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ELKIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 18971
llllll & ROTS, Fublishera-. . NO. 32.
CUBA'S DAY IN CONGRESS
The Morgan Belligerency Resolution
Passed by the Senate. S
.HOUSE ADOPTS RELIEF BILL,
Heated nla(e '.n Both Chamber In tin
Senate 1 lUpuhlleana, IS Dttinorrata
and 4 T'niul-U Votml to KmognlM
'ub',ria na Warring, and IS Itopunllrani
and it Itrmorrata Agiilnat Mia Meaaare,
WajihimiIto, D. C. (Special). The
t'nl tml FUntn Henate passed, after an ex
citing debate,- by a voto of 41 to 14, Mr.
Sforiraa's resolution declaring tHnt a state
wf war exists In Cuba, that the insurgents
1)6 aocorded belligerent rights, And' that
hlfi Government maintain strict neutrality
between Spain and her revolted colony,
jf' The resolution is as follows:
' "Joint resolution declaring thot a con
dition of pnbllo war exists In Culm, and
that strict neutrality shall be maintained;
"Resolved, That a condition of publlo
war exists between the Government of
Kpaln and the Government proclaimed, and
tor some time maintained by force of arms,
ij the people of Cuba, and that the United
States of America shall maintain a strict
neutrality botween the contending powers,
according to each all the rights of bellig
erents in the ports and territory of the
United Btates."
following Is the detailed vote:
' Yeas Messrs. Jincon, Baker, Bate, Berry,
Hutler, Carter, Chandler, Chilton, Clark,
"lay, Cocltrell, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
Foraker, Gullinger, Gorman, Hanshrough,
Harris, Kansas; Heitfeld, Jones, Kenney,
Lindsay, MnBrido. Mantle, Mason, Mills,
Morgan, Nelson,' Pasco, PettUcrew, Petts,
rritrhnrd, Kawllna, Bhoup, Htewart, Thurs
ton, Tillman, Turner, Turple, Walthall. - "
Nays Messrs. Allison, Burrows, Cattery,
Talrlianks, Gear, Halo. Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, Hpooner, Wellington, Wetmore,
White, Wilson-14.
The following pairs were announced, the
first named Henator being in favor of the
resolution and the second opposed to it:
Fuulknerwith Klkins, Harris (Tenn.) with
Morrill, McEnery with Piatt (New Yorkl,
Daniel with Gray, Allen with Piatt ( Conn.),
Vest with NeUon, and Roach with Perkins.
Murphy, of New York, was absent and un
paired. RELIEF RESOLUTION PASSED.
( Without a Dissenting Voice the House
y Votes 50,000. i
' Washinotox, D. C. (Special). After a
Jong debate the House passed, without a
'dissenting vote, the resolution appropriat
ing f 50,000 for the relief of Americans in
Cuba.
The Democrats made an Ineffectual effort
to force consideration of the Morgan resolu
tion for the recognition of the belligerency
of the insurgents. They accused the Re
publicans of endeavoring to evade this issue.
There was an intereHtlng passage when
Mr.. Livingston was declaring that the only
seneiblo-eourse for this Government to end
the trouble waa by reoogntelr.g the Cubans,
sd Mr. Hitt, the Republican Administra
tion spokesman. Interrupted him to ask:
"Don't you think it would be better for the
President to use bis authority to secure In
dependence?" "I do," answered Mr. Livingston, "nd
now that I have answered your question,
answer me. When will the President do
that?"
Mr. Hitt hesitated, while the House list
ened intently, and Mr. Livingston pressed
bim for an answer.
"I have no right to speak by any author
ity," Mr. Hitt began, and, hesitating to
word bis answer rightly, finally continued:
"I have reason to believe that the President
. Is taking as active and effective steps as he
can to secure the independence of Cuba,
and that fact, I am convinced, has reached
Spanish headquarters, for the news reaches
us to-day that the Minister who will proba
bly be In power in thirty days has said that
the Cuban war is utterly hopeless."
The debate was elosed for the Demo
cratic side by Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee,
who declared that two-thirds of the Re
publicans desired the resolution for recog
nition. . Mr. Hull, of Iowa, and Mr. Brown, of
Ohio, closed the debute for the Republi
cans. Then -the resolution was adopted
without a dissenting vote.
FATHER KNEIPP DEAD.
The Originator of the Water Care Sua
cuiubs to Lang Trouble
1 Father Knelpp, well-known throughout
the world through his water cure, Is dead.
' Hs had been suffering for some days
from Inflammation of the lungs and re
Vatbsb anairr.
(The famous water-curist and a group of
j royal patients.)
e ived the last sacrament of the Church a
week before bis death at Worisbofen,
Buabia.
Subsequently, however, he rallied, and It
was thought early in the week that be
would recover. His fad was that all. dis
eases could be cured by walking bare-foot
a ths dewy graas.
Mother aad, Children Killed by a'Raakr.
Twoelrildren of Edward DrlscoU, who
lives on a little branch of S'ate Creek, near
Pikeville, Ky., were bitten by a copper
head snake. Their cries attracted their
mother, who tried to kill the snake, but
was bitten herself. All three died wit hi i
an hour.
To Increase Spain's Army.
Gene -al de Azcarraga, the Spanish Min
ister of War, has Introduced a bill into the
Ncodes providing for an Increase of the
army In Hpaln to 100.000 men.
A A semi-official declaration Is issued to the
fTect that Bpaln wul never agree to tne
rale of Cuba, nor to foreign mediation in
'a question which she regaris as exclu
sively concerning herself."
J ' Jtetioaat Home fer Lawyers.
'. The Richmond O') Cl'v Bar Associa
tion proposes to purchase the house where
CM"f Justice Marshall II. -ed, and make It a
v ational home for lawyers. '
FLORIDA'S NEW SENATOR.
Stephen It, Mallory Kleeted to Succeed
Wilkinson Call.
, Stephen Russell MaHory Florida's hew
; representative In the Senate of the United
Elates, to Succeed Wilkinson Call, hag had
- an adventurous and successful career. At
'the early age of sixteen years he entered
I the Confederate service and, transferred to
I the navy, served throughout the Civil War
jaa midshipman on the Florida, the rival of
the Alabama, the world-famed privateer j
STEPHEN B. MALLOIW.
(Florida's Senator-elect, and an ardent
advocate of free coinage.) '
At the close of the war he matriculated at
the Georgetown Jesuit College, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and was graduated after
a four years' classical course. In 1874 he
removed to Pensaoola, Fla., and engaged
in the successful practice of the law. Ho
represented the Pensacola district in the
State Legislature, and was then elected to
the Fifty-second Congress. Senator Mal
lory is a typical Southerner, an outspoken
Democrat, and wilf add strength to the
silver wingv as he is a bimetallism His
election makes the Senate a tie. pj,
TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT.
Elverton E. Chapman, the Wall Street
Broker, the Contumacious Witness.
Elverton E. Chapman, the New York
broker, Is one of the most talked of men in
America to-day. Mr. Chapman is In con
tempt of the Senate committee appointed!
to Investigate the scandal concerning
United States Senators who were charged
with speculating in sugar at the time the
ELVEBTON" S. CHAPMiJf,
Wilson Tariff schedule was under consider-!
ation by the Senate. He refused flatly to'
answer the committee's questions as to
whether Senators speculated in sugar at
that time. He was tried, found guilty ot
contempt and sentenced to thirty days Inj
Jail, ana Is now serving his term in the Dis-I
triot Jail at Washington. I
SENATOR EARLE IS DEAD.
i
He Passes Away at His Home In South'
Carolina. !
United States Senator Joseph II. Earloj
died of Brlght's disease at his home lni
Greenville, S. C, on Thursday. '
Joseph II. Earle, though opposed to Till-!
man In State politics, stood for the newj
forces which overthrew the old Southi
Carolina regime. He was practically chosen
United States Senator in September of last;
year. Then Senatorial primaries were held1
throughout South Carolina and Earle'
carried the State by a majority of 10,000
over Governor Evaus, who was actively
championed by Tillman. I
Mr. Earle was formally elected Senator,
at the joint session of the two South
Carolina houses on January 27, this year.,
There was only one Republican in the Gen
eral Assembly, Anderson, the sole colored
man of the House. He voted for George
W. Murray. All the other votes in the two;
bouses went for General Earle.
General Earle was thirty-nine years of'
age, married and a lawyer, His fellow-:
citizens always spoke of bim as the "fight
ing reformer.
H0B0KEN LOSES NEARLY A MILLION.
Fire Destroys a Blork and Hakes Six Hun
dred Persons Homeless.
The greatest fire In the history of Ho
boken, N. J., raged all Thursday evening
close to the river front and attracted
thousands from all parts of New York City
to the North River piers to witness the
spectacle, many going over the ferry to get
a cloeer view.
. The block between '.Vashington and Hud
son streets and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets waa destroyed. It consisted of an
immense storage warehouse and factory
building and a row of fourteen high class
flat houses. The flying embers which filled
the air carried the tire to the Hoboken
basins, half a mile north, and a number ot
eanal boats moored there were destroyed.
before the great Ore waa under control
not lees than six hundred persona had
been rendered homeless, fully a thousand
thrown out of employment, and property
valued at not far from million dollars de
stroyed. Mew York and Railroad Franchisee.
Justine Beach, In Mew York City,
handed down a decision denying the in
junctions asked to restrain the Eighth
Avenue Railroad from changing its motive
power. In bis opinion, the Justice says,
whatever option tne city may have (had to
purchase the franchisee Is outlawed.
Tried to Wake HI Dead Mother.
At gftreveport, La., Mrs. J. H. Clatanoft
committed suicide by taking morphine
after quarreling with her husband. She
said be did not love her. She was good
looking and twenty-three years old. Her
three-year-old son found her dead, and
putting bis arms around her cried: "Wake
np, mamma!" -
Fata! Gasoline Fxplosion.
Aa" explosion of gasoline In a St. Louis
(Mo.) house caused the deitt of five per
sons. Mrs. Mohr poured the fluid over the
wood In the stove to make the fire burn
fMter,
FOR AMERICANS IN CUBA.
The President Asks Congress for $50,'
000 for Relief of the Destitute.
SENATE GRANTS THE REQUEST.
The t'ppef House Passes a Joint Resolu
tion Appropriating SAO.OOd for the
Distressed Cltliens of This Country-
Action of the Hnusea-llaller, of Texas,
Offers a llelllgerenoy Resolution
Washington, D. 0. (Special), President
M'.'Klnloy aent to Congress a message
recommending an appropriation ot not less
than (30,000 for the relief of starving Ameri
cans in Cuba. The Senate promptly passed
Mr. Gnlllngor's joint resolution appropriat
ing 50,000 for the purpose. In the House
Mr. Bailey objected to the resolution unless
unitnlmous consent were given to an
amendment recognizing Cuban bolliger
ency. The resolution went over. The
President's message Is as follows:
"To the Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States:
"Ofliclui information from our Consuls in
Cuba establishes the fact that a large num
ber of American citizens In the island are
in a state of destitution, suffering for want
of food and modiolnes. This applies particu
larly to the rural districts of the central and
eastern parts.
"The agricultural classes have been forced
from their farms into the nearest towns,'
where they are without work or money.
"The local authorities of the several
towns, however kindly disposed, are un
able to relieve the needs of their own
people, and are altogether powerless to
help our citizens.
"The latest renott of Consul-General Lee
estimates Fix to eight hundred are without
moans of support. I have assured him that
firovislon would bo made at onco to relieve
hum. To that end I recommend that Con
gress make an appropriation of not less
than 50,00B to be Immediately available for
use under the direction of the Secretary of
State. .
"It is desirable that a port of the sum
which may bo appropriated by Congress
should, in the discretion of the Secretary
of State, aiuo be used for the transporta
tion of American citizens who, desiring to
return to the United States, are without
means to do so. William McKimlit.
"Executive Mansion, May 17, 187."
The sending of the President's message
was preceded by a special Cabinet meeting,
at which Senator Davis and Representative
Hitt wore present.
As soon as the President's message bad
been read In the Senate, Mr. Davis of Min
nesota, Chairman of thn Committee on
Foreign Relations, favorably reported, with
amendments, the resolution introduced by
Mr. Gttlllnger, appropriating $50,000 for
the relief of destitute citizens of the United
States In Cuba. Tuo resolution as amended,
is as follows:
"Rosolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States in Con
gress assembled, thot the sum of $50,000 be
and the same hereby is appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the relief of destitute citl-!
zens of the United States in the Island of,
Cuba, said money to be expended, at the
discretion and under the direction ot the'
President of the United States, in the pur-j
chase and furnishing of food, clothing and!
medicines to such citizens and for trans-1
porting to the United States such of them
as so desire and who are without means to,
transport themselves." !
Mr. Davis asked for immediate eonsidera-;
Hon of the resolution, and there was no ob-;
jectlon. The only speech made was that of j
Mr. Gallingcr, who spoke briefly. The reso-j
iution was then put on its passage, and ;
without division it passed unanimously,;
there being no response to ths call for the,
nays. It bad taken exactly eighteen mln-:
utes for the reading of the message, the'
presentation of the committee report, andi
the brief speech and the final passage of !
the resolution. j
When the message had been read in the,
House, Mr. Hitt, former Chairman ol tne
Committee on Foreign affairs, at once in
troduced a bill for the appropriation of
(50,000 for fuel and transportation for
tho Cubans. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, ob
jected, to immediate consideration, un
less an amendment embodying Sen
ator Morgan's resolution for recogni
tion it the insurgents was added. Mr.,
Diugley objected to the amendment, wbere-j
upon Mr. liuiloy objected to the resolution,!
and tho Cuban question was sidetracked.)
Advocates of the belligerenoy resolution
believe that if it could be brought before
the House it would be Impossible for the
leaders of the majority to hold their side
together against it, and they propose to
try to attach it to,tUo relief resolution as an
amendment. '
THORNTON'S WOUND FATAL.
He Shot Himself Because Mlsa Smith Re
jected His Suit. !
Treston VThornton, who shot himself In,
the parlor off Milton II. Smith's residence,
In Louisville,(Ky., died from the effects of
the wound. His father and mother, from
Lexington,' were by his side when death
came.
Mr. Thornton was a member of one of thn
leading families of Lexington. Milton H.
Smith is President ot the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, and his only
daughter, Nettle Belle Smith, had rejected
young Thiprnton. ... 1
i Chapman In Jail.
' Elverton R. Chapman, the Sugar Trust
witness who refused to answer a United
States Senate committee's questions as to
whether he had acted as a broker for any
Senators in speculations in Sugar Trust,
occupies a cell at the District Jail, Wash
ington, and will continue therein for
twenty-five days. Chapman surrendered
himself to United States Marshal Wilson,
in accordance with an understanding pre
viously reached-
Edhera Pacha Takes Domokof,
The special correspondents with the Turk
ish forces in Thessaly say: "Edhem Paoha
has moved on from point to point, and
finally occupied Domokos. The Greeks
have sustained a crushing defeat."
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Bubonic Plague Increases.
The bubonic plague is making fearful
ravages in the Cutchmandvi district of In
dia, where there have been 3000 deaths in a
fortnight. Half the population has fled. A
lt.OOO Men Working on Ijoul.iana Levees.
There are now more than 12,000 men at
work on the Ml.wisslppl levees south of Bed
River putting them in condition-
Minor Mention.
A gold mine has been discovered at West
Milan, S. H.
New York City now has rubber-tired
patrol wagons.
Spain's four per cent, bonds are selling at
S9 cents on the dollar.
Three' towns of West Virginia have
adopted the curfew crdCtancj. , -
. Washington Items;
Tho Interstate Commerce Commission ta
a letter to the Committee on Interstate
Commerce, points out defects of the Pool
fng bill, and requests that the powers of
the commission be defined.
Ex-Postmaster General Horatio King died
at his residence In Washington in the
eighty-sixth year 6t bis age, '
The State National Bank, nt Logansport
Ind., was closed by National Bank Examiner
George B. Caldwell. The capital bf the
bank is (200.000. surplus (55,000, ami de
posits by last report about (350,000. The
trouble appears td have been caused by
loans to J. Jr. Johnson, tne rresiaent.
Secretary Sherman sent a protest from
the German Government against the sugar
schedule of the new tariff bill to the Senate.
The President sent to the Kenate the fol
lowing nominations: Joseph II. Gaines, to
be Attorney of the United Slates, District
of West Virginia; Myron n. McCord, to be
Governor ot Arizona, and Charles H.
Akers, to be Secretary ot Arizona Ter
ritory. The President nomlnatod Justice William
M. Morrow, of California, to bo United
States Circuit Judge for thn Ninth Judicial
Circuit; George Morgan Thomas, of Ken
tucky, to be Solicitor ot Internal Revenue;
Frank II. El bridge to be Chief Engineer la
tho Navy; Samuel G. Morse to be Anent for
the Indians ot the Neat Bay Agency.
Many Republican leaders held a confer-,
once with Senator Piatt In regard to the
question ot representation In the Greater
New York.
Domestic. '
The failure Is reported of the First Na-'
tlonal Bank ot Orleans, Neb.
Simon Banks, a wealthy farmer and ship
owner at Sonthport, Conn., dropped dead
in st after discharging a shotgun at a cat.'
Ir. Banks was sixty-seven years old, and,
was a sufferer from heart disease.
James A. Marks, of Newark, NT J., shot
and killed John Sauerbrei, who conducted a
delicatessen, shop in Bayonne, N. J. Marks
attempted to dispossess Sauerbrei illegally
from the shop.
George Louis Shaw, of Baltimore was
arrested, charged with having aided George
Barnard, the dead cashier of the Fort Stun
wlx National Bank of Rome, N. Y., to em
beezle or misappropriate (32,000 of the
funds of the bank.
C The Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson was elect
ed Moderator of the Presbyterian Assem
bly; the retiring Moderator, Dr. Withrow,
preached the opening sermon. !
The Brooklyn Navy Yard band has ap
plied for discbarge from the Government
service because it has been ordered to ac
company the Brooklyn to English waters
during the Queen's jubilee.
The Florida House of Representatives
has adopted a resolution appointing ex
Senator Call State agent for the collection
of an Indian war claim of (750,000.
Marquis Vlscontl Venosta, the Italian
Minister ot Foreign Affairs, suggests re-,
prisals for American tariff duties.
'A new loan of (4,000,000 has been sanc
tioned by the Uruguayan Chamber.
Tne armistice between Greeoe and Tur
key bas been fixed at seventeen days. A
neutral zone is to be established between
the armies. The terms of peace may be
the result of long deliberation on the part
of the powers.
'There Is talk In Japan of retaliatory
measures against the new American tariff.
Five cannon, captured by General Scott
from General Santa Anna during the
Mexican war have been stolen from the
West Point (N. Y.) Military Academy
grounds.
Judge Chester, at Montioello, N. Y., de
clined to vacate the order grafted May 11
with reference to changing the place of
taking testimony in the prooeedlngs
against the alleged Coal Trust. He did
grant nn order, however, tending to doloy
the beginning ot the investigation.
At San Antonio, Texas; natural gas has
been struck at a depth of 600 feet In a well
on the County Court House grounds.
Mrs. L. C. Elliott, of Nashua, N. H., died
of excessive bicycle riding, according to
physicians. She spent much ot her time on
her wheel, and recently cerebo-splnal men
ingitis developed. i
By a Are in Jersey City, N. J., six houses
were destroyed, eleven badly damaged, I
and seventy families were rendered home-'
less. No lives were lost. Tbe loss Is estt-1
mated at (100,000.
Miss Fannie Richardson, a recluse and'
miser, died in Taunton, Mass,, worth (50,-'
000. No v)IU has been found, and as far as:
Is known she had no relatives. . j
The Pittsburg jury returned a verdict of,
acquittal in tbe case of Lieutenant Edward;-
S. Farrow, charged with conspiring to de
fraud the Mutual Reserve Fund Life As
sociation of New York.
The members of the United States Blmet-
allio Commission are In Paris waiting for
tho appointment of French delegates byj
President Faure before they proceed to'
England. I
Oscr.r Wildo, who was sentenced on.
May 25, 1H95, to two years' Imprisonment,
with hard labor, was released from Hollo
wa; (England) Prison. He refused (5O00
to write his prison experiences. He will do
literary wont in Loudon under his - own
name. !
Superintendent of Rtroots Thomas F.'
Malonov. of Buffalo. N. Y was convicted
of attempting to bribe Superintendent of
Police W. B. Bull by offering him aoo to
protect the Goelet Gambling Club last July.
The Presbyterian Union Theological Sem
inary graduation exercises were held In
New York City, and Miss Brlggs, daughter
of Professor C. A. Btiggs, received the de-,
gree of Bachelor of Divinity, being the first
woman graduate of the seminary. I
A diver discovered that the leak In the1
big navy yard dock at Brooklyn is caused,
by a ten-foot-square hole in the apron out
side of the caisson. !
Muoh addit'onal damaging evidence has
been found against Adolph L. Luetgert.the
rich sausage manufacturer, of Chicago,
Hi., who is accused ot murdering his wife
and burning ber body. j
Phineas B. Smith, a well-known citizen
of Roxbury, Mass., died of heart trouble
resulting from overexertion in climbing a
hill while riding a bicycle. He waa flftv
nlne years ot age and was a lawyer.
Governor Black, of New York, has signed
the Geueral Tax Rate bill. The State tax
rate for tbe year is 3.67 mills. The rev
enues from direct taxation are estimated at
(12.003 VMM. and from indirect taxation
at (10,048,701.
Tbe Illinois Battlefield Commission has
decided to erect nine monuments each at
Lookout Mountain and at the north end of
Mission Ridge to the Illinois regiments
which participated In these battles.
In New York City Helen Horsford, left an
orphan by the death of her mother, ffrioved
constantly, and oommitted suicide by hang
ing. There was a (25,000 run on the Framing
ham Savings Bank at South Framingham,
Mass.
The Government Building at the Tennes
see Centennial Exposition was opened.
George Bartholomew, an engineer for the
Crown Slate Company at Pen Argyl, Peon.,
was blown to pieces by the explosion of a
boiler. Bartholomew is supposed to have
fallen asleep and on awakening found tbe
boiler dry and turned on the water, there
by causing the explosion. His sister, when
she learned of her brother's death, at
tempted to commit suicide by throwing
herself Into the burning boiler bouse.
John Farrell was fined (5 for planting
potatoes on Sunday at Nanuet, N. f.
The Holland, a small vessel owned by her
Inventor and designed for submarine war
fare, was successfully launched at Eliza
bethport.JT J. iu , - --
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Report ot the irdceedln tram Day
to Day.
- SENATE.
Monday. Cuba engrossed the at
tention of tho Henate. Two phases of
the subject were presented. First
came the question of relief to destitute
nud starving Americans In Cuba. This
was presented In the President'" mes
sage as soon as the. session opened.
Immediately following the reading of
the message Davis, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, pre
sented a favorable report on a joint
resolution originally introduced by
Clallintrer, appropriating $50,000 for the
relief of American citizens in Cuba.
There MfM only one brief speech, from
(lallinger. and thon the resolution went
through by unanimous vote. The
resolution as amended is as follows:
"Ilesolved, lly tbe Henate and House
of Hepresenlatives of the United Btatea
in Congress assembled, that the sum of
$50,000 bo, and the same is hereby, ap
propriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the reliof of the destitute citizens of
the United States in tbe Island of
Cuba, the said money to be expended
at the discretion, and under the direc
tion of. the l'resident of the United
States in the purchase and furnishing
of food, clothing and medicines to such
citizens, and for transporting to the
United States such of them as so denire,
and who are without means to trans
port themselves." The debate on the
Morgan Cuban resolution is growing
very bitter. Wellington, (Kep.) of
Maryland, in his maiden apeech made
a vigorous one against the resolu
tion, anil a plea for its reference to the
Committee on Foreign Relations. He
went on to say that the American peo
ple were more interested in the tariff
and currency bills than Cuba, eto.
Next, Daniel, of Virginia, made a vig
orous Cuban speech and the Senate at
6 o'clock went into executive session
and at 50:30 adjourned.
Tuesday. Cuba again oocupied the
foreground in the Senate to-day. It
drew large crowds to the galleries, and
brought two notable speeches by Mr.
Mason, of Illinois, in favor of the Mor
gan resolution, and Mr. Hoar, of Mass
achusetts, in opposition to it. The Illi
nois Senator pictnred in fervid terms
the distress in Cuba, dwelling particu
larly on the starving condition of 800
United States citizens, as reported by
the l'resident, and called upon the Sen
ate to throw off its lethargy and pass
the Morgan resolution. During the
day a number of bills were passed,
among them one appropriating $25,000
to Richmond College, Richmond, Va.,
for war losses. The Cuban discussion
continued till 4:45 o'clock, when Bur
rows yielded the floor for .executive
session, saying he would go on to
morrow. Wednesday-A stirring debate on Cuba
occurred in the Senate today. It was of
the "give and take" order, with sharp
parliamentary fencing. The main
speeches of tne day were made by Sen
ators Foraker of Ohio, Cannon of Utah,
Lindsay of Kentucky, and Hoar of
Massachusetts. It was the first speech
of any length made by Mr. Foraker
since he entered the Senate and in ad
dition to this tbe Ohio Senator is one
of the Cuban- sub-committee on for
eign relations. He spoke in favor of
a reference of the Cuban resoltion to
the committee but on the general ques
tion declared his purpose of supporting
the resolution recognizing Cuban be
ligerency w heu it should be reported by
the committee. Mr. Cannon was bitter
in his denunciation of Spanish atroci
ties, characterizing the captain general
of Cuba as "that mad dog, Weyler."
The debate occupied the entire day,
Thurston, of Nebraska, giving notice
that he would speak tomorrow. At 0
o'clock the Senate adjourned.
TmmnDAY. The long and exciting
debate on the joint resolution recogniz
ing the existence of a state of war in
Cuba, declaring that strict neutrality
shall be maintained by the United
States, passed the Senate by the decis
ive vote of 41 to 14, at a late hour this
aftereoon. The announcement of the
vote was jeceived with tumultuous ap
plause, which drew from Senator Haw
ley an emphatic protest against "mob
demonstration." The resolution as
passed is as follows: "Resolved, etc..
That a condition of publio war exists
between the government of Spain aud
the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of arms
by the people of Cuba, and that the
United States of America shall main
tain a strict neutrality between tbe con
tending parties, according to each, all
the rights of belligerents in the ports
and territory of tbe United States."
HOUSE.
Thvbsday Cuban affairs furnished
the House with a day of bitter partisan
debate. The Senate resolution appro
priating $50,000 for the relief of Ameri
can citizens was adopted without a dis
senting vote, but the Democrats en
deavored to force consideration also of
the Morgan resolution for recognition
of thejjelligrrency of the insurgents.
They accused the Republicans of en
deavoring to evade this issue, but the
dominant party, through its spokes
man, Mr. Hitt, made the important
statement that the Republicans desired
not to embarrass negotiations which
were being projected by President Mc
Kinley to secure independence for Cuba.
The House at 5:20 p. m. adjourned un
til Monday.
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Swit
zerland, Belgium, Holland and Luxem
burg have just signed at tbe Ilagje the
first International treaty on private
law, the treaty relating to civil proce
dure. All these nations use the Roman
law In eome form. Tbe Swedish and
Norwegian commissioners made cer
tain reservations which prevented their
signing the agreement. Tbe treaty Is
to be followed by other on different
portions of the law. j
An Eni of GrleC
A young woman, according to a con
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