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went to the calendar Senator Davis did

went to the calendar. Senator Davis did
not give any notice for calling it up.
The resolution adopts the language of
the treaty beginning with the second par
agraph of the second section and taking
the remainder of it, but does not cite it
is as part of the treaty. The sum of
100000 is appropriated by the third and
last section for the purpose of carrying
the resolution into effect and this sum is
made Immediately available.
Senator Davis said no determination had
been reached as to when the joint resolu-
ton would be called up for consideration
in the senate. Senator Davis submitted
with the joint resolution an extended re-
port to the COMMITTEES. The report states
that the joint resolution brings that sub
ject within reach of the legislative power
of congress under the precedent that was
established when Texas was annexed, that
| circumstance being referred to at length.
The report says:
/ This important, clear and far-reachins
precedent, establishing annexation of the
republic of Texas, is a sufficient guide for
the action of congress in the passage of
the joint resolution herewith reported. If in
the Judgment ofthe congress, such a meas
Ture is supported by a safe and wise policy.
or Is based on national duty that we owe
the people of Hawaii, or is necessary for
our national development and security.
that is enough to justify annexation, with
the consent OF the recognized government
of the country to be annexed" The report
then discusses the arguments for annexa-
tion declaring that the policy of annexa-
tion as 1t applies to Hawaii has been ex-
ceptional and clear since their earliest
diplomatic relations with the government.
From the beginning down to this date the
idea and the expectation has constantly
been entertained by the people and govern
ments of both countries that whenever the
conditions should be such as to make an
nexation of mutual advantage it should
be consummated.
"On the part of Hawaii this purpose has
been sustained by two facts: First. that
no ruler of Hawaii since the time of Kame-
hameha has believed that these islands.
The herald., 1898-03-17
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

1. The italian cruiser Carlo Alberto
r has been purchased by the United
1, States.
r The French fleet mobilizing for a
r demonstration in support Of Russian
r projects in the Orient.
r The postal appropriation bill comes
r up in the house, and debate drifts to
r Hawaiian and Cuban matters; a dull
r day in the senate.
r Senator Elkins insists that the
r United States has no cause for war
r with Spain under the doctrine of nom
r intervention formulated during our
II own civil war.
f. Representative Sulloway of New
+ Hampshire presumes to speak for the
+ whole American people in urging the
T. president to adopt more active meas
r ures against Spain.
r. Orchards of deciduous fruit through
+ uot the state suffer seriously from
r frost; government officials will not
r modify the quarantine regulations at
+ the request of northern cattlemen
r. Spanish claims that the action of the
r. United States prevents the success of
I, the autonomy scheme in Cuba cause
1, a sensation at Washington, and fur
1, ther complicate the unsatisfactory
I, situation
II Inc contract SiSHeu lOr the sale TO
+ the United States of the two Brazil
r. ian vessels in England; one cruiser ,
r ready to start for New York; Spain's
r attempts to borrow money said to be
+ unsuccessful.
+ Fire in six-story Chicago building
+ causes three deaths now certain and
+ five times that number probably, .
+ while those MANNED by jumping from
+ the windows number almost half a .
+ hundred; scenes of sudden and horri-
r BILE death alternate with heroic res
+ cues by intrepid firemen. .
+ Spain complains of the presence of
r the fleet at Key West and of war
r. preparations now making by the .
+ United States government, the evil
+ dent object being the rousing Of anti
r American sentiment in Europe. The .
+ fleet remains at Key West and is like .
+ ly to do so, while preparations for de- .
+ Tense are pushed vigorously. .
- n y Il. + + 4. f 4. r + 4. 4, n 4, 4 4 4, ,s,,a,,
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so tempting to the cupidity of commercial
powers. could maintain an autonomous
government without the support of some
great maratime nation.
Second that the rulers of Hawaii, on
each occasion when the islands have been
threatened with foreign interference or
domestic violence, have at once appealed
to some foreign power for help"
The report continues: I'VE owe 1t to these
people that they should not again be
brought into subjection to a monarchy
that has lapsed because of its corruption
and it's faithless Reputation of solemn
oaths.
"In this obligation our government is
also deeply concerned for the maintenance
and enjoyment of our treaty rights in Ha-
wall.
ITO these people and also to the preser-
walton of the native population against a
speedy destruction, involving property and
| life, we owe the duty of relieving them
from the silent but rapid invasion of the
pagan races from Asia.
"It is the stealthy approach Of a de
struction that wasteth at MONDAY The
immigrants from Japan retain their allie
glance to that empire and yet they claim
full political rights in Hawaii, notwith-
standing their lineage.
'In this they have the undisguised en-
couragement of the Japanese government.
These privileges are demanded as rights.
Such an invasion is clearly within the pro-
hibition that the United States, in all our
solemn declarations, has thrown around
Hawaii to protect that people against all
foreign invasion and interference with
their AFFAIRS
The report asserts that the grounds of
objection to annexation are slight COM
pared with the benefits to be derived.
At 12:55 the senate resumed business in
open session. Bills were passed as follows:
To amend an act to provide the times and
places for holding terms of the United
States courts in Idaho and Wyoming to
extend one year the time for the construc-
tion of the Denison and Northern railway
through the Indian territory; to provide
The herald., 1898-03-17
STATE NOTES

'erdinand Meyer, San Francisco butch
committed suicide yesterday by shoot
himself through the head. Business
y uble is thought to have prompted the
He had been married only four weeks.
he boiler used for irrigating John Mar
s garden on Putah creek, two miles
'th of Woodland, blew up last evening.
X. Baird the engineer. was instantly
ed. John Martin was badly scalded, but
recover
= he dead body of man was found in the
river, near Eureka, by an Indian yes
day. The remains are supposed to be
lse of w. w. Lees, rancher, who was
'wned while attempting to ford the river
February T.
4 the Clark murder case at Napa yes
day, the testimony of H. II. Blakeslee
continued. A paper purporting to be
tatement by w. A. Clark that he had
amitted suicide was identified by John
as having been handed him by the de-
dant.
surveying party is now engaged in
pveying a route for an electric road
which is to run from Haywards to Dam
Vile, with its ultimate terminus at the
summit of Mt. Diablo branch road will
connect at San Ramon and run to Liver
more. Grading will soon commence
w. H. Menke, proprietor of the Ivanco-
vich winery, in Santa Clara county, filed
at San Francisco yesterday his petition
to be declared an insolvent debtor. The
petition shows that Menke has been unable
to make a settlement with his creditors,
The liabilities set forth in the petition
amount to $3O,S45.eO, and there are no as
sets.
Governor Budd yesterday commuted the
life sentence of VIM. Edwards, sent up
from Placer county about fourteen years
ago for murder in the second degree. The
Communication will make Edwards free
man In about month. 1t was made upon
two recommendations by the state prison
directors. as the prisoners health is fail
hg rapidly.
The digging of a big irrigating ditch has
commenced at Lompoc, undor the dirse-
The herald., 1898-03-17
MOTHER SHIP BOUGHT

ROME, March 16.-(Spccial to Thee
Herald.) Examining the Cuban .
question, the Socolo draws the .
conclusion that the sole possible solu- .
ton of the question Is that Cuba
should place herself under the protec-
ion of the United States.
The intervention of the United
States. it says, is perfectly logical.
Cuba ought to be as free as Spain. .
Even France in vanquishinS Spain
ost Cuba. 1t Is an historiacl fatality.
Replying today in the chamber TO .
Deputy Santinfs Interpolation on re- .
,orts that the firm of Orlando had .
,sked for authority to sell to for .
ign state the ironclad Carlo Alberto, .
,lready finished, Signor Brin, minis .
ter of marine made an evasive ans .
yer, declaring 1t was necessary in .
Ter to give work to private dock .
Yards. .
This is equivalent to a confirmation .
of the report. / asked Santini about .
t, and he told me the sale is said to .
nave been made to the United States. .
Marquis di Rudinl informed me that .
he question of arbitration in connec- .
ton with the Maine disaster Is a SIM .
pie project. The scheme will be set .
lied on after receipt of replies of the .
bowers. and in any case the answer .
If Spain will be awaited. Spain will .
De confidentially advised by the .
powers to demand spontaneously the .
verdict of an international committee. .
,oOoeOOo - Q . Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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THE WARSEiIPS RECALL
Is Not Regarded at Havana as Move in the
Direction of Peace but Rather as an
Indication Of Early War
like Movements

WASHINGTON, March 1e-(special to Herald.)
Montgomery has been recalled from
without protection there
gomerys place, would be about
event of trouble It explained that
Cuban relief supplies and is better equipped
wreck than the Montgomery which
West There well of the
Montgomery is full of she
is not ordered home because of Spanish
continued habor idea
prevails that it have one
of warshps bottled gets
Mckinley If he acts at ALL will probably within
next ten Our preparations while
all at odds and ends torpedo
fola in the middle
> likely to be great another time.
To keep the Montgomery
would simply sacrifice fight Spain
At the first hint of trouble
and they would be ship better off
The is sense and Spain
would trouble actually
could at time
when the Montgomery would allowed def
action imminent indicated of the
i, Maine inquiry board.
The administration knows public demands
warship present situation
withdrawal Of the Montgomery therefore taken
to that the situation is the change
j. 4. T. s.Hs.
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ton of f.. T.. Hail. president of the Salinas
Valley Water company The company will
sell water for the irrigation of farm lands
and furnish supply for the residents of
I4ompoc. The water is taken from the
Santa Ynez river, about mile and a half
east of town.
A serious fight took place at San Quentin
yesterday between convicts. While work.
ing in the jute mill 7. McMamee got into d
discussion with fellow prisoner named
Sparks and became so frantic that he
slashed Sparks in the eye, destroying that
organ. McMamee was removed to the dun
geon and will lose fifty months credits.
Sparks was sentenced from San Bernar-
dino.
The herald., 1898-03-17
A Boracic Acid Plant

OAKLAND. March 16.-The Pacific Coast
Borax company. of which F. M. Smith of
this city is president, has decided to es-
tablish plant to manufacture boracic
acid In this state. An immense factory will
be built at Daggett seventy-five miles
north of Los Angeles on the Santa Fe rail-
road and in the Mojave desert.
The herald., 1898-03-17
The Otner Fellow

WASHINGTON, March 1G.-It was Lieu
tenant Commander Charles A. Adams who
was recently tried by court martial al
Mare Island, Cal. on charges of drunk
enness on duty, and not Lieutenant Com
mander James d. Adams. as was errone-
Ously stated.
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The herald., 1898-03-17
IN THE SENATE
The Bills Passed Mostly Merely of
Local Interast

WASHINGTON. March 16.-Business In
the legislative session today was confined
to the passage of few bills, largely of a
local character. The national quarantine
bill was not considered.
Chairman Davis reported a Joint resolu-
tion providing for the annexation Of the
Hawaiian islands. The joint resolution
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SOME OF cUBA's INSECT PESTS.

eyes and bites savagely. In the neigh
borhood Of woods It 10 present In such
terrible swarms that It IL impossible to
sleep without some preparation smear.
ed on hands and face. There 10 also the
lejene. or Cuban nea, which Is extreme
" unpleasant aud even dangerous. be-
cause 1t seeks to enter the eyes during
sleep. Horses and cattle suffer terri
bly, from the attacks Of the je5ene on
their eyelids.
Cuba also harbors the chigoe. or Jig.
gar flea. The female Of this insect has
Z habit Of burr0wing into human desh
and there laying an enormous mass Of
eggs. The wounds made by this insect.
II neglected, will produce a dangerous
liberation. AZ they attack by prefer
ence the big toe, they are apt to cause
lameness. The scorpion Is another
Cuban product. This reptile has twelve
feet and Ia from Ave to six inches long.
e terminates In q long tail. which con-
tajns the sting. This causes a severe
wound, possibly fatal one to q man
In ill-health. He who eutertains q scor-
MON unawares will know what It IL to
have q thankless child. The centipede
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engine room. 1t was here that an idea
came Into his brain that for absolute
daring and fearlessness was typical Of
the man.
He had noticed that every evening at
the time the men working In the engine
room were lined up to be marched
away the machinery was stopped At
exactly the same moment. He had
observed as well that window head
ing to an adjacent roof was not far
from the top Of the big driving belt
of the engine. From that roof 1t was
possible to reach the outer wall Of the
prison. Beyond the wall was freedom.
Apparently the window was beyond
all possibility Of sbeing reached. No
ladder was to be obtained. Had such
a thing been even standing in place
against the wall, to break from the
line and scale 1t with catlike dexterity,
although the work Of but q few sec
onds, he well snew would be futile,
possibly fatal. Bullets travel faster
than legs. and the guards were not bad
shots. But desperate deeds demand
desperate means. Some minds may
work with an ingenuity born Of de-
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~ as she had given that Of ~.
between them. ooy

~ as she had given that Of n.
between them. "oy
He carried the body out and hr,,.,
before dawn. far from the adoha /!
SO skillfully that there were No ,,. a''u
of the spot. Then he turned tho ,a.
horse loose. and Il wandered int =,
town. VIC
For the sake Of the forty gold MAJ.
that were Sofa WEARS dowry that VS.
had come by. he did not ask how s"e
care-that conjured up visions Of ,,,a v'
less wealth to be won, Antonio A."
cavel consented to take her and 10, u.s.
ungilded beauty Of I.efugio Garfas .D
Many Americans disappeared IN
those days. and were never accop,..s
for. 1t was SO with the one who h.s
started from the San Fernando dIstric,
to Los Angeles. foolishly carrying y
large amount Of gold in his belt-sono
said more than a thousand dollars
The sheriff and posse searched and
did not find him: that was all.
Antonio lived with Sofa for vea,
and she was happy-through no FAM,
of his. His luck turned. and he won
with her nest-egg, the fortune he had
dreamed Of. Having done So he left
her and went across the border.
For long time Sofa incurred. ami.
lenly and deeply; then-Vejar having
been killed at a roundup by an en-.
ragged steer-she took up her abode
with RefugiO, and became a devoted
and patient nurse to her children.
For Refugio had married the rich
American, and had long since forgiven
the detection Of Mascavel and the
woman who had caused it.-Gwendolep
Overton, in the Argonaut
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him to his goal. He found that 1t was
impossible to count the revolutions Of
the driving wheel. but there were lac
ings in the broad belt. which he was
able to distinguish "a sort Of blur as
1t passed given point. For days and
days he counted. and in his cell at
night he spent his time In calculations.
revolutions the wheel made per min
ute. He learned also. by constant OBJ
servatiOn, Just how many times the
belt went round after the engine was
shut down.
One evening when the line had been
formed as usual ut the close of the
days work. and as the big wheel be-
gan to lose Its momentum. suddenly a
convict sprang from the line. leaped
to the belt. with Outstretched arms
graphing both edges Of the broad
leather. He had calculated well the
strength that would he required. for
the terrific wrench did not loosen his
grasp. Outward and upward he swung
until he reached the topmost point of
the circumference. The nicely OF his
calculation had reaped Its reward. The
belt stopped. He leaped to his feet,
sprang through the window. and was
gone before convicts or guards had re-
covered from their establishment. He
caught up guards coat and hat
dropped from the wall. and got away
In the dusk Of the evening. His des.
perate escape did not profit him. He
was recaptured and sent back to San
Quentin.
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To Change Ocean Currents.

At VladivOstok. a prominent RUSSIAN
port and the terminus Of the Sloerisa
railway. for over four months OF WILL
ter the port Is blocked up with ice ien,
dering shipping traffic Impossible r~
many years the Russian autnor"s.
have been endeavOring to overc"n'o
these natural difficulties. and sou"
time ago ice-breaking ships were in'1o
duced to break open the Ice, an opef'
ton, however, which has proved pray
tically useless. 1t is now repor'eu ,n..
"a certain engineer" has proposeu
plan for reclaiming the narrowest ps.'
Of the Tartar strait between sagnaN.
and the Russian mainland. The tnev,s
of such an undertaking is that II ~.
is done, the cold current when en' =.
the Japan Sea from the Arc'ic' "a
Behring Strait, will be checked sns
the passage Of the warmer tide, comn n.
from the south through the lsno -.
strait. will make the water Oh ,,.o
coast Of Japan as warm as '.a Al
stok. and the later will be warn n,.,
year round. The expectation Is sn
tained that this remarkanie en w. IN
ing work will be entered upon a, e.d =
completion Of the Siberian
Scientific American.
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RECENT INVENTIONS.

BY a new device blind shutters can
be automatically raised and lowered
as the suns rays shine or disappear.
a thermostat being attached to the
blind to close an electric circuit and
shut the blinds as the suns rays be-
come hot.
Envelopes can be quickly moistened
for sealing and stamping by handy
new device, consisting Of water cup
from which a wick rises to feed water
to an absorbent roller, which turns
and dampens the envelope as 1t IL
drawn between the roller and fixed
pad.
Electricity Is used to destroy weeds
in a new device. which can be used
on an ordinary moving machine, one
wire of the dynamo being attached to
the cutting bar and the other ground
ed through one Of the wheels. 80 that II
the weeds are cut when damp cur
rent Of electricity enters each root and
burns it as the top Is cut.
lSOuCu AluCAS SdA DC ouVPaCV
with food and air by a newly patented
conduit system, consisting Of series
Of pipes. to be laid through the mine
shafts. with branch pipes running
around each section to be used ii the
main pipe should be crushed by I
cave-in, flexible conveyors being run
through the pipes to carry the food.
Bicycle tires can be automatically
inflated when punctured. by new
pump. consisting of yoke which en-
circles the tire and extends around
the rim to support the piston-rod
mounted in a cylinder attached to the
rim. The yoke sinks In with each
revolution as soon as the tire becomes
soft, and gives stroke on the piston
which Is forced back again by spring
inside the pump.
Ships bottoms can he cleaned with
out the necessity of docking by new
| ly patented apparatus. when
mounted on small boat or scow, ana
attached to the side of the ship to oe
cleaned, and has an adjustable LADDER,
at the outer end of which is mounted
a revolving brush or scraper when
capable Of reaching all parts OF tns
bottom of the vessel.
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also plies his numerous nimble feet on
Cuban soil. When he walks across
your flesh you feel as II many red-hot
needles had been thrust into you and
he leaves a trail Of venom behind.
There Is a sufficiency Of snakes in Cuba
-rattlers. mOccasins and others. The
commonest snake IL called the maja. Is
about ten feet long and venomous. but
not ferOciOus.
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The Head C'sauer,

Jacob Schontag. for forty years head
OF the claQue at the Vinena Opera
House. Is dead. He knew all the operas
of the repertory by heart. knew the
strong and weak points of all the art
lists. and held rehearsal of his subor-
dinates In the afternoon before the
production Of an opera. when he drilled
them on the parts Of production
where their work was to be put in.
He watched them during the perform
ance from seat that commanded a
view Of the whole house. but never ap-
plauded himself. save In desperate
cases.
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Nmy ml nrhy place eMpu
nS IA tdr from i
n great
no
forced
by compact by hege
SO u to ms
wa V Cl America an Peru Mo n Mex uan
a grateful n dee
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INSECT FOES IN CUBA.


they Are Numerous and Many OF
Them Are Dangerous.
Soldiers In Cuba will have many
pests to contend against. The mos
quito Is more frequent In Cuba than In
New Jersey at the height Of the sea
son. 1t Is also u more venOmOus in
sect. The nearer you go to the equator
the more potent the mosquito becomes.
The Cuban mosquito Is to the New Jer-
sey insect MS first-class fighting bull
to a yearling calf. Those who have
camped out In Texas will have Il mOdi-
fled idea Of what to expect In the Gu
ban mosquito.
The worst pest Of all IL the Cuban dy
This Ia a black insect. smaller than
the common house fly and resembling
the black ny OF northern woods. II
comes In myriads. buzzes about your
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spair. but Steudman's was Of differ
ent caliber. His plans were the out
growth OF steadfast optimism. He
never ceased to scheme. as he never
ceased to hope for liberty.
One day there came to him. as II by
inspiration. the thought that the big
belt might be the means Of carrying
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A DARING ESCAPE.

Con Wet Rides to Freedom on the Belt OF
Fly Wheel.
The most daring and remarkable
prison escape on record was that Of
Frank Steadman from San Quentin.
Cal. Steadman was a burglar by pro-
fession and machinist by inclination.
While In San Quentin prison he was
put to work, with other convicts. in the
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Rooxe and Guile.

luloid photograph albums, and n l..,..n
over 81 with a confiding entn S.-deo,
which moved to pity even the ha'0'
But sa't the customer himself was f'n :"
guile a. well as other things .,,v n
Say" he remarked confde sns .1Su. a
would you mind raising the Il f !, = ts -
that price mark to 81? The lae e.sd up
this THU. is pay night. and I've b .'.on,S ).
about s. Of my money. IT t, ~ ,Se oN
pretty hard explaining it tom to n. !. nice
woman. but If l bring her no%1 ne for
present like that, she may sc ',,, forgive n
being so extravagant, but w W. 81 her =
me because I thought so muen :, - ,or her
to spend "a of my hard earnings ~
pleasure. Buffalo Express
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When an old man goes ~ 70 put -
have an idea he is compeleu letters b
his time reading the old love
wrote In his youth
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The ice cream season was invented
for sp00ny lovers.