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PRlfcK 5 CENTS
WILMINGTON, N. C SUNDAY,;N)yMPER2;lS98
VOL. XL NO. 237.
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DEATH M Alt It A X SIGNED;
SEPiHATEMliU" FOIt THE
ACE
1:A1L
OF
Th e -Present Royal Family to Cease to Sit on
the Spanish Throne. -
DON CARLOS TO BE MADE-KING.
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l)on Carlos then t? Abdicate in Favor of JIJs Son-Aftitation Among the
l'liilipfmios in Kurore-They Express Indignation at Statements
: V of (ieneral Merritt-Connicting Statements as to Situation
- in Philippine Islands-Mort; Spanish Troops Sail
"'.' , - - i v. - .,'.;-..' i' ir. - ! ' "
. ; " from Cuba A merfcxin Soldiers .Stabbed by
Pliilippinos-'News from Havana.
' ; London November 19. A curious re- -Madrid for authority tq establish a
. -i ' Ji t. rirT.'K futiir rnv Spanish .chamber of commerce after
port in regard to Spain future go ;uatian bf the island by the
.ornmvnt is current in diplomatic cir' Spaniards.- the Spanish chamber to. be
Clt'S, Willi ij hnh . a'j,ujcv,(io .
- tl' jl to weight, th;rt there will be a
'change of dynasty;
but, a peaceful
" cnanse. 'The r.ieen recent is paid to be
convinced - of' the. . Iibpeles'sness of her
' on ever ia jailing and has, upm the
. evidence' of 'the emperor of Austria,
. decided, soon I'fter the peace treaty is"
signed in '.'.Paris,' (and e-yery--one r'j
gards this asvonly a question of. days),
to quit Spam with her family, and Don
Carlo.- will b'e proclaimed king. iverr
thing. is reported ,;to:;.. be already; ar
rangtd and the armyi and clejgy: 'are
alk ged to be nager for the . change.'
According to the . programme; Don
' Carlos, as soon as things are running
smoothly. wiH abdicate in favor of his
son. Jaime. r v i - -) -.
There as much',, agitation; among the
' Filippino' .representatives ' irL Europe"
over the Philippine situation. Ajgoncil
1 tlux reTireseirtative of ' A'lru'ifltfido..
ii'hrt li'iu liuon in Tinvis walfhirii? 'tin-
4,14.1 . ' V . . . - . , I . .
proceedings, of the peace comnssions,"
starts for Washington today., '' It is
learned that , on Wednesday last he
called a meetingj of all jthcr Kilippinos
in I'aris anfl Londoh to t meet him in
. I'aris, when a committee was, formed
V., w ith the object of doing everything
possible to induce Franc: to reciognize
- the-so-called filippino republic. A tel
" cgram was sent to Aguinaldo askj'ng
for iiistructiorts, and the foiimving, re-1
ply is said to, have been received: ,v
"Insist. lupon-'" absolute.' - Independence
Otherwise fiuht -to 'the,deaH:h. We ar
iill united and the government is pr.i-
gressing smoothly, ah tne inuepena-
, ent tribes of the mountains are - sub
mitting to Aguinaldo and the chiefs
are bringing, i.ftp,resents of gold."
The : statemetits maiifij by General
Wesley Merritt in reply to the appeal
of t-he Filippuio junta of ilong liong
to the American people have catrsed
" indignation among the, Filippinos.
They are specially incensed at the
r suggestion that they would loot and
; at the idea of being governed as a
colony. . -' ; ' ! '
1 - - Madrid, o'vembef i 19. Ah official
I dispatch from Iloilo 'says the-situation
1 in the Viscayas islands Is less grave
than alleged. -The rinsurgents attacU
on -lloilo is denied.' , 1 ; : -
Count' Von Itadowitz, the German
ambassador, has off iciaUy ' notified the
Spanish, government that emperor Wril
i .jJiam has abondoned his intended visit
" to Spanish ports, "owing to the change
:n temperature, in the Mediterranean."
' ; Manila, November 19. It .'is- reported -that
Jloilo,, capital of the island of
Pa nay, is in tho han'ds of- the insur
gents. The, United -States cruiser
Charleston, arid the United States gun
boat Concord .have gone there.
, The Spanish gunboats; Isla de Cuba
and Isla de, Luzon, w!hich were sunk
during the battle of Manila, have been
lloated and clocked at Cavite. . '
. : ' Pont a Del Gado, . November 19. The
1 Spanish transport AndeS'-thas-. arrived
here-' frorYr- Cuban ports; with a number
of repatriated Spanish troops. During
- the voyage the're were twelve deaths
on board the steamer ami ma'riy of the
' soldiers were"-dangerously ill on arriy-
"ing here. ' : -
.' Manila! ; November 9. Three Filip-piito-natives
last night! hired a carriage
and afterward bwame; engaged in a:
dispute with the driver r-garding the
fare. Some members, of the Ame.rican
military police- attempted-to arrest the
natives, but the latter resisted and
j Sergeant Price,, of th.e Minnesota reg-
ime'nt, was' stabbed -"and: skilled and
three other American soldiers, Maher,
Montgomery and Iloy't, were wound'e.
. Maher shot 'one native dead. Theeth-
. . -crs were ' arrested.
- Havana, November 19. The battal-
ion of municipal firemejv-'which form-.
: ed part of the reserve Spanish, army
and - which serveirduring -the entire
three. -years 'eajjvpaign- has been disfeolv
rtl. The entye? brigade with the en:
gines -and fire equipment will be: tunv
o over to t he municipality j on Mon-
" day. ',;. 1 : . ; ' . - ' '
The. Jiavana cTiamber of commerce
has cabled lo tht minister of slate at
Madcvfrom pars
cream of tartar.
against alum
Altn bafcic powders are the greatest
trznJctz to health of the present day.
ROY.t BAKIKQ POWSER CO., NEWVORK.
A II I R( )N E
prt'Mueu ovei u. mc t'i3U '-""ou
The police reports show an aTaxming
increase of crime in this city, and the
local newspapers, report twenty to
thirty hold-ups in broad daylight
daily. Organised : gangs of thugs and
footpads .terrorize the '.neighborhoods
on the outskirts of town.:. The police
are doing their utmost to suppress the
lawlessness, but ' they; are -handicapped
; by the recent disbandment ; of , the Or
den 1'ublico. -
CliIIUrn Kuriied to Deatli by Tramp
Jacksonville IFIju, November 19. A
special to- thOlmes. Union and Citizen
from River Jirnction, -Fla., says: This
afternoon about 4 o'clock three un
known white men went to the house of
AndrewSchakleford, a farmer living '
about five miles above, here in uecamr
county, Georgia ajid demanded . food
from f his wife. She was alone with, her
three little children, and offered bread
SUJ'ing
it was all she had. , They de
manded meat with an oath. "She be
came frightened and fled to the .woods.
The! tramps .caught the three little
children and set fire to their house,
roasting; the little ones to death.
Sheriff Patterson', of Bainridge, Ga.,
has been wired -to come at once with
blood hounds and strong hopes are
felt that the 'fiends will he apprehended'
Kstcrhazy's Sensational IJook
Paris,. Nove'mber '20. La Liberte pub-
lishes thisraprnins'. '.extrkcts.frOmv the. . -
aljvance sheets ,;of .the first part of
f Count 'Esterhazys book entitled "L'Af-j
faire Dreyfus nj whicn tne writer ae-
clares Himself the victim of Cataignac,
t, . . , ! v .
.(recently minister of war) whose en-
mity for him, he says.rises from the
fact that their fathers ; were political
eSeazyreasserts tnit he was the
to.ol- of. the general staff; that it; was
the general staff who always dictated
his conduct; that by' their orders he
i,T,khatT:M $XZ&
selected his;1 seconds when he chal-
lenged Picqurart and furnished him
with - "exceptional aiidH irregular
means" xt defending himself. He left
France, Jie asserts, to "escape assassi-
luiiiun vi uetiig unven tu uiuur i
Lieutenant Colonel Henry. : .
Foot Ball Yesterday
Ahnapolis, "Md., November 19. rThe
nayal cadets today defeated the Uni-
versity of ; Virginia
i
6 to
0. Cannon
scored the touch down lor the cuddies
and Freyer kicked v.a goal,
New Haven. Conn., November 19.
The Harvard freshmen - eleven' this
morning aeieate(a tne ,i;aie rresnmen,
with "the score of 6 to 0. The winning
triiin.li rlrwn c -rSio rlci-- xv-i'r ri in :tVo Tnct.
two minutes or me game oy. aaij, "ieit
half-back.' who had scarcely got into
the ravine--, t.n.kins- niAn's nio The.
field jvas a du'ck pond and the playing
was characterized throughout by much
punting arfd furhbliingj on both sides. ; -Providence,
R. I.; ! November 19. The
Brown-Dartmouth foetball game scedi-
uled for . today 'has" . been postponed
until .Monday beeauseyoi rain. ...
When 6u ask for DeWitt's Witch
Ilazet-'Salve don't accept a." counter
feit iSr imitation. There' are more cases
Piles being cured by this, than all
others combined. . It. F. Bellamy.
Cleveland Takes a Buck Hunt
Charleston. S. C., ; November 19. A
special to ; the News arjd Courier from
Georgetown says: Captain1 Tiobley D.
Evans, Captain S. M. Ackley, General
Anson McCook and , Mr. and Mrs. G.
S. McAlpine arrived iri; the city this
morning at . 6; 30 o'clock on a special
train over "the Georgetown and West
ern railroad . and boarded the govern
ment launch ;:Water Lily, which was in
waiting For them -and 'proceeded down
to. the Murphy - island : shooting pre
serves on 'the Sant.ee, where they will,
be the guests of: the club. Ex-President
Cleveland, and Commodore E. C.
Berfedict are expected here in the
morning in the latter's 3'acht Oneida."
from" New .York to join the party. - .',
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A Shipyard Burned
New York November. 19. A fire
which broke out in the ship yards of
John jH. Siarin at West New Brighton,
s-. I.,
"their
today,' burned seven Tsuildings and
contents andi. Caused ia 'damage
estimated to . be about $400,000. The'
Wowihg of the -wind , from the shore
prevented the1 destruction of several of
the steamboats of "the Starin Company
Which were tied up at the drydock.
Cbarlotte Crane Xot to be Iarrled
.'Fprlngfieid,' Fll., November 19. The
mother of Charlotte. Crane, the actress;
resides in Springfield. She said today
the report that- her 'daughter was to
marry Coxswain Peterson, o the Uni
ted Stales navy, was without .founda
tion. - .
For a Wake Couoiy 51 u rd re r-r-Federal
Irloner ItfiW lo Eat or Work,
neatli of Ir. Ianl F. Falon
'. (Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C. November 19. Gov
ernor Russell issues his warrant for
the execution here. January l$tlx ot
Jim Chavis, alias; Booker, who j.two
years ago murdered Mahalia White,
colored, near Raleigh. I
Twenty-eight federal prisoners in
the penitentiary here today refused to
eat or work. They are placed in'clbse
confinement and on bread and water.
The State charters the Greensboro
Iron Company,- capital $185,000. It will
smelt irpn and operate coal mines) and
railways. i '. . ; I. '
Mrs. Annie Faison, of Raleigh, relict
of, Colonel Paul F. Faison, died at
Hickory today. She was a daughter
of ; the late Hon. Geprge E. Badger,
Her husband died two years ago while
an Indian agent in Indian territory.
i -.
One
Democrat and One FuionUt
j - . Fjleeted j; '. . . - .j "
(Special : to The; Messenger.) !, -Clinton,
N. C, November 19. The
official vote of the Fourteenth senator
ial district was not . canvassed until
today on account of. the failure of Har
nett county to meet the sheriffs of
Sampson and Bladen yesterday. -: The
count shows that Mr. J,;W. S. Robinson;-
democrat" was elected by 27 major
ity and F. M. White, fusionist, by 24.
majority. Both senators are from
Sampstm:- The vote: was very close in
the district.
SOME FIE!SD INCAUNATE
Cominitfiia Horrible Crime on and tlien.
iHiirders a Little Boy I In tireenvllle,
South Carofiua . "
Columbia, S. C, November 19
A
special to the' State from Greenville,'
S- C.,: ja:ys: ; Weaver Smith, a little
white boy beggar was most fouly .mur
dered Thursday night in the heart of.
town and the mutilated body was not
found . until; nearly twenty-four hours
later. , 'A more horrible crime than the
murder had preceded the butchery of
the .boy".and.' the fiend incarnite :Who
did, the deed is "unknown. A long
ogh in the bOv's stomach caused his
.dcath and the entrails were, protrud-
:'. - . . ,
. ing for the body.
- - .
Weaver Smith Was about 8 years old
an(j was a notorious beggar artiund
' town, having a skillfully worded story
0f distress. When last seen by citir
zens ne was at J. W. Ricer's, sexton of
Springwood cemetery, Main street, by
yhT, h! was given . some food Aout
, 7 o'clock Wednesday night. From
there he went towards the, first brigade
1 'camp. He secured some ' money -and-
food I there and .visited the Fourth ;New
.jers4y regiment' last. '
. Late yesterday afternoon, a negro
wUt, ArA 1vw amnn.
weeds on Elford street, which ;is a
-side street, one block north of the con-
j federate monument. The boy was ly
! ing on the south sidewalk, which is
rarely used. ;. When discovered, he ray
- nT1 v,i fneP i. nil on bpine-tnrnpd hver.
the .cut in v the stomach was revealed.
The physician .' found ' unmistakable
evidence of a more fiendish crime com-
j mitted betore ueatH ana tne ooy was
' doubtlessly killed to prevent the d is-
' ' "
"iV " ' ' Z V a
camp to town Thursday, night heard
T,t'-- "Vtt "V-t1?' cr1 r i tc nftm ? n rr' firvm
cries on Elford street and approach
ing,!, found ; anotner soldier unknown
to them, .with a boy, who, the soldier
claimed, had lost his way. The un-
! . known soldier's command is riot known
and the New York soldiers; left! him
standing near the cjiild. It is believed
the boy was Weaver Smith; arid the
soldier his assailant and murderer.
The .crime has "aroused the greatest
indignation among citizens and sol
diers a.njd if the guilty "man " is caught
ana proves to be a soldier his com
rades will endeavor to make short work
of him. ; j
Attempted Train Robbery; f
San Bernardino, Cal., November 19;
"the westbound overland - passenger
train was-held up by four robbers'
about 1 o'clock this morning between
Daggett and Barstow. Express Mes--senger
Hutchinson drove them off with
a shotgun and the train pu,lld out for.
Los Angeles. At Barstow . the train
'mfc serft a .posse back to- the scene of
the holdup. ; where the body of one of
the robbers was found perforated with
shot. A special train with Sheriff Hol
corhb has left this city for the seefieTof
t'he holdup. . -
I i-r: - - . - - ;. .;.
Tliauksgiving . Dinner lor Seventh
Army Corpj - a
Savannah; Ga., .November 19; The
laclies of Savannah are endeavoring to
give the soldiers of the: Seventh; army
corps a Thanksgiving dinner. There
are 12,000 men in the corps arid the
undertaking is a large one. Contribu
tions of any kind expressed .to the
ladies thanksgiving committee, Savan
nah,, Ga., Monday .will be carefully
distributed. , v - 1 ' V
Constipation prevents: the body from
ridding itse?f of waste matter.; De
jWitt's Little Early Risers will remove
the trouble and cure Sick' Headache,
Billiousness, Inactive Liver and ! cler
the complexion. Small, sugar eoc -d,
dori't gripe or cause pauses. JL lir Bel
lamy. ' ; - i . .- - -
ThU ioaetr4i to be Taken I"p by
tor-;ovefijr' Ilnell Decline to
- Talk ou Kl(ul Et ent. 3
'. '-''v.-. a ":S;-M.pssener:: Bureau .. :
- Ralpi, C.,:' iCoeinber .-19. . :
The attoriii general Is now complet
ing the annptl report oia .the criminal
statistics 'ote state.
t witl be more
oomnlete tl.i6ri theretofore, as it will;
' -tot . " . - 1
cover alcries. .
It is stateSithat at iU next meeting
the railwaSa; commissi!
up the mattM of separate railway cars
for whitei; negroes:- It is said1 its
joris'dic'tioM- ample , to permit this.
It seems to reasonably certain, that
if it does-3 so act be' legislature
will take thsstep. Many if not most
of the negr leaders do not like the
idea Of sepaliie cars-, fan.'i. have said so;
but the ' wh "people ike the idea
and it has fMn the pafet two years
grown . gTeSg' in favori . ' .
.The sup r4'-court wfll devote next
week to'tbfepearing' off appeals from
the Ninth :jfiFiet.. t '
ihe fusio&tf elected 'two solicitors
Out of -the, -ti&lve, it is-pow; ascertain
ed. M. L. ;ft :and Mosfs N. Harshaw,
the latter -Wfthe Tenth district. The
official fefcims of the election in
Mitchell coiKfty . did not arrive unti the
17th..-.- TBesghow Hars'haw's election i
by a small-ljority and, also the elec
tion Of the!v'o fusion: senators. One
district is iyW in. doubt 'ndthe. senate
stands 39, tigocrats, 9 f isionists and 2
doubtful. Tfil. democratic claimed, two
days ;afer.'Mi elctjion was 41. .' -
Senator 8itlers;i newspaper, The
CaucasiarivSkif :be. in future published
at GoldsboMnd not he"e. :
Wiliamr:fpiBarker. of Enfield, has
filed a v61tiftary 't-tition: in bank--!
riiptcy . ih .tfnited)
States district
court here..
liabiMties
approxi'-
mate $15.0a4l
. -JW-
The statyibor, commisisoner is- re
ceiving 'ii&inatjipn. ". regarding the
wrater-poWpin about twenty-of the
western ariflp'ied.monf counties, to be
furnishejithe Bostcn people who
plan a $5,(fDO0 ihvestniept in North
Carolina- .. ; - 7
Goyernoflitussell returned today
from ' AsheMe after ; a five days' stay
there, duririwbich time he haa con4
ference,.:'witi.Sgnatpr IPritchad and
other repubMiansot prc minencje. : The
governor hdeelined tcf talk any poli
tics here siyjfe ;the. election or to. be in
terviewed l-iHrding. the .affair at .Wil-'
mingtoh Kjhas; however, intimat
ed that heriifty have'soraethlng to say.
Alex . M.,'awell is . fto be elected
mayor.of REigh,Decem;ber l'stlp serve
until the tifeft cegiilar flection, .Mayor?
Russ then lcom'ing r'a county officer.
The ; outfiic ; is that jthe state fair
this yekr pa;an ; expenses and prem
iums and a fear's interest on its $40.
000'of bond ;..- ,".
Captain Tc'Xld, the muster-out Officer
for the Se'd regiment, will be here
next .T1i4its8M and muster put the field;
and staff ahlS band. ;The eastern com---panies:of
jt ;regimenthaye behaved .
well, buVspffe -of the extreme' western
ones beha'v . putrageobsly. 'It was
thesei wetdra' men whp behaved so
outrageousiyiwheh.; furloughed here
in September .and they
repeated tneir
bad conductlafter their
Nashville:-'' ".
muster-out at
A CASE;MF IELLO
A Man froMJllcara'jua. Die oi Yellow
Fever injfffclilrigtbuIli Co 111 pa n
ion Sick orraie Dioeasie in I'ittstpn,
rennsyivgfrta - 1 . .
WashingK?ri; . .November , 19. Archie
S. Miller. tf civil . engineer, aged 32
years,-. sihM, died in at hotel fn' this
city yestenjy afternoon from what
the physicls have projnounced to b
yellow fevei; He; had been in Washr
ington t woftdays, having come t rom
Ne-v Yo"rky .; where 1m j. arrived Mori-,
da y fromcafagua, 'vhere he hal
been sincepisti pril. ".ITe left theyf;
about tweifeetiks ago on a ste.arr.fr
bound forfp'w York; b it wihich stop
ped at Pp"Lirpon, Cos; a Rica, an in
fected poVtfniler's ! whereabouts from
the time Whis . arrival in" New York
up to thes IQme' Of his registration a't
the - .hoteHlpre on Wednesday morn ing.
are hH0kroyn. After registering
he went.QUnd was brpught back un
conscious in 'the afternbori. Th-1 case
was ' belied to: be) an ordinary
'Mriihk'' i.he man was not dis
turbed unlfl parly Fr day morning,
when an itfiate' of a ne ighboriiig. room
heard a - n?ijie from the ipariment. oc
cuiped by filterancl a physician w;'s
summonedlp'Tlie. natiertt 'died : in itfe
afternoon 'lvithout ; recovering eorl-'
sciousness.lAn Autopsy" was performed,
which Dr.f, Woodward.; - the district
health -officer, says leases no question
as to the; Jpitrire of( th ? disease. The
body; wassff rapped in an antiseptic
sheet' and;:ke"ed in a qoffn filled with
quieklime.;ifr. burial. After Mr. Mil
ler's deathirM letter reafched the hotel
addressed m him. It .was from a .orn,- j
panion.whSfiadr been with him on the
way from jraijearagua, amd showed that j
' , r'vrV. steam -
er and thfcf -the writeri of the letter,
then in ISftston. Penrt.. w as at the
time of wiling, the l'Tth instant, him
self siiffer -from symptoms which.
Dr. Wood'rd says, to $. well informed
physician sfjjould .a.Pne'ar susnicidus.
Miller wa-srlffhiployed byl the Nicaragua.'
Canal rcorieiiisf-ion and
came; here by
order of thjEOgfate department. There is
no, -oecAsrte for . alarmf here, as
the
cold wea pip
?pr and trie
precautions
taken rendj the. Jikelihrtiod of a spread
very;remdgU ; . j, : ; ,
ihe onifis ot the- itanne hospital
service, alttihyestigatel the case and'
af t er ; Sfl rn a be r a t q r y
tpsts tor.io.hf
I pronounceait ; tre 'yellow- fever, 0n
1 - - - 1 1 V
learning fClfethe. Illness p
f-the man at
. fittstrtn,' l: Lee,; pf th
Pennsylvania
state boertlfiof health
Hvas communi-
eated wftlf 'nd at his request one of
the maririfet hospital ! ye
low fever
perts:left fy Pittston.
NEAR NG
The Spanish Peace Negotiations Likely to be'
Soon Terminated.
PREPARING LAST STATEMENT
The LastSpanish Communication Liiid Itefore tu'c Cabinet The Answer
Thereto to be' Made by the, Americans The Spanish Commis
sioners Overreach ThemselvesThe Negotiations IJkelv
to Break blT Without Any -
Reached- Our Final Proposition
Before tlie Spanish.-
Paris, November 19. The American
peace commissioners today have been
closely engaged in . formulating theC
terms of the important communication
to be'made to -the Spanish commission-
ers next week. It is impossible -at
present, .however, to.; detrmine whether
the work wil be completed for presen-
tation on Monday or Tnesday, though'
it is believed the Americans will be"
reddy on Monday.
While the Ameri-
cans, fully appreciate- the necessity of
ma'king progress they are also 'under
the necessity of great care in the pre
paration of what may possibly be the
conclusive record of these negotiations.
The; Spanish commissioners consumed
a Week in the preparation of the last
.memorandum, but the Americans will
not;require so long a "time 'tb eo.mplete
the work in hand. There was no meet
ing of the joint peace commission to
day. .. . .-. " . : , vv '' -
Was-hington, November 19. It was
not until a lat hour last evening- that
the last paragraphs of the. "long trans
lation of the Spanish which was; pre- 1
sented to the American peace commis
sioners last Wednesday were decipher
ed at the " state department, and most
of the 'members of the cabinet were not
aware of the full contents of the docu
ment until today, when they called at.
the White house. It appeared that in
addition to the long argument which
was intended to show that the word
"disposition" used in relation' to the
Philippine meant something else, the
Spanish note did include a proposition
to submit the Philippine clause of the
protocol to the interpretation of an
arbitrator. ' " r ;
Another cablegram followed the first
long message, this time directly from
Judge Day, seeking instructions defi
nitely on some points to be made in the
American answrer which is yet to be
presented.- These . instructions have '
been sent forward, and it may be stat
ed, without going into details, that
they are precisely' in line with ' the
policy which the American commis
sioners" have been pursuing:, up to this
point in the negotiations.
.There are several matters of teal im- v
portance though not ranking .with the
Philippine question to be treated by the
commissioners, but the.-instructions, to "' -
the Americans are not to call up these
1. i. ill 1 t . i 1 ;
at pieseut or until tue mam peuuuig
issue relative to the Philippines -has -
been settled- in .order to avoid' compli
cating the proceedings. In the event
that the commissioners disagree total
ly at th&ir next meeting' on the Phil- ::
ippines, therefore, there will lie no dis- i
cuss ion of any of these sfibsidiary !
questions, but in-the. other, event; !
namely, that an agreement shalL be
reached on the principle of the Phil
ippine disposition, these matters may
oe expected to consume, at least -one
or two additional sessions of the com
mission.; One of these subjects con
cerns the restoration of trade relations
between -the United" States and' Spain.
At the beginning of the war Spain ter-,
minated all of her treaties with the
United tSates and, if the two countries'
are to get along amicably, even after
the declaration of peace, there must" be
working arrangements in treaty .form
for the, protection of trade interests,
the equalization . Of tariff charges, the
regulation of extradition and such sub
jects as areusually included in treat
ies of trade and commerce and amity.
So far the" commissioners have given
no consideration to these matters in
their exchanges.
It is believed that the peace negotia
tions are hearing an end, and' it is
conpidered not improbable' that by the
end of the present week all of the main
features of the . treaty will have been
forly agreed to or the effort to reach
an amicable settlement abandoned.
With ' a view to bring"; matters to a
speedy conclusion. - "our. . commis
sioners by direction of the presi-
dent earIy the coming: week will lav
n t,of v,rt ' - .
; . ac aw.tue .UUdi ana ,ir
revocable demands of thi3 country, al
lowing a specified time in which our
conditions may be accepted or rejected.
This ultimatum. It is understood, in
volves all that, has thus far , been con
tended, for including thei, surrender to
the.Lnited States of the entire Philip
pine group and also names tne amount
-of 'cash;; which this 'government will
; pay Spain in consideration of her ex-
nnditi'ira - nn aAimt n,,
".rnti ' a!A
.muj uu- tile
,and of Luzon- The amount of this
oash paymeht is not known, but there
is a basis for the belief that it is aD-
proximately $40,000,000
SPAIN OVERREACHES HERSELF
I Paris; November 19. The first prop-
THE
EN 1 1
Cncliislon
I la viui; Been
o be Laid
osition her?
from the Unltl Stat
commission
o the Spaniards r g.irdinft
he - islands was tiiot avde
1-1!
brinfc. th subjxtt I under
discussion the Americans merfcbf sub-
mitted a piioposal to take . oyr tbo
the am'ount
fpent by her there o.a pr;
manent bet
frments. .-. ; -. ' '
lined the terms and tho
Spain de
proposal its
tfie United
Hf. Had she stopptl thero
States would, have bHrt
compel b d to ' repeat the' i)rop.?.il aa
an; ultimatum or to tender new terms "
Spain, howjver, put fitt consideration,
of the ternis ;by declaring; 1 lint tb . j
United States had no right to imrm&n ;
her sovereijgnty in the Pbttrppinos;. ;
pass, the mortgages she had placed on
the Philippine revenue must be under-.
writt-pn-.nndlMi.it. hr dicnitv forba'flr
her to heed! anv nuestion as t hov
she had steht thf loans so k-cuhmI .
The Americans patiently, replfotl
that the peace, conference was charged!
with the disposition of the ITrirlpplneSi ;
and the Bpttreignty tlierei TbeJ laid
down the bjoad principles that the er
penses incuirred in afiittle attempt at
subjugatloni j shall not be loaddd' rupont
the colony jseeking freedom. ; Finally"
they affirmjl their rght to inquire aa v
to the destination of moneys; raised, b
All thlo nifctnnncil. a fl i c-icc I rtnvf th .
main question but in their next memo-,
randum the
American commissioner
will go tcj
notice wi.la
the vital point. Definito.
be given that the United'
States ..wilW4ke over all the Philippinea
and Spain
will unquestionably i learrr
the terms fjrpm which there will bo nt
deviation, it is more than likely that
the Americans will flatly ! summorr .
Spain to affect immediate amicabl ad-
ustments; 1 iShould she refuse to malro
a treaty ceding Uie Philippines to: the
United States; -the instant alternatlvo
for Americ will be the? conquest ot
that ' territory at an increased cost to
Spain in the final settlement and poa-
sibly with
los.s of life.: . . ,
I AGAINST PHlLlPI'iNn
PROTEST
ANNEXATION.
Boston, November 1 9. The organ izer.
of the moy
ent against the annexa-
tion. of the
j today; A
Philjpipnes met in 'this city
constitution was adopted :f
officers wero elected and a 10ng addrem
was JssUedjto the people ofHhe I'nitetl
States, urgjihg prompt co-operation iri
aing signatures to a protest against
the annexation of the Philippine.'
T .1 . 1 . : , , . . . ...
ruwiiru .-iiKinson presKiea. Ueforo
the 'meeting he received ' a telegram
from AhdrW Carnegie that he had sent
him a chejcVfor $1,000 for he :use or
the movement. Funds have already
been subscribed liberally.. L , ,"
.... lul IuvlteJ th Tiotitx omerr
Muntgnnji-ry, Ala., November j 19;
The . Alabina Hena'te' today passed -.-r
joint resolajtion vinvlting President "Mc-,
Kinley Mi4j the; -name pf the general
assembly ,hd the people of Alabama ,:
tofextend h'is visit to Montgomery anl
to; be pre-nt in Montgomery n the
loth of , December as the , state s guefct '
or; at sqch jother-time as! fnay Hint hk
pleasure arid convenience. - f
Ovcjrcome evil with good. Overcome
your boughs and . colds with One MId
qte Cough SCure. It' ia so good children
cry, for It. p it cures croup, bronchltK
pneumonia! grippe and all vthroat and
lung diseases. It R. Bellamy. 1 :
Ituili Ordrri on'tl'inliin -
Boston, November 19. Rush j onU tH
for the several war, vessels.: no wr- Wfntr
repaired at; the. Charleston navy yardt
were received today. Three. vessr-ia
rnpnitor A rji phi trite,, the cruiser Detroit
and. the gunboat Castine were especial
nirmiuiim in tne order. 1
' - -!- -1 ' I
Late to bed and early to- riff, prr
pares a-man for his home in the HklK.
But- early ito bed and -a Little Tvar I y
Pi'ser, thelpin that makes life longer
and better and wiser. R. R. Bellamy.
;"; Foot Ball on Tliankfgl vlug Day
-. The 'High; school eleven will meet:a
teamrpicke from the O. U D, Chest-,
nut street and C' F. A teams, at i'lfl--ton
Park, j. Thursday November 24th
promptly at 4 o'clock.' The High' school,
eleven is making quite a fine record"'
,U!CU -ais season and will strive to
ep itup. The Picked tears are compos
1 of the bfest class players in the city
Some of the players that wil partlcll
?atUn of triat date wtn be
for High sthool, Foster, Wiegs fLn
tain.) Smallbones. Gaue, SZ
Iughlin.-Ewfng. Armst
mock, ing, etc. The admission will
b Jo cents. Ladies free. There will
be policemen .on hand to preserved
ooysV;betnnd
'f;M-;
sestet'-.
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