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The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
NH|TE HOUSE CONFERENCE
The President and Some of His Ad- visers Hold a Private Confer
 ence at the White House.
ITS REAL PURPOSE NOT DISCLOSED.
It is Believed, However. that the Course of the President In Relation to the Cuban Resolutions was Discussed The President Inclined to stand by the EK- ecative Prsrogative.

WASHINGTON, April 1q.-Attorney- General Griggs, Secretary Long, Sec retary Sherman and Assistant Secre- tary Day had an hours conference with the president Tae purpose of the meeting was not disclosed but it is be- heved it had special reference to the Cuban resolutions pending before con gross. Members of the cabinet decline to discuss what will be the final action upon the report of the con- ference committee, or what course the president will pursue in the event that the clause recognizing the independ- enee of the Cuban republic. as it ap- pears in the senate resolution, is re- tained. From other reliable sources, however. 1t is learned that in all prob ability the president will return the resolution without his approval This, 1t is said he will be compelled to do in order to maintain the prcrogative he holds is clearly his un3er the consti- tion Up to this time nothing has been done in the way of formulating an ultimatum to Spain, nor has any thing been received from Minister which may iu any way change the situation. No one in of fcial circles doubts that hostile resolution will be passed by congress within the next day or two, and war almost certainly will follow, Whether the presidents veto. in case such action on his part was made neces. sarywouId seriously delay matters can not, with any certainty, be foretold
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22

one and incapable of grasping present conditions.
 An effort is being made by the churches and citizens of northern Indi- ana to suppress the Boby race track, near Ligonier great crusade is be. ing organized
 Daniel Stewart, a widower with eight children, was run over and killed by freight train of the St. Louis, Kcol1ul1 & Northwestern near the Chain of Rocks, St Louis
 Large orders for provisions to be used by the troops that have been or. dered soath, and also for the navy, have been placed in Chicago st. Louis. Kan sas City and Omaha.
 William T. Barron, 70 years of age, head of the well-known contracting firm of Wm T. < J. Barron, of St. Louis, died at his country home in St. LouIs county, Sunday.
 The bodies of John A. Callieutt Miss Mary Calticutt, Mrs Noah Wcleh and chlld of Charles Clayton were recov- cred, sunday, at shawneetown. IL. making 20 s5 far recovered.
 Areport comes from Clay county, Ky that the Howard and Baker factions met at Manchester, Saturday, and two men were killed and three wounded. There have thus far been ] men killed.
 \ dispatch from Singapore says that the steamship Leo XII. from Manila, arrived there, crowded with Spanish officials and well-to-do families, who are escaping from tue rebellion which is spreading rapidly in the Philippines.
 Naval officers who have always looked with considerable professional jealousy upon the fact that the coast de. lenses were in the hands of army off cers. have made their boasts that the heavy artillery will not have a chance to fire gun daring the whole war with Spain
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
LATER NEWS.
Conference Report Adopted.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-1:30 a. m.- Senator Davis presented the conference report, which was adopted by vote of 42 to 35. The resolution as agreed upon is as follows:
 Resolved, By the senate and house of repre- sentatives of the United States Of America in congress assembled.
 First-That the people Of the island Of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- pendent
 Second-That it is the duty Of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand that the government Of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of cuba, and withdraw It's land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
 Third-That the president be, and he hereby Is s,drected and empowered to use the entreland and naval forces Of the United States and to call Into actual service of the United States the militia of the several states to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
 Fourth-That the United States hereby dis claims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty. Jurisdiction or control over said island except for the paeincation thereof. and asserts It's determinatton when that is accom- plished to leave the government aud control Of the island to it's people
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY.
Preparing for Any Emergency that May Arise.

LONDON, April 19.-The supporters in England of Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, headed by the earl of Ash burnham, are actively preparing for emergency. Every detail has been arranged 10 seize the propitious moment for action. The local carlists are convinced that the present Spanish dynasty is doomed and that Spain will be forced to choose between republicanism and Don Carlos. They add that the only chance of the present dynasty is a successful war against the United States, the possibil- lty of which is secuted.
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
Nothing slow About Massachusetts.

BosToN, April l6.-Gov. Wolcott sent a message to the legislature recom- mending an emergency appropriation of $500 GOO to increase the efficiency of the state militia. A bill was framed promptly embodying the recommends tion of the governor and passed by both houses under suspension of the rules In p minutes from the time the message had been received the bill was signed by the governor and had become a law.
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
What It I

Tt seems terrible. hesa
 "What does2" she asls.a
 "This account by phys way bicycling affected htm
 What does he say9" she agatss-
 "He says, he explained. -taal 4eaer long ride ae experienced paraesta-- siae in the fourth and fifth finger. with impaired sensibiHty, and pares in the interossei, lumbricales and tha adductor policis.
 T don't see why it is, E she returned in her superior way, that man can say he had that tired feeling without cago Post
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
Printers. strike Growing Serious.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The strike of union printers and electrotypers in the book and job printing trade assumed a more serious aspect yesterday. It threatens to involve over 5000 work men and nearly all the printing houses in the city.
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
HOW FREIGHT IS CARRIED.

Tt is said by those who profess to know, and presume 1t is true. that there are l.500 dead horses beneath the snow and ice of this canyon yet the people cJntiaue to drink the water of tht> poisonous stream when they should go to the base of the m 5antaIn and drink sparkling water pure as It was wIen it cams forth from the hand Of God While pas ling throu this canyon even in midday one is made fearful because of the rumDing sound of run ming water beneath his feet. Sheep Camp is four miles from the scales, and such a road. The elevation is ? ,510 feet, Here at the scales k the only place on this trail where the tram way is in operation. At the power house you will see two baskets pass out into space on their way to the summit; when the baskets are loaded and started from the power house two others leave the summit their return trip. The tramway people charge is7 cents per pound from the scales to the summit The packers charge the same It Is one miles from the scales to the summit When you arc loaded for your walk above tho clouds with 50 or 100 pounds strapped to your back you take hold of three quarter-ineh rope and put your foot into the first step. cut in the ice and climb until you reach the sytH.- init. Then you pie your little load alongside of tens Of thousands of tons of freight that has gone up as yours has and then sit down and
 wonder how you are going 10 get down.
 Finally you make up your mind to do as oth- CTS do. You keep your seat in the basket, throw your hands up. call your wifeS uamH.
 and 1t is all over in half minute You set
 some of the boys 10 put your eyes back in thetf
 socaets, brush your pans and try 1t agat
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
Commanders AssIgned.

WAsHISGToN, April lo.-Gommander C. C. Reiter, now at the Norfolk navy yard, will command the Venezuela and Commander A. s. Snow, now at Ports- mouth (N. H. navy yard, will command the Yumuri
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
A Tnt In thn Hnnse.

WAsHINeroS, April 19 - There was hot tilt in the house between ths speaker and MT. Bailey, of Texas, end ing in the latter denouneing a state ment of the speaker 'as absolutely fnlSn '
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
Senator WaltbaIl Improving.

WAsHNGroN, April l9 Senator Wal sha1i. of Mississippi, has been quite i'll IS the result of q heavy cold, but to- lay his condition showed an encour ag- ng improvement,
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
It should Not te Done.

Mrs Trivvet-A woman should ue9ee throw herself at a mans feet
 Mrs. Dicer-That is trae luHes at conclusions is always wrong N World
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22

Chauncey Fisher, who pitched last year for the Brooklyn league club, and who has served on the slab for the Cincinnati Reds, signed contract as manager and pitcher for the Omaha club of the Western league,
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22

Andrew Akin, a pioneer of Kansas and once register of the land office at Topeka, died at Omaha, Neb., aged ss. Mr Akin was very prominent in the early political history of Kansas, being one of the anti-slavcry leaders.
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
AFFAIRS IT SHEEP CAMP. .
A Missouri Man Presents a Gloomy Picture of Life and Death
 on the Chilkoot Trail.
THE RECENT AVALANCHE DESCRIBED.

Hundreds of Bodies Buried Beneath snow and Ice Pneumonia and Meningitis Carrying or the Gold Hunters as Rot Kills sheep-Polluted Water Doing It's Work.
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22

The president on the 14th appointed William J. French receiver of public mensya st AlVas Ok
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
RECOGNITION ELIMINATED.
The House Amends and Accepts the Cuban Resolutions as Adopt
 ed by the Senate.
THE TURPlE AMENDMENT STRICKEN OUT.

the Senate to Retain the Clause that Encroaches on the Prerogative of the President and a Further Period of De- lay seems Imminent
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22

WASHINGTON, April 10-Senator Da. wis, of Minnesota, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, said that he would ask the senate to sit until the Cuban resolutions should be disposed of whatever the action of the house
The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
MARCELL0 DE ASCARRAGA.
The Former Minister of War and Prime Minister of Spain Has Arrived
 at Madrid.

LONDON, April 19-A dispatch from Madrid says that Gen. MareeIlo De As earraga. the former minister of war and prime minister, has arrived at the Spanish capital to attend the meeting of the eortes. He is quoted as declar- ing that war is inevitable.
 The dispatch adds that many Swed. ish, Brazilian and other foreign off eers are offering their services to Spain.
 The next meeting of the Spanish cab inet, the dispatch further says, will discuss the question of privateering.
 Leaflets, melting a popular demon stration, have been seized at Madrid.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-19
A BIG TELESCOPE.
NJ. Gautier and the Giant Instrument,
He In Constructing 'for the
Paris Exposition.

An article in La Nature states that
NJ. Gautier, the optician, is making
good progress with the construction
of the giant telescope intended for the
great exhibition at Paris in 1900. The
aperture will be 1.25 meters (40.2
inches). and the focal length 60 meters
(l06 feet 10 inches), while the esti-
mated cost is 1.400, eco francs.
An equatorial mounting and dome
:Cr such gigantic instrument may
sell be considered impracticable, and
accordingly the telescope itself will
he rigidiy fixed in horizontal position
on supports of masonry, and will re-
""ive the light of the heavenly bodies
after reflection from a movable plane
mirror two meters in diameter. The
!!ane mirror is 13 inches thick, and
weighs 5000 Kilograms. and it is curl
Gus that Of l2 disks cast for the Dur
pose the first one turned out TO be the
best. This has been in process of grind
ing for seven months, and is not vet
finished.
There will be two objectives, one
Photographic and one visual, which
"!!! be easily interchangeable at will.
!: is expected that n magnifying power
+ 6,GG0 will be usefulIy employed. and
hat occasionally a power Of 10000
may he used. AS the highest power
available in the largest existing tele-
scope does not exceed 4.OOO. the new
Instrument. If it he the success that
everyone will wish. should have a wide
field of usefulness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-19
HAWAIIAN GIRLS.
They Are Pleasant, Possess Inherent
ing Characters md Have Talent
TO- Music.

The jolly Hawaiian maid cannot he
called good-lookinG. but she has pleas
ant features. She is good tempered,
light hearted and pleasure loving She
is usually of good height and has
welI-deveIoped figure. Her skin is Of
{. reddish brown color. and Lcr hair is
"lack. She is by nature initiative. so
Il has been very easy for her to gain
knowledge from her surroundings and
from coming in contact with white
people.
For some years past Hawaiian girls
Enve been educated in the government
schools provided at different places
throughout the islands. The English
language is usually ta' ~ht. In fact,
the Hawaiian language is dying out.
There are now but three Hawaiian
schools upon the island.
The chief talent possessed by the
Hawaiian girl is for music. Many Of
the natives have composed very pretty
songs. The ex-queen possesses corr
siderable musical ability. and some Ha-
waiian songs and instrumental PIECES
composed by her had quite a vogue on
the island. 1t has been prophesicd
that Hawaiian music will become
fad, for the native songs are plaintve
and weird These will no doubt be
heard at the meetings of folklore So
cities next winter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-19

1t is said that the first Greek bows
were made from the horns of species
of goat, the bases being united by
means of metallic band. Afterward
other material was used in their man.
ufacture. but they still retained their
original shape. These bows were too
short to be of much use, and, compare
lively speaking, but small portion Of
the troops were armed with them.
The English archers were said to be
the finest in the world, and their skill
decided the battles of Crecy, Poitiers
md Agincourt. The bows used were Of
two kinds, the long bow and the arbn-
lest or cross.bow. The arbalest was
made of steel or horn, and was Of such
strength and stiffness that 1t was nee
essary to use some mechanical appl-
ance to bend it and adjust the string.
The arbalesters carried b qdiver with
80 arrows and were placed in the van
of the battle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-19
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
Meet the New Issue.

Pennsylvania Democrats met on
Wednesday and actually voted down
a resolution reaffirming the Chi
cago platform. Conventions of DEM
ocrats that meet later in the
season will do it equally scant
reverence. The action of the Penn
sylvanians is especially signifi-
cant, for it was the national commit
teeman from their state who was re-
Gently ousted by the vote of a. bare
majority of the national committee fer
heresy, the offense consisting of re-
naming in the old Democratic man
sion while the bulk of the family went
fishing.
Democratic conventions held later
will undoubtedly indicate that a new
question has come to dominate parties
and submerge all prior issues. Moth
ing is clearer now than that the most
important question which the yot-
ers of the nation have ever been called
upon to consider and decide is being
rapidly formulated. However far in
the past its silent advance may now
be traced, it burst upon the country
with the roar of the first gun fired
from our battleships at Spanish mer-
chantmen or Spanish Notifications. 1t
is the question to which has been given
the name of Imperialism; the conquest
and retention of territory beyond our
borders and the establishment of a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
Ext David; Enter William.

One machinist simply succeeds
another machinist. The Clough ma
chine was ditched and Eustis
machine was run out of the
roundhouse and will be given the
right Of way. That was the result of
the Republican convention yesterday.
Tams BiXby hobs up serenely and the
discontinue of David and Ell and
some others lacking scriptural cogno-
mems is complete. Mr.. Eustis had al
ready served notice that my policy"
would be Minneapolftan, and ST. Paul
may expect to see a Minneapolis face
at every window pane in the state cap
itol, and it's business interests jostled
rudely aside, should the Minneapolitan
be elected governor. Gov. Clough has
his faults-as possibly The Globe's
readers know-but 1t can be remem-
bered that he has maintained a. toler-
ably fair attitude toward this city
since he has occupied the executive
chamber.
We shall hear much for a few DAYS
about the destruction of the machine"
by the Independent spirits of the grand
old party, but only Innocent Repub-
licans will be fooled by any such chaff.
The sinful and the experienced in both
parties know better. Even the gov
ernor must recognize in yesterdays
results the work of those two skilled
master-mechanics temporarily sojourn-
ing in Washington. No ordinary stok-
ers or oilers are Senators Davis and
Nelson. They know the throttle and
the lever, the steam gauge, and the air
brake pressure-and knowledge with
them has again proven great power.
Mr.. Eustis might be running as a
Republican candidate in Pennsylvania
or even in Rhode Island so far as his
party's platform Is concerned, for the
only reference it makes to Minnesota
matters is contained in a measly little
plank favoring improved highways
for the better accommodation, we SUD-
pose, of the Eustis machine. Naturally
1t favors the Hawaiian grab and the
Nicaragua canal job. Otherwise it
would not have been orthodox Repub-
lican,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
NOT LIKELY TO AGREE.
CIewett Jury, 1t Is Thought, Will
Not Find a Verdict.

The jury in the case of Selma Clewett
against the House of the Good Shepherd re-
tired to consider the evidence at o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Pierce Butler, for the de-
PENDANT, and Attorney Butts for the plaintiff,
addressed the jury for something over an
hour each, commencing at 10 o'clock. The
arguments were followed by the charge of
Judge Otis.
The first thing the jury did after leaving
the court room was to march to the Metropol-
itan hotel for dinner. After the meal the
jurors retired to the jury room, and the
sounds of voices in arguments could be heard
all the afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff Bott was directed at o clock
to have liberal supply OF ice water sent to
the room. 1t was evident at o'clock that
there was not much chance for an agreement,
as one of the jurors sent word to his family
at White Bear lake that he would not be
home before Friday night.
Attorney Butts, in speaking of the case yes
terday, said he had made a much stronger
showing in the last, trial than at any Of the
other three trials. He expressed the opinion
that he had his doubts about several of the
jurors agreeingito a'verdct for the plaintiff.
At midnight the jurors adjusted themselves
comfortably tas possible for the balance of
the night ballot taken at that hour showed
the same resulttas the one taken at o'clock
in the afternoon.
The vote it was reported. stood eight for
the plaintiff ana four for the defendant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
FOR SMELLING HOSPITAL.
Bids Received by the Chief Quarter
master for the Work.


Bids received at the office Of the chief
quartermaster, department of Dakota, for the
construction of a thirty-two hospital at
Fort Smelling. Mimi, were as follows:
For Construction Proper
j.. w. A. Elliott. four bids. varying,
$14, 663.
S15145 and S1415O.
Butler-Ryan company, three bids. VARYING
between S13,995 and SIS 102.
John H. Nickel. $18,17O.
George S. Decks, SIG, $40.
R. Mcmillan & Co., three bids, varying be-
tween $15, 2s6 and $14, 43O.
Donohue & Hoffman, five bids. varying be-
tween SIG, 491 and $15,527.
Hennessy & Cox, $4,000.
For Heating-Tunstead Heating company.
2,7S5; Roberts, Goss company, s., 800; Josiah
G. Moore. $2,25O; The Pond & Hussey com
pany, s2,673; George Schroeder, 81 243; A j.
Archambo. 1924; w. F. Porter s2S25; Allan
Black, $2,147; The Dwyer Plumbing ana
Heating company. $1,s73; ]. P. Adamson,
For Plumbing-George A. KEGS, s11Oo; w.
w. Sykes & Co.. 1852: T. ]. Clark, 81, las;
Allen Black, $1,09S; The Dwyer Plumbing
and Heating company, s1,O75; J. P. Adamson,
1920.
For Gas Pipng-W. w. Sykes & Co.. sS4
Allen Black, SIPS; The Dwyer Plumbing ana
Heating company, $50; j. P. Adamson, S100;
George A. KEGS, SIS.
j. P. Courtney submitted a bid for plumb
ing and gas piping combined for s1,285.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
THE SPECIAL FABLE sERVIG Il.

THAT man." the keeper muttered, to the
visitor, who smiled
At the rather puzzlng antics of the inmate
who beguiled
The weary hours by pacing up and down the
narrow cell,
rs who suffers more than all the
horrors of a-wel
And how he came to be confined, nay friend
you cannot guess,
For he read the special fables of the Pioneer
Press.
"He used TO be the brightest of our men, and
people say,
Had he not destroyed his reason, he'd be
governor Today.
He also was the champion puzze-solver Of
the town,
And in less than fifteen minutes he could silt
the hardest down,
But he couldn't solve the riddle. and It
crazed him to confess
Of the special fable service of the Pioneer
Press.
mo! stranger. do not pity him, he well d.
serves his fate,
For men who waste their talents in van e.
forts to initiate
Their bump of human knowledge through
such channels ought to be
Deprived or all their earthly goods as well as
liberty.
But he will not be with long. Deaths
lingering caress
He contracted from the fables Of the Pioneer
Press"
Inc stranger SnllSu q SCKly smile ara tuEnSd
to go his way;
But he raused in silent wonder when he
heard the inmate say:
This Sagasta said to me, and this is what
the queen
Told me as we flirted in the palace garden
green
Victoria won't be interviewed by any one
unless
He writes the special fables for the Pioneer
Press.
lone day it Is battle on some unknown
shore sea
Or the Iowa has foundered from her captain
drinking tea.
The special correspondent Tugs the fleets
around by hand
And plants them on a mountain or the
deserts burning sand
Oh! heaven help the sucker who is fool
enough to guess
On the special fable service OF the Pioneer
Press.
1.-The emperor of Germany is going to inter-
fere
In behalf of Spain, he told me, as we slipped
our lager beer,
And tie czar of all the Russias, with am
bilious Faure, of France,
Backed up by Austria, viii throw Mckinley
in a trance.
Oh! Shakespeare's shade deliver me from
riddles that distress
And the special fable service of the Pioneer
Press"
wild Willie"