Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-03-21
TELEGRApHIC.

MADRID, Macrh Eat CorunD8 two
hundred students belonging to the
university riOed 10 a parade yesterday
AID cheered for Spain. They burned
an Anne, lean fias, but the police sue
ceeded in preventing the rioters
approaching the Unit Stats COZ
sulate. At Alicante the mayor and
Police, while di persinR q similar de-
monstrhtlons, We're pelted With stones.
aud sever-i policemen sustained iDju-
ries.
LYNDON. March 12-Permapept rIder
secretary Of state Of foreign bffairs. SIR
Thomas Henry S anderson, uas asked
today # the report chbled from the
Uoited States regarding the settlement
of the Venezuelan question tn sn
under standing had been reached was
correct. He said For all know the
settlement may be near. but have not
heard Ut It's Attachment"
WASHINGTON, March PIT can be
stated positively, notwithstanding pub
lic~tions to the contrary, that settle
ment will yet be reached on the Vene-
zuelan QUESTION, and, according to the
best authority, matters are proceeding
10 such IA hion rs to warrant the belief
that there will be satisfactory out
Ct me. At prese1t it cannot be told
whether the ultimate settlement of this
question will be Effected 1s res ult OF
direct negotiations between Great
Britain and Venezuela, initiated through
the medium Of some mutually friendly
power, or as q conc fusion Of the work OF
our own Vent zuelan boundary comu.is-
| sion.
| WASHINGTON. NJ arch 1.-THE house
COMMITTEES on Pacific railways today
listened to state ment by G. P. HUT
log ton, similar TO that made before the
spDaie com mittee, in advocacy OF bis
| plan IF settlement of the Pacific railroad
Indebtedness. 10 concluding Hunting
ton remarked, extemporsDously. that no
| man Wac 90 anxious as he wes 10 see the
road pay 100 cents on the dollar, that
| II was the last great work Of his life, and
that he hoped to live t. see all his sf-
fairs on solid basis. II be equaled the
record OF his great grandfather he had
yet thirty years OF lie.
A rambling discussion was participat-
ed in b, Huntington and members of
the comG,itee which cor sumed half al
hour. One the Of gu. .; ious asked by
Chairman Poxers was whether, under
the company's plsu, tie Southern Pacif-
&c would be able to guarantee The pa,
ments. The Sou,hern Pacific is old
old company" Huntington replied. land
while | would not like to do anything
to make it LAY moch money l would be
wilIirg it suuuld guarantee these pa,
ments because am sure 1t would not
ba call Cd pay. ! AN only one OF sev-
ersl, but have been running this Id ng
for thirty years ard what I say general
ly goes. ! am willing to promise that
the Southern Pacific will guarantee |
these payments.
Huntington asserted that all the peo-
pie in California favored the fundinQ |
plan except few hundred who bsC |
grievances; that the congressman OPP
posing the bill had grievances because
the road went out of politics and seven
eishths OF tho California people were
with him.
he house committee 90 territories tc-
day decided to recommend the passage
of bill creating q territorial form OF
eovernme nt for Alaska and giving it
territorial delegate TO congress.
After an hour had been consumed in
clearing away routine, % alters the Caban
resolutions we're laid before the sen f.
md Hill. Of New York, Recognized. He
pointed out that th 8 being q conference
report the resolutions could not be
amended. IA would therefore vote
apain.t the report in order that a gu bee-
queut time amendments might be made
rhe senator part culsrly OF j -cted to the
third clause Of the resolutions stating
that the Ueit Sta es had bot interyen-
ed in the struggle between any Euro
pean government and their O l..nies, but
that owing to the pr xmt Of Cuba To
tie United Ststes, We should be pre-
pared e. intervene. This, he declared,
was ambiguous and unmasninR. We
had intervened and recognized the
countries Ui'ch bad been colonies OF
Spain. What the resolution sought to
con gey WAS threat to ipteIv-ne. To
this extent the resolution was unpeces-
cary. 1t VAS OF doubtful construction
and mischief breeder which Was liable
TO compromise us.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March PA epeoia
to the Post from Frankfort, says; "The
capitol is under cons'abulary rule this
May or Jullent ordered shout
tUet ty extra policemen to remain On
duty 10 the rotunda with Instructions
20 keep the rOtunda absolutely clear.
This CT uree was decided on by the may
OF AFTER consultation with the governor
no said If frankfort j. unable 10 az
ford police protection to members Of the
legislature, / intend to do 80 il il
takes every state guard in K-nturkv."
When the democratic leaders found
that James and Walton hsd secured
ad Omission to the house cham Der they
raised protest. Mayor Julient refu-ed
10 remove them saying it was within the
power OF the house to do that. The {
democrats declare that il an ate mpt is {