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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06
CONGRESS OPENED.
The ReassembIing Of Short Session Dis
peIs Fear Of Opposition
TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY

Now in Course Of Preparation at Presidents Message
Receives the Highest Encomiums There be Little Iegls
atton Finances this Session West Virgnlans Satisfied
with Outcome Of Election Republican Losses will be Re
deemed Tributes to Representative Dayton and
Senator EIkns-Speaker Reeds Distinguished Compliment
to Representative Bailey, Of Texas.
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Varied OPINIONS
OF Senator's and Representatives
on Presidents Message.
MANY EXCUSE THEMSELVES

From Making any EIprs,slOnS Of thSlr
vlsVs-ssnator Jones, who ran Bryan'S
CampaIEn, Exploits Some Peculiar
idsas-TsIlsr Finds NO Encouragement
in It for the Free silver Fanasiss-Tss-
publicans Generally cOmn,snd the 'is,-
sage as an Interesting aad Satisfactory
State Monument.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

the wreck a. their keenness in raising
technicaiities can secure for them.
The question Of the status Of the Span
1ardB in the West Indies and the Philip
pines who wish to remain there was
nearly settied, as well 40 certain COM
merciai questions involving the rights
Of shipping under the Spanish Dag,
which VIII be given advantages.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

LIVERPOOL - Arrived: Lueania,
New York; Slyvanln, Boston.
HAMBURG-Arrlved: Assyrla, Baltl-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

For West YlrRinln. threatening weather;
warmer south TO southwest Winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio,
threatening weather, with snow turning
to rain; warmer, brisk 10 high southwest
10 west Nlnds dimlnlshlng.
booai temperature.
The temperature yesterday as observed
by & sehnspt, d,rngElAt; corner To,o,:,g Msses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
MAY INVOLVE THE OTHERS
War Between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica Likely to Include Other
States

Washington, March I'm the event
of a war between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica, it is said the alliance known as
the Greater Republic. would give to Nj
caragua the armed strength of Saliva
dor and Honduras.
The Nicaraguan army is estimated at
about 5000 men. Salvador has not
more than 5000 soldiers, but Honduras
has the best drilled and equipped sorce
in Central America, numbering 5000
Against these the Costa Rican army Of
about 5000 men seems insignificant
But in the present calculations, it IS
thought Guatemala would cast her in
duence with Costa Rica
Guatemala has an army Of about So
000. In this event the forces would be
about evenly matched with Nicaragua.
honduras and Salvador arrayed
against Guatemala. and Costa Rica. The
basis for the view that Guatemala may
be drawn into the controversy is the
fact that the new president of Guate-
mala, Senor Estrada Cabrera, was a
special envoy to Costa Rica when the
latter country was in a former conflict
with other Central American states. At
that time Guatemala was looked upon
as the ready ally of Costa Rica, and it
is thought that Cabrera would again in
cline to the same alliance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
LOCAL MENTION.

Three Kansas avenue business houses
have moved already this week.
The favorite tune that is whistled among
the Elks is The Typical Tune from Zan-
zibar.''
The Medical college examinations com
nence March IA and the commencement IS
March 20.
There are lots of women in Topeka who
are growing gray. by playing cards every
night in the week
Charles S. Martin of Salina commenced
work today in the United States pension
office in this city.
J. W. A1orphy, who is secretary of the
State Reform Press association. is pre-
pairing for the annual meeting. which Will
be held at Manhattan March q and p.
When President Clifford c. Baker of the
Topeka Street Railway company rides on
the front end with the motorman he al
ways steps off the car and turns the
switches.
A crowd of Topeka young men are talk
ing of Syndicating and outvOting all COM
petitors in the contest for the bicycle
which is to be given to the most popular
Young woman to raise funds for the new
bicycle track at Garfield park
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SPYING OUT THE LAND.
A Delegation of Congressman to Visit
Cuba.

Chicago. March IA special to the
Journal from Washington says: Sena-
tor ThurstOn of Nebraska, Senator CAL
linger. of New Hampshire, Senator
Money of Mississippi Senator Gray of
Delaware, Senator Burrows of Michi-
gan. Congressman William Alden Smith
of Michigan and Congressman Amos
Cummings of New York, will leave
Washington tomorrow afternoon for
Fortress Monroe where they will go
aboard Henry NJ. Flagler's yacht and
make a cruise that will take them to
Cuba.
Time enough will be spent there to
thoroughly investigate in an unofficial
capacity the conditions as they exist.
The Maine as she lies dismantled and
sinking in the mud, will be thoroughly
inspected and witnesses examined.
After this it is said. a visit will be
made to the inland. The party is made
up of conservatives as well as pro-
nOunced prO-Cuban members Thurs
ton. Gray and Burrows may be said to
represent the former element, while
Money, Gallinger, Smith, and Cum
mings are known as strong Cuban SYM
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FEAR CAEsARIsM.
French Newspapers Take a Lively In
terest in Our Affairs.

Paris, March 1.-The French newspapers
generally do full justice to the attitude of
the United States in view of the loss of
the battleship Maine, although they con-
tend that the lingo newspapers have
dangerous influence"
The Temps is inclined to be pessimistic.
It refers to the warlike spirit of the
Americans and the pride of the Span
iards, who if indemnity were de-
manded in case the disaster proves to be
the result of a crime, might refuse point
blank, haughtiy indignant at the thought
that anyone could suppose them guilty. =
and continues: Cuba is royal morsel
which tempts a people intoxicated by
their strength and convinced that Mon
rOeism is the alpha and omega of inter-
national law. But it is still to be hoped
that the conservative forces are so pow
erful that they will at the last moment
stop the people and the government on
the threshold of an adventure which would
be not only big, with the graVest conse-
quences from an international point of
view, but which might induce at home a
sort of revolution and the development of
the most dreadful phase of Caesarism, tha
evil which gnaws the vitals of every de-
mn
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ficials in Washington know. Few officials
acquainted with the formidable obsta-
cles in the way of the operations of divers
are surprised at this state of affairs. and
it is beginning to be generally realized
that upon the testimony of the divers al
most altogether will depend the success
of the inquiry. Meanwhile the officials
of the navy department have reached the
conclusion that harm is being done by
the brOaching of theories to account for
the explosion, so notice has been served
upon the experts who have been heard
from in the press that it is preferred that
they shall no longer discuss this matter
in advance Of the report of the court of
inquiry. One reason for this action was
the fact that the department was finding
Itself committed invOluntarily to the sup
port of the theory that the explosion was
Of internal origin, while as a matter of
fact both Secretary Long and Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt have been at great
pains to show that the department stood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
A HOT ELECTION.
Canadian Parliament Adjourns so
Members Gould Take the Stump.

Ottawa, Ont, March Probably the
hottest election contest which has been
waged in the province of Ontario for
the past quarter of a century has just
closed.
So intense has been the interest taken
in the provincial general elections and
so desperate the struggle by the con-
tending parties that the Dominion par
lament was forced to adjourn last
week, all the federal members desiring
to participate in the election battle.
Members from all the provinces took
the stump for their respective parties.
Both the cOntending parties claim a
victory, but the independent newspa-
pers say the outcome cannot be safely
predicted.
For the first time in its history On
tario will vote today on the manhood
suffrage qualification. An enormous
vote will be pOlled and this is an ele-
ment of uncertainty in making fore
cast.
In the last legislature the parties
stood 50 Liberals, 25 Conservatives and
II Patrons. The latter faction is prac-
tically extinct and the fight is fairly
between Liberals and Conservatives.
1t is said the death of the Patron
movement and the vast number of new
votes under manhood suffrage will pro-
duce many surprises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
SHIPS RACE 10000 MILES.
Clipper Tacoma Makes the Run and
Wins in $50 Days.

Tacoma, Wn., March 1.-The Ameri-
can clipper ship Tacoma, Capt. Ganney,
has arrived here, completing and win
ming one of the longest races ever run.
She sailed from Philadelphia October 1,
thus making the time of her passage
over a ten thousand mile course in $50
days.
The Tacoma and the Yankee ship In
diana sailed from Philadelphia the
same day Arthur Sewell, late candi-
ana The Indiana. is bound for San
Francisco and it was agreed she should
give the Tacoma a time and distance
allowance, as the Tacoma had to come
700 miles further north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
KANSAS BOYS PUSH.
L. L. Redding War Correspondent of
Ny. Herald at Key West

Fort Scott, March IL. L. Redding,
brother of Mrs. E. B. Fletcher of this
city, was recently assigned by the New
York Herald and the Chicago Times
Herald to the position of correspondent
Of those papers from Havana and Key
West during the international trouble
and he is now at Key West reporting
the progress of the court of inquiry that
is investigating the destruction of the
Maine Mr.. Redding began his news
paper career in this city in 1888. when
he was employed on the Monitor. In
1898 he was asi gned by the Chicago
Inter-ocean, to take charge of the
Worlds Fair department of that paper.
After the fair he was given the position
of New York correspondent for the Chi
cagO TimeS-Herald.
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this as showing the strength and hard
ness of the metal.
It is hardly necessary, however, as
no one can conceive how even a plate
of butter could be bulged inward by an
internal explosion. The detached sec
tiOn of armOr took with it armOr bolts
and rubber washers. The washers were
closely examined and were found to be
intact except at the point of the rup-
ture. This is regarded as significant,
my infOrmants believing that gases
generated by an inside explosion would
have melted the rubber washers. The
wooden backing of the armor is splint-
cred, showing a blow from the outside.
Three six-inch powder cases were re-
covered from the wreck on Thursday
evening. These cases, originally cylin-
drical in shape, are telescOped in the
way you crush in an opera hat The
horizontal seams are split open. This
is cOrrugatiOn, Indicating that the
charges were intact when pressure was
brought to bear.
I have received a full description of
the appearance of that up-lifted keel.
The Maine was constructed with dOu-
bic bottom. Between the bottom and
inner skin ran a series of strengthening
long plates. OF these the first on the
port side has been hove upward to a
point level with the water line of the
wreck This section of the hull the
divers and others identified by the
strainer which was used for flooding
that special compartment, and which
the explosion lifted into view, together
with the sluice for running water from
the first longitudinal into the bilge.
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ken completely off. The broken sec
ton was found in the debris of the
wreck and nearly a dozen feet aboard.
To be exact, the distance from the
after part of the detached metal to the
forward part of the ruptured belt is IL
feet inches. The forward part of the
belt is bent inboard and upward. The
plate bulges in sharply in the indicated
direction at the point where the broken
section was detached.
This armor belt tapers from a ten
inch thickness at its top to a four-inch
thickness at its base. It is of the very
best Harveyized steel, and when it was
being put in place I remember that As
sistant Naval Constructor George w.
Street, now dead, told me that the met
al was so hard that it was necessary to
anneaI the plates at the points where
bolt holes were to be cut. 1 mention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
SPANISH VICTORY
With Severe Losses to the Insurgents
is Reported at Havana.

Havana March, LA Lucha pub
fishes an official dispatch giving an ac-
count of a battle in the province of
Puerto Principe in which the insurgents
are said to have lost 181 killed and
wounded.
According to the dispatch the battle
took place February IS and 19, in and
The Spanish force, which was under the
command of General Jiminez Castel-
lanos, numbered ?, 400 infantry and 400
cavalry. Among the Killed were Col
Onel AlavarO Rodriguez, COmmandant
Angel Rocco and other officers. Ac-
cOrding to the dispatch, the Spaniards
lost one officer. Lieutenant Perajo and
seven soldiers killed. and three officers
and 73 soldiers wounded
The Spanish troops are said to have
captured many weapons. a large guam
tity of ammunition and "a horses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
BUSINESS WITH SYMPATHY
Is Combined by Emperor William in
a Message to HohenIohe.

Berlin, March THE Strasburger
Post says Emperor William, using the
familiar du. (thou) telegraphed the fol-
lowing to Prince HohenIohe, the imper-
ial chancellor, on the conclusion of the
KiaO Chau agreement which followed
the death of Princess Hohenlohe:
Although 1 know well that external
pleasure cannot lift the weight of in
ner grief, I am filed with the keenest
delight that after the terrible blow
which has befallen you, the grace of
God has vouchsafed to you so glorious a
success. This is a splendid reward for
indefatigibIe and sagaciOus labor and
brings great satisfactions after your
care. Kindly accept my imperial thanks
and heartiest congratulations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
BURIED BY SNOW SLIDE
Two Men Taken Out Alive and
One Dead.

Spokane, Wn, March IA special to
the Spokesman Review from Silverton,
B. C., says:
A snowsIide occurred yesterday about
p. m. on the sleigh road to the Com
stock mine four miles east of town. A
messenger went to town and about 100
men turned out with shovels as it was
reported that three men were buried.
A. Southworth and J. Harvey were ta-
ken out with slight injuries, but when
the body of William Lade was discov-
cred, life was extinct.
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was restored to the bill. The friends of
the motion to strike out the appropria-
ton were too weak to secure the ayes
and noes.
The action of the committee in voting
an extra months pay to the employees
of the house was reversed by the house
on a record making vote, the amend
ment being defeated, 63 to 153.
The sundry civil bill was then passed
and the house went back into commit
tee of the whole and took up the bill
reported by the ways and means COM
mittee to authorize the transportation
of distilled spirits to general bonded
warehouses and to regulate removal
tberefrOun.
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Had Catarrh SO Years.

Josiah Bacon, conductor on the P. w.
& B. R. R., says. ''I had suffered with
catarrh for 80 years and regarded my
case as hopeless. One day 1 saw the
testimonial of Geo. H. Hearn in Braz-
i1ian Balm circular Hearn was the
engineer on my train and knew his
case was desperate. talked with Hearn
and his cure gave me hope 1 began
the use of the Balm at once. There was
not much change for the first two months
but then I began to improve and in six
months, to my inexpressib1e satisfaction,
was entirely cured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
THOUSANDS HEAR BOOTH
Commander of the Salvation Army in
San Francisco.

San Francisco, March General VIII
liam Booth, founder of the Salvation
Army, was given rOusing reception
today upon the occasion of his second
visit to this city. On his arrival from
Oakland, where he spoke last night, he
was escorted to the California theater
where he led a monster conservation
meeting which was attended by thous-
ands of people of various denomina-
tions. General Booth also conducted
another large meeting later on at the
same place, when he delivered an ad-
dress on Salvation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
REALLY AN ACT OF WAR.
The Blowing UP of the Maine the
First Battle in Spanish-Amer-
lean War

New York March IA dispatch to the
Herald says:
In the Intransigeant Henri Rochefort
writes: To really grasp the situation,
the explosion on the Maine must be re
garded as the first battle between Spain
and the United States. AS for US, we
only see in it the last stage of the ad-
vance of the Cubans toward independ-
ence- The catastrophe has caused the
death of 254 unfortunate sailors. but it
has also saved the lives of millions of
combatants; for it ensures the final tri-
umph of the insurrection before many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
A LODGE OF SORROW
Will Be Held by Mexican, German
and Spanish Masons.

City of Mexico, March 1.-The Mexican.
German and Spanish Masonic lodges of
this city have spontaneously invited their
meeting of sorrow to be held on the 3rd
of March in memory of the MasOns who
have perished in the Maine disaster and
as a mark of sympathy for the loss sus-
tanned by the order and the United States
in this matter was taken by Grand Orator
Carlos Roumagnie. a native born Span
lard of Madrid. who supported the move
nent in speech full of feeling There
is no iIl-feeling between Americans and
the better class of native Spaniards here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
TURNING THE TABLES.
Europe Hard Pressed for Gold for the
United States.

London, March 1.-The money market
continues to be very tight and there is
little prospect of early relief. The
commercial demand for gold for the
United States continues to be very
pressing and according to report, is
causing exporters to sound the govern
ors of the Bank of France, as to wheth-
er they will allow some of that banks
gold to be withdrawn for export to New
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NO EXTRA PAY.
That Provision of the Sundry Civil
Bill is Eliminated.

Washington, March 1-While the
sundry civil bill was pending yesterday,
Mr.. Cannon urged the house to restore
the appropriation for the detection of
Illicit stills. The appropriation was alb
sOlutely necessary, he cOntended to pro-
tect the government revenues in many
states especially in North Carolina and
Georgia.
Mr.. Cannon said that $500 Illicit stills
were seized last year, the large majori-
ty of them in Virginia, North Carolina
and Georgia. 1t was natural, he said,
that the representatives from these
states should fight this appropriation.
BY a vote of 103 to 81 the provision
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
EMPORIA'S PLANT
Not Satisfactory City CouncilsVisits
and Inspect Newton's Plant.

Newton, March 1.-The city council of
Emporia was in the city yesterday. look
ing al the water works, with a view of
building plant in that city like the one
here.
City Superintendent of Water Glover
and others went with the council to Mis-
sion and some time was spent explaining
things to the visitors.
Mr.. Glover says the Emporia people
were very well satisfied with the plant
here and may adopt some of the Newton
plans.
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Gives un the Ministry

has decided to give up the ministry and
has come to Topeka to study medicine
Miss Brant was a candidate for chaplain
of the seneate last winter, but was de-
feated She then devoted her energies
towards securing some legislation caicu-
lated to aid in the maintenance of good
government and good morals at the re-
form schools. The Chicago University of
Science Philosophy, Ethics and Theology
recently conferred upon Miss Brant the
degree of Phi. D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-01
A STRONG PROTEST
Against the Murder of Postmaster
Bakers Family.

Chicago, March 1.-Two thousand
Afro-Anericans at a mass meeting held
here last night entered solemn protests
against the assassination of the wife of
Postmaster Baker and his infant child
at Lake City, S. c., and memorialized
President Mckinley and congress to
take prompt action to punish the nur-
derers. Among the speakers was Mrs.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett of the anti
lYnching league.
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ONE DAYS RECEIPTS
Of the California Mining Fair Go to
the Maine Relief Fund.

San Francisco, March 1.-The entire
proceeds from tOday's attendance at
the mining fair, the largest exhibit of
matters relating to mining ever held on
tracing crowds to the Mechanics pa
vilion for the past month are to be de-
voted to the relief of the families of the
victims of the Maine disaster
An extraordinary programme of a
military nature was presented for the
occasion.
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SOL MTLLER'S son
Will Sell the Troy Chief and Go on
the Stage.

Troy, March 1.-Sol Miller's son, who
became owner of the Kansas Chief at
Troy when his father died, has long cher
ished desire to be an actor. He contem-
plates selling the Chief, which is one of
the best known weeklies in Kansas, and
embarking in the theatrical business.
He will play a negro character part in
Sarah Rose ThomsOn's new melodrama.
"A Wife's Revenge at the Coates in
Kansas City, March p.
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HERE'S YOUR YELLOW ITEM
a Party of Armed and Mounted
Apaches En- Route to Cuba.

Athens, Ga, March Much excite
ment has been caused here by the
news that 50 Apache Indians were pass
ing through the lower edge of the coun-
ty, en- route for Florida, whence they
will proceed to Cuba. The Indians had
come on horseback all the way from the
Indian Territory. They were fully arm
ed. and their chief said they would be
taken off the coast by a filibuster which
would land them on Cuban shores.
where they would ally themselves with
the insurgents.
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GEN. MILES GOES WEST.
Will Look After the Fortifcations of
San Francisco.

Chicago, March IA special to the
Tribune from Pittsburg says:
General Nelson A Miles of the United
States army, accompanied by Rear Ad-
miral Phelps of the Pacific coast squad
ron, u S. N, passed through Pittsburg
last night en- route to San Francisco from
Washington. 1t is reported that both Of
ficialS are on the way to San Francisco
to look into the preparations being made
to defend that port in case of war.
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UNION PACIFIC ECONOMY.
Order Issued to Close the Machine
Shops at Laramie.

Laramie, Wyo., March 1.-An order
was received from Union Pacific head
quarters this afternoon to close the ma
chine shops of the company at this
place and to discharge all the WOrkmen
therein.
No word has been received as to
whether the arrangements is to be per-
manent
About eighty men are thrown out of
employment.