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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES
ITS PROTECTION AGAINST DEERE
 D4TIONS OF INSURGENTS.
Nothing Known by Catholic Church Authorities in Washington Regard- ing the Alleged Assurances of Presi- dent Mckinley to the yaticnn-Arch- bishop Ireland to Start for Rome.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The Catholic church authorities here, who are usual iy fully informed on any questions of an official or semi official character re- lating to the government and the church, say that nothing is known of the alleged assurances from President Mckinley to the vatican relative to the protection of the church against insur- gent depredations in the Philippines or elsewhere. The belief is expressed that the report grew out of recent visit of Archbishop Ireland to Washington dur ing which, it is understood, he called at the White house and talked with the president in a general way on politi cal conditions. It is said to be quite likely that some reference was made to the peace and order which the United States would seek to maintain in the Philippines, although nothing is known of anything like official assurances on this cQint.
 Archbishop Chappelle, the papal rep resentative to Cuba, also called on the president recently, but he has not dis closed the nature of the talk except as to it's generally satisfactory character and the church authorities here say that so far as they know nothing like official assurances have been conveyed to Rome. They have no doubt that the vatican is advised that the government wi o1I i,,ta ct,o oI; oi,
 tain order as to all alike.
 Archbishop Ireland will start for Rome shortly after Christmas. This will probably start wide conjecture, al- though it is stated that there is noth- ing unusual in the trip. The arch bishop has been contemplating such a trip for the last two years. At times there have been reports that he had been summoned to Rome, but it is said by those who are fully informed that at no time has this occurred nor does the archbishop go now in response to any requests.
 Although the church officials say the trip is without special significance, it is not doubted that the archbishop's S presence in Rome at this time will per init a general discussion of church af- fairs in America. There has been a re- port that the pope was to issue an ecylsitical to the American church. Nothing official is known of this here. It is understood that if such a docu- ment is sent it will not touch upon governmental affairs or the new colon les, but will be confined to church af- fairs and the desirability of co-onera- l ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
KINNEY JURY DISAGREE.
It Stood Ten for AcquittaI and Two for
 Conviction.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 19.-The jury which held the fate of United States Senator Kenney in it's hands was dis charged by Judge Bradford at 430 this afternoon without reaching a verdict. The jury had been out over seventy hours, having retired Friday evening at 6 o'clock. Judge Bradford in dschar g. ing the jury expressed his regret in their inability to agree. It was his opinion that there was sufficient evil dence to warrant a verdict.
 Ten ballots were taken by the jury. On the first they stood eight for acquit- tai, three for conviction and one blank The next nine varied slightly from these figures and one time they stood ten for acquittal and two for convic- ton. The last ballot was the same as the first. District Attorney Vandergrift will report the case to the department of justice at Washington and await in- structions as to his further course. AL though Senator Kenney will say noth- ing concerning this second mistr al, his friends seem to be disappointed, as they had expected an acquittal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
ARTICLES DANG GEROUS TO HEALTH. Steps for the Inspection of all Sus-
 piciOus Imports.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The aggricul- tural appropriation bill reported to the house contains a clause authorizing the department of agriculture to in spect imported articles dangerous to health and authorizing the secretary of the treasury to exclude such articles The restriction is designed to apply to a large number of articles imported from foreign countries. The clause is as follows: The secretary of agricul- ture, whenever he has reason to believe that articles are being imported from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the people of the Unit ed States shall make request upon the secretary of the treasury for samples from the original packages of such goods for inspection and analysis and the secretary is authorized to open such original packages and leave specimens to the secretary of agriculture for the purpose mentioned. And the secretary of the treasury shall refuse delivery of any goods which the secretary of agriculture reports to him having been inspected and analysed and found to be adulterated or otherwise dangerous to health"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
TO RUN FULL TIME.
Notices Posted by Hartford Carpet Com
 pany at Windsor Locks

Hartford, Dec. 19.-Notices have been posted to-day at the factory of the Hartford Carpet company at Windsor Locks announcing that next Tuesday a large part of the works, which hereto fore has been operated but three days a week, will then be started on full time, with a fifty y-six-hours- -a-week schedule. There will be, however, a reduction of seven and one-half per cent. in the de- partments that will run on full time schedule. They include the moquette, both of the ingrain departments and tee dye house. This is the most encourage ing change in the condition of the con- cern in five years. when the reduction in time and wages was originally made. Fully one thousand hands will be bene- fited. The company employs upwards of fifteen hundred hands. Those who will continue to work on the short schedule will not experience any reduc- tion in pay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
SITUATION AT ILOILO.
Spanish Officers Admit They Cannot
 Maintain Their Position.

Manila, P. l., Dec. 19-The Spanish off, ficers admit that it is impossible for them to maintain their position at Iloilo unless they are speedily reinforced They are surrounded by superior forces of insurgents, who are estimated to number 25,oO0 men. Against them the Spaniards have only 2500 rifles The authorities here have allowed 127 sol- diers from the steamer Union to land upon proving former residence on the island of Luzon. The landing of others from the same steamer is still undecid- ed upon. The United States transport Ohio has sailed for Nagasaki, Japan. The Spanish steamer Brutus has arriv- ed here from Iloilo with 345 native sol diers and seven priests on board. She reports that fighting occurs at llollo nightly and that the merchants there are anxiously awaiting the arrival o. the Americans to relieve the situation. The streets of Iloilo are almost desert- oI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
FOR PHILADELPHI4 EXPOSTTION. House, After a Fight, Passes a Bill App
 propriating S350,O0O.

Washington, Dec. 19.-This was sus- bills were passed, the most important of which was the bill appropriating $350,o0O for the Philadelphia exposition of 1899. The vote was exceedingly close. MT. Burke of Texas opposed the bill He called attention to the fact that last spring some of the prominent members of the majority opposed the bill to al- low free importation of exhibits design ed for the Dallas fair. Does the gen. tleman make any analogy between state fair and the exposition provided for in this bill?" asked MT. Dalzell, rep, of Pennsylvania. "A state fair is worthy of more consideration than a city fair" replied MT. Burke. Contin- uing, MT. Burke argued that the appro- priation of money for local expositions was against good public policy.
 MT Cookery, dem, of Missouri, con- tended that the bill was without prece- dent in legislative annals It was sim ply naked proposition for the govern ment to enter into a partnership with a private corpora tion for the purpose of collecting samples of manufactured products designed for export. Mir. Ball. ey declared that the bill was an evolu- tion. He had predicted that the time might come when appropriations would be asked for state fairs He hardly eX pected to see congress asked for an ap- propriation for a city museum.
 MT. Underwood, dem., of Alabama, supported the bill. "We have outgrown the home market" he said, and we must reach out for foreign trade. If this was to be done intelligently our people must understand the class of goods required abroad. The appropria- tion asked for in this bill was for the benefit of our export trade. MT. Adams, rep, of Pennsylvania, said the Phila- delphia exposition was supported by everybody in the country. A rising vote was then taken. It resulted 80 to 50, but before the result was announced the ayes and nays were demanded and ordered. The roll call resulted 142 ayes, 70 noes. Two-thirds are required to pass a bill under suspension of the rules, so that the measure had a mar gin of two votes, and the speaker an- nounced it's passage amid the jubila- tions of the Pennsylvania members.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
TOWER TO ACQUIRE TERRITORY. Senator Platt's Speech in the Senate
 InterrOgated by HOar.

Washington, Dec. 19-The senate had a busy day and there were several im- portant speeches. MT. Platt of Con- necticut spoke against the Vest reso- lution, which declares that the United States has no power to acquire terri tory. He said that the power of na- tion to acquire territory was as inherent as it's sovereignty The United States had the right to govern such territory in the best possible manner until the people of the acquired islands were ca pablo of self government. MT. Platt suggested that it might become neces- sary in the interests of commerce or some other interest for the United States to acquire territory in Africa. Shall we be bound by the constitution to organize state from such acquired territory and to admit it's inhabitants to citizenship"
 In response to question from MT. Allen, MT. Platt said that he did not think there was any limitation on the power of the United States to acquire territory "As complete as the power of Russia, for instance, in such mat ter?" asked MT. Allen. "Yes. The right to acquire territory is an element of nationality. And I do not believe that there is any obligation to give to the people of acquired territory the right of government until such time as they are fit to exercise that right. If we believe the people of a country acquired are not fitted to gov ern themselves, it is our duty to give them the most liberal government they are capable of accepting and to educate them up as best it may be to the point where they will be capable of self-gov- ernment. The constitution does not confer the right of suffrage
 MT. Hoar asked MT. Platt whether he decried the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the con sent of the government MT. Platt re- piled that the consent of all those gov erned was not always necessary. He referred to the fact that there was no suffrage in the District of Columbia and again called attention to the fact that citizens of Massachusetts who could not read and write were prohibited from voting. Yet these people in Mas sachusetts were governed most effect lively.
 1 Replying, MT. Hoar defended the edu- cational system of Massachusetts, say ing that while there was an educa-
 tional qualification in Massachusetts 1 the method of acquiring the qualifica- l tion necessary to voting was placed within the grasp of every one. Reply ing, MT. Platt said he did not mean to
 deny the principle of the declaration
 and he added that he wished the Mas sachusetts case could be as liberal with
 reference to that document as some | others. MT. Proctor of Vermont and { MT. Hale of Maine exchanged divergent
 views upon the subject of committee
 of senators to visit Cuba. MT. Proctor
 thought such a commission was neces-
 sary, while MT. Hale said he thought
 1t would be extremely bad taste and
 useless. The Nicaragua canal bill was
 up during the last part of the day and
 Senators Berry, Allen, Hoar, Caffery
 and Morgan discussed the measure un-
 til adjournment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
WHEREA oUrs OF THE PORTLAND.
Probability That Cable Steamer Minia
 May Locate Wreck.

Boston, Dec. 1S.-The breaking of the Anglo-American cable during the fore non of November 27, the day of the great storm, which break has since been located seven miles off Peaked Hill Bar, Cape Cod, is regarded as an- other clue to the location of the wreck of the ll-fated steamer Portland. The cable steamer Minia picked up the off and after buoying it left the work of getting the inshore end of the cable and splicing the two, until tomorrow. It will not, therefore, be surprising if, when the steamer finishes her, work, there may be some new developments as to the whereabouts off the cape, of the remains of the much sought steam CT. The cable. which lands at Duxbury, comes from St. Pierre, Mgual, running to the north end of the cape between Race Point and the Stell Wa gon Bank, which is about six miles off the end of the cape. The cable is used as loop between this country and St.
 Pierre, at which latter place messages are relayed over the long cable to Ire land.
 On the morning of the great storm
 the cable operators at Duxbury sud- denly found their communication with St. Pierre cut off. The electricians, af- ter careful testing, located the break between twenty and thirty miles from the Duxbury end, but owing to the fact | that the Minia was at work on the | cable near St. Pierre, her services were not secured until last week. She left Halifax Saturday afternoon and ar- rived off Cape Cod early this morning. It was the work of only few hours to pick up the off-shore end of the cable and establish communication to
 St. Pierre, and from that point to this
 city, but before message could be
 sent to the Minia regarding indications
 of any wreckage, or as to the nature
 of the break in the cable, the steamer
 had buoyed the end of the cable and | left the work of splicing it until to-
 morrow. A dispatch from Provincetown i tonight states that the steamer put l into that port or harbor late this after
 noon and will leave early in the morn
 ing to complete her work The point
 where the off-shore end of the break northeast of Peaked Hill Bar, point
 at which the majority of the life sav-
 CTS and the old sea captains on the cape
 seem to agree that the Portland foun-
 dered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
ANGzo-AMERrCAN ERIENDsnIP.
Speech by the British Under Secretary
 for the Colonies.

Reading, England, Dec. 19.-At the opening of the Wellington club here to- day the Earl of Seberne, under secre- tary for the colonies, discussed at length the foreign policy of the govern ment. In so doing he maintained that the Marquis of Salisbury's management of the relations between Great Britain and the United States alone entitled him to the absolute confidence of the country. The under secretary pointed out the change which had taken place from three years back, when both coun- tries were discussing the possibilities of war, which change would not have been possible except for the cool, firm, far seeing way in which the premier had dealt with the Venezuelan difficulty. Continuing, the Earl of Selberne re- marked:
 "A very simple but very great thing has happened. A misunderstanding las been received. The people of the Unit
 
 ed States had not understood Great Britain's real feelings toward them. Now they understand them. That is all, but it is immense. reat Britain has not proposed to secure the United States for her purposes and more than our friends across the Atlantic have proposed to us. When our interests are identified we may hope for cooperation. When one country has an interest and the other has none we hope that the country not interested will do what it can to support it's friend. Where their interests may unhappily tend to diverge they should hasten by mutual concilia- tion to an understanding, so as to ar rive at a speedy compromise if there is any chance of breach of their friend- ship" Loud cheers.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
FEMALE ARMY NURSES.
Testimony Before the War Invesu-
 gating Commission Yesterday.

Washington, Dec. 19-Dr. Anita New comb Magee, a Washington woman, acting as the surgeon in the army, who had charge of the army female nurses and who served as the representative of the Daughters of the American Revolution, testified before the war in-. vestigation committee to-day that there were ], 300 nurses in all and that among this number there were only fifteen deaths There are 700 still in service. She said that the reports on the va rious hospitals gave the female nurses a very satisfactory showing, though at several points they were overworked. Their experience in this war she com- mended, demonstrated that they might be proftably employed in the future, and that they were preferable to male nurses the latter not being trained. She urged the adoption of the English system of army nurses, which embraces a period of two months in army hos pitals. The minimum number of nurses required, she urged, should be enrolled in this way and others in emergencies could be obtained as at present.
 This recommendation is now being considered by Surgeon General Stern berg. Asked if there should have been any difficulty in securing 2,500 trained nurses by May 15, she thought the for mer number, if a call had been publicly issued, might possibly have been se- cured. but the number was an extreme one. On the 18th of last September Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, this city, de- livered a sermon, in the course of which he denounced the administration of the war department. One section of this sermon was devoted to charges of neg lect brutality and blundering. The att tention of the commission has been call- ed to this pulpit delivery and the secre- tary of war has written Hamlin de- manding him to furnish him with the facts known to him to the commission within his personal knowledge and ex- perience upon which he had based his charges. To this communication Rev. MT. Hamlin has replied that he based his statements upon matters of current knowledge and published reports and had no personal knowledge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20

ago went to the extreme west. l met the waves of patriotism there. come to the south and I witness the same spirit of loyalty and devotion to com- mon country with a common faith, un- der a common flag. (Applause.) know this great audience wants to see the heroes of the war. (Applause). They are here with you-Shafter and Wheeler and Lawton and Bates, and others who were conspicuous in the recent conflict (Cheers) and I give way that you may have the pleasure of greeting them and other distinguished gentlemen who are in my party as I journey through the south' (Great applause).
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
Fire in nIaMcllestar.

Manchester, Conn.,, Dec. 19-This borough, which has ben the scene of disastrous fires of late, was consider ably alarmed late this afternoon when an alarm was sounded for fire in Hartman's block. The building was Of 1ur stories and it would have afforded excellent material for large confagra- tion. Fortunately, however, the flames were extinguished before they acqu,cad much headway. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove in the cffice of the meat market which was one of the two stores in the block. The upper stories were occupied by tane- ments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
FIRE AT FORT ADAMS.
Powder Shed Blows Up-One Soldier
 Killed, Several Wounded.

hIieu, several wounded.
 Newport, R. T., Dec. 19.--A fire which broke out tonight at Fort Adams. in the stables of light battery F, 4th artiI- lery, not only destroyed the stables, but communicated to a neighboring powder shed, and the explosion which followed killed Private Sullivan of battery A. Eth artillery and seriously injuring Pri- vate l.. T. Street of battery H, Corporal R. l.. Bryan of battery A, Private John Kerwin of battery F. all of the Eth ar- tillery, while Privates S. Veil of bat tery A, Salter battery, A. T. Power of battery A, J. Flanagan of battery A, H. Clay of battery H, also of the 7th artillery, received painful burns.
 The fire was caused by the exblosion of lamp in the southwest wing of the stables. about 5:30 o'clock, the flames igniting some straw spread with rapidi- ty through the building. One of the sentries gave the alarm by firing his rifle and in few minutes the entire garrison was fighting the flames. There were 150 horses in the stables when the, fire broke out, but all were taken out. While the soldiers were doing their ut most to get the horses out the powder shed blew up almost without warning the force hurling a number of the sol- diers into the flames. All were rescued save Sullivan, whose body was horri- bly, burned and mangled. The property loss will not be very great.
 Later.-A search of the ruins after the fire disclosed the bodies of two ool- diers, neither of which could be identi- fled. An official inquiry will be made in the morning. In addition to the damage done to the officers quarters from flying brands, small barn be- longing to Battery H was also destroy- ed A portion of the fire department was sent from this city to help the sol- diers and detail from the training sta- tion also responded to the call.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
Polo.

Springfield Mass, Dec. 19-With the score to ? in favor of the Hartford's the lights went out at the Auditorium and left the floor in darkness. Two in- nings had been completed and Captain Cotter agreed to finish the game upon his next visit to Springfield. The game was a fine exsibition from the start, Cusic and Murphy playing well in goal.
 At Providence-Providenc 9, Meriden 3. Bushes, Warner Il, Pierce 4. lief fernan 32, Mallory 23. Referee Less Timer, Perrin.
 At New Britain-New Britain 6, Wa terbury 4. Rushes, Russell 2, McGilv- ray 3, Roberts 1, Holderness ?, Doher- ty, l. Fouls, Wiley, Holderness 3, Jean. Referee Fahy. Attendance 500. The game was very rough and Waterbury lost two goals on account of fouls. Rob- erts says he will protest the game on the ground of inefficient refereeing by Fahy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
NEVIS FROM HAYAN4.
Lower Class CubaDs Attempt to Lynch
 m Ex- Police Official,

Havana, Dec. 19.-Crowds of people of the lower classes at Cerro, the evac- uated suburb of Havana, invaded the Prim, with the intention of lynching him. Prim escaped through the rear of the house. Other police officials were also threatened with lynching. At Peublo Neuveo and other places last night unknown persons fired several shots at the Spanish sentinels. Cuban forces have entered the evacuated towns of Calabazar and Santiago de Las Vegas, this province, and have hoisted the Cuban flag.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
FASHODA EVACUATED.
Marchand and His Party Left During
 Morning of December H.

Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 19.--Major Mar chand and his party, evacuated Fashoda during the morning of December II, when the French flag was lowered and :te Ili':sh and Egyptian flags were hoisted. The French detachment start ed for the Sobal river.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
PRINCE GEORGE 1EAVES GREECE.
Starts for Crete as Commissioner Gen. eraI of the Island.

Athens, Dec. 19.-Prince George of Greece, whose tenure of office as com- missioner general in Crete began yes terday, started to-day for Canea, Crete. He left the city through a popular ova- ton. The members of the cabinet and the representatives of the powers were at the station to bid adieu. King George, Queen Olga and other members of the royal household accompanied the prince to the Piraeus.