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That Forestry Order.

~ NOE again the matter OF forest
reserves and of the famous Feb
ruary forestry proclamation of
ex-President Cleveland Is getting at
tention in congress-it Is IN affair in
which the people of Montana are vital
~ concerned. II will be remembered
that Mr.. Cleveland's proclamation was
issued about a fortnight before his sec
ond term ended-there was no time to
take steps towards correcting the gross
Injustice of his order. through dealings
with the people connected with his adj
ministration.
The forestry-reserve business was
one of the subjects taken up directly
after the Inauguration Of President
Mckinley and while congress was in
last years extraordinary session. The
Cleveland order ought to be revoked.
The word from Washington is that II
will be revoked If the men i'm congres
who represent the western states.
where the operation Of the order is n
severe hardship. stand together. The
order would have been revoked last
year II these men had worked I'm har-
mony. They did not so work, ard the
result was that an arrangement was
reached which i'm these bellicose lays
would be called an armistice-the con-
clusion was to let the matter be held
i'm allegiance until the first day of the
present month. Now that the whole
question must be dealt with, the ex-
pectation Is that the Cleveland order
will be absolutely revoked.
That is the best plan. because tha'
will permit the proper authorities II
the department of the interior To taxi
up the whole question of forest reser
walton i'm a way hat has some sens
and "A decent spirit of fairness in IL
That the cutting Of timber al the pub
lie domain should he carried ON undo
restraints that take careful account O
the future. no good citizen will deny
That the problem is n that require
patient study for its proper solution !
recognized by all who know the bear
ings Of il. But "A wise forestry polio,
is not to follow the mere fiat of an eN
ecutive order. even II it comes fror
a PRESIDENT; in Cleveland's case the or
der had II spring in his wish To TAX
a parting crack at some of the peopl
i'm the undesirable states.
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Six of Them.

sITHOUT "A doubt that Spanish
M fotilla Is constantly in the
mind Of some of the congress
men. 1t sailed from Cadiz days e 1t
includes six craft. three torpedo boats
and three t~orpedo-boat d~estroyers. Te
destroyers are the Juror. the Terror,
the Pluton. They are not large boats
they are about 225 feet long. a little
more han twice the length Of an Erie
canal boat. But they are swift; they
can run about thirty-two miles an
hour. The Furor draws only five and
a half feet of water.
The torpedo boats are ever smaller.
but. diminutive as they are, they can
do tremendous damage. or these the
Rayo is 147 feet long. drawing less than
five feet of water. but with powerful
engines that can send her through the
water at about twenty-seven miles an
hour. Crossing the Atlantic with these
warships. Is the steamer Cadiz, with
| ample stores and coal. These six are
admitted to be about the best Spain
has in the way Of machines of destruc-
ton. and there are a good many people
connected with our government, In
one way or another, who deplore the
policy that has permitted the arrival
of this strong arm of the Spanish navy
at Porto Rico or at Cuba, while the
administration has been reaching con-
illusions at a pace which the critics
think is altogether too leisurely.
OF course. with war not declared. !
was absurd to think of stopping thii
n~otiIla-Spain's right to move II t.
ports adjacent to the scene of possible
trouble cannot be questioned.
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report and that. probably on wednes-
day" he would follow this with another
message relating to Cub So that 1t
can hardly be said h a the presidents
time is up. If congress hears from him
to-day that will be reasonably quick
action.
But the trouble Is that the presidents
own friends are constantly afraid he
will weaken. and the truth is that those
who know him best have the greatest
reason for this fear; it was never said
Of Mr.. Mckinley that he is a good emer-
cency man. The Standard Is n among
the newspapers that believe that the
public ought to go slow in picking a
quarrel with the president. If he Is the
man for the hour that fact will reveal
itself before the administration Is many
days older: 1t is to be hoped that one OF
this mornings extracts from a special
of yesterday TO "A Chicago newspaper Is
| in error when il says that the president
is getting petulant, that he doesn't Ike
IL because his own people threaten 10
break away and that he is thinking To
| throw the Nnele tSIbiSlbihhs w -
gress with a boarding-school girls so,
there That isn't the way Lincoln did
and the annals Of this country tell oil
no man whose difficulties in dealins
with congress. al times. were a mater
for what Lincoln went through.
In n word, there is, up to this morn
ing. no call for much fault-finding viii
the president. But this is "Wednesday
IL the president fails 10 measure up t.
this situation. well and good. congress
is there. and congress-, by all the sign
and all the news. isn't afraid to act
The power To declare war is vested u
congress, anyhow, by his COUNTRY
constitution. There is no mistaking tn
temper of the country-it is TO the ehec
that the time has come for his countr'
either TO fish or to cut bait, and !
doesn't appear that there's beneft 4
delay. Demonstration through useles
DAYS won't strengthen u navy-whicI
isn't what il ought to bc-or make NOR
clear the righteousness Of the cause /
which we are enlisted.
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first half Of the name silver republican
means. And the second half Of IT
means the single gold standard. n
title is as bad a misft as IT would DE
for a man TO call himself a fr,e-trade
protectionist. a Cuban autonomist-in-
dependent or to distinguish himself by
some equally absurd hyphenation.
However. II will probably turn ou all
right. No man can say that. i'm voting
for aldermen for these Montana cities
he didn't have abundance of material
TO choose from. Meanwhile every in
terest international. national, state ana
local. has been carefully thought OF IN
the platforms-except the n over
| shadowing question of fusion for sill
ver's sake.
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I'M MEDIATE ACTION.
The senate Committee on Foreign Ke-
Iations Meets This Morning.

Washington. March 29.-Much inter-
est is felt i'm the meeting of the senate
committee on foreign relations which
is called for 1880 a. m tomorrow to
consider the various resolutions INTRO
duced in the senate.
The only question of doubt is whether
the committee will take action at It's
sitting tomorrow. In view OF the rec
ord of the members on the CUBAN ques-
ton and their present attitude, there Is
no uncertainty that their action VIII
he pronouncedly favorable to the Gu
bans. Members of the IN
d~iyidually spoken with express the
oninion that the committee Will report
a resolution declaring for forclple IN,
prevention. Such is the purport OF an
the resolutions introduced to-day anu
the general feeling is that n less
radical action would he of no avail.
Senator Gray of Delaware Is the Only
member of the committee who did no
vote for the recognition OF belllgerency
and independence when the resolutions
for this purpose were formerly before
the committee but the fact is recalled
by other committeeman that at a re-
cent meeting he expressed the opinion
that Intervention would be necessary
ON the other hand, Senator Morgan
appears to be disposed now TO regaro
the presidents wishes to the extent oil
opposing p~recipitate action wltnou'
careful inquiry beforehand. III the
committee does not reach a conclusion
Tomorrow, Il will be asked 10 delay
until something can be agreed upo
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TEN PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20. 1898.
1t Would BE Strange.

ONF of this mornings dispatches
~ is that the associated press has
excellent authority for saying
that. several days ago. the president
served peremptory notice on the gov
rnmen at Madrid that hostilities In
Cuba must cease at once.
u this is true. IL is passing strange
that the members of congress are Kept
in ignorance of the sending of This no.
tice. Throughout the troubles that
have filled the minds of those In the
government. since the Maine disaster.
the presidents curse has been distin-
guished by his constant consultations
with members of congress. Many OF
them have enjoyed intimate acquaint-
ance with his intentions, he has con-
stantly conferred with them.
In this respect the course OF Presi-
dent Mckinley has been in marked con-
trast with the methods of President
Cleveland. who very rarely consulted
the members. seeming not to care for
their opinion or to w much respect
for their judgment. The Cleveland
memorable message at the time of the
Venezuelan trouble took the country
completely by surprise, and IT was the
testimony of the members of
hat they were as much astonished as
the citizen a thousand miles from the
capital could have been. Mr.. Cleveland
had not given To any of the members
any slight hint of his determination tc
send the famous message, yet II was
one which, as easily as not. might have
meant war.
The opposite plan has been followed
by President Mckinley. So that the re
port, not sent for the first time las
night but made a part of former dis
patches. is the more surprising, AM
the repetition of the report. ever
on alleged excellent authority, will no
convince the public that the presiden
has actually sent 50 significant a de
: mand TO Madrid.
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Spring Politics.

OCAL politics i'm these parts must
content itself with scant atten-
- ton this year-thc public is too
deeply engaged with the dons to give
to the wards the thought they usually
are able 10 devote to them. still. there
is plenty of spring politics just now in
Montana cities: In some Of them are
aldermanic candidates enough TO make
up quite a force. when there's a call
for troops. out Of the ranks of those
who will be defeated. Butte and Ana
conda have three or four tickets
apiece. and there is time FOR other can
dTdates To enter the field. II the spirit
moves them.
Then. too. there are platforms-yards
OF them. Some Of these are unique. We
have administration republicans pass
ing silver resolutions; separatists de-
claring that I'm their opinion harmony
for free coinage is a good thing; silver
republicans trotting with Helena gold
bugs. Everything goes. The outs in
every instance denounce the ms; Cuba
gets fearful platform ~utteranccs; the
cruiser Maine is eulogized.
In this springs crop Of platforms. the
one adopted by the Anaconda SILVER re-
publicans. In yesterdays convention. in
cludes a little paragraph which is the
most striking contribution Of the sea-
son to political literature. /. reads:
The silver republican party has, at
this time, little 10 do with national IL
sues. but I'm passing It may be well To
have IL understood that the first part
OF the name stands for bimetallism. rs
represented by the free coinage OF sill
W and gold at a ratio sf sixteen to
one" That is true-that( 4 what the
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Europe's Intense Interest.

London, March 29.-The Vienna cor
respondent of the Standard says: The
latest aspect of the Cuban difficulty Is
welcomed here, assuming that IT does
not prove a preteXt to gain time Tor the
completion of the American arma-
ments. 1t is understood that the Unit
ed States will require a month to pre-
pare for war. Every chancellory IN
Europe, however, believes that Presl-
dent Mckinley sincerely desires peace
in the interest of America herself, and
out of regard for a higher object than
Cuba. an object which makes II impera-
tive tina the United States should pos
ess untrammeled freedom OF action.
But the hope of peace rests chiefly on
the willingness of the queen regent ana
her government to make the utmost
possible concessions.
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OnIy Absolute independence Goes.

Chicago. March 29.-The Tribune's
special correspondent in Washington
sends the following interview: we
cannot and will not consider any prop
osition for an armistice,' said Gen.
Tomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban nm
lister, "or anything else except the alb
solute i~ndependence of Cuba. | will
meet Minister Bernabe on neutral
grounds, provided it is distinctly UNI
derstood the question to be discussed
will be independence. After this has
been agreed upon and sanctioned by his
government. / will agree To pay spain
a reasonable sum To withdraw mel
troops. but il must be understood that
his must be for her buildings and
grounds, and not the price of our indie
pendence or at the sacrifice OF oui
honor"
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had not succeeded. He ~contended that
the policy introduced In India In 1893
had fully justified itself and TO at
tempt to reverse IL now would De
lunacy. .
leader in the house, congratulated Lord
Hamilton upon his monumental
SPEECH" which he CHarcourD hoped he
would carry ito the president OF the
local government board and the hrst
lord OF the treasury" The house then
adopted Lord George Hamilton's mo
tion, appointing a committee when
will have practically all the powers OF a
ROYAL commission, to inquire into the
practicability of the Indian govern
ment's proposals for a gold standard.
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FROM ALASKA.
The City of Seattle Arrives With Passen-
gers and News.

Victoria. Il. c., March 29.-The steam
er City of Seattle arrived here to-day
from Skaguay. Among her passengers
was John q. Brady, governor OF Alas
ka. who is on his way to Washington
i'm the interest of Alaskan legislation.
Governor Brady says that all the sa-
looms in Alaska will be closed II II is
within his power. He does not expect,
however, that this will put a stop to
the use and sale of liquor in Alaska, 1t
being his opinion that prohibition can
not be successfully carried out there.
Governor Brady declared himself i'm IA
yor of high license. on his visit to
Washington he will endeavor to have
the general laws of the United states
extend to Alaska. He will suggest that
a commission be appointed to draft a
code of laws for the territory.
A. McComb Of Seattle says that the
reports of large gold finds on the Big
Salmon and Phil Walsh creek have
been very much exaggerated. Gold mas
been found i'm small quantities at Lake
Bennett.
Several shooting ARRAYS have oc-
Cured at Skaguay and Dyea within
the last week, but none had a fatal re-
suit. The citizens of Skaguay are rails
ing a fund to fight the claim of Bernard
Moore to the townsite. The cold wealth
er of the past few days has put the
Dyea and Skaguay trails in good con-
dition. The Stickeen river route Is also
reported i'm good condition.. the SURFACE
ice being frozen solid again. "A cana
dian custom house has been establlsheC
Mt the boundary. Mackenzie * Mann's
railroad construction party has reached
Glenora.
The officers of the City of Seattle re
port that the steam schooner Scotia o.
Seattle struck an iceberg near Juneau
and was slightly damaged. The steam
err Hermosa was passed in the Wrange
Narrows with "A broken shaft. TIT
bark Columbia dragged her anchor II
Skaguay harbor and, colliding with
new wharf, carried away a number o
niles.
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TERRIBLY FROSTBiTTEN.
some Lose Their Reason and Others May
Lose Their Limbs.

st. Johns, N. F., March 29.-The
steamer Mastiff was crushed in an Ice
foe off Gross island on March 10 n
the bottom was torn out of her by the
bergs. The crew of 1S5 men, with
boats and provisions, left the ship and
escaped on the ice foe. where they
spent As hours. nearly every mar being
frostbitten. most of them severely.
The ice broke vi the first night and
a large party of men was plunged into
the water. All escaped with their
lives, but their misery was greatly in
creased by this misfortune. The Sec
ond night II went insane, but by great
exertion on the part of the captain and
the officers these unfortunates were
kept under control. During the AFTER
noon of the 18th the steamers New
foundland. Neptune n Walrus APP
peared and speedily transferred the
castaways to their decks. 1t is feared
that many must lose their limbs.
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LIVESTOCK THROWN OVERHEARD.
1t Was Considered Necessary to Saw
the steamer Valencia.


Seattle. March 9Th teamer va
lencia arrived to-day from Copper
River, Alaska. Her officers report d
very rough trip on the way up. ON
March Is Captain Lord decided that III
order to insure the safety af the ship
and the lives of her 600 passengers, IL
was necessary to throw ne live STOCK
oyerboar Ri. There were 20 horses ana
nine head of cattle in a corral on the
upper forward deck. The snip was
rolling so that IL was feared the corral
would break loose from its fastenlngs
and sliding over to the lee side, capsize
the vessel. The horses and cattle were
shot and thrown into the sea. In a few
hours the storm subsidized.
One hundred prospectors are reported
to have crossed the Naldes glacier.
Forty-fve people have gone up Cop
per river from Orca. The schooner
Stella Erland had arrived at Naldes IN
tow of the steamer Albion of Portland.
1t was stated that the skipper of the
Albion a lost his course and in con-
sideration of the services of the skip
per of the Erland, as pilot. towed his
schooner in.
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Waiting for Mr.. Mckinley.

Fl this weeks events result I'm a break
from the policy of President Me
. KinIey. the break will not run along
partisan lines. as far as the members
of congress are concerned. The presi-
dent will have a staunch following ana
IL will include democrats and republ-
cans In the same way, IL the presi-
dent proves to be ultra conservative, "A
war party will be uilt up In congress
and it's makeup will take no account OF
political lines.
Four war resolutions were offered
yesterday in the senate. The authors
of two of these are administration re-
publicans, one of them, Senator Frye, Is
a Maine man, the other is Senator For
aker. of Ohio. In the house the resoiu-
ton declaring war between the United
states and Spain was introduced by Mr..
Marsh. an Illinois republican. Evident
~. the president has his party on ms
hands and. apparently. the country Is
presently TO discover that he has his
hands more h full. One OF this morn
fng's messages from Washington re-
marks that during yesterdays session
members Of the house who favor an ag-
gressive policy were trying TO md out
whether they can force an expression
Cor war, and some republicans were
wiliing to inquire whether IL would be a
I'D plan to carry things right over
1nker Reeds head.
4hat congress is FESTIVE and that inn
~oenonce rules throughout the country
~ true enough. The public brought IT.
gradually. during five weeks oil
ting, to the conclusion that II was
not TO let the Maine incident count
stand by the broader issue. The
issue il. In fact. set aside; and
pbIic Is impatient for achieve
he lines Of the broader Is
they are more than hall
II that II is not fair %
Aof disappointment. up
cfing the administra-
nt<d he recently as
Monday the presi-
press the Maine
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V,s.in I'm Complete Possession.

Pekin, March CIV thousand
Russian troops. including cavalry, have
been landed at Port Arthur. and 1t is
said that 10 guns are en- route TO for
tify Port Arthur and Ia Lien Wan.
The Chinese flag is hoisted behind tina
of Russia to save China's face. The
Chinese do not attach n Importance
10 the lease feature, since they are
aware that the Russians viii emain IN
nerpetuity. There are min Russian
varships now at Port Arthur.
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English Press Opinions.

London, March 29.-All the dispatches
of the American correspondents OF the
London morning papers deal to-day
with President McKinley's difficult po-
sition i'm the face Of revolt in congress
and the attitude of the ~'jingoes.' The
Daily News says e~ditorially: The
true test of President Mckinley's in
fuence and craftsmanship will be fur
nished tomorrow. His message VIII
settle the difficulty or precipitate
mar
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INDIA'S CURRENCY.
Hamilton Regards an international HI
m allie Agreement Impossible.

M allie Agreement Impossible.
London. March 29.-The ous OF COM
mons was occupied for some time to-
day in a debate on the indian currency.
Lord George Hamilton. secretary OF
state for India, admitted that II would
be impossible to reopen the mints WIN
ont some international agreement
which at present seems quite out OF the
question. He pointed out that nooouN
had blamed the government Tor ue-
rIining American and French invita-
lions TO reopen the mints. As matters
now stood he believed an internationa
timetable agreement Impossible De-
cause France would not accept a less
ratio than l5i2 to /. which couri not DE
secured In this view, IL would De I'M
possible that any nation. by its W un-
aided efforts. could rehahili1ate slINer.
americ. had made a great effort, but
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Current Comment.
pi.cordan, Note In Pennsylvania.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
John wanamaker has at last come out
and announced himself as the knight err
rant who stands ready To restore fair
Pennsylvania from the clutches Of quay.
somehow that 500. Ooo Harrison campaign
fund. about the disbursement Of which
no questions were asked, seems to con-
tribute a discordant note to the music OF
political virtue as II marches forward 10
give battle TO sin. cupidity and bribery.
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FOR MEDIATION.
France and Austro-Hungary May Jointly
Tender Their Services.

London. March 3O.-Count Goluchowski,
the Austrian-Hungarian foreign minister,
has proposed. according to special dis
patches from Vienna and Berlin, to NJ.
Hanotaux. the French foreign minister,
"A Joint mediation by France and Austro-
Hungary between the United States and
Spain. The initiative is left to NJ. Hano-
taux. but the Austrian representatives
at Madrid and Washington have been in
structed to assist the movement.
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Mr.. Depew a ii was "A shock to
him to learn that h Maine was blown
up by a mine. It's To be hoped that the
shock was sufficiently severe to jar him
loose from that peace-at-any-price pol
iaNr
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From the Kansas City Journal.
No member of the United states SUI
preme court ever thinks of retiring now
without first looking under the bed for
Governor Leedy.
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When the Spaniards run up against
the 25th regiment they will be too busy
taking their hurried departure to join
in that grand. sweet song All Coons
Look Alike to Me"
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POINTS TO SETTLEMENT.
Madrid Regards the situation rs Exceed
ingly R~eassuring.

Madrid. March 30.-After the conference
today Senior Gullon called ut the palace
to see the queen regent. The conference
adjourned at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
United States Minister Woodford seemed
pleased with the report, and every indi-
cation points to "A settlement.
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Among the other war preparations
Senator Foraker is putting his fire.
alarm apparatus in perfect working
order ready for any emergency.
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Either Madrid is doing the sober-sec-
~ond-thought act. or the Madrid CORE
spondent Of the associated press is I'M
able to run the censorship blockade.