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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-16
MeKinlev CONGRATULATED.

-" U6KthSey C00Rf1su1Sseu'
WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.-President
Mckinley has been the recipient Of
warm congratulations from all parts OF
the country on the successful termina
ton Of the war.
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After the signing Of the protocol one
OF the most impressive features Of the
ceremony occurred, The president re.
uuested the hand of. Ambassador Cam.
bon and through him returned thanks
to the sister republic Of France for tho
sxerciss Of hsr good Offices in bringing
about peace. He also thanked the am.
bassador personally for ~ important
part hs had played In this matter and
the latter replied in suitable terms. A.
. further mark Of bis disposition Prssi.
don't Mckinley called Tor the proolsma.
ton which he had caused to b drawn
up su.psnding hostilities and signed It
In the presence Of N. Csmbon. who OF.
pressed his appreciation Of the aotion.
All the formslttes having boon dis.
posed Of the PRESIDENT spent half ! an
hour ohstting With those present and
tnen, at sos, the rain still continuing
in forcs, the smnassadof~and~ his score.
tary entered their carriage and were
driven to the embassy T s5%%Ey4
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-16
Hostilities Began on April 81
and Continued Nearly
IT,
Four Months.
SUMMARY OF THE WAR.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-With sim.
plicity in keeping with Republican in.
stitutions the war which has ragged
between Spain and the United States
for . period OF three months and
twenty-five days was quietly ter
minated during the afternoon when
Secretary Day for the United States
and N. Cambon for Spain, in the pres.
ence Of President Mckinley, signed q
protocol which will form the basis Of
definite treaty Of peace. It 10 but sim
pie justice to our sister republic of
France to record the fact that to her
good Offices this speedy termination OF
. war that might have run on indef.
nitely was brought about. and the
president himself deemed that action
on the part Of the French government
as worthy Of his special praise.
d, Preliminary "Details.
Ambassador Cambon ~. reached the
White House shortly after 4 O'clock
and was ushered into the cabinet room
whore the president and Secretary Day
awaited him. After an exchange Of dip.
slomatio coartssiss Unnecessary, loss Sof
time did not occur and Assistant Score.
tary Of State Cridler, on the part Of the
United States and: Frs Secretary
.Thiebaut, Oh the part Of Spain, retired
to . window. where there was s,oritieal
formal examination Of tho protocol.
This inspection had al the outward
formalities due . document of this i'm.
portance. It was prepared induplioate
at the state department., one copy to be
retained BY tho United States govern.
ment and the other to become tho
property Of Spain The text is hand.
somely engrossed in running old
English sorip. ,.,.,
Each copy Of the protocol is arranged
in double. column, French and English.
standing alongside for easy comparison
- to theexaotnsss Of translation.
Signing Of shs PROTOCOL.
The examination Of the protocol was
satisfactory and the document was
handed to. NJ. Cambon first and then to
Secretary Day, who affixed signatures
in that order to each side Of the two
copies. Then the last detail in making
the protocol binding was administered
by Assistant Secretary Cridler, in
charge of;the chapcery work, who at.
tached the seal Of the, United States.
Throughout the ceremony al but the
two signers remained standing. NJ.
Cambon, IN signing for Spain, ocou.
pied the seat which Secretary of the
Navy Long, now away on a vacation,
usually occupied. The president stood
at the left corner, at the head Of the
cabinet table No credentials were
produced, during. the meeting at the
White House. the. president accepting
Secretary Days assurance that this
had been settled to his satisfaction at
the state department.. NJ g W. ~
: / : III. President II J a g I;
After the signing of the protocol one
Of the most impressive features Of the
ceremony occurred. The president re-
uuested the hand of. Ambassador Cam.
bon and through him returned thanks
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aside roughly. You naturally resent. He
proceeds on his way without a word goes
direct to his superior officer and reports
that Senior So-and-So pushed him, a SOL
der of Spain, violently from the sidewalk
He had witnesses-fellow-spie of course.
Charge filed against you-''insulting the
military by laying violent hands on a Span
ish soldier" That night the clerk at your
hotel informs you that you have been or
dered to leave Havana by the first steamer.
To refuse Is to take the consequences"
The nature of the said consequences is not
specified. This little trick was played upon
one OF the American newspaper correspond
ents within the last few days
Cabanas prison is not always the fate OF
the suspected American. as Is seen In the
case just mentioned. The fact is that the
Spanish are not anxious to fill Cabanas
with American prisoners Uncle Sam might
make some inconvenient Inquiries. The
Spaniards principal object ia employing
spies Is to get the American out of Ha-
vana.
Sometimes the soldier spy does not sue
coed In trumping up a charge against the
American whom he has been set to watch.
In that case the job is given to an officer.
The officer contrives to meet the American,
introduces the victim at the Military Club,
and is SO extremely polite in manner and
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to the interior I ate some OF them and
found them not at all bad. Ecuador has a
considerable trade in them. and her ship
ments OF them last year brought In S.il6opn
Ecuador has trees which weave bed Goth
irg. i slept last night In a blanket made
OF the bark of a tree which grows on the
slopes OF the Andes. The blanket is six
feet long and over FIVE feet wide and IL is
as sort and piiabie as though Il was made
OF flannel. IL Is of about the thickness of
a Sood flannel blanket. and I can easily
roll IL mp and put IL in my shawl strap
without hurting IT. This blanket Is mere
~ strip OF bark cut from a section OF
the trunk of the demajagua tree. The
Indians made a cutting around the trunk
to get 1t. and they then prepared II by
soaking IL in water Jntii IL was soft. They
then pounded IL so that the rough outside
could he stripped off and the inside alone
left The inside is of fine fibers so Joined
together by nature that il makes a beau
tfui blanket. warm enough to be used a a
cover and soft enough for a mattress The
pineappies here are delicious. and the ba-
nsnas and coffee are unsurpassed by those
of any other part OF South America
Cup Of Chocolate.
The chief article of export from Ecuador,
however. is cacao. or. as W. call II, cocoa.
II is from this that the chocolate comes
there ere vast cocoa plantations along the
Guyas river and the other rivers OF the
Pacific coast, and the planters have enc Of
the best raging businesses among the
farmers of the world. There are few plan
tatfons which do not net IL per cent and
Tany bring I'm five times this amount. To-
day il costs here. 1 am told. about cents
OF our money to raise a pound of cocoa.
whereas II sells In Guayaquil for about Il
cents. making a clear profit to the farmer
OF ii cents tgold) a pound. and paying
him profit of about 400 per cent. This
year Ecuador will raise abOut forty mill
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GOOD FRIDAY IN ROME

Good Friday in the eternal city. in other
words, the "Tepebrae" and "Mserere" at
st. Peters. i know Of few more impress
sive ceremoniea
About noon the grand old church be-
gins to fill, If such an expression can ever
ba used in reference to ST. Peters, which
can contain a vast multitude and still look
empty.
OF course, tie tourists are the earliest ar
rivals; they always are. Each accom-
panied by what has grown to be an in
sorarable companion during Holy week-a
camp stool. With most unseemly haste
they crowd forward to the very chancel
rail, and after much pushing and crowd
ing there plant themselves-to stay. too.
Next come the sturdy peasant women,
generally dragging tugging string OF
little tots after them. all clad In somber
coiOrs. with fiimSy scarfs thrown carelessly
over their frowsy heads and knotted Sc
Curely under their chubby chins. From be-
meath this demure covering their sparkling
eyes shine out big with excitement and
anticipation
Verify. their visit to St. Peters is a
weary pilgrimage Of grace. Slowly they
stu agxie up the noble old aisies. crossing
the mselves at every few steps; spending a
minute of so in heartfelt devotion before
every shrine. praying at every altar, kneel-
ing at the confessional. imploring the
gently touches each bowed head with his
long, slender rod; and the pathetic little
group a veritable mountain of grief lifted
from their child-like souls moves on TO
kiss. in awcstruck silence. the well worn
toe of Old bronze 81. Peter.
Good, simple. confiding, superstitious
sous! Many weary mile have they
tramped across the heavy, dusty roads OF
tie "campagna" to assist" at this peni-
tential service Tired and footsoTe they
are. no doubt, and yet through the ensuing
&c urs they will kneel uncomplainingiy on
the cherries marble floor. Truly their
faith Is labor of love. God bless them!
With frou-frou OF silk and a breath OF
fragrant orris, enter the aristocfacy and
mower OF Roman society. the ladies to take
their places in the high. screened tribunes
erected near the altar. The officers, gor-
geous In their multi-colored uniforms Elit-
tering with gold braid, strut pompously
ebout the resounding aisles to the cheer
1ul ciink. elink of their trailing swords.
SLOWLY the golden glory of the setting
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She looks al her victim through the man.
tia with glances that kill. She is a de-
fusion and snare. Her eyes seem to
swim with love- but hatred fills her heart.
Her seductive smile seems all sympathy.
l. is the smile of the woman who hates
it is all cruelty.
The sonora gives her services to Spain
free of charge. She spies for love-nOt OF
Srain but of spying. Let this be warm
ing to all Americans who intend coming to
Havana.
Your correspondent occupies the apart
nent in which an American was arrested
recently at midnight. The spy responsible
for his Imprisonment a beautiful
sonora On the evening of his arrival in
Havana he was stro!ling in the park op-
posite the Inglaterra Hotel. stranger
jostled against him, and stopped to apollo
g;ze in English. An acquaintance followed.
The stranger said he would like to present
the American to-ah, she was sitting just
beyond the fountain. Two minutes later
the American was seated by a woman
whom the stranger called wife. The
stranger disappeared. The band was play
ing, the Cuban night was charming, the
senora's eyes were large and luminous, her
teeth were glistening-the American talked.
The next evening he met the sonora again
in the same place, and again he talked. He
net her again and again. He talked till he
talked too much. Even an American will
tell woman things which the rack itself
could not draw from him.
The Soldier Spy.
The boldest of the Spanish spies is the
soldier. He makes no attempt to disguise
his contempt for the Americans whose
steps he Is logging. Americana" The
Spaniard in Havana never utters this word
without an accompanying sneer or gesture
of contempt. The soldier spy follows the
unfortunate American here, there, every
where. His plan of procedure is to attempt
to pass you on one of the narrowest of Ha-
vana's narrow sidewalks. He pushes you
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BILE. The houses of Guayaquil are built to
Withstand the earthquakes. They are of
wooden tinbers so Joined and splIced that
they can sway with the trembling of the
earth and not break. The frame work is
then covered with bamboo laths made by
splitting the cane. Upon these bamboos a
coating of plaster is spread. This makes
the exterior Of the houses look as though
the wallis were backed with brick and
stone, whep, in fact, they are actually
made up of good-sized fishing poles Just
now a vast deal Of building is going on
here, and the hammer of the carpenter
mailing on these laths Is always to be heard.
Much of the lumber used comes from O.e-
gon and Washington. and some from
Georgia.
Where the Melons Grow ON Trees.
The equatorial coast region. where now
am. is full of vegetable wonders. This is
today the richest and most productive part
of Ecuador. In my sixty miles sail up the
River Guyas to this city I passed vast ha-
ciendas covered with grass as green as the
fields Of Egypt in winter. in which fat cat
tie. horses and mules stood up to their bel
lies and ate without having to bend down to
reach the grass. 1 passed rich plant a ions
of sugar cane, which here grows TO the
height of ten feet. and which grows for
twenty-five years without repianting. saw
vast cacao orchards loaded down with the
fruit from which our chocolate comes. Tall
oocoanut palms bearing green balls of fruit
9S Dig as your ne3d SWayed TO and fro
high above the houses Of the planters, and
strange fruits of 50 many kinds that can
not give you their names were offered to
US again and again. The wharves of Qua
yaquil are lined with the Ecuadorian ma
tives who have brought fruit and other
things to sell. They have melons which
come from trees. known as the papoya
This fruit IL OF the size of large musk
melon. and when opened it's rich yellow
flesh seems much the same. There are
many trees here which bear fruits as bix
as your head OF one kind or another. The
buttons on your coat are probably made OF
vegetable ivory from Colombia or Ecuador.
This ivory is shipped from Guayaquil ana
Panama In the shape OF nuts, which hook
much like chestnuts. save that each nut Is
as big as the fist Of a two-year-old baby
and as hard az iron. These nuts grow on
a low palm tree In what looks Hike rough
chestnutg burrs as big as your head. Each
burr c0ufain8 Q dozen or more nuts, which
when green. are f33ed With . soft jelly-like
substance tasting not unlike cocoanut milk
In company with . party On . recent trip
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sun, -streamir & through the clear windows
OF the dome to gid. with radiant beauty,
the lofty canopy that surmOunts the shrine
where rest the bones Of st. Peter. begins
to fade, and little by little the entire edi-
flee is enveloped In a dim obscurity that
only serves to magnify the vast distances
of this. the worlds greatest cathedral.
At last appears a radiant glow upon the
altar. The thirteen candles are alight.
Then. stealing through the incense-laden
atmosphere, comes the faint chant Of har-
nonious voices. The ''Tenebrae!" ah! the
marvellous sweetness and power Of that
well-knOwn music. Chord after chord of
subtle harmony stealing out of the dark
less. soaring aloft through the silent aisles,
echoing along the dim distances. and finally
dying away in the mysterious shadows.
wakes the resounding echoes. till with one
prolonged note OF infinite sweetness 1t
ceases altogether.
One pickering candle is extinguished
Then. after a prolonged hush of expecta-
ton, the melodious chant Is resumed. And
so on ii continues, again and again and
as each psalm is ended another light is
snuffed out, until the last CLEAN Is extin-
grished: then in the gathering night walls
out THE Miserere." with its overpowering
weight of sorrow and suffering on and on
with its eyer-increasing burden OF sad
ness and woe.
Then a crash. flash of flaming light. and
tbs ended.
A rustic and whisper ripples through the
ki.eeling audience. The religious tension
is broken.
The tourist chatter in undertones. the
Illustrissfmi Signore whisper in their lat
ticed tribunes, the officers parade them
selves in all their glory. Only the peasants,
be wed down by their weight of religious
fervor. PROSTATE on thu floor. stumbled over
by every one. seem totally oblivfous OF
their surroundings.
At last, high up in the blackness. on the
balcony over Sancta Veronica's altar. one
by one the tapers are lighted Then comes
the sudden, loud clang Of a warning bell,
and with faint murmur Of anticipation,
the waiting multitude fall to their knees.
Up on the marble balcony appears a
priest carrying reverently a glittering case
containing the head Of the spear that
pierced our Saviors side. Impressiveiy he
makes the sign Of the cross with 1t, then
slowly disappears.
Again comes the harsh clang ana q piece
of the true cross Is held up to the Worship
ing gaze OF the faithful.
Again the bell and this time we see the
very handkerchief with which st. Vero-
: rica wiped the sweat from orr saviors
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trunk broken open. By whom? spy. He
knows that at any moment he may be ar
rested and thrown into Cabanas prison. On
what charge? AS IAN American spy"
If you leave your hotel and go out In the
early morning you at once feel yourself in
the omnpresent shadow of the spy. With
the first drum beat of the volunteers the
plaza in front of the opera house, and the
streets of the city begin to fill with people
mostly cigarette makers-on their way to
work But they all move along with the
air of people who know that they are
watched They talk but little to each 9TH
er, and It is evident that they fear to speak
freely. Moving among the people, and con-
spicrous by their uniforms the volunteers
are seen with their rifles over their shout
ders, slouching along. siIgly and in groups
of two and three, In the direction Of Moro
Castle, where they are going TO do twenty
four hours guard duty. They, too. have an
anxious. worried look. Every one seems to
be living in an atmosphere of suspicion
spying and being spied upon. There is q
poorly concealed expression of dis:rust
upon the face of nearly every one, soldier
or civilian. whom you pass. The trail of
the serpent-like spy is over 1t all.
And so life goes on in Havana from
morning to night. 1t is a one-sided state CT
ne Is not III the game
at ALL The Spaniards never regard their
agents as spies. They say: I'VE are in our
own city, minding our own business. What
right have these Yankees spying upon rs?
They are spies Let's kick 'em out" So
in order to find an excuse for expeling the
Yankees. We are watched. Individually
every shining minute. The Splniards can
not expel US in body, so they proceed TO
get rid of us one by one.
As IAN American spy" you are put in
Cabanas on the charge of general con-
sriracy against the government of Spain"
A few days later. to show how magnani-
nous he can be, the Spaniard offers you
your freedom IL you will leave Havana
This has been the experience of more than
q score of Americans since the blowing up
OF the Maine.
The Spanish Woman Spy.
The spies are all sorts and conditions Of
men and women. And the chief of these
is the Spanish woman Woe to the Ameri-
can who suecumbs to tn. wiles and walks
into the snares of the plump and pale-faced
sonora She seems charming. She is usual
ly beautiful. She wears a black mantilla.
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II ~ y 1 i 1 " +
Guayaquil! How shall
I describe It'll 1t is
one of the strangest
mixtures in the world
of cities. It lies sixty
miles up the wide
Guyas river. almost
under the shadow of
the equator, frowned
upon by the snowy
peaks of Chimborazo
and Cotopaxi. Wood
ed hills surround it.
Tina
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brow. and 1t still bears the imprint of His
sacred features.
The bowed heads incline still lower, and
when they are again raised total darkness
reigns, the tapers are extinguished, all is
finished. and through the hushed gloom
that vast concourse drifts silently away.
BESSIE HUBER CLARK
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ART AND ARTISTS.

Mr.. William Ordway Partridge, whose
interesting series of art lectures closed at
the Columbian University Wednesday, has
been experimenting the erection of a note
worthy addition to the monuments In the
Rock Creek cemetery. The production of
this work has occupied a share of the
sculptor's time for several years. and the
study and thought which he has given to
Its conception Is as evident as the skill
with which he has executed it. The spirit
expressed in the beautiful female figure is
Numerically opposed to that felt in the
impressive figure Of Augustus st: Gaudens,
which Is to be found near by. Mr.. Par
fridge has endeavored to embody the 10y
Gus, hopeful thoughts born Of a sure faith
In the resurrection. whereas Mr. st. Gau-
dens has presented an ideal of grief up-
comforted by any ray of hope. The bronze
figure by Mr.. Partridge is seated in a pen
stve attitude on a massive granite seat
which Is semi-circular in shape and which
Is ornamented with q series of bronze bas-
reliefs telling the story Of life. Among the
other striking works in sculpture that he
has completed since his last visit to WASH
ington are beautiful Madonna and s.
strong, rugged head of Walt Whitman, ex-
pressing the character Of the man in every
line
The annual exhibition of work done by
the pupils OF the Art Students League in
the season now drawing to a close will be
held during the first part of next week,
and cordial invitation to attend Is ex-
tended to ALL The collection Of drawings
and sketches will be shown at the league
rooms. S06 18th street. and can be viewed
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday from
10 am. to Q p.m and on Tuesday evening
from to 1890. The students have done
very serious work during the winter, and,
from hasty glance at the contributions
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Wonders of Life in That Tropical
Cline.
WHERE NATURE FAIRLY RUNS RIOT
Interesting Features About the City
Of GuayaquiI.
SOME SERIOUS DRAWBACKS

Special Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
Copyright. 1898. by Frank G. Carpenter)
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 49, 1898
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114S VI - AA&sA - - .
swarms with spies,
and every American
n ow in II a v a n a
knows that all his
actions, his goings
out and his cOmings
In, are watched. By
whom? A spy. He
knows tha. his mail
Is opened and read in
transit. By whom? A
spy. He knows that,
in his absence, his
room il entered his
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They Dog the Footsteps Of Every
American There.
4 CITY FULL OF DETECTIVES
Combine to Make Things Too Hot
for Foreigners.
DE M EFT OD S

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
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On April ID. IA and. Is there will, be an
interesting exhibition Of sketches and Illus
trations on view froml8 to 9. at 2404 18th
street. Miss Grace e. Atwater and Mrs.
c. L. Spaulding will contribute each a
share to this collection. !; 81
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It's a wise thing never to go into Q
bath after q meal"
why not?"
''Oh. you'd hardly find 1t there"-Phila.
delphia North American.
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Mr.. Gaylord 8. Truesdell is still uncertain
in regard to his return to America to live,
and is at present working in London II
he decides 20 come home to the United
States he will in all probability go at once
to Denver, Col. and make no stay of con-
sequence in Washington or any eastern
city. He Is going to send two important
ct,nvases to this years exhibition Of the
Royal Academy in London.