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Two of Them.

- their remarkable conduct dur
ing the past fortnight, two men
in congress have centered upon
themselves the attention of the nation.
Both are Maine men--one is Senator
Hale. the other is Congressman Bou-
tele. One is chairman of the senate
committee on naval affairs, the other
is chairman of that committee in the
house. Both stubbornly refuse TO lift
a finger in any matter that would even
so much as hint at the preparation of
the navy of the United States for pos
sible entanglements.
In the senate Mr.. Hale has been the
steadfast defender of Spain; in the
house Mr.. Boutelle has steadily re-
fused to summon session of the navy
committee in order TO make provision
for the greater efficiency of the navy
he did what he could to oppose Assist
ant-Seeretary Roosevelt's request for
authority to enlist a few hundred extra
seamen.
Both of these men have been loud and
petulant i'm their criticism of all other
men who have presumed to suggest
that there is even so much as a posi-
bility of trouble between this country
and Spain. There were shady references
to Hale's name and attitude at the time
De LONE had to clear out. 1t is said
that recently Speaker Reed has felt
obliged to caution Boutelle against his
unwise talk: VIGOROUSLY, Boutelle is
one of the most tactless men in con-
gress. His present conspcuously Span
ish attitude is the more noticeable, in
view of the fact that when the affair
with Chill was up. Boutelle was the
noisiest warrior of them all.
In senate and house are many mem
bers who, with millions of outside citi-
zens in this country, look upon the
conduct OF these two Maine men as
something remarkabie-not to use a
more suggestive word.
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Too Many Hours.

~ NE of the administrations en-
thusiastic newspaper admirers
points with glowing pride to the
fact that President Mckinley. Secretary
Alger and Secretary Long are looking
faithfully after every detail of the
Maine incident and that they are
working eighteen hours a day"
What can these gentlemen be doing?
The blowing-up Of. the Maine was the
work of an instant; the confession OF,
the cabinet officers was. at the outset
that not thing could happen until the
board of inquiry had made its report.
OF course these cabinet people have
had some thinking to debut hardly
eighteen hours worth, that seems i'm
possible. After ten days of thinking,
Secretary Long had TO take few days
off. leaving the care of the navy
department to Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt who has more function in a
minute than Long has in a week. As
for Secretary Alger. he is just rallying
from a long illness.
But really this talk about an eighteen
hour shift is something unusual. Most
of Secretary Longs energies have been
spent I'm denouneing and denying the
rumors that yellow journalism has been
'inventing. 1t is true that the other
day. Secretary Long ventured TO say
that the suspicion of eennisanee on the
part of the Spanish government in the
destruction of the cruiser is eliminated
1t transpires that Secretary Long said
this after a cabinet meeting which
Marcus Hanna attended and which he
addressed. saying that there We're no
two ways about il, the word must go
out that there's no likelihood Of war.
For a starter. Secretary Long fired the
remark we have quoted at the reporters
who rushed of and had the thing so
perverted in ten minutes that all
Washington was quoting him as hav-
ing said that Spain didn't have any
responsibility in the matter. The Sec
rotary had 10 straighten that tangle and
it worked him hard, but il really wasn't
an eighteen-hour undertaking.
The serious phase of this matter con-
Germs the part Of the Maine incident
that is liable Yet to come. Here We
have the president and two cabinet
officers doing eighteen hours of work a
day merely in thinking about the posi-
bilities of war. If the real thing comes,
they'll be putting in, on that basis. at
least thirty-six hours a day. seven days
a week. If President Mckinley were a
man with a good, vigorous, trusty mind
OF his own, he would accomplish in
minutes what it now costs him hours 10
figure out.
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is that in the confusion at Havana
Consul General Lee has conducted him
self with tact and discretion. II has
been suggested that in case of war over
Cuba, il would be wise and proper on
the part of the administration to name
General Lee as major general in the
army OF the United States. That fate
for an ex-confederate officer would be
picturesque: the suggestion finds gen.
erous approval. In any event. Madrid
snarls at Consul General Lee will not
be permitted TO count.
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The Cabinet Meetine.
tBy the Author of Quo Hades.)

TT WAS o'clock and Imperator
Hanna entered the consilium ST.
lently from the blue room. The
imperator was agitated. He walked
nervously with a thoughtful air and
a half-smoked cigar. His firm, strong
brow was scared with anxious lines,
and the disorder and confusion of his
timbriating iron gray locks, thinned by
age but still shaggy and hispid as the
name of a Numidian lion betrayed the
frequent. futile efforts TO which the
sovereign of the empire had resorted
to accelerate the operations of his
brain by scratching the imperial dome
that lowered above it. But his great.
grand. massive. imposing stomach was
as calm imperturbable and passionlesS
as of old.
Caesar Marcus was n study in solid
ity. His bulk was free from any sug-
gestlon of unwieldiness. 1t denoted
compactness. density, weight. power
He was a man whose very flesh was
Of the frmest fibre. a man of steel
soul and iron will: with the tastes and
instincts and aspirations of a batter
ing ram
The praetors rose as the imperator
SlfOUe past lHeH1. Tie Swiftly.
his left leg being longer than the
right. 1t had not fully recovered from
the frightful pulling il received at the
terrible but victorious battle of Column
bus two months agone.
The imperator seated himself heavily
on the throne and crossed the imperial
legs. At his feet on the dais sat Nc
Kinley, arbiter eligantiarum and
magister high cockalorum. Extending
his seeptre over and beyond the head
of Mckinley, the imperator raped on
the table for order-three quick,
sharp. resounding whacks. The prae-
tors were seated. An Ethiopian slave.
black as the abyss or night. tall grace
full, sinuous. clad in flowing crimson
necktie. silently passed around a box
of cigars and vanished.
we will begin. gentlemen" said
Caesar Marcus. We all are here save
sherman. and Day Will take his place
as usual. What news, o Long, of the
threatened war;"
Most high, most mighty and most
puissant Caesar. supreme dictator Of
the earth. which. with the fulness and
fairness thereof, hath been fenced for
thee. q lord boss OF Ohio. whose do
minions stretch from sea 10 sea. from
pole te pole and star TO star. O thou
solemn pontiflcal high master OF all
pie
Now. by all the gods at once" IN
terrupted Hanna, with "a scowi before
which all the praetors quailed with
great. fierce. Wild auails that had
never been on toast. by ali the gods.
/ am like to be slain by the jawbone
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mont rectitude. a graduate of Dart
mouth. a colonel of Vermont volunteers,
and the successor of the resigned
Senator Edmunds at one clip for the
unexpired term and the full term, Now
If il had been a senator from one
of the undesirable states-that would
be different. AS for Proctor he seems
to have seen. while in Cuba, the inside
of everything except a church.
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IF Senator Proctor doesn't face a
| declaration of war from the deacons
when he gets back to Proctorville,
Vermont. it will be a wonder. Nobody
knows what Proctor went to Cuba for;
his trip started busy conjecture. There
are those who believe that he Went
secretly and coniidentially commits
stoned by the president. Some say that
he represents the mysterious New York
syndicate that has been figuring on the
Cuban sale. Others have II that the
senator is simply In Cuba on his own
hook. on little outing for himself.
Meanwhile 1t is evident that Senator
Proctor,s rule Of conduct is To de-. when
he is in Cuba, what the Cuhans do He
looked al the wreck of the Maine. he
did" Havana. he took run through
some Of the provinces. he saw the elo-
quent evidences Of prevailing starva-
ton. he witnessed a battle-he went TO a
bun fight, and there's the rub. Mere
than that. this Vermont marble-quarry
owner went 10 bull night on Sunday.
Think Of that q man who had lived
during sixty-seven years a life Of YER
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ac-si S"o copies should be pre-
served. The length OF the protocol i'm
posed a great amount of labor upon the
cipher clerks. or whoever Is charged with
the work OF rendering the original into
cipher, so that altogether II Is apparent
that the consumption OF time involved
In purely mechanical functions will be
70 considerable as to make the rendition
Of very early answer improbable.
AS to the character OF the protocol II
can be stated on authority.that the termn
are in all practical points those set out
In the abstract OF the presidents condi-
tions. published from the White House
week ago. From this fact II is deduced
that the extra conditions or qusiifica-
tions sought 70 be eifnposed by the Span
ish government were abandoned. at least
IN large part, by the French ambassa-
dor. This deduction IL supported by the
circumstances that IN the early morn
ing. and before the conference between
Secretary Day and Mr. Cambon which
resulted In the Agreement there was n
prevalent impression based upon the
utterances of public men who had talked
with the president that the Spanish
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pruydl .moLg persons versed I'm diplom-
acy is that of Mr.. Eustis. ex-ambassador
to France, whose staunch Americanism.
diplomatic knowledge and legal ability
are urged as fitting him especially for
appointment as peace commissioner
The fact that Mr.. Eustis Is a Democrat
would not initiate against his chances.
as II Is presumed the president would
rather prefer to make the commission
non-partisan.
The naval officers have made up their
minds that peace is at hand and are
pS~rning for n reduction OF the naval
establishment TO a peace basis. The
first step 20 be taken will be the retire
ment OF the monitors from active service.
They are uncomfortable craft TO live In.
and afford the men little opportunity for
Cenerai training. Another matter that
received attention Is the promotions to
be accorded officers who have distin-
ruIshed themselves during the hostili-
ties. A step was made in this direction
Yesterday by the submission TO the
president OF recommendation by the
secretary Of the navy for the advance
ment Of all Of the officers Of sampson's
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DEWEY EXPRESSES HIS THANKS.


Atlanta, Aug. 11.-CongressmanL Living
ston OF Georgia has received the follow
ing letter from Admiral Dewey:
Flagship Olympia, of Cavite. Philippine
Islands.
my dear sir--I have just learned from
the last papers that am indebted to you
for the Introduction I'm the house of rep
resentatives Of the resolution extending
to me the thanks OF congress for the
naval engagement of Manila bay. May I.
/ need hardly tell you that am most
sincerely grateful to you as the author
OF that resolution. bringing as 1t does the
highest honor that can come to an Ameri-
can naval officer in his professional
career; but IL is great pleasure to
acknowledge my debt of gratitude and
to thank you In unstinted measure for
the part you took In obtaining for me
that greatest distinction.
'It is a source of additional pleasure
to me, a Vermonter. that the mover OF
the resolution was not a man from the
north, but one from the far south. This
is one of the good signs of the times. In
the hour of danger there is no south. no
north, but one united country. May we
never hear Of sectionalism again. There
are no lines drawn In the navy. need
not say 1t may interest you TO know that
my flag lieutenant, Lieutenant Brumby.
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IS A FIRE CRANK.

Boston, Aug. 11.-Frank Elmer Dear
born of Haverhili. IL years of age. sus-
pected of having set fire to two build
ings in that city within a short time. has
confessed that he set one fire 10 get out
the engines. He is reported as being a
crank on the subject OF fires. and has a
fireman's badge and rubber coat. going
to all the fires.
Captain Quinton. mastering officer
here. is recommended as colonel OF the
Ninth regiment to succeed Colonel Bo-
gan. The governor said: Il will not
nominate successor TO Colonel Began
until the arrival OF Colonel Logan"
The carriage repair shop and black
smithy OF Cyrus Chase. Jamaica Plain,
was badly damaged by fire at an early
hour this morning. j. M. Hughes. who
used the upper floor OF the building for
the storage OF carriages. also suffered
loss. The loss tn both occupants was
about $6000
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Washington. Aug. 1.-THE preliminary
negotiations looking toward the con-
firmation Of peace advanced a long
stride yesterday. when the secretary of
state and the French ambassador agreed
upon the terms upon which future ne
gotiations for a treaty are to be con-
Quoted, and reduced them to the form of
a protocol. This protocol. 1t is true, is
yet to be signed. and is to be submitted
to the Spanish government before the
formal signatures are affixed, but the
administrations view as to the progress
made was set out In Secretary Days
sentence: 1T Is expected. that this
protocol will be executed"
There is always the possibility In deal
Ing with the Spanish government that
1t may recede at the last moment from
an implied agreement. but it Is scarcely
probable that II would be willing to in
volve the French ambassador in the
difficultles that would follow what to
the world would seem to be repudia-
tion of his benevolent efforts in behalf
OF Spain. AteE
There must be delay-possibly from
- to 4s hours-before the next step can
be taken and the protocol made binding
upon both the United States and Spain
by the attachment OF the signatures Of
the plenipotentiaries, Secretary Day for
the United States and Mr.. Cambon for
Spain. The delay will be largely at
tributable to physical causes. The
protocol is long, IL must be translated
and turned back and forth into code and
simple language no less than five times
before 1t reaches Madrid through the
French foreign officers. This work was
not begun until late Wednesday after
noon, after the best energies OF Assistant
Secretary Adee OF the state department
and Mr.. Thiebaut, secretary of the
French embassy. had been exerted In
the preparation OF two copies of the
protocol. one in English and one in
French. These were prepared very care.
fully, the idiomatic variance in two
languages necessitating the greatest
caution In order that the essential char
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Monday, from typhoid fever, took place
in Christ Church, Westerly. Thursday
afternoon, the services being conducted
by the rector, Rev. w. NJ. Groton. A
detachment from Battery b. Second
United States Artillery. under the COM
mand of Cant. A. G.. Taylor. came from
Fort Adams TO attend the services.
The casket was draped with the Stars
and Stripes and on the cover, In ad-
dition TO a large number of floral trib-
utes, were the hat. gloves and sash OF
the dead officer. In addition TO the
members OF Gen. Poland's immediate
family there were present III. ~. Camp
bell. Albert Babcock and K. t. Moulton
OF Providence. the army being repre-
sented by Capt. Taylor. Second United
states Artillery. and Lieut. NJ. c. Ween.
Seventeenth United States Infantry.
aIde-de-camp on the staff OF the de-
ceased.
AT the conclusion OF the services al
| the church the remains were conveyed
| to River Bend cemetery. the bearers
being sergts. Mason. Dingley, Guiliver.
| Neville. Joslyn Ind whitehill of Bat
terry r. At the grave the committsl
service was read. and the last military
tributes TO deceased comrade were
| given. a detail under Sergt. Weiss mr.
| ing three voileys over the grave, and
| taps were sounded.
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Ing the Spaniards In the most open man
ner. Dewey has told thom that II this
continues there will be war betwTsn the
two nations. This is a fact, as the Eng
lish and German consuls were discussing
openly In the English club only last
night. We have come to the conclusion
that the Germans do not want TO help
Spain. as they cannot AFFORD to. They
have not sufficiently strong navy.
They wish merely TO obtain few pick
ings after Il is all over here.
"One would think by the large feet
that Germany has In Manila bay at press
ent that it's interests here must be very
great. Thk. however. is not so. as the
total German and French trade here
numbers no more than 2 percent. against
Great Britain's so percent. SO II Is not for
that they have so many vessels here.
Spaniards looked upon them at the be-
ginning as their deliverers.~ but their
opinion is changing. and Germany Is
now not very popular at this place. At
one time Germans could pass through
Spanish lines where the English were
refused"
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FREE SILVER. OR DEATH.

Albany. Aug. 11.-Members Of various
free silver organizations throughout the
state met yesterday. Resolutions en-
dorsing the platform of the Chicago con-
vention were adopted. as also were
others condemning the election of any
person as delegate TO the state conven-
tion who is not in accord with the lines
laid down by that platform.
A committee was appointed to wait on
The Democratic leaders OF the state to
present them with copies OF the resolu-
tions. and to tell them that they intended
to eiectioneer against the nomination Of
anyone who did not stand openly on the
Chicago platform.
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cARRANzA. THE ELUSIVE.

Montreal. Aug. 11.-Lieutenant Ray
mond Carranza, who was supposed to
have sailed for England three weeks
ago. in accordance with an order from
the Canadian government TO leave the
country. appeared here again yesterday.
Hts lawyer states that the lieutenant
had been on visit 10 St Pierre, MIC.
where he superintended the sending Of
blockade runners to Cuba. His worn
being over now and peace at hand. he
has come back TO bid farewell TO his
friends before leaving for Spain.
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Coamo a distance OF four miles along
the road to Aibonito. The Americans
were checked at the Cuyon river where
the spaniards had blown up the bridge
and were shelled from Spanish battery
on the crest OF Asoniante mountain.
The dismounted cavalry returned the
fire. receiving no damage and holding
the position.
General Wilson'S column Is resting,
repairing the bridge and accommodating
the enemy's, position. There is for
mIdable gorge on either side. and the
Spanish works are on the crests Of noun
tains commanding the road. The Span
iards have several guns mounted.
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Is right that the people Of Spain sl,oul1
begin TO reap some portion Of the har-
vest which the Spanish government for
many generations has sown In Cuba.
II the bread tastes bitter II must be
remembered that the wheat was watersd
for centuries with the tears OF an op-
pressed and plundered people"
The Post says: Whether the FORMAL
signatures take place today. or tomor-
row. or In weeks time. II really makes
no difference. The United States can
wait. in generous pity. while Spain
struggles to gulp down the unpleasant
but wholesome draught which her own
foolish hands have prepared"
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Is Georgian by birth and appointment
GENERAL GARCIA's ACTIVITY

Santiago. Aug 11.-Lieutenant Colonel
Jane, of General Calixto Garcia's stan.
has Just arrived from TIE front with dis
patches announcing the occupation OF
Gibara on the north coast Of the prov
ince OF Santiago by General Garcia's
troops. Gibara was evacuated by the
spaniards. They left 1000 sick and
wounded who are being taken care of
by the Cuban commander.
General Garcia. with 5000 troops. is be-
sieging Holguin. now occupied by Gen.
eral Luque, whose surrender has been
demanded.
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RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Paris. Aug. 11.-A Madrid correspon-
dent. telegraphing from the Spanish
capital, says: The papal nuncio has
had long conference with Sagasta In
behalf of the religious orders in the
Philippines. Sagasta replied that the
vatican had nothing to fear while the
islands remained under the sovereignty
OF Spain. but he could not answer for
the treatment OF the religious orders in
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INTERESTS OF CATHOLICS.

Rome. Aug. 1.-THE Tribune says that
the vatican is in constant communica-
tion with Archbishop Ireland. Mgr.
Martinelli. apostolic delegate In the
United States. and Duke Almodovar. the
Spanish minister Of foreign affairs. en-
deavoring to secure clauses in the treaty
of peace that will safeguard the religious
interests OF Catholic residents in coun-
tries TO be ceded by Spain to the United
States
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WAS TOO EoUIvocAL

London. Aug. 1.-THE Washington
correspondent OF The Daily Mail says:
"Spain's acceptance OF the American
peace conditions was so equivocal that
President Mckinley determined to COM
pei assent to a protocol fixing definite
terms. and the answer given to Mr..
Cambon practically amounted to an
ultimatum. 1t Is understood that un-
less the protocol Is signed Immediately
all negotiations will be suspended and
the war vigorously continued. The
United States will not state its terms by
an iota."