Connecticut western news., 1898-08-25
FROM THE OTHER PAPERS.

In the light of the object lessons af- forded by the war with Spain, the once powerful opposition to the construction of the Nicaragua canal has mainly dis appeared. In it's place there is strong sentiment, shared by men of all parties, that the enterprise should be at once undertaken, and that, like the Sault Ste Marie canal, it should be wholly government undertaking, separated entirely from all private or corporate interests. Paul PioneerPress. The largest freight train ever hauled anywhere in the world ran over sec- tion of the Pennsylvania railroad Tues day. It was made up of 130 cars, and was 3,877 feet long. The locomotive which hauled it is reported to be the largest in the world, weighs about 118 tons, and has demonstrated it's title to be the strongest machine on wheels in the world Waterbury American.
 'sWhat is that dreadful crowd?" I don't know. Either Hobson is in town or shirt waists are marked down to 19 cents Chicago Record.
 General Joe Wheeler is to have no op- position for renomination by the Demo crats for congress or for reelection. He will simply be chosen unanimously, course that is almost unprecedented, but deserved in this case.-Hartford Post.
 Sagasta regards the surrender of Ma nils as null and void" and promises to split legal straws over it. Senor Sagasta is entitled to his opinion and may cling to it tenaciously. He will hold it until he carries his diplomatic talents to another world if he holds it as long as we shall hold Manila New York Journal.
 The Hartford Times says: A Wash ington dispatch gives, on the authority of 8 cabinet officer, the following as the basis of the instructions to our Peace Commissioners relative to these islands:
 First-The retention by the United States of the island of Luzon, on which the city of Manila is situated.
 Second-Equal trade facilities with Spain in the remainder of the Philip pine group.
 Third-None of the islands to be dis posed of to any foreign nation.
 Fourth-The severance of all exist ing relations between church and State in the entire Philippine group.
 While the commissioners will be al- loved a certain degree af latitude in other matters, the foregoing points will not be departed from or altered.
 ''The Presidents desire for the sepa- ration of church and State in the Philip pines is understood to be based espec- ially upon the remarkable situation in the islands. The friars and priests are maintained in authority by the Spanish government. paid out of the revenues of the government, and are intrusted with the task of preserving Spanish rule in the islands. The President feels that the continuation of such 8 policy would extremely detrimental to the interests of the United States"
 The Manchester England) Guardian says:
 i've understand that United States ambassador Hays recall to Washington to accept the post of secretary of state is due to his special fitness to carry out a policy in regard to which negotiations have been proceeding for some time be- tween Washington and London and up- on which substantial agreement has been reached. Whereby the two coun- tries will act together in the far East or wherever American and British inter- ests are identical. There is no inten- tion of binding the nations in an alliance. Each is to be free to pursue it's own destinies in its own way but the governments will act together dipIo- matically where their common interests are concerned.
 The announcement that the cigar factories in Cuba are all resuming business is cheering, though it may occasion interference, more or less, with the genuine Havana industry here at home.-Danbury Dispatch.