TWO GENTLEMEN
_^OF HAWAII.
By SEWARD W. HOPKINS.
' CHAPTER I.
The pul naessls mesfisrplsos,
■wiwl, mag slowly aad rrecafinUy
hm bar daak at Baa Vraacieoo,
•stated bsr sharp prow westward, aad
leaded far the romaatte, aad mow hia
Ml part at IFeaeUln. Tha day was
• taa sas fa Sspteaba, aad bm! ot
tha pining in stood oa the deck
watmilag the msasoriTS ot getting
aader way aad, later, gaxisg ei the
reset tag ekaree California.
Oa beard the SCoaovai, ay pretty
faster. Winifred, aad ayeelf, Asaa
Warrtagfard, were boaad tor Hone
tala, fa ante ear home with oar
yaterael aaele. whose tiat was the
asms aa my ewn. Winifred, as I hare
aaid, was pretty. She wee at this time
eighteen jeers at age. tall aad grace
fad, aad bar aaaa fitted her veil. She
was wins fag. She rmiail a ohara
af aeaaer at etia I heard assy
frieoda apeak highly. Ivaaearyfead
aad eary yroad of ay lovely fitter.
There vae noth tag remarkable ahoat
nee. I was a few yearn older than
Wfamfa, fall eaaogh and strong eaoogh
fa fako earn of myself among ordinary
aa, eot so agly fa appearance aa to
fitted alfaatfoa — nor handsome
eaoogh to attraat attaatiem either.
Oar father aad mother vara deed.
Mather had been from ana good many
years, and father had. a short time he
fare amt taking ship, eneewabed to aa
nttask at toear. Hi had been a eno
eeeefsl merchant in Xew York, aad
had left ns fairly well provided for is
tha matter at fortaae. Farther, hi
kid plaoed ns mafia the sere ot hii
brother, fa whoee homo wa ware ioi
■fang
wa know bat little of TTanltThnaui
Warriagford. Ha had not been la
America la a good many year*. Wa
kaaar, howerer, (ram whet oat father
had frequently told oa, that Uaole
Ton era* a bachelor. r^ry rich, and
Head on a large aagar plantatioh ia
tba ialaail of Oaba. upon which the
Iowa of Honolulu la eitaated.
Upon raaeiriag aawa of my fathn’l
death, with the fact* I beta already
giraa, Uaole Ton Immediately wrote
«*a long and vary effeoteoaate leUar,
grgiagaa ta eomaal oaealo hie home,
and make it our owe.
Ha portrayad rirldly tba baaatiaa
of the oMmata aad tba laxary of tba
Ufa ia Oahu, aad nadar bu urgsot
taritatioa || waa not a difficult matter
.Aar aa to decide to aocept hie inyite
Mea aad obey oar father'! with.
wa wiahad to retaia, acid tha rest of
tha bnaaabold bolouginga, aad eroased
tha aoattaaat to Baa Francisco, to
aahark aa oar firs&kys’ooewa voyage.
We, lika tba othara oa board, were
aa dark, aotiraly tat area tad ia erery
tUag that was goiag oa. Wa stood
aaar tba rail. I smoked, Winnie
balked, aad eludes rattled. Bel tore
ebon ted, paaaengcce kissed friaada
gnod-by, aad otbar friaada wared
adiaaa from tha dock bead.
Thera waa ao oeta ||ltlltB(m
wa anaaad aanatraa watching tbs
Aha laara-taking of others.
Wa bad aot baaa long oa board
wham a tall, powerful Agora among
the paaaaatgers attracted my attention.
"Jateri said to Wlamle. "Thera's
Arthar Oordoa.**
“Aad who U Asthor Oordoa, Tom V
aakal.
"That tall fallow orar there, leaa
*sg agalast tha pipe, loohiag atierly
"BatwhaUhar
A |*M om Harvard chan. Be*
fallow JM avar knew. Sow, I won
der what Mags kin oa board tha
Veaowrl. I an (oiag orar to apeak to
Z Willi to whero Oordoa stood,
trad vfapp vd kin oa tha bask before
MHa taraa? and wUhn snila created
“What! Tom bars, Warrtaffori*
Whither boaadr*
Wa abook baada heartily. aad Ilold
bin why wo ware there.
otr^T-JuJ* ^hot are yea dn-riny
Bo n wmm mi maum that amend*
khip should spring op btlam the
two.
The fasrth day oat Un passengers
bags* to ahow that nervous activity
whiah ia alwaym to ba aeon os a ship
•boat to mk> a port. Thara was the
basils aad anxiety ot tha narvooi tro
ovsa who tears that something will
happen to interfere with tha proper
discharge of her laggage. Than there
was tha maa ia a harry, who walked
the daak ImpatiaaUy, a* If he thought
ka ooald hare drives tha atcamer at a
greater speed if ha had boas asked to
kelp. Aad tha man whose laggage
most ba pat off Orat was w ith os. Dal
the most important of all Uts mini sal
types was Us maa who had baaa thara
before. Ha wai hare, there, every
where. He (orated one of every group.
Ha waylaid Us lonely passenger aad
Informed him that tha appearance of
Uo water indlsated oar approach to
Ue ieiaadi.
"There I" exclaimed a man who had
baaa that# bafora, potaUmg ahead.
“Thara ia the gem of the earth 1“
A hasy elon J ooald ba aaan ia tha
diatanea, telling ot Ue preseooa there
it high monaUbte.
"kfereyr ejaculated tba norvon.
women. “Are thoae moon tains all
rotoanoeeT*'
"So, madam,’' blandly replied Uc
maa who had been thara before, glad
of aa opportunity to ones more instruct
his andianoe. “The large volcanoes,
ot which yon have doabtlaie read, are
not on the ipiaad ot Oaha, toward
whiah we are speeding. Two ara on
the island of Hawaii, Ue largest ol
Ue kingdom. Tbs largest orator of
all, though now eitinct. ia Halaakala.
on Mam Tha mountains which too
sea >ow ware volcanoes long ago, bat
arc bow covered with vendor#, and
bold, ready for the hunter'* rifle,
plasty of baaata.",
“Ooodaaaa granions!" again n
claimed the nor runs woman. *‘Don’t ,
tbay awoop down on Honolulu and aat
up tha iabaMtaute?"
"Wo," replied tha man who had been
thara befara, apologetically. "They
aeror awoop, and they aat moatly
graaa. Tbay are wild nettle which
nave probably aaoaped yean ego from
the plantations. '*
“We are learning acme thing," (aid
Gordon, with a laugh.
Wlaale emilat
“We shall know all about Hobo
lala," aha aaid. "It la batter than
going into a ptaoe an attar atraagar."
“Thera ia Coooe Head," aaid tha
eea. who bed haae O'— before. “Haa
that promontory to the southf That
is II. Now, ia two hoon, at this
we oogbt to see Diamond
them Hoaololn itself. Ah,
whet a piece that is! The gem of th*
footstool!"
With strong glasses wa oonld dte
oera tree* sod rocks and hills. Hara
•ad thara wa aaold ace white, ahlniag
houses on the plantations. Tha man
who knew all aboot It said he ooaid
see moving Ohinamoa, Portngaaae and
ethers working hi th* flolds. Mo ooa
else coaid, bat, than, wa had not been
then before. Rat w* war* getting
nearer vary rapidly.
‘Thara'* Diamond Point!" shoaled
be of th* experience. “Ia three ho are
more we will be 1st Honolulu Ray."
“I would like to avail myself at
year knowledge of Honolulu," said
Gordon, to the man who bed been
there before. “I am a total stranger
there, and would ash what hotel would
•arva me best—a hotel sheep bn(
«a4.N
"Ho, nor I said hastily. “Gordon,
yon mast toot with as to tha planta
tion and isaka it yotu homo until 700
hars soma settled plan to follow.''
“How, Werringford," replied Ga»
daa. “don’t tempi at. It would not
do. I thank you a tboaaand tixasa for
yoor ktadnoas, bat I eaaaot allow my
saU to aaeapt. I have ooma ta Hanoi
lain (Spotting to plow my own way,
sad I mast do H."
Tba sun who kaaw it all gars Ban a
wltboriag glnnee, aa though my intsr
larenoe was a dir sot naarpatioa at bit
rights. Aad ha hastened to reply to
Gordon, last soars othar interloper
rob him of tha cherished opportunity.
“Hotel, airr ho said. “Thara is
but sue hotal la Honolulu worthy of
tha tame. Hotel? Why, the Nanaan
Homes ie the only plane ia the whole
Island wheat a trsraUr ana ba treatad
Bair-way llaiaatty. Don’t think af
geteg to any afhnr, I Implore you, far
yaar wwa gaef. At tba Haaana tha
table le peed, tha bada alaaa, tba am
riaa ia aasaUaat, tbs prises sheep.
There yon have all the seesnUsli af e
Ant-eiaee home. Try tha Hannan
shore all ethers. *
•1 harm heard of tha Boys! aa ba- |
A pityiag rmlle braka up tba Caaaof
tha maa who kaaw.
.1
pea wfll Bad saw fart la* as boiat ia
Haaolnla aaeapt tba Hannan. Hors
“«»ia5 thara myself, aad If
yea wfl allow am ta ha af serrtea ta
ypt, X wlB lake aharge af yuar lag
«f —d earn fan! you era ipmfwtakly
“I thaak you,-/replied Garden,
~hn» I eenld no* IroaMe you ta that
Ivtdil"
“Troahtal Who Mid troahteT Hal
t How, Iassureyea tha Hoswaa
bfte plane taga. lam gMagttaan.
I miai are going Un also.
[ bar# lupdi yo* hare lounga.
lews goes up with paisa. Where's
kb* Iraablar*
“Wall," aid Oordoa, slowly, ‘It
will nartainly b* a aarriea to mal X
tbaak joi. Bn la ay sard.**
“Ah, tbaakal Oordoa goad mama.
Hera’* aiaal Mot a pretty, bat mb
etantial, ebr
Ha gar* Oordoa a aard, which ha
read, than. with a smile, ham dad It to
ma. Ikeaid:
• ••-•aa ••••••
joixaoT nucaxr,
Paoraisros kiut .laces,
• Hoeotulr.
hr. Baaoaap MU had my to attend
to Gordon's luggage
“No woo dm h* via load to prais
ing hie on hotel. ~ said Wlnaie, with
a langfa. “I bop* yon will Sad it ae
da* as it Is pictured, Mr. Gordon."
“I hope so, too," said Gordon;
try H.”
“Get ready to go ashore,” earn* the
order, end w* weal to oar state
room* to get oar trap* in chap* for
Usdiofe
CHAPTER* U.
Winifred and I ware met ad the
wharf la Honolulu by Uaala Thomas
Wmrxtngfard. whoa* gray heed bobbed
and whose kindly eyes heneiae enl
faaad with tears when be greeted ms.
I think it we* - Winnie’s mourning
«ir*** that tonohed him most, r*riving
in bis mind msmorisa of ay departed
father. He wrung my band and oalled
me “My boy!" Then he smothered
Winnie with kissed and folded her in
bia arms and petted bar cheeks nntal
aba wept softly in sympathy
Bat we *p*»t tittle tune on the dock.
Deal* Tool gtva som* order* to hU
etea, who aocoapenicd him, end oar
laggef* we* carried ant to a wagon,
which started off before wa war* fairly
over oar greeting*. Then ha lad na
to a carriage, a low, comfortable rock
away, aad, taking the raina himself,
drove away. I aat with Uncle Tom on
Iba front a eat, and Winnie aat in state
behind. Dnole Tom's boraaa ware not
of tho fiery, prancing kind. They
ware to ore like himself, substantial,
well fed and oapabla of doing a us
moodooa amount of work.
Around tha dock tho piece did sot
look nnliko other Southern port*.
There was the same dirt, tha same
number of odor* and the nms crowd
of idler* lying about on the walla or
piles of freight. Thors vara Ghinose,
Portuguese and n sprinkling of klaxi
esue. Among them there was also a
number of good-natured-looking poo
p's of * dull copper color, who ware,
na Dud* Tom informed aa, types of
the natives of tha island*.
Whan w* bad paaaad the blocks of
"This la King'street, children,” said
Duel* Thomas. “It Is not the finest
Street is Honotnlo, but It la in sens
respects tha most important. Tha
palao* is oil this street. ”
Of oonraa, Winnie aad I war* alive
with interest aad were noting every
thing and everybody that ws paaaad.
On* fact that surprised me waa tha
domeeUo and homelike appaaiaiu a of
the place. My idea of tha Hawaiian
Islands, token from books written by
people who knew vary littla about their
•abject, wa* a confused mesa of mls
siocariao, heathen, ]*xy and dirty na
tive*, overpowering beat and several
other things jnmblad together, all
mors or less nndaalrahla. What I act
ually found waa a bn tin see tows, upon
tha street* of which walked Americans
aad English mm aa wall drassed aa nay.
salf aad seemingly acargetio aad pros
perous. Store* of all kinds, ot invit
ing alsealtaeas; drygoods, groceries
and staple mannfactnraa temptingly
exhibited in windows aad thowcaaas;
earns js* of tha rich anual la appoint
ments to any in Ifsw Yack.
AJi W* 1DUCU W# ptMWi OlOtT
pnrpaUuUly oa hueaobaek. ~ Ho ia «
(OOd Migkbor.”
Moat O kan mrilM ana rmnh.
"Xy. aaolat” aald Wlnaia, laagb
iag. "Thai man aaaat ba a priaa* or,
at laaat, a 4aka. ioat>aa how digni
Sod ba la."
"Ho. Wlaala," rapliod Unala Torn,
aauUag. "Wa bora (no dakaa and
prloaas bora. Oar royal family ia
«aill. A qaaaa and prinsaoa are all
« «« boaat of, and tbay art qulta
aaoagb la lhrirltoa That gantlamai
■ aoorotaryof atata Utbaqaaam. Ha
pram!tally aoatrola, aa far aa lha raal
oaaiaaa* rntneeeta of tba kingdom art
aonoaraad, all tha Wanda. Bat it la
ratbar a aaltab ralo wa aro a id or.
BMU, wa moot mat aotaplain. Wohara
»anj blaaalaga for wbtob wa aro thank
ftl.
Again a hoary aarrtaga mot aa. A
baga adhir, a poo whfaa appaarad tba
roynl arm of Eagitad.
'Tba Bntkk mi alt tor," aald my
aaala.
Tba HagKahmaa Vrwad and wire.1
its band at oar aarrUga, asd Unrl,
Cam I dud bia baA Tim BrtHah mfa
•atm waamaab older than my aaala.
"Wa aro aaatag HI tba aalabrldaa at
aaaa, ” Jaald.
go aa aaatnmadj
LAW NOT BINDING.
Sttkatai Thai Validity of (create
Law WniBeTeiled.
WILMINSiON ATTOtNEYS AT WOII
The Rtvnw Lnr Said to Have Boca
Baactod Contrary to the Provisions
•f the CoauCitaUes.
A dispatch from Wilmington ia tbs
BaMgk Nerwi and Obiarver taps:
"U Is learned upon what la consid
ered good authority that able couneel
Is Wllmlogtoa has been employed t>
resist the enforcement of the praamt
revenue law on the ground that Its
mannsr of passage by the lest Qener
al Assembly waa ta conflict with eec
Uoa U. Article 1 of the Oonstltution.
It la claimed by counsel otnplrvyed that
reliable Informal km te la hand that
when the bill ruin up for aeoond
readies la the Senate It was weighted
down with thirty-six amendments and
after It went bark to the Hocee many
of the amendments were concurred Is
and others rejected; that even whoa
the bill name back to the Senate as
amended A was only read one that
and rawed one reading and waa after
wards ratified. It this Information Is
correct, lending lawyers say the whole
revenue act Is Invalid at the Supreme
Court of North Carolina has several
Ilmen decided that unless a bill of this
character passed three readings on
separate days and the nays recorded la
the eeooad reading, the bill Is void. If
this opinion is correct the revenue will
be derived under the act of KM."
Normal College Comment err eat.
The ocnmmotmiat exercises ot the
Stale Normal and Industrial Collage
will embrace Mar 19th 22nd An Inter
satiag program baa been syringed and
largo crowds ar« expected to attend
all tba exercises. President Mclver
has annonneed the following program:
Saturday evening, May 11—Reunion
of former students and xinmnas ban*
9Mt
Sunday. May 13. 11 a. m— Annual
sermon by Rev. Howard E Rondtha
ter. of TCluaton Salem
Tuesday evanlng. May 21—Bua,rs
by representatives of tbs gradualist
elaaa Presentation ot copies of tbs
State sod federal constitutions by Hit
Excellency. Governor Aycock.
Wednesday. May 22. 11 a. rn-Cnro
mencement address by Dr. Henry Las iis
Smith, president of Davidson (Til to a.
The exercises will close Wednesday
evening with a concert and so enter
tainment.
-1 Tar JOetjL fluif,,_
Eighty wsavars employed In the Sooth
era Cotton Mills, at Rwuetaer. struck
on Tdetday owing to some dlsagrer
meul with (heir employers.
The mayurelity elections throughout
the btsta pasird 0S quietly. A nuju
bur of towns voted bonds lor graded
schools and improvements.
Tba legislature Journals era be.’nr
examined to determine the exact sta
tus of the revenue wet. Tbeee Joornxta
ere not printed.
M. C. Winston, one of the ownora of
the cotton oil mills at Selma, sari
there la oo truth In the statement, cur
rent here yesterday, that the ott mills
there had bean bought by a trust Ha
•ays they have not been sold, and adds
that none of the privets mills bare
bean sold.
The new con centra ling mill at thu
Union Copper Mine, mearOoid Hill,was
started to work Monday and will noun
be running at Ms fell capacity of 19d
tons daily. Tbs mins will now bare
Its first opportunity to show Its mart;
as a producer la quantities Thousand*
of tone of on have accumulated on the
dump: enough to kusp the concentra
tor busy for months. Work on a rat
tar Is In pragmas
Heavy Bank Claarlags.
New York, Spatial.—1The New York
bank clearing* broke all prevtoea re
cord*. Thorn were checks pasted
through the clearing house dor ttMt -
315.1M. The balances to-day worn un
usually largs amounting to
compand with the high record of |:t.
170411 March I. thU year.
*1.*00,000 Raised.
Nashville. Tens., Special—The hoard
pf education of the Methodist Episco
pal ehureh. Booth, met here. Bishop
Oaloway prratdlag. Dr. J. D. Ham
mond, recording secretary, reported
that the 11400,*00 ordered by the tim
er si Conference sa s thsnk offering for
the twentieth esatary had been raised.
Bishop Duncan delivered sa nil Trial on
talslon schools. Tbs work of claaal
fylug colleges was completed.
Telegraphic Briefs
Tbs t'nttad States la the greatest of
toffee drl.king nations, lbs oar capita
cosmmptkm In MOO having bona I II
Pounds.
Missouri win taka the spats glrrn
op by Maryland at the Buffalo Bsposl.
Uos.
Csmegfo"* gffl at MS/ftf* for s 11*
hrary has been acosptad by Charlotte
Sf. O.
A a aw wap* aaale la befog ronell
ered by tbe TInpIaU Worker*' later
aaUanaJ A* rxtaPoa at Clerataad. O
I Beeret siaalias are held dally by the
Brotherhood of Hallway Tnltaa la
aoaraaafoa at Kllwtakaa. Wm.
C10P CONDITIONS.
TIm Put Weak Warn ui Favorable
For Cultivation aal Orowth.
Vary decided Improvements In crop
Condition* ococurred during the put
wuk. Clear aklaa and wans, dry
Weeihec cava an Impetus to farm work,
of aU kinds, and rapidly advanced lbs
growth of vegetation which now ap.
Poors green and vlgorlua. The change
to summer-like eonditona waa vary
rapid; mufitle temperatures during the
rntlru week have been quite high,
reaching a me rim am of M degrees on
May Jrd, and althocgh the nights
have continued comparatively cool, ee
peeUUy in the more elevated weatera
region, the mean temperature waa 6
degree* ubovo tho dally normal. Kvery
daj" waa bright and tunny. Thera
no rainfall anywhere during the seek
except a very small amount ions
Inch) at Weldon and traces at a few
othar points The only disadvantage
ous feature wu that the toll dried out
ao rapidly and formed a hard cruet
which prevented seedi town before tho
laet raise from coming up well; la tha
central-anat portico* especially the
ground baa become hard and difficult
to plow. Warm showers are much
needed to soften the soil and would
greatly benefit vegetxton; In fact In
many ooontlea rain la beginning to be
badly needed.
Farm work waa poshed rapidly du
ring every day of the week. Planting
corn la approaching completion except
tn tb* extreme west; early planted
cams up ao poorly that a large amount
of replanting waa necessary. In gen
eral the stand of corn 1e poor bat tbe
young plant* bare improved In color.
Planting cotton la now progressing ac
tively. and la nearly Sniabed In moat
tmi ibbdj ■Quioern coumum.
Almost sJI tho land first seeded to col.
Ion had to be replowed and planted
over. Cotton la coming op slowly, and
needs warm showers to promote ger
mination and growth. Soma peauuls
have been planted. Ground (Or tobacco
Is being prepared, and transplanting
wilt begin In tbe east as soon as show
era nrrnr; tobacco plants baro grown
rapidly but are abont ten days late.
Wheat, out* and rye are beginning to
head; the prospect for tbeaa cropo Is
vary promising: spring oats Is not do
ing so well and needs morn rain. Gar
den* have nearly all been planted, and
much Improvement Is nofid; vegeta
bles bare become more abundant.
Truck crops are now growing nicely,
sad shipments of most of ths sarly
vegetables are Incresalog. Lata plant
ed Irish potatoes are doing well; the
stand of early potatoes la poor. Largs
shipments of strawberries are being
made, bat ths crop Is late and short
| Almost all correspondents state that
ths prospect for fruit is Aim very
good; apples are blooming In the ex
treme west: peaches will be quits
abundant Pastures ore making slow
progress on account of the prevailing
dryness.
Americans Leave Pekin
Pskln. By Cable.—The Cnltol
State* cavalry and artillery left Pe
kin Sunday morning to march to Ton
Ku. Imposing farewell ceremonies
attended their departure. Sir Alfred
Gassies and ths othor British fe-v
seals, with their staffs, were present
and ths British commander sent s de
tachment of Baluchis, who escortud
ths Americana outside ths city wall.
General Chaffs* publicly thanked tho
cavalry sad artillery for their ssr
vies* la ths International relief expe
dition. and for their behavior elnco,
which has bee*, he sold, a credit to
themselves and their nation.
Telegraphic Brief*.
KaUoaallaU at Santiago, Cuba,
protested because Governor-General
Wood stationed American offloere la
the registration booths.
A lire at Jacksonville, Fla., caused
an estimated loss of 111.000,000 of
property and rendered 10.000 people
homeless. Six lives are reported lost.
A Sre la Armours beef bone* In
the Chicago stockyards endangered
1.C00 bead of cattle, but they were
gotten ooL
President McKinley spent yester
day la Texas, being welcomed by im
mense crowds at Ilouatoo sad A us
tin. -■
Textfl* Worker/.
Holyoke, llaaa. Special.-The later
a*tto*el Talon of Textile Workers met
bar* la «"«■«< convention Monday. At
the forenoon saaakm there were about
PO detonate* present, representing the
taxtllo centres of the North and from
North Qarollna, Booth Carolina, Ala
bama. Kentucky,' sad other Southern
States Several of the delegate* from
the South ere women The afternoon
session was pclacipslly devoted to or
ganisation and tb* detail business be
gs* Tuesday when the number of deb
•State* In attendance was 1JN.
Phgtppise Affairs.
Manila. By Cable.—The [eland of
Baroar. oaa of tbs Vleayaa group, has
burs transferred from the depart
ment commander by Oeneral Wade,
to that commanded bp Oeaaral Hu
ghes. Oeaaral Hughes has been or
dered personally t* Samar, and If ha
Is nasaceessfal la negotiating the ear
reader of tb* laser***t general. Imk
baaS the fores of America* troepe In
Berner erlil he largely Iarreseed and
a vigorous affsnitv* ssmpslga erlil b*
CUBAN DELEGATES' REPORT
Ureed tha Constitutional Convemi**i
to Adopt the Platt Am-ndmwt.
OUR POLICY OF INTERVENTION
IV nthtl IttUd Thai (ho rallaU H>M
▼••M Vt«l loUri as a I'nlaai C«k» Wot*
AMsnkcd By a Wvlia ro«ar»Praat.
•WW* HIM r«f rt\l»« CvametfU] R*.
lBtU«wlU]Mi1 \ladt Good laupmato*.
Tlavaii.i, Cuba.-The Special C«b>
twIpmIou of tbc Cuban ConatIrutismai
Convention, which rialtcj Washington.
pre«cntc<l lo the convandou an cx»et>
llw report of II* com m no-* with
President McKinley nod Secretary
Knot, and a glowing Account of tbe
buii<|u<‘L4 and receptions tendered to It.
Honor Glbcrga objected to Incorporat
ing an account of tbc torbil pro
gramme la ibe report, but tbe commit
nlo*« inflated upon tbla point.
lu rrfcrriUT to the lb Ini clause of
the* Platt amendment, the report acuted
that tbe United Stale* wuiitel not lo
ttrvfM unlo* Cuba were ot lacked by
a forelgu power, or nnleoa then* eg
lftn\ In Cuba u ccodl.lon ©r affaire
similar to that which uxiatist under
Spain at the Hum: ©( American inter
r cation.
Kejordlng coaling statloaa. tbc re
port sat forth tbm tb? pines* *o de
sired by the United State* were t'apea
Malel and Han Antonio iuid another
point comaiandiQi tbc entrauce to tb«
Half of Mexico; that these would be
definitely determined upon tv hoi draw*
in* up tbc treaty, uud that tbe object
of the*© station* would be ibe main
tenance of tl»© Independence of Cub*
a* well as tbe protection of the United
State*.
rui> report iuio said that lb,. United
Sinleo would lo no tray Interfere in
the loe.il governm. n.\ and that Ihvirt
den. McKinley bad proin-wul n, &p
point u couinilessnn to nn-c: n Unban
eouiuil.Hltjn to discuss lb- economic
quest ion and to draw up a roniiin iTlal
treaty au mvju aa the repub'h- not r*.
taliUalird. Mr. McKinley mlvlscd ilia
Culiauu In tti,. uiruul.ine to study ilie
alttlutluu In tlila r.'apvcL Tlio report
announced tlmt S.-i r.-tarv Itoot an Id
there ti n* notblug til tbe l'latt amend
“lent lo prevent t.'ulta hatluy ,ll)4o
malic nprcscntntlrca lu foreign . 0011
trira.
The reiwrt bat er'd-m'y ma.ln a
good Impression. end ouiy .1 few Kadi
cal* trill ccnthiu; to oppose tho ae
ccptauco of the ria:. amendment
.Sennr V llnendi. in an op:u Idler
declaring bis Intention to avcep. tho
muendnieht, says lu iirst thought that.
If the itmeenttmi rejected llie amend
ment, Washington might change its
policy, at ho then believed the amend
ment wa» tlio trotk of a part}.
"I now believe." says 8enur Vlllueo
dn. "that the amrtidmrnt la the work
of the Nation. There In no nee In ob
jecting lo the Inoiltahl*. It In either
annexation or a republic with tbe
amend incut, aad 1 prefer The latter.
The United Bfnti.g (lovrrntnt-nL by In
stating upon lb- nui, ndmiut. uiiorrs
that tbe American* hare changed from
their policy liefore the war. aud that
they bo longer rely uimn the Monroe
doctrine to prelect the Inicreats of
American republics."
CLtVcLANO BANK CLOSED.
hi reel err anaprod Tormrut Owls* N the
Alscore of tbe Trouser
Clereland. Ohio—The door* of tbe
Cuyahoga baring* aud Daubing Com
pony were not opened for business a
few days ago, Tlio following cotke
was posted on tho window:
"On account of the continued ab
sence of R. N. Pollock, tile treasurer,
the nlrectore barn concluded to sus
pend payment until sneb time a* they,
can make an examination of their af
fairs It la confidently expected that
every dcpoeltor will be paid In fun.”
liundrcds of depositors tuoatly work
ing people, getuered around tbe bank
soon after the notice was displayed,
clamoring far their money.
The last statement published by tho
bank Indicated that tbe Individual de
posits amounted lo $299,170; loans on
real estate, discounts, etc.. $300,803.
THE BALTIMORE-ELECTION.
HlptSUMit Osin m VMsry Ccd.r ibs
>sw Pallet Law.
Baltimore, Md. — Tho Republicans
won the election for ntemoers of tbe
City Council, electing eighteen out of
I atony-four members of tbe Klrst
Branch. Tbe Second Drench sell) con
sist of nee Democrats and four Be pa ti
ll cans. Only four members of the Sec
ond Branch ware elected. aD Republi
cans. Both branches of tho last Coes
eil weru Democratic. Only sixty fire
per cant, of the total Tots wss cut
It was the drat election under the
new ballot low, designed to cut down
the Illiterate role.
■esealatiea Swell# ta* (Math Data.
Nsrvoos strain Induced by spccals
tion Is beginning to toll open the death
rate or Chicago, according to tho
nenlth Department officials. Thera
was as Inrrraaa of thirty per cast. Us
the past week In deaths of men orer
fifty years of age. The Increase was
In heart failure and nerreua prostra
tion.
■ satas mil at JaskssaiUts. Pla.
'Aha work of robulldlag Jacksonville,
Mia., la to bo pushed rapidly, and the
dly la expected soon to rise from the
ashes. Tho recovery of bodloo from
the BL John’s River, Into which par
sooi were driven by the flamoe, was
bo
1V.100 Kins# av CrtnM
The British War Office officially
slice ont the total number of deatha
la the Booth African war as 714 offi
cere and I4J54 met. Ko«r cdices
tad *14 men have beau Invalided hams
and euheerjuantty died. The mi Bihar
of non eommlXflonrd officer* and mas
who have left tho service wilt far
doty to AIU.T.
rev ms Ops* Ueav Is Chtaa.
The Powsrt are as Id to ho ctmddop
Ing the epealag up of lha entire CM
asse emjfirs fa la terns tleaal trade. ^