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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

teral particulars upon which the two
governments have differed. These
proposals the Americans have equally
rejected These allegations, in
SPANS reply, refer 10 her proposal to
arbitrate the Spanish colonial debt OF
Cuba and the Philippines The Amer
leans refused both propositions
SPANS reply Monday declares the
United States has offered, with the
end of compensating Spain, some
thing very inadequate TO the sacrl-
fees Spain makes, and She feels, there
fore, that The United States proposals
cannoJ be considered just and equit-
able Spain has, however exhausted
all her resources OF diplomacy in an
attempt TO justify her attitude. See
ing an acceptance OF the proposal
made TO Spain was necessary condi-
ton % a continuance OF negotiations
and seeing that the resources Of Spain
are not such as TO enable hvr TO re-en-
ter upon war. she Is prepared, i'm her
desire 10 avoid bloodshed and
from considerations Of humanity aud
patriotism TO submit 90 the conditions
OF the conquering nation, however
harsh they may be. She is, therefore.
ready TO accept the proposals OF the
American commission as presented at
The hast session At the conclusion OF
the translation, the commissioners en-
powered StNpr Ojeda, secretary of the
Spanish commission, and Secretary
Moore, of the American commission.
TO draw up articles which are 10 en-
body the REIMBURSEMENT OF Cuba by
the Spanish and the cession OF Porto
Rico and the Philippines. These art
icles, which viii constitute the condi-
tions Of peace, win be ready for sub
mission tomorrow Among the Amer
icans the most grave considerations
for their Spanish colleagues are ap.
parent The Spaui1rds seem relieved
at having arrived a, a conclusion OF
Jhe controversy.
The American peace commissioners
are naturally well ploisod with IN,
successful conclusion Of their mission
The questions that remain are com.
paratiyeiy unimpor,ant and admit Of
speedy settlement The American.
will hasten matters witch the idea oil
having the treaty signed within ten
days or so and OF sailing for New Yorb
by December II
Count Viomuster, German amblssa
dor to France. was the first diploma
TO call on the American commissioner
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
SPAIN
GIVES in.
She Reluctantly Accepts
American Peace
Conditions.
United States Gets Cuba,
Porto Rico, Guam, Phil
ippines and Sulus.
Work of Commission At
Paris Will Now
Soon End.

Paris, Nov. 29.--Spain has accepted
the United States offer Of S20,o000O0
and at a joint session of The peace
commission Monday consented with
out condition to relinquish Cuba and
cede Porto Rico, Guam and the Phil
ippines, together with the Sulu ISL
ands, to the Americans The Spanish
note containing the acceptance says
that in her Gesre for peace, Spain pro-
posed certain compromises, which the
Americans always rejected. Spain also
attempted, she further asserts, to have
submitted to arbitration some ma
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

Charles Sargent and Nine. Winlake"
they bought goods ON strictly cash
basis, it is said, and established line
of credit that afterwards stood them in
good stead. in Rockford they flew
nigh. hey drove a team OF cream
white horses to an English drag, and
NINE. Winiake," the French milliner,
was the envy OF ali swelldom with her
team, gowns and toilets, which were
the SWEETEST in the town.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

Washington, Nov. 29.-In the United
States court Monday Justice Shiras
rendered a decision in the Green Bay
and Mississippi Canal company's case
against the Patton Paper company
concerning the use OF the surplus
waters of the Fox river in Wisconsin
The decision is favorable to the canal
company. allowing it to use the sur
plus waters, but reserying TO the gov
eminent the right to control the
places at which it shall be taken. The
decision reyerses the opinion of the
Wisconsin supreme court.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
SAYS GERMANY's FRIENDLY,
Kaiser's Representative Reassures
Our State Department

Washington. Nov, 29.-Baron Speck
Won Sternberg, charge d'affaires OF
Germany. called at the state depart
ment yesterday. and had conference
With Secretary Hay on current topics
particularly ON those growing out OF
the late war, in the course OF which
Baron speck took occasion TO ex-
press the most friendly sentiments Of
the German government concerning
the present status of affairs The call
was chiefly significant as an evidence
that the German officials desire 20
counteract the reports that Germany
Is about to assume an attitude OF pro-
test and lay claim to the Sulu archi-
pelago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
SICK BADGERS FROM PONCE.

Newport News. Va, Nov. 29.-The
hospital ship Relief from Ponce has
landed at Old Point a large num-
Der of sick volunteers and regular
soldiers, among whom are the follow
ing OF the Sd Wisconsin: Priva.es
Albert E. Nugent, Emil Noellendorf,
Ernest Eggeman, Caspar r. Hines.
Austin Olson and Thomas Convoy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
CUBAN CABINET REAPPOINTED

Havana, Nov. 29.-The members of
the colonia, cabinet, who formally re-
signed to Gen. Castellanos, the new
captain general of Cuba, their respec-
tive portfolios, have been reappointed
and urged by the new captain general
TO remain in Office until the Spanish
flag is lowered in Cuba. Marshal
Blanco continues to reside at the
palace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
PERSONALITIES.


Patrick S. White. the unsuccessful
democratic candidate for New York
state senatorship, says in his state
ment Of campaign expenses that out
of the SIPS which he spent, $50 went
in renewing old acquaintance and
$50 In making new ones. while the
remaining s4S went for hotel bills,
wagon hire and postage.
Rudyard kipling is said to have re
fused twice within one year an Of
fer from a newspaper of 81 900 for
ZOO words. The regular price re-
ceiyed by him for long stories Is now
about $3.50 per thousand words, while
his short stories are paid for at the
rate OF from $1,000 to 5000 each
Names OF men mentioned for the
Yale presidential succession continue
10 multiply, and include already
those of Professors Farnam. Ladd
Hadley, Perrin and Woolsey. Rev
Ray Palmer OF the Yale corporation
President Gilman of Johns Hopkins,
Andrew u. White. President Tucker
OF Dartmouth. Thomas Thatcher OF
New York and Judge Taft OF the
United States court of appeals. The
impression grows that the long cleri-
cal succession Will be broken in tue
selection.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
Negotiations Nearly Ended

and congratulate them on their sue
cessful work.
Negotiations Nearly Ended.
Washington, Nov. 29.--It is the I'M
uression at the state department that
the commissioners work is now near
an end, and two weeks more VIII SUI
fee TO close it up. II was said at the
department that the next step wall be
10 begin negotiations for the acqulsi-
ton of Ualam in the Caroline Islands
for a cable station
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
MONEY FOR POSTMASTERS.

Washington, Nov 29.-The annual
report OF the first assistant postmaster
general asks for an appropriation for
his office for the next fiscal year of
s3l ,065, 200, which includes s17,O00.0O0
as salaries OF all postmasters and sl1,-
500, 600 for clerk hire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

4 ferry boat full of workmen cap
sized while crossing the Volga at
Kinessma, Russia. drowning twenty
aine Of the passengers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

statesman as he has proved himself
10 be a brave soldier and capable
commander
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
OORCOURT REVERSED
L. s. SUPREME TRIBUNAL SETS
ASIDE BADGER OPINION.
FOX RIVER WATER CASE

Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Com
pany Wins in It's Appeal TO the
Uaited States Supreme Court on the
Question of Use of Surplus Water
of Fox River.
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
The Atlanta Fever Camp.

The silly season is near at hand, and it's approach may account for the proposition to establish a government yellow fever hos pital in Atlanta Having lost all other features of army mobilization, the ambi- tious capital of Georgia is striving to be- come a fever retreat. The Atlanta au- thorities, so it Is said. are working to se- cure the location of yellow fever camp in their city, and the representatives of the state in the house and senate have been appealed to. They are expected to in duce the war department or other autliori- ties to establish such a camp.
 If the government should attempt such a thing, Atlanta would at once find itself hemmed in every direction, and the gov ernment would be powerless to prevent isolation. The people of the south had Q sufIlciency of the yellow plague last year, and they will not permit the government or any one city to endanger their homes and best interests in the manner proposed. The only remedy at hand would be quickly and vigorously applied. Atlanta would bc isolated.
 Tho sovsrnment should not carry case of centagccus fever to Atlanta, CT any oih-
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
THE FOURTH OF JULY

From the Mobile Register.
 The cordial reception of the suggestion that the Fourth of July be celebrated and the business like way the citizens have taken in hand the work of preparing for the anniversary, show that Mobile the most southern and conservative of cities, and one that sent forth her young men en- Enthusiastically in the cause of the confed- eracy, is ready today to wave the flag and shout with the loudest in praise of glorious union.
 It should be understood that we express no regret for the past or forgetfulness of the brave men who made the sacrifice for the Host cause" nor seek to curry favor with our opponents in the late war be- tween the states, but all and simply be- cause we recognize that that war is over, was fought to finish, and that the issue then tried by arms no longer exists, and above all that that episode of the past is plotted out, and we are in the union just the same as we would be had that episode never had existence. Such is the greatness and broadness of our constitution that a great war has been possible and has taken place yet the participants occupy exactly the same position toward one another after 1t IS over as they ulu DeloIe IL DeSdu. No are in the union; it Is as much our union as any ones; it was originated largely by our people, it's principles were expounded and upheld by southern statesmen and the machinery of national government ably conducted by them and what was true as regards the south before the war is true to- day Thanks to our fundamental law we stand in relation to our country in the same honorable position we occupied before that war which was the outcome of our fidelity to the principles bequeathed us by our fore- fathers.
 In remembrance of these facts 1t is well that we should rejoice in the return of the day which is the anniversary of the dec- laration of principles upon which our free dom and our present greatness as a na- ton is based. We of the south owe 1t to this declaration and to the constitution that was the product of it that we are today full citizens of the union, and en- toying all the blessings of liberty. It would be strange if prejudice or ignorance should so prevail as to prevent us from seeing what great stake we have in the country and how indissolubly our happiness is bound up in the preservation of this union and all that it stands for
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
BIRMINGHAM's STEEL MILL

From the Chattanooga News.
 The establishment of a million dollar steel plant at Birmingham marks the beginning of a new era in the manufacturing interests of the south Steel is taking the place or iron everywhere. but the southern ores are not adapted to steel-making by the Besse- mer process. It has taken time to develop other processes adapted to our southern ores. These. methods have at last reached a stage of development that insures their success. Capitalists are now thoroughly convinced that it will pay and are putting their money into it. Those who know most about the conditions existing in the Bir- mingham district are those who are invest ing most heavily in the enterprise The Tennessee Coal and Iron company, who are in best position to judge it's prospects and who are best able to promote it are the chief stockholders. The enterprise, there- fore. has every assurance of success and is of more than local importance. It means a revolution of the iron business in the south In the natural course of affairs Chattanooga will be the next city to secure such an establishment. We congratulate Birmingham, therefore, not only on her own account, but in anticipation of the benefits to come to Chattanooga and the south in general This great advance in the manufacturing interests of the south comes at a most opportune time. It comes at a moment when the eyes of the whole world are turned on this section and In the midst of a war which will give the south a tremendous impetus in all lines Of business
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
Open-Hearth Steel.

The manufacture of open-hearth steel is rapidly gaining upon steel made from Bes- semer ores. In 1891 the output of the for mer in the states was only 7Si,936 gross tons: last year it had risen to 1631 ,Si3 tons. At the present rate of increase the pro- duct will again be doubled in four years, although such a result may now seem im- possible. Of the product of 1S97 about two-thirds came from basic open-hearth furnaces, and the remaining one-third was acid open-hearth steel.
 Pennsylvania is the great center of open hearth steel production, the output in that state last year being 1,2o4, 1923 tons. Illinois is very poor second, producing only 120,- 600 tons, and Ohio only 7S,357 tons. The other states may be classed among the Scattering" The production of the west and south is, however, steadily rising. From 77,40O tons in 1881, the output rose to 245 997 tons last year. It was trebled in four years, while the product of Pennsyl- vania was doubled.
 Open-hearth steel promises to supplant all other steel. Its production is closely studied and improvements are constantly occurring. Better processes and cheaper steel are the objects in view The ores of this district are peculiarly well adapted to the manufacture of open-hearth steel, and the manner in which it Is winning a great place in the markets of the world is there Frl, I at Ensley will make the world fully ac- quainted with the possibilities of Alabama ores in the direction of. steel-making.
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
CHOW PLiGH RAX

From the New York Sun.
 (The king of Siam has issued a decree of expulsion against Chow Plgh Rax, minis ter plenipotentiary. It is ordered that Chow shall have his head shaven flor the better preservation of his health," and that, at the expiration of seven days, "he shall be made to cut grass for the royal elephants for the rest of his natural life.") Misfortune lays her hardest whacks Upon the neck of c. r. Rax, As you'll agree when you know the facts. Chow Plieh, he had rupees in lacs, Chow Pligh, he had red gold in sacks, And elephants in droves and packs. He'd diamonds on his feet and head, And palaces unlimited;
 He slept on an ivory folding bed Why. every day he'd turn a town, Tn order to xeep-his insurance down; He'd everything except the crown. But the king sees Rax with an angry eye; "C. P. is getting too big for r." Says he, but I'm monarch fly" So he gives c. P the general bounce, Takes his snuff to the very last ounce Takes his robes to the very last founce ..Ho, barber, hone your razors keen, And put an edge on your clipping machine Brother Rax wants very close shave,
 ween." They soaped and lathered and clipped and
 cut,
 But never a word of co:npiaint di1 ut Ter Rax, though soft m lhe ucciput. Then they gave him a scythe and an extra
 kick.
 And Ina de his moW and be mighty quick Or they would find means to make him
 sick.
 From morn til night he tolls and pants, For gang of greedy elephants Such is c. F. RaX's dire mischance. And above tho vatch-bells clang and ring, Above the elephants trumpeting, He hears tine chuckel of the king: ''The man that rifles the king is an ass, And sooner or later is sent to grass"
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
Do MuIes mave geasiclsnesss
From the St. Louis Republic.
 Do government mules get seasiek

From the St. Louis Republic.
 "Do government mules get seasieky
 This was the interesting and somewhat novel question propounded by Lieutenant Colonel G. c. Smith, the head of the quar- termaster's department in this city, yester- day upon the receipt of a telegraphic order fl om Washington to immediately ship 12o mules to San Francisco to go with the re- Inducements to be sent to Rear Admiral Dew eS.
 The mules are on their way to the Pa- cifc coast by this time. Upon their arri- val there they will be at once loaded onto a steamer bound for the Philippines. Tho trip across the Pacific ocean will take the mules nearly half way around the world. the ocean voyage alone being 1,50o miles in a straight line from San Francisco.
 This being the case, Colonel Smith na- turally felt sollcitous about the mules, and wanted to know whether they were likely to get seasick. For. though the quarter masters department has been handling mules for many years, tliere was but one man in the place who could throw any light on the matter. He had It from horse and mule trader that mules never become sea sick, but horses 60.
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
The Santiago Campaiqn.

General Scotts brilliant campaign in Mexico lasted seven months. He landed in Vera Cruz March g, and he occupied the City of Mexico September 1S. If General Shafter bags the Spanish army of General Linares, the Spanish fleet of Admiral Ger vera, and peoples all of Eastern Cuba in seven months, witout great loss of life, he will have done well: but he will do much better than that, chiefly because modern warfare is more expeditions and conclusive than the warfare of General Scott's day. Wars are becoming more deadly and shorter.
 But it is plain that General Shafter is proceeding cautiously. He has at his el- bows our own cautious and wise Wheeler, and he is in daily consultation with Gen eral Garcia, who knows every inch of the country. He will make no mistakes. But General Linares, with an eye to Madrid and higher honors, may endeavor to win at least a temporary success He has men enough to do something very dashing and |. shafter is plainly trying to guard. He is a fighter when the time to fight comes, but before that time he will be prudent and cautious. secure base is not easily acquired in the teeth of the enemy. The guns of the fleet cover but a comparative ly narrow strip of territory beyond which General Shafter must make his own way. It is a satisfaction to hear that the army has been landed at points on coast rail- road, these points varying in distance from Morro castle, but none exceeding fifteen miles, All the points of landing are east of Morro castle.
 If General Linares has more men than he has been credited with General Shafter will at once call for more troops. Perhaps he has already done so; for he is in cable communication with the government. This communication is of iself an immense ad- vantage. The French cable in Guantana- mo bay is in working order again, and dis patches via Cape Haytien pass and repass at all times. A cable from Cape Haytien to New York is the connecting link that practically gives General Shafter all the resources of the country. He is mot at all isolated General Linares Is. This is a great advantage@ Another advantage is the healthfuiness of the highlands about Santiago, and still another is the co-opera- ton of the insurgents Assisted by all of these things, General shafter will in good time make his plans and carry them out. A quick dash is improbable. Not even General Wheeler will be capable of that for his men must fight as unmounted troopers They have no horses. But while a quick occupation Is improbable. com plete success in duo time is just about AS certain as the rising of the sun on the morrow.
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
The Continuous Territory Spcok.

The Mobile Herald rises to remark that The Age-Herald does not seem Ito under stand the difference between territorial acquisition from the force of circumstances and the grabbing of territory thousands of miles distant" The Herald refers of course, to the acquisition of the Philippine Islands. If those islands did not come to us through "the. force of circumstances" ]" and not through deliberate intention at the declaration of war, then no land ever did. Admiral Dewey's quick action was case of genuine surprise to the country. War was declared without consideration of the Philippines in any manner whatever. No one knew much about them; no one cared what became of them. Spanish unpre- paredness and Admiral Dewey's genius for naval warfare threw them unexpectedly into our hands, They are the gifts of cir constance. and not the grabbings of popu- lar intention, as the Herald intimates they are.
 The Herald also speaks of them as be- ng "thousands of miles away" This Is the contiguous spook agan. The contigu- ous spook is being worked not so much all it is worth, and a considerable more besides. It is overworked.
 There is precedent in our history against 1t, plenty of it. Alaska, especially in the winter season, Is not contiguous territory. The present site of the Omaha exposition was not very contagious to Washington or New York in 1903 when it was annexed
 by Thomas Jefferson. A man can go from San Francisco to the Philippines in two weeks, surrounded by all comforts and many luxuries including ice. A man that set out from New York to go to Omaha in 1903 would have been extremely fortunate if he had arrived there in a years time wearing his scalp. St. Louis was much farther away in those days than the Phil ippines are now When the Pacific is bridg- ed by Hawaii and the Caroline islands, the ferry to Manila will be neither tedious nor ulhcuil III any sense lime and the in- ventive genius of man have changed the question of contiguity. Cables and fast steamships make any unfrozen sea-bound- ed territory contiguous in point of time and accessibility. What more is needed in that direction? The Herald should revise it's ideas of Contiguous territory" Dawson City is not 'contiguous" in the winter sea- son, but the Philippines are practically
The age-herald., 1898-06-24
CLEVELAND AND BLOUNT

From the Washington Star, Ind.
 If Mr. Cleveland is to come to the front again, on an issue of which anti-Hawaii is to form a large part, then every consid- eration of fair dealing points unerringly to his running-mate. But one name shouid be presented to the national convention for vice-president, and that the name or James H. Blount of Georgia. If what nas been feioitously denominated the policy of infamy' is to be formally accepted by the democratic party, the men who shaped that policy and exerted themselves to the utmost to carry it through should be re- vved along with it. Then the people VIII fully appreciate what is before them and what their duty is in the premises.