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WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
Senate Resolutions Not in Accordance
With Diplomacy.

Senate Resolutions Not In Accordance
With Diplomacy.
Washington, january g9-The action
which the senate foreign relations COM
mittee urges the president to take IN re-
spect to Cuba Ia sati by persons versod In
diplomacy TO be absolutely without precc-
dent. Never before has II nation been re-
qucsted to accord belllgerent rights to
rebels against their government, and never
have such rights been accorded. A recog-
nla.on OF bclltgereucy amounts to nothing
unless manifested in a proclamation OF
neutrality. so that the senate commit tees
proposition Is really equivalent 10 re
quest upon Spain 10 permit the United
states 20 .ssuc a procla nation declaring
ourselves neutral as respects the present
conflict ga cuba.
II 1t was the intention Of The senate
committee I" secure humane treatment OF
the CUhans, to insure thcm against capt.
tai punishment uud ~ tho charge oil trca-
son. this, 1t Is SAID, might toNo been indi-
Gated by a request THAI spain recognize
Tho inunlciuaI beiIigtrency OF the instr-
gents. which would IN NO sense be equiVu-
lcnt to any admission of international bel
Beca use the United States government in
| the late war treated captive Confederate,
AS prisoners of war, made exchanges ~
| prisoners and reoguized nags of truce. the
nations OF Europe held THAI the Federal
! government had recognized their bolliSor-
| ency, and lmucd.atcly, by the issue Of
a
| tiually 10 recognize the beiigercnGy VI thu
| Eou'h themselves
Mr.. Seward entered most vigorous
| protest and, in the course OF the cor
| raspondepce he made very nlce dis
| unctson, showing that the United States
| had been induced to treat the Confeder-
| ales In this fashion solely from impulses
| of humanity and not from any consider
alton Of International law.
His protests were unavaillng to affect
| the action of European nations, but he
did place the United States on record in
a ra.hion that viii make Il extremely
| difficult for the present administration ia
| rconcile MIR. Stewards utteranees with a
compliance with the request Of congress
| presuming that the senate committee $
| ne solution win he adopted.
1t Is probable that the president at this
| time VIII give some consideration, him
| self, to the question that has already been
| preached, but not DISPOSED OF in the de-
| bato in the house on tho Armenian reso.
luton and that Is Just how far he Is
bound 10 be governed by such suggestion
| and requests as are contained In these
concurrent resolutions OF congress.
1t Is becoming apparent that while the
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TUE SOUTHERN STATES.
KENTUCKY.

Nicholasylle, Ky, January ga sem
eation, involving high society people,
came to focus here today. John Car
rett. prominent young man, formerly
Of Noodford. who 1t Is charged, has been
talking about certain ladies below men
toned. signed the following statement,
hut claims that he was compelled to do
so at the point Of pistol, held by James
Graves, a prominent horsainau Of Wood
ford and tather-in-law of the Mrs. Nirgie
Graves. mont oned, II is signed in Car
rot's handwriting and the following is
a copy.
This Is to certify that the remarks
that 1 made about Miss salle Meyers and
Mrs. Nirgie Graves and other ladies' in
the neighborh0od We're all lies, all OF my
own make UP, l admit that | am a liar
and villain Of the deepest dye. and that
] am lowdown, contemplate puppy aud
thief / sign this OF my own free win.
John Garrett"
Mrs. Nirglc Graves is the wife of ollie
Graves, turfm1n of LeNington Graves
has been arrested. Garrett was to leave
a O'Clock for stanton. Va. 70 live
Excitement is high. Graves emphaticallv
denies that he drew a pistol on Garrett.
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The new chief of the weather bureau
has issued his report for 1888 and fur
nishes some interesting facts for the pun
lie. The growth of this arm of the ser
vice has been strong and steady in spite
of many sneers and lot little open on
position. until it IS now not only useful,
but directly valuable service.
The bureau now costs the country. or
did last year, the neat sum in round num-
bers of $4,000 per annum. The appro-
rration last year was some fifty thou
sand dollars in excess of the expendi-
lures. apparently indicating an economi-
cal and busIness-like administration of
its affairs. But Chief Moores glory is
the forecast division. and it is TO that
division be now is deyoting the greater
portion of his energy. A large number
of specific instances are cited in the an
nual reports of the Observers, where the
forecasts have been made of direct re-
suits in the saving of several hundred
thousand dollars worth of property, ship
ping, crops and cattlc-the warning being
received in time and acted upon. In fact
the chief thinks ten millions of money
would not be an extrayacant estimate
of the value Of the forecasts last year
Over 3,14s,000 weather maps were IS
sued at "a stations during the period coy
cred. The total number OF warnings in
1890 We're up in the thousands-il9 frost
signals, los cold wave warnings. 3499
emergency warnings. 1920 straight fore
casts, all by wire, and several Thousand
by mail and train service. The percent
age where warnings and forecasts were
absolutely correct was unusually large
Arrangements were perfected last year
By which $500 towns can he warned by
telegraph at once of the approach Of
tropical hurricanes, cold waves and
storms of unusual severity, called "emer
gency warnings" II VIII be seen that
the Development Of this branch has been
of late particularly. along practical lines
furnishing the public with something
it needs IN its business and furnishin;
that something rapidly by wire and il
4 time to close doors aad put up the hlindt
and haul in the sails. One hundred AM
4 eighty-four Texas towns We're furnishe,
with emergency warnings last year
4 warnings which are becoming absolutely
invaluable TO the cities and region o
Il the coast
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SPITE WORK. SAYS BRADLEY.

Washington. January 2s.--The case Of
Major Geo. Armes the retired army Off
Ger, whose arrest for insulting a superior
officer was ordered by General Schoneld
and who was released on a sensati )nal
ruling of Judge Bradley Of the supreme
court. was given formal hearing ly
Judge Bradley today. The court in dis
posing of the case said the whole case
appeared TO be piece of spite work on
the part of General Schcfeld, and that
this belief was justified by the fact that
there now appears no intention TO prose
cute further
Today's action leaves Major Armes con-
structvely under arrest, but II is prob
able the matter will not be pushed fur
Their.
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RUMoR OF GOMEZ DEATH.
No Confirmation and Insurgents Refuse
TO Believe IT.

NJ Nbltlli ma Gun dll'l Insurgents hEllSo
TO Believe 1t.
Havana. January 29-There Is an in
sistent rumor that Maxine Gomez has
died a result of his illness. The friends
Of the insurgents place no credcnce in
the rumor and there is no confirmation of
the report. II probably owes its origin
to the fact that the insurgents tried to
buy coffin at san Antonio de Los Bauos.
and the conclusion that II was intended
for the burial of the leader 81 the Cuban
instruction has been jumped at
An engagement of some Importance has
undoubtedly taken place between Come
forces and the pursuing columns Of the
Spaniards at the plantation OF san Lucia
The official report makes no statement
of the result of the fight beyond asserting
that the insurgents lost twenty-one killed
and ninety wounded. The Spanish los ses
are not stated
| This morning the column commanded
! by Colonel Nicuni encountered Twenty-Five
insurgents upon the plantation Of Europe
in Matanzas. They pursued these who
proved to be the vanguard of Il larger
| force, and met 800 usurSents ct the farm
! of Majuii. Firing continued for half an
hour when the insurgents retreated, leaY-
! ing three killed aud eleven wounded to-
gether with some arms. ON the side Of
the troops Major Perez Roy was seriously
wounded.
Colonel Nicuna has stationed his forces
In Rabez, which commands tho only pass
to the province of Havana and the west
| ward.
The insurgents are striving to effect Il
| passage TO Join Gomez and Maceo, but
have not succeeded IN doing so.
The German frigate Gucissonau has ar
rived here
The insurgcnt leader, Fernando Espin-
| osa. has died from wounds received al
Rio Grande in December.
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CUBA'S BELLIGERENCY,
CONTINUED From First Page)

come-woe be unto those who have been
among oppressors of the people. Inc
present struggle is unfortunately too Ike
that which preceded the late ClVii war
inasmuch as 1t is sectional. The creator
and the manufacturing states OF the
North and East. those which nave grown
Unfortunately wealthy ut the expense OF
the producing classes of the South and
West, are urging this policy with the be-
sotted blindness OF Belsha2Zar.'
1t was easy TO see, the senator said, In
conclusion. that the struggle for the new
characterization had begun. There were mil
lions now on the march and tramp, tramp,
tramp of the highways hunting work ana
begging bread ana unless relief comes
,hav win some day take notion to come
TO Washington with rifles in their hands
to regain the liberties stolen from them or
which their representatives have sold
During Mr.. Tillman's bitter criticism OF
the president ne put down his notes ana
nut the senators and galleries in roars OF
laughter by telling how, as governor oil
South Carolina, he had come here TO IN
augurate the preside At; had stood four
hours In the snow and sleet until he was
nearly frozen to death to do honor 10 TINS
president And" concluded the senator,
II ask God to forgive me for doing IL.
At one point, after bitterly arraigning
the president, the senator addressed him.
self to the republican side OF the senate
and exclaimed: "Why have you not Inn
peached him? You have the majority to
do it,"
Mr. Hawley interrupted with the query
"Why did not the last congress do this?
''Ao is not impeached," continued the
senator, because he carries out your re-
publican policy. The last congress was no
better than this
The senator closed at o'clock.
The members of the house from South
Carolina and many others congratulated
him.
Mr.. Jones Dem. Arlsl. asked UNI
animous consent TO fix O'Clock tomorrow
as the time for voting on the silver pond
| bill
| Mr.. Hin objected.
viii the senator name a day for a
| vote" asked Mr.. Jones.
! THE 9TH of February" responded Mr.
| Hill.
| Mr.. Jones declined to consider this de-
lay and said he would make the test to-
| morrow.
Mr.. Call dem, Fla.), addressedthe sen
ate in support Of the silver amendment tc
the bond bill.
Mr. Call concluded at 4:A p. m. and
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
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NEW POWER. NEW EXPFNDI-
TURES.

1t is with nations as with ind.viduals-
the moment a new element Of greatness
and power is thrust upon them, or won.
in peace or war, new responsibilities are
added tn maintain this additional prom
nence. Japan Is furnishing an inustra-
ton in point Just at this time in the no
cessity for providing larger military and
naval establishments to hold the position
she has recently won in the East.
So long as Japan's military prowess
and resources were problematical. Rus
ria, France and England were content
TO let her pursue the even tenor of her
way aud without threatening her strength
or commerce. The moment she asserted
herself international jealousies and hos
tility stepped in. She was warned to
he careful and steps were taken to hem
her in and curb her ambition. The con.
sequence IL that this oriental island power
has at once recognized the necessities Of
her new situation. The expenditures
1 before the late war were never over
SEQ. 000, 900 per annum Now japan Will
expend that sum annually for ten years
on the developing alone Of her army and
navy. The budget will be doubled TO
take care of her new power ard promi-
hence. and properly answer her enyious
rivals for Eastern supremacy. 1t is a
big undertaking for so small and COM
paratively poor power, but Japan's
past would indicate that she viii accom-
\ plish her purpose.
We shall then sec really formidable
a oriental nation--one strong In sea power
! and military strength and aggressive in
achieving national and commercial great
ness. Something of this same penalty of
Il greatness is bong seen in this country
We are standing out more prominently
\ than ever. before the older nations, mix
ing more in affairs which are necessarily
q Of mutual interest between the powers
q and 1t will not be long in the natura
n course of events unit, the possession oil
vastly increased military and nava
x strength will be universally recognized al
II necessary even here. In fact it is recog
4 nized now and preparations are shaping
u as Ia Japan. 10 make our fighting arm too
u strong to be tritied with. We can no
IN grow great and retain greatness withou
u making ourselves strong and ready, fo
N offense or defense, at any stage of on
tE DEVELOPMENT
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-'ssS.
RAVAGES OF YEul1|
nave Caused a 7As',s,,, Is
Venelu.l,, r,r
BELIEVED TO HAVE M
a Party Of Miners c.,,s,,.
MHhdi Aliewsd,s ~
o'sr'hs.va

New York. January AZ
Express Caracas corrrr.N .s
under date of January y s
hastian' in the State Of l,,,s.'
Ninety miles southwest !
comes a cry of desolaHoa n \
been scourged with us.,a Is
fourth of the population y.
less than three months ~.
nearly a thousand DEATH 4,
fever' One cemetery il an
flowing. Business is almos, J
pended, and a majority d
escaped the plague hays A..
homes. Young people have w
cipal victims. A majority
decrepdt have survived to rr,,,'
OF children and grandchidr.
Up to the time of this ,,ta
San Sebastian contained 400 n
n happy and contented peocl. !.
tne cultivation of coffee and i,
raising of cattle. The town az,
situated near the foot on ina \, b
mighty cliffs. which FEAR ~. 4
barren peaks 1000 feet above X. \
What is now the State o, No.
of the oldest settled parts ~ "
It's capital, Villa de Cusa, an, }
the tine of Spanish dominant,
famous as an abiding place q I
ancestor of the MARQUEE de c,s,']
San Sebastian has never he, y
It's attention to sanitation or M.
was devastated several years snJ
and immediately thereafter sor y
was made to put II In a bette =
but before long it was the SAM i
Swine wander about the stress
There is no such thing as props \
and all surroundings are fayorib|
development and cultivation 0, n
fever germ. The town has not te|
en- suddenly. Progress Of lie :
has been slow but steady.
There were three regularly 4
physicians practcing In San 81
to Il few days ago, two native Va,
and one Italian. They made hss
to stay the course OF the EVIL,
were unsuccessful and left. Tie
were taken by several men AZ.
who had some knowledge Of u
they succeeded where the reE.l
tioneers failed. The disease "a n
control, and there is very little
of It spreading. notwithstanding
sence of quarantine regulatios
The burial ground of San sdI
within a quarter Of mile Of The
the town. Graves are dug hun
nervous and frightened atteais
are very shallow, some Of them
than three feet deep. Bodies n
few hours after death. Nos
funerals are held at midnight.
sition in yellow fever is rapid
stencil in the town is described
| thing frightful.
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EATEN BY CANNIBAu
A Horrible Fate Believed to HI.
taken Five MinerA

A Horrible Fate Believed to Hi.'
taken Five MinefA
Hermosillo, Mexico, January -
rihle fate Is believed to have VI
party of five gold prospectm y
here several weeks ago for the i'''
Tiburon Island, which Is inhab'!s
Serbs tribe of Indians. Their "
members of the exploring parry ~
but one of the men has arnm
ranch near here and reports 'M
his companions came upon W
Indians: that they were all taSs' =
and preparations began to pu'as
when he succeeded in making ID
He believes all the other memoa
party were killed and their nesa y
the Indians. He states thar tN
all wear valuable gold ornanS''
that there were many evidences
mines on the island,
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of Justice Brewer, chairman of the Ven
ezuela committee, has recently discover
ed among the family archives an old map
that may throw light on the Venezuelan
boundary question. 1t Is n well preserved
map showing the coast If New An
dalusia or province of Guiana" according
TO the division of the Spaniards. The map
was engraved and published by William
Fadden. geographer to the king of Eng
land and is dated October g. 1883. The
lines of the map tend to contradict the
British assumption of the boundary.
The map will be forwarded to the COM
mission.
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Ell MAHDI ovERTHRon

London, January "a disS~
Pail Mall Gazette from Cairo' ~.
that n serious revolution has ~
Khartoum. The disturbances
grew out of differences se''a
MahdI and the tribes belons'ns y,
terror of Soudam The resu'' !,
rising, it is further stated W"
Mahdi was practically overthi'''
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WARNING FROM GERMANY.

London, January ga dispatch to the
Times from Berlin says: A semi-official
statement has been published warning
President Crespo OF Venezuela that he
can not count help of the United States
TO help him In shiriSlig his obligations
supposing Germany takes measures to en-
force the payment OF railroad claims. The
Monroe doctrine may, perhaps. be applied
to territorial questions. but can not be
invoked to protect defaulting debtors
against the claims Of the European
States.
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AGRICULTURAL BILL.

Washington. January 29.-The house
committee on agriculture today finished
the bill making appropriation for the sup
port of the agricultural department for
the fiscal year, 1897. The total amount
carried by the bill was SIZES. 392. as
aga INST S3,303,75o appropriated for the
present fiscal year.
The $50 geo carried by last years bill
for the purchase and distribution of val
liable seeds. but which was unexpended
10y Secretary Morton is again appropri-
afeJ
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LETTER FROM GLADsToN

New York. January ~" ~
the Herald from London says n
Mr.. Gladstone has written sas,
ter on the Armenian queSlloh
he refers to the victory Of !, y
over the powers. and says N
wholly abandon the hope tha' y. ~
darkness light will arise, pa1 ~
rests with the Almighty, 10 was-
all should address fervenl pias
half of His suffering crea'uiV
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ADVOCATE FORECLOSURE.

Washington January 2e.-Two of the
members Of the California congressional
delegation, Mossrs. Powell and Barnham,
addressed the house on the Pacific rail-
roads today in opposition to any funding
d hts. They recommended that the gov
e-nnl, Mt should proceed to foreclose upon
the railroads when default was made in
payment of OBLIGATIONS, and they also
d. uounced the methods 10y which Mr..
Huntington and his associates have man
aged the property.
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lNsuRGENTs REruLsrn.

Havana, January .a,-Scveral members
Of the central committee Of the Peformist
party have resigned
II is estimated that about 1900 persons
belonging to Sabanllla have fled from
that town to Matanzas.
The insurgents have plurdcred stores I'm
tho village Of Sidra. and attacked Guircra
MacuriIes. south NJ Snh1nilla Tho garrl-
sen, however. rcpulsed tho cncn'v. whose
attack was twice renewed The ipsur.
gents suffered a severe loss and retreated
hve miles and then reconcerted their
forces.
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AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN.

Washington, January 29,--The name OF
Edwin Uhl, assistant secretary of state,
has been mentioned prominently in gossip
in regard to the appointment to the am
hassadorship at Berlin. His intimate
knowledge of all matters under diplomatic
consideration with Germany would make
his aprolatment en- monthly deslrable.
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TIE HOUSE.

Washington, January 2s.-The session OF
I'll house was brief today. The OPPOSE
ton to a bill reported from the invalid
pensions committee to amend the act OF
1880 50 that the widows claims after an
unexplained absence of the husband of
seven years should be considered evidence
of death, led to making a point OF order
and the house was forced to adjourn.
The session opened with a brief scram-
bic on the resolution of condemned can
non.
After the matter had been discussed
and Mr. Picker had offered an omnibus
amendment 10 provide FOR condemned can-
non for the Grand Army OF The Republic
departments Of each State and Territory.
the clanor for car ror became SO loud
that the bill and amendments were re-
ferred TO the committee On naval affairs
\ demand by Mr.. Crisp for the regular
order resulted in the call of the committee
for hills. under which bills were passed
to exclude the public lands Of Alabama
from the operation Of the law Of 1856 re-
lounr 10 mineral lands granting nome
siea1ers en- the Yanktcn Indian teservo-
ton leave of absence for one year to des-
ignute the officer before whom pr nminary
entries Of public lands can he made.
Adjourned.
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years of its existence, In which II has
grown in membership from three hundred
to two thousand firms, this Trades
league has done much to call attention to
Ph.ladelphia us producing and distrib-
uting mart and something to remove the
discrimination in railroad rates which
formerly operated to the advantage of
rival cities. The paper thinks che most
important achievement, however, as
step toward the future usefulness of the
league to the commercial prosperity OF
the community. is the remarkable ac-
cession in the period indicated of so
many of the business firms of the city.
1t rightly argues that what two thou
sand firms acting singly and without II
definite purpose could not hope to do
can be comparatively easy of accomplish
ment with the two thousand acting in
unison for common purpose.
There is not a city in this country, now,
where there Is not an immediate necessity
for such concert of action by the business
firms composing it's commercial life and
hone. There Is strength in numbers.
with unity. that can not in any other
manner he felt. The city of Houston
stands today particularly in need of such
great trades league, organized upon
business principles with public aims only
IN view The thousand or so commercial
establishments here. with single end
Mt time to accomplish, could, by acting
through such great quasi-corporation,
obtain virtually anything they desired
for the city-politically or commercially
required for our advancement and pros
pcrity.
Such a body, or union. as this Phila-
delphia Trades league, with its past sue
cesSes and its future possibilities, stands
out prominently as an object lesson for
all our growing towns in the Southwest.
The larger the body. the more exhaustive
it's gathering in of all the city's business
as adjustments, the more irresistible will
be its power
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GOLD EXPECTED.

Washington, January 99.-Owlng to the
favorable conditions now existing In the
foreign exchange market. the treasury de-
partment is hoping that quite large ship
ments Of gold will he made from abroad
to be used in making payments for bonds
to be used under the call now pending, and
II this should prove to be the case 1t is I'M
derstpod that 1T will be the policy of the
department to offer every facility in It's
power to those who propose 10 use the i'm
ported gold in payment OF several INSTALL
frA