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THEY STILL DISCUSS
0lney's Statement COntlru,s 10 Be
the Leading Topic.
WILL ADJOURN TOMORROW
The Resolution viii Be Reported
To-Day. but ITO Action VIII
BE Taken Tin After the
Holiday Recess.

Washington. Dee 20.-Thcrc is very
little probability that therr Will he any
change In the programme of congress
for am adjournment Tor the holidays.
Dee. -, because cf the Cameron Cuban
resolution which will be reported to
the senate tomorrow morning Tn"
rules of the senate provide that In case
of a single objection To- the considern-
tion OF a hill or resolution reported, II
shall go over iii the next day, Con
sequcntly II an attempt we're made To
have the resolution considered o-wOr-
ruw this objection would De- furthcom-
lnE. 4 great many senators have made
their preparations To leave the city for
the holidays, and II Is thought unlikely
that a quorum can he mustered ON
Tuesday by which business can he
transacted. and this point would he
raised IL the Cameron resolution were
brought forward,
The statement made by Mr. olney Is
still "A subject Of earnest discussion.
On some hands his position Is fully
sustained. while on others IL Is ad-
mitted that perhaps from purely
technical statement Of law the sccrc-
tary's position IL correct. hut that IL
certainly violates the principle OF the
constitution. Those who made this
[
Supposing. they say. that the president
declared that he Intended to recognize
republic and that congress should
pass a resolution declaring II their
judgment that mn such action should
be taken. would II he possible for the
president. In the face uf this position
OF both the senate and the house. To
use the executive prerogative and rec
ogni2e the republic? This constitution
al point has for the time being sup
planted In interest the resolution itself,
and II IL known that when the resolu-
tion is brought forward "A debate OF
considerable interest and length VIII
cnsue on this subject. The position Of
Mr.. Olney. setting forth that NJ the
administrative, Will undoubtedly have
Its effect In some quarters Of the SEN
ate and II is said tonight that sum
Client opposition can be mustered To de-
feat the resolution.
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crews and the strength of the spanish
was a match for the Americans. He
expressed the hope. however. that
Spain would only require her navy to
defend her colonial possessions from
insurgent criminals without any Inter
national conflict.
According tn interviews published In
the Madrid newspapers. Senior Cano-
vas Is reported as saying that every
thing is ready to apply reform in the
Spanish WesI Indies. hut that all viii
depend upon the course ui the cam
paign in cuba. The reforms. h. says,
will he applied first to Porto Rico. but
nothing has been decided upon the
subject pending the receipt of further
dispatches from Captain General Wcy-
Ter.
While ] am premier" said Senior
canoVas, spain will not provoke a
conflict with the United States but |
viii brook no attack on the sovereign
~ of Spain. | say this calmly. but |
am resolved tn abide by II. That is my
last word "
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washington. Dec. 20-Thc house VIII
adjourn on Tuesday for the holiday re-
cess. and as memhers are leaving by
every train. II is doubtful whether a
quorum will he present again until al
ter the holidays This being the case,
whatever Is done viii have to he dome
practically 10y unanimous consent. The
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
propr,ation hill Is still unfinished. This
hill and the blll for the maintenance
of the military academy the leaders
hope To- pass before the recess. tn"
only thing which may stand In the
way of carrying out this programme
will bc the fight which the library
committee viii wage against IN" prn-
vision relative 10 the library in the
legislative bill. The library committee
agreed on the bill for the future gov
crnmen, Of the library which the APP
prDpriation committee rejected. They
will seek TO have The house adopt this
as an amendment tn the Legislative hlll
hut as point Of order viii bc against
H. Their. seems To be- uu chance ~ It's
adoption. They can then NJ course.
II they 80 desire. rctaliat" In case a
quorum II not present. ard prevent the
passage of the bill The provision In
the hill win retain Mr.. Suunord as H.
brarian and lncT~as" hts salary from
$4,000 To 5000. The provision abolsh"s
the position ~ librarian and creates a
director Of the library al $1,000. To-
rn1rrow under the rules, is suspension
day. but It IL probable th- appTopria-
t.0ns bills win consume the session.
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CUBAN NEWS,
Insurgents Doing ms They Please-The
spanish Attack IA Hospital.

Cincinnati. Dec 20-A special TO the
commercial-Trfhune from Tampa. Fla,
says; Passengers from cuba state that re-
ports are openly accuInulatlng that Ma
tarzas province II ovcrrtn by Gomez's
advance forces. Numerous bands OF In
sureent guerillas also have created "A
reign OF terror among the spanish guTri-
sons In the smaller towns. who hardly
dare venture outside their picket lines.
All news from the east side of the island
Is that the Insurgents are doing as thGs
please in the hills beyond the trocha. Two
more garrisons have just deserted TO the
cubans, one OF li0, the other of 2)0 men.
Their officers alone remained faithful ana
were permitted to escape to other span
Isl strrugholds. NnricCs engagements are
reported at Estcver, between the insurg-
ent guerilla forces and an advancing cot
umn Of Spanish soldiers under Colonel
Josr NuneE The Spanish. with consid-
cradle loss. drove the insurgents from the
Held Nevertheless. the insurgents re-
turned later and renewed the assault on
the Spanish column. The Spaniards are
reported TO have attacked hospital filled
with cuhans wounded near Aroma Sat
urday. The story says they killed all the
wounded aud then burned the hospital
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mean the early consummatl0n ~ the
cherished scheme of uarallrllng the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific by
means of a union ~ branch lines. huilt
by them In the height or their pros
perity, and nf merging interest with
an eastern trunk line, the baltimore
a ohio, Tor instance So AS tp complete
an unbrukeu transcontlncutal line be-
tween the Two oceans.
Confirmation Of this theory Il found
IN the present movement Tor new
short lin" between Denver and Salt
Lake city which would shorten the
rail distance 200 miles and In fact that
Wy the construction of slt miles ot
track the Grand Island could he united
Win the baltimore a Onto al l.cards-
town. Ill, obtain a Kansas city and
Omaha entrance and reach Denver
Nina. Nrb,, Colby, kas, and the Kan
sas division of the Union Pacific. which
IL not a government road. Tbis. with
the brnvcr-Sait Lake short line, would
bring about a junction with th" Utah
Northern, the oregon short LINE aud
IN" oregon Railway a Navigation
company and land the Ralilmurc a
ohio In Portland. ore
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THE = p. CHARTER.
Charge That the Company T. o,-I,t.p.
ping Its Limits,

san Francisco, Dee g0-Attorney
Gen raj FitzEorald has filed scnsa +
tional demurrer In the United states
circuit court In the ease of the south
ern Pacific company against the board
NJ railroad commissioners of Califor-
MIA. The document raises points of
vital interest Ia IN" Southern Pacific
company, ms the attorney general at
tackH the validity " the railroad COM
panys charter and denies its right In
operate lia branch roads In this state.
The original suit was brought to en-
Join the railroad commission from en-
forcing its schedule of freighta rcduc-
ing grain rates per cent. In the pre-
liminary decision rendered by Judge
McKenna, these grain rates were de-
clared To he unreasonable. and the
temporary injunction, granted when
the suit was instituted. was ordered 10
continue until the case was tried on
It's merits.
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WORSE THAN BOOZE
MEN DRINK ESSENCE OF en-
NAMON" AND DIE.
Wrii-k nown Citizens 10 Eternity
% hers Suffering.

Wheeling. W. Va. Dec. 2o.-Addition-
al advices from Benwood. the new oil
field In Monroe. Ohio. concerning the
poisoning from drinking essence OF
cinnamon" substitute for whiskey.
sold at a speak-easy. confirm the first
reports. Three well-known men are
dead. several are seriously III. and three
are Insane. II seems that one of the
stock keepers at BcnwoOd got hold of
the fact that a Wheeling drug firm
was putting up "A preparation called
essence Of cinnamon" which contain
ed a large percentage OF alcohol The
merchant laid Ia large supply OF the
stun and informed the people about
that he had good thing. It was re-
ceiNod yesterday and he sold great
deal ~ II during the afternoon and eve
ming. Several who partook of the "es-
sonce' soon became ill and three ~
them. after terrible suffering. died. The
symptoms were the same in all cases
Tn" first man taken ~ was w n.
Price, on whose farm the Fisher OH
company drilled It's first we'll Before
physician could arrive he was dead.
He died In awful agony, Mr., Pric" was
one of the most prominent and wealthy
citizsns. his royalties on wells on his
farm aggregating 5000 a month. lie
leaves widow and one chlld.
Charles Scibrrt. n butcher II Sargos
ohio. was the next attacked. and he
was quickly followed "a eternity by
Thomas Clegg. an oil drillcr Others
who were attacked by the same symp-
toms. hut are still alive. are Colonel
Clegg. Henry Roth and cook In a
boarding house. His name cannot be
learned. About 10 other persons are
suffering from the effects ~ the pol
SON. \ number of physicians are On
the ground and hope 10 succeed IN saw
ing their lives
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BANK OF ILLINOIS.
u win Not Open This Morning. ne Has
been Its Custom.

Chicago. Dec. 20.-To-morrow MORN
ing's papers viii say. The probahili-
ties are that the National bank OF illi-
nols VIII not open for business to-day
and u may go into liquidation as the
result uf serious troubles that first be-
came known at a late hour Tonight.
The cash resources of the Institution
are stated to he within the limits or
the law and IL Is understood that de-
posit0rs will bc paid In full. Bad loans
are stated to be the cause of the
trouble. The capital and surplus Of the
bank II Is said. are impaired. In con-
sequence, the institution was suspend
od from membership in the clearing
house at "A meeting ~ the governing
committee Tonight. IL Is stated that
n the bank lid suspend and llQuidsts
there would be- sufficient funds TO de-
clare an early dividend. as the re-
sources ~ the bank are ample The
National Bank ~ Illinois was one ot
the leading financial institutions of the
city. The last statement ~ the bank
showed Il Ia be In good condition.
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Other London Press Comment =.

London, Dec O.-The Chronicle dis
cGsses the constitutional question IN
volved In the apparent difference between
President Cleveland and congress on the
Cameron resolution. This paper thinks
Mr.. olnoy cannot put his foot down 40
absolutely and that he must have been
misunderstood, "hecause, even admitting
the difficulty cf bringing the matter be-
fore the supreme court. congress could
apparently Impeach the president. or take
the quicker step of declaring war against
Spain" The Standard on the other hand.
does not doubt that Mr.. Olney's position
Is perfectly sound.
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A RAILROAo scAEME.
Di.cusiou q. Plan to Land the u. a -.
In Portland, ore.

81 Joseph. No. Dec. 20 Wilhelm l..
Buu uf Edward sweet a C0.. Henry
Budgc ~ Han Gart'n q Co, y. H..
Iulins of IA. Centrai Trust company,
aud William Strauss. counsel for the
reorganization company. all N New
York, win arrive here tomorrow % In
srpct the 81. Joseph x Grand Island
railway and viii Dee b.dd"rs AZ the sale
OF the road a. Hastings. Neb. Dec. -.
f. Mcneil president and general man
ager ~ the oregon Railway * Naviga-
tion CON pany. of Portland, ore, arriv-
81 to-day. n Is not known Just what
interests b. represents a. the sale.
The theory obtained here ls that his
purchase Of the Grand Island would
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IN woopLAwn CEMETERY.


New York. Dee. 20 The body ~
Alexander Hermann, tn magician. was
laid At rest IN vault M WoodlHwn
cemetery to-day. where o. Will remain
until the family decides uI.u q plrTnu-
rent burial place Previous 10 the in
trrIncnt funeral services Wrrc held ~
the Masonic temple, which wrrr at
tended by large crowd. Including
many members ~ the theatrical Urotcs-
sion The Jewish services were C"n-
Quoted by Rabbi Joseph Silyrrmfu N
Temple Emanuel and were followed Ly
the Masonic rites conducted ly Grand
Master charles ficiser
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CaAzY BRYANT.
The Craak Fatally Wound. tits Wife and
Fnth-r-ln-Law.

Fort scott Kan. Dec. 1o--l.ais thss eve
nirg while on their way TO make a call.
William T. Reno 5nd daughter. Mrs. Nay
Hriprt. were shot and probably fatAity
wCundsd by George Bryant, the husband
Of Mrs Bryant. Bryant APPROACHED them
'ed asked n he could speak TO his vile,
who recently lvtt hin Reno replied No.
1t which Bryant began to shoot Mr.
WrrO was shot IN the rtght brast aul
hack. whlle Mrs. Bryant received Two
bui., "a in the back Just under the shoni-
o,r. Uryp1t ntd Immediately after the
sfooiia. ani ~ midnight was sian "a
lrgc The Would-be murderer is deOut
X years o,i. Brysnt Il thought hy hts
psr 7is aGd some - his cornpsnlcis 10 10
insane
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Lima. Peru Ivia Galveston. Texasi.
Dec. go-The Worsnan's club ~ this
city hold an excited meeting to-day a;
which the cuban questiep was dis
cussrd. The club adopted resolution
to distribute large numbers 81 tho por-
traits and biography ~ Antonio Ma
Geo. Admiral LOsar ~ the United
states cruiser Philadelphia. acrnmpa-
nied by hls staff all In fun uniform.
paid a visit to President Pierole to-
lav
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NEW sUpERINlkNpENT.
~. >. Horn. Dr.. tn succeed ,. -. finn On
the n. y. Montana Division.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Livingston, Dee. ell. J. Horn, jr,,
who is Ia succeed j. D. Finn as super
intendent of the Montana division, ar
rived here yesterday with Mr. Finn and
has gone with the latter To make his
first trip with the pay car. MIR. Horn
was connected with the engineering
work In the building Of the Butte
branch in 1889. His latest position has
been In the capacity Of civil engineer
upon the Minnesota division with head
quarters at Staples He IL an expert
enced man In all departments Of rail-
reading and II IL safe io say that
neither the railroad company nor others
interested will lose anything In the
change OF superintendents.
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Bridge. Mass, Dec sO-Onc OF the
greatest conragrniions tssat has.occusrei
In worcester county Tor many years
broke out IN the hear, Of the business
~ elton today, and before II could be- con-
ttolled four large business blocks and
tdrce other buildinss had been reduced
Ia ashes. entailing u loss OF over siup.u,p.
upon which there Is y65.0l0 Insurance..
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Cincinnati. Ohio, Dee. 2O.-Senator
Davis OF Minnesota telegraphed the
following tonight to the Commercial
Tribune anent Secretary Olney's posi-
iion on recognizing Cuba: Washing
ton. Dec. 20.-f think that Mr.. Olney's
position Is untenable. In my opinion
congress has the power. by statute or
by joint resolution, TO recognize the in
dependence Of Cuba. IL the president
approves the measure there can, of
course. he no controversy. II he dis
approves II and 1t liz passed over his
veto, II becomes law of the land as
effectualiy as If he had approved II,
and his duty to execute II Is equally
imperative in either case.
&C. X. Davis"
The Commercial-Trbun telegraph
ed Judge Cooley's letter on the power
TO recognize Cuba to Senator Daniel
and asked his opinion. He telegraphed
tonight as follows: WASHINGTON.
Dec. 20.-I concur in the opinion ex.
pressed by Judge Cooley as set forth
in your telegram.
John W. Daniel"
Tho Commercial Tribune wired Sena-
tor sherman for his Views on the power
81 congress to recognize the independ.
enre Of Cuba and tonight received
this answer; Washington, II. C.. Dee
2o.-Therc is no foundation for tho
statement that congress may not. II II
will. recognize the Independence ~ q
new nation. nor do ] think Mr. Olr,y
contests 1t. hut he thinks the matter
ought tn come from the president. III
however, congress should pass rcso-
luton and the president should vetr
II, it can be passed by n two-thirds
vote Of each house and would bccum,
law which the president must respect
and obey John sherman"
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Philadelphia, Dec. eo-Th" new Unl-
ted States cruiser brooklyn which has
been lying AZ l.saru Island navy yard
since going into commission four weeks
ago wtll star on her first ofhcial
crutso,ncNt saturday She will steam
first to the naval station at Newport,
.R l.
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East Radford. Va. Dec. - About 2;lD
O'Clock this morning hre was discovered
In the grocery store OF r j. NOVEL; on
First street The flames spread very rap
Idly, consuming Is houses. OF which tho
majority were stores. The loss ts esti-
mated at over 10000: Insurance only
about slnIg1
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tni,a aud the Puipit.

Frankfort. KY. Dee. .0.-AnEnJnre-
ments ~ the Cuban mass meeting 20
he held Tomorrow night were mad"
from all pulpits to-day. Several min
isters announced that their sermons
next sunday night would deal with
Ibis sulitet.
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FIVE OF THEM DEAD
awful Result Of a Lamp Explosion ir
the Goldsmith Rssld.LcA
FATHER, MOTHER. CHILDREN
Sirc In New Brunswick. N. J. De-
stroys a $4,000 uiiding
row Escapes From Death
Other y Gonfiagrations.

Nov York Do. 0.-The explosion OF a
piano lamp ON ne second noor Of the
tour-story rcshlrncc, No. n; East rIny-
eighth street. resulted In The loss OF nye
litcs tonight. Tho dear are
AARON GOLDSMITH. q. years old.
cLoTtLhE GOLDSMITH. his yifr, IS
y,uTs OLD
BERTHA GOLDSMITH. ~ years old.
HARRY GOLDSMITH. years obj.
FRANK GOLDSMITH. o years old.
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4 M,r nl Inc rnil.d stnlss.

IaJril. Dee sl.-El HeTalao sssetts
thil the minister % war. Gen raj Ae-
1arraea, IS preparing numerous paInph-
lets 0n the geography, Topography and
military condition of the Ifnltel states
o., i.strthute to the chief Officers Of the
spauish army
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Eir. Dnmp I.xnIn.ion.

Buda Pesth. Dee. 2O-The colliery
disaster at Reschltza resulted from an
explosion NJ fire damp and have proved
more serious than at first reported. 40
persons having been killed and q still
missing
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What Shall the Present Be?
Where Shall | Get II?
WHY, AT

We keep nothing but first class goods,
all fresh and rich In quality and design
We have something 10 suit the moderate
purchaser as well as those with well nllcd
purses. Our reputation Is thoroughly
established for giving
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D ENOUGH TO MAKE EVERY WHITE MAN A CECIL RHODES.
If They Can Kill the Madi and Destroy His Flag They Will Deprive
SOudaneSe of Nerve.


RIGA is as pleasant as any of our South
ern States. Its climate is salubrious,
healthful. full OF vigor.
The equatorial line runs through
British Africa and through the Congo
Free State, which is now held by the
army of the Mahdi. 1t is an immense
region and is what is understood as
the Soudan" 1t is as large across as
our continent
South of this and south of the equator
is German Africa. Still further south
are the Matabeles, now ready to march
north TO the Congo Free State and join
the army of the Mahdi, and further
south yet are the Beers. These people
are apparently quiet now. But they are
so under sufferance. Their property
touches British South Africa. and they
do not want to be raided again or crowd
ed in their country. They. too, are full
of fight, and if the Matabeles, savages
though they ere, give the word, the
Beers, President Kruger and all, will
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mis- right. Other women sit at the lelt
side. If two women are driving TO-
gether, The one at the right is always
the guest.
Even in the carriage costume one
notices the great tendency of the styles
towards the Louis XVI.
THE LOUIS STYLES.
The big hats are pinned on securely
in SONS miraculous way so that they are
worn in a stiff breeze with apparent
comfort. And the short Louis XVI.
capes that are fashioned in silks OF all
sorts of bright, attractive shades, look
well with the dark upholstery OF VIC
toria as background.
One of the most interesting person.
ages 10 be seen in the Bots is the pop
ular Meta "Gyp." Mounted on her
well gro0med thoroughbred, she dashes
along the bride paths at a very lively
gait. Her habit is a modest dark gray,
double breasted jacket, quite long, with
a ripple back; and the dark gray skirt
is short and is scant as possible.
Mrs. Morss. the wife Of the American
Consul General. has a beautifully ap-
pointed eouipase, but just now one
misses this familiar turnout among the
other carriages that roll along through
the great gates into the Bois. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Morss are spending quite a
little time in Naples now. and the
horses and Victoria were taken along.
Mrs. Warden PILLS is another familiar
turnout that has been has been trans
ported TO Nice, too.
SCARLET AND GREEN.
| gave myself an object lesson in
style by watching a small cart that
stood with its little black horse wait
ing in front of the ladies' entrance OF
enc of the large hotels up by the Arc de
Triomphe. | knew that in a moment
the owner would appear, and that she
would be no less natty in her get-up
than was the horse. He, 1ear little fell
low, had scarlet and green knotted at
his ears.
When she came I was glad I had
waited. Her skirt was a green crepon
of most fashionable swing. A short
coat Of the lighteSt putty color was