perfect position. Four guns of the Utah artillery, stationed on a hill hind the water works, command valley to the right and left, and be the the hills in front. ' Shelling the Villages. - Yesterday the Utahs dropped shells into the villages across the river. The; natives disappeared among the hills, the main body retiring to the right and the others scattering. Subsequently the Americans reebnnoitered and found the village of San Pedro com pletely deserted.. They did not burn it, and to-daytJfvillagers returned in small parties bearing bamboos to which whiter flags were fastened. They kept, however, out -of range. Later, signal fires were lighted along the ridge on the other side of the valley. . The American troops are in excel lent spirits and appear to regard, theis 7 experience as a picnic rather than x stern ' reality. One burly Coloradan who was discussing the capture of the water-works, said it reminded him of a rabbit drive on the Colorado plains. Movements of Troops. . General Overshines' brigade, "the Fourth cavalry, Fourteeth' infantry, First North Dakota infantry, on the right, did some reconnoitering to-day, -but otherwise they have been takiDg matters easily. The First Washington infantry, the' First Idaho infantry, and the North Dakotas are strung out from Blockhouse No.' 11 to th old. Spanish.trenches southwest of Malate fort, where the Fourteenth infantry is quartered. . A few native houses from which shots have been fired were burned, but most of the Others are either vacant or marked with white flags. The enemy is obviously concen trated at Paranaque. .General King's brigade, which includes the First Cali fornia infantry, First Idaho infantry, First Wyoming infantry and First United States infantry, has been com pelled to destroy- the village of San Pedro Macate, as the natives, moving from hut to hut, were firing from, the windows as the -Americans advanced. s The Fourth cavalry hugely enjoyed foraging for food. All that is left of ; Paco and Santa Ana is occupied by -the Californians. The Tennesseeans have just sailed for Iloilo on the transport St. Paul. Brigadier General Miller's' forces now. consist of Battery C, the Sixth and Eighteenth regular infantry regi ments and half a signal company, with the Baltimore, Boston and Petrel. Another Nlghf Attack. Manila, Feb. 9. 11 A. M. The Filipinos at Caloocan opened fire last evening just before. midnight upon the Kansas outposts, on the extreme -left of the American line. They main tained a fusilade of musketry, supple mented by an occasional shot from two bigguns, for about twenty min- utes. TThe Americans did not reply.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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