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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-02

PARIS. Dec. 1.-Anxious as both are
TO conclude their work, the United
States and Spanish commissioners did
not hold a Joint session to-day. Their
next meeting will be held at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
This delay arose from the fact that
the Spanish commissioners. at yester-
days session offered several urgent
propositions which called for special de-
liberation upon the part OF the Ameri-
cans Spain asks the United States to
grant for term OF five years to Span
lsh ships carrying Spanish goods OF
products to Porto Rico and Cuba the
same privilege az American vessels en-
gagged IN the game trade may have, and
she qualities this request by q proVis0
that trade privileges be extended to
Cuba 80 long as the United States gov-
eTnEnent Is dominant over that island.
In support Of this request the Span
ish commissioners assert that Spain
cannot, without vital harm, immediate-
~ abandon or cut the business relations
so long maintained between the mother
country and the West Indian territories.
\ A4EN AEIAEbA kAAAAk AGFAAAAAE kA9st eFAA 9R
clR1 relations added TO affalrB Of trade
maintained through centuries, require
gradual dissolution. They invoke the
terms OF the treaty Of 1873, by which
the United States took over Florida
from Spain, and In the fifteenth article
OF which granted Spain for twelve
years the right to send her goods and
products to Florida in Spanish ships
on the same terms as the ships carry
ing thither goods and products Of the
United States.
The Spanish commissioners cite fur
ther the fact that the treaty Of 1903
with France for the cesslon Of Louis
lana granted French and Spanish goods
and products the same terms as Amer
ieans in New Orleans and other ports
In the ceded territory.
Finally Spain points to the Ameri-
can proposed open door" policy in the
Philippines and asks guarantee Of
the same advantages In her lGte West
Indian colonies until trade relations
can by degrees accustom themselves
to the change Of sovereignty.
This proposition and the arguments
by which It was supported are consid-
cred strongly stated, and the American
commissioners desired time for delib-
eration. Thus, though busy until near
ly 3 o'clock this afternoon. they. vera
not fuI1y prepared and Judge Day sent
a message to Senior Montero Rios re-
uuestlng that tNe Joint session 6xed for
this afternoon be postponed until to-
morrow.
Meanwhile the, Spanish commissions
ers had been preparing a list Of sub
iectS for negotiations, supplemented by
suggestions counter to and amendato-
~ OF the subjects the American sub
mitted yesterday. This came to the
American commissioners to-day in
Spanish, rendering II even more deslra-
bic to postpone the Joint session in or
der to give time for translation and
consideration. The translation is be-
ing made this evening, and the subject
VIII be laid before the American COM
miBsioners to-Inorrow morning.
Now that the flrsb gust Of grief and
clagrin has past, the Spanish commits
sIonars are meeting the Americans In
frank spirit, that 10 helpful to an
early completion Of the negotiations.
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(. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.-Min-
lister Merry has reported to the state
department that the government Of
Costa Rica has received oficial notice
Of the dissolution Of the United States
Of Central America.
The dissolution of the Unlted states
OF Central America, after a national ex-
lstence Of less than a month, is am
nounoed IN a dispatch received by one
of the highest ofielals OF Central Amer
lea to-day. It states that the success OF
the revolution In Salvador and the ov-
erthrow Of President Gutierrez led to a
meeting OF the three commissioners who
formed the executive head of the union
until a president was elected and de-
cision reached to abandon the union,
leaving each OF the three states forming
Nicaragua, Salvador ana Honduras
Ito resume its former status as an
independent sovereign nation.
When the union was formed on Mo-
vember last, Messrs. Galllgos, Mathus
and Ugarte were placed IN charge Nr-
III the presidential election was held
this month. It Is this executive COM
mission which has now determined to
abandon the plan OF a union. In addl-
tlon 70 the foregoing dispatch the state
department has been advised through
Minister Merry and also through one of
our consular officers that the uprising In
Salvador had been successful and that
peace was restored after much disorder.
AS result OF the collapse OF the un-
ion. Messrs, zelayd, Bonilla and Regal
ado become the executive heads of their
several countries. 1t is understood that
this condition is much preferred bg the
government Of the United States, which
would rather deal directly with Nicar-
aqua and the other countries than with
an anomalous union. Leading Central
American officials said to-day that on
the ruins OF this attempt at a union
might be built q more substantial un-
ion, embracing all five Of the states Of
Central American. The absence Of Cos
ia RiGa and Guatemala from this last
attempt at union operated largely to-
ward Its failure.
Senior Corea, charge OF the three coun-
tries IN the union, was at the state de-
psrtment to-day making anxious in
qulrles. He cabled for information and
was looking Tor full reports on the stat.
ta of affafrR ~. - -
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WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-The month-
ly comparative statement Of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that during the month OF November the
receipts aggregated $3S, ,900, ,9i5, as COM
pared With $4S,SSS, sos for November last
year. In that month. however, 10 in-
cluded about $4,000 900 received on &C.
count OF the Pacific railroad settlement.
Independent Of these payments the re-
ceiptS exceeded those for November, '97,
by about $lS,5O0,O0O. The receipts from
customs last month were Sl6, 1886, 200, an
increase OF about $500 900; from inter-
nal revenue sources, S21, ,9S6,743, an in-
crease Of nearly $8,00O,00O. The dis
bursements during last month alnount-
ed to SI9090, $50, an increRSe on account
OF the war Of nearly 81, 100, 900. Since
July the receipts have aggregated $20l,-
557.OS6, as compared with $lls, lis, ,S76 for
1897
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! TaE NEGRO CRANE

Whe = Alleged 60 Have esSaultsd u
Barry, at ParkerSbutl, e liranIl,t q
Mhssiiag Because EyaohsaE t,hi ssFs
sd-.ths lIevs wuS DlsplsasinS e M
Pahils.
Wade cFant, the alleged asssilant q
Mrs A. J Barry, at Parkersbprg, who
ig negro, and whom the mobat Par
kersburg wanted particularly 0u FQea-
nssdaF night was brought to Wheelins
Yesterday Afternoon BY Deputy shsfifs
Dotaoh, and placed IN the county iaii
for safe keeping Another lgnchlng ass
tempt was feared BY the Wood countF
authorities. The PaFkessburs pubilc
did not learn Of this move until tNo
hours after Grant had been removed
from the city, Considerable inti atiop
prevailed on account OF this action. ac7
cording to advlces from Pafkers burg
last night Grant win be kept n the
Ohio county jail until the exeitemsnt es
ParkerHburg abates
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dec. Lit IL
stated here tonight that Grant o. Gil
lett, the Kansas cattle man, whose A.
nancial COLLAPSE last week revealed the
fact that in less than three years he
has piled up an indebtedness Of more
than one and one.half million dolarA
Is under arrest somewhere in the south
west,
Charles A. schaeffer, president Of the
George Holmes commission company.
gwore out a warrant here to-day
charging Gillett with having obtained
$500 BY false pretense. The warrant
was placed in the hands Of an oltleeF.
and the officer left the city tonight
N, A. Fyke, attorney for the Holmes
company, tonight made this state
ment: "Gillott iR under arrest In Mex
leo, An Ofilcer has gone for him, and
we will get him back. we hope. at .
very early date.
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sgoRETARY oT AeRIOuLruRE
Annual Report Of the Department-R
aouesea of Noyy Ap1nlslionR.

Annual Report Of tle Dspartment-Ro-
soUrces Of New Acquisitions.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. L-sec-
rotary Of Agriculture James Wilson In
his annual report, made public tonight
In addition to discussing domestic prob
lens, reviews our agricultural relations
in foreign fields. BE calls for an. emer-
gencH appropriation OF a lump sum for
future requirements that cannot all be
anticipated specifically. Exploration by
scientists Of territorial acquisitions and
the sudden appearance Of pests are
some Of these possible emergencies.
Discussing agricultural resources in
our new island acquisitions, Secretary
Wilson says: I'm the territories recent
" brought under the control Of tho
United States government, the Rgrieui-
tural interests urgently call for RtteE-
tlon by this department. Hawaii and
the West India islands depend almost
exclusively for their prosperity upon
their agricultural productions. II be.
hooYeS the department, therefore. TO
place itself at the earliest moment pos-
slble In q position to extend 70 the Rg-
riculturists Of those territories which
have, OF may, come under the United
States flag, services and benefits which
It renders to the farmers Of the United
States.
The increased trade relations which
may be looked for between the United
States and its iusuIar dependencies
moreover, render the conditions OF ag-
riculture In the latter, and the character
and extent OF their productions matters
Of profound interest to the people OF the
United States. II Is urgently necessary,
therefore, that Congress should az
speedily as possible provide a suhicient
fund for the use Of this department In
making such investigations as may be
necessary into the agricultural re-
sources and conditions in Hawaii,
Puerto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines" {"
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GETTING GAY.
Independent Party OF FtilplnoS Resent
~ the Paris NEGOTIATIONS.

independent Party OF FiilpInoS Resent
the Paris Negotiations.
MANILA, P. l., Dec, 1.-The indepen-
dent party Of the Philippines Is not dis
posed to accept the result Of the delib-
erations of the peace commissioners at
Paris, judging from the tone of the ma
tive press. The independents publish
es a particularly bombastlc leading ar
ticle to the enect that the Filiplnos will
decline to permit their homes TO be
bought and sold like merchandise.
Il then repeats that the Filiplnos are
ready to fight IN defense of their rights
and asserts that the government and
people are unanimous in claiming moth
Ing less than independence. The paper
also claima that the Filiptnos have In
cOntestlble claims upon the island OF
Luzon, part OF the Visagas islands and
the island Of Mlndanoa, bV right OF
conquest. It comedies that the Ameri-
cans helped the insurgents indirectly
by blockadlnE Manila" but the Inde-
pendencia claims that even without
help the revolutlonlsts must have ulti-
matelv won.
Finally the Independence holds that
Spain cannot cede the Philippine arch
ipelago because It was never hers.
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( sRATTRR ANsW7SE /,
Tho strlotures mado upon Hia - Aa.
Iniral Sampson.

Ths strIoturoe Made Upon Elim ~ Aas
miFal sampSoh.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-GeneTal W. =.
shafter was to-day shown copy Of
Admiral sampson's report on the op-
erations Of the United States heet ak
Santlago after the destruction o. the
Spanish squadron, IN which the admi-
raj denounced as false the suggeg tlpn,
which he attributed to Ganerd shaf-
ter, that the navy was unwilling 10 CO.
operate in forcing an entrance to the
harbor, and intimated that the services
Of the navy were not properly recoe-
nlEed by the commander OF the land
foroes.
General shatter did not conceal the
fact that Admiral 6ampsowB GFlt1-
ctEmS annoyed him greatly, but he de-
clined to 60 into amy extended reply TO
them.
"This controversy has been fpuEat'
over BEFORE" he said. ''The records
speak for themselves. My letteFa and
dispatches to Admiral Sampson GS giy-
On in his report tell the story. have
nothing 10 add to them
The general went oyer the naWBplpor
synopsis Of the admirafS report ana
pointed out that the CORES pondenee
therein showed that he had REQUESTED
Admiral Sampson to send q fOpreaoHta-
tive to the ceremonies Of the surrender
Of Santiago, and that he did not algn
the terms Of surrender himss&.
"AG did not sign them, ] certainly
would not consent for Admiral Samp-
son to do so," he said.
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CHICAGO. Dec, 1.-The Temple truB-
tees this afternoon fnished a two days
meeting. Mrs. Matilda B. caFse, pFesl-
dent Of the board Of trustees. made the
following statement after the final adj
5ournmeRt;
Since the National Woman's Chris
dian Temperance Union, at lts conven-
ton In 81. Paul. Mimi, dropped the
temple as an afiiiiated interest, the
trustees fully realizing the great re.
sponslbillty deVolving upon them, turn
forward In the task they have set
themselves to accomplish, 70 those IN
nil parts OF the world. who loved MISS
willard and desire to honor her memory
by u,SkIng the Temple she 10 dearly
loved and admired, her monument. ~
one OF the agencies for this object, and
10 allow ali her friends the opportunity
10 contribute according to their means
and power, they propose to form VIII
lard Memorial Circles for which q COM
gtltutlon and bg-lawB have been pre-
pared and in which they invite the CO.
operation OF oil friendly to the UNDER
taking,
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Hls wa haa ,l,s seerel,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 1.-The
win OF the late John W. Reely, the in-
ventor, was admitted to probate to-day.
It beQueaths the entire estate, which
has a value Of $1,000. TO the widow,
and also appoints her executrix, No
reference Is made in the win to the myS-
terlOus motor upon which Keely has
been working for 80 many years The
absence Of mention OF the motor in the
viii was a disappointment to the stock-
holders Of the Keely Motor Company.
They must now await the pleasure OF
Mrs. KGely for an explanation Of the
motor, there being generally entertained
belief that the inventor impaired to
his wife Information on the mystery
which Will be Of value to the motor eom-
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sEoRRTARY WHTYE's VIEWS


On the sltuation-says tho Marion County
PrOcsedihk IL Perfectly Legitimate.
To the Editor Of the Intelligencer.
SIR:-Replylns to your request by
telegraph would say: The Republican
state committee mas reason TO believe
and does believe that large number
OF uleEal RefA@O Oa6t --IEi-- t1aFton
county, and that on the fair vote and
count one Republican was elected to
the legislature. Acting on that belief,
based on reliable information which
they believe could be established to the
satisfaction Of all reasonable men, they
asked Republican candidate to con-
test his rights before the Democratic
house OF delegates The Republican
state committee had Information which
warranted such O request.
The Democratic state committee sent
man from Charleston to get up q con-
test In Roane county to unseat the Re
publican member, who was elected by
over hundred majority in total vote
but fraction aS large as Marton's to-
tal vote. In Marion the Republican
was less than ninety behind.
II Is no crime 10 contest a Republican
members election in Roane, but a helm
Gus offense 10 contest q Democrats In
Marion, according to some peoples
Who counted out the Republican
member elected in Monroe? A solid
Democratic court. Al higher court has
Tighted that wrong.
VINO tampered with the ballots in
Taylor county and In three precincts
changed Republican majority Of over
eIghty Into Democratic majority?
Democrats.
Who counted these changed ballots
and would allow no inspection or In
vestigation? A court presided over by
a Democrat with one colleague only on
the bench. The Taylor county steal has
not yet been carried out to legal ends,
and no legal certificate has been Issued,
by the Intervention OF q higher court.
Who changed votes In Webster coun-
" IN four precincts and enabled DEM
oerailc court to count out q Republican
majority Of eighteen In the district, and
substitute Democratic majority OF
twenty-five?
Who Is doing the counting out and
stealing Of the legislature? Democrats
or Republicans?
On the face OF the returns there were
thlrty-six Democrats and thirty-hve
Ssisgates--a Democratic majority OF
one.
In the senate the Republicans have
seventeen members to the Democrats
n'ne-a Republican majority OF eight.
Are the Republicans Of West Virginia
going 10 permit the legislature to be
stolen and Democrat elected United
states senator?
Not II the Republican state commit
zee can help Il. and not II the governor
ahl the Republicans Of the legislature
snJ state will defend their rights. We
believe they will do It.
Ihat Is the Issue OF the hour
snail the West Virginia legislature be
,,lolen by the desperate and unscrupu-
sous Democratic leaders, or shall there
ee fair play?
The legislature on Joint ballot IA Re
publican. A. h WHITE.
secretary Republican State Executive
Committee.
PArkersburE, December /,
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MADRID, Dec, LA long cabinet
meeting, at which che queen regent pre-
sided, was held to-day, and a reply was
framed 20 Senior MOntero Rios, presl-
dent OF the Spanish peace commission,
relative to a number OF points in the
treaty OF peace upon which he had re-
questGd Instructions.
The premier, senor s0gasta, after the
council, said; "To-morrow's meeting Of
the commissioners will not be the last"
The minister OF the interior, Senior
cnpdecon, announced thnt thOre were
several domlclllnrg visits At Barcelona
yesterday. but that otherwise the c0un-
try was absolutely quiet
AdvlCG9 from the Philippine islands
cay tho insurgents there have decided
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TROOPS san Tor Cubs,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-Major Gem
eral Lee. commanding at Savannah,
has telegraphed the war department as
follows, respecting the departure Of the
transports Manitoba and Chester to-
day, with troops aboard for Cuba:
Manitoba, with General Snyder and
Fourth Tennessee cleared here at S:46
this morning. Chester, with the Fif-
miles below the city about the same
hour, and Is probably now on top OF the
sea, sailing for Cuba She might have
been at the bottom Of It II she had gone
out the day she started. Panama still
haRa -
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PEABODY, Mass, Dec. Mrs. Rich-
ard Hurley, wife of a gardener, MUIR
dered two OF her children to-day. She
struck her tweive-year-oid daughter
Mary with piece OF cFockerV, beating
her over tho head until the child was
killed. A son seven years old was also
beaten In the same manner and when
found was unconscious In his mothers
kitchen. Mrs. Hurley has been in the
DhnVerS insane asylum aud thcre Is
little doubt that she IA crazy,
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HAVANA, Dec. 1.-The Spanish
transport Maria Christina, with Gem
eral Hernandez velasco's Pinar del RIO
division OF 1900 men. sailed for Spain
last night. In order to complete the
evacuation of Cuba before Christmas,
the Spanish government has chartered
fifteen more steamera, which are exc
pected here shortly, and will sail for
Spain with troops between December Is
and December 20. The United States
transport RoumantG arrived here thia
morning from Savannah, Ga, with
horses, mules and forage, INTENDED for
the use Of the United StateS troops.
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WASHINGTON. Dec, 1.-The month
ly statement OF the public debt shows
that at the close OF business yesterday
the debt, less cash In the treasury,
amounted to Sl,127, ,47S,4S1, which Is an
Increase over last month Of SIC, ,508, 565.
This Increase Is accounted for by q de-
crease OF nearly Ss.000,000 In the cash on
hand and an issue OF about the same
amount Of bonds which had been paid
for In prhcedInE monLhs.
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WAS nor we NAN.

l.Hsky Escape Of am lnnocsnt Sian Froga
tbs PArlksrtbaFE Mob.
Special Dispatch to tho Intelliganeer.
IsARKERsBURG, W. va, Dec. ~
George Melat, one of the men In 1ail.
last night whom the wouIdybe lynch
ore would have made an end Of had .not
wise counsel prevailed, was conclusive
~ and unmistRkably proved innocent
pf the terrible charge preferred RSaiHgt
him. that OF criminally assauitinG
Laura Shafer, aged five years. The
child said he was not the man,
Arthur Bates 10 now under arrest a.
a asuspect.
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rnble,vnro Pottery Comblnr.

EAST LIVERPOOL, o., Dec. lS--F.
#. Tapscott, OF Sew York, who Is engl-
neerlnE the consolidation Of the table,
ware potterles of the country ls hero 70
make Annl arrangements for the deal.
Of the thlrly-fo four pottery Arms in East
Liverpool all but i've have now given
options on their plants. one or TWO
fIrins n Eastern Ohio are holding out,
INT L now seems certain the comblnh-
tlOn will DO erected
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BERLIN. Dec. /. Germany also
makes the proviso that negotiations
shall be contingent upon no internation-
with the United States.
Prince Won Arenberg, president Of the
colonial society, assured the correspond
ent Of the Associated Press that the ac-
QUESTION Of the Caroline Islands Is less
important from the standpoint Of COM
merce, which Is iusignihcant there, than
from the naval view pntnt i.,i--
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WASHINGTON. d. G.. Dec. ia
train on tho Baltimore q Ohio railroad
near Ivy City, Md, to-day struck a
carriage in which were four children on
thclr way to school, causing the lnstans
death OF Fannie Bell Harris and James
Gray, two OF tho children, and seVere-
" injurlng a boy named McDonOugh,
who was driving.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. /. = Consul
Skinner, at Maruellles, reports that Dr.
calmette. OF the Pasteur Institute, has
discovered an antl-venomouB serum,
by means OF which the poisoning from
snake-bite can always be checked and
death prevented II the serum be inject
ed within four hours after the person
hna hnnn hlllnn
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not 70 recognize the sale of the islands
to the United States and viii resist to
the last. It Is also claimed that the
United States viii require seventy thou
sand troops to put down the rebellion,
and II Is alleged that the insurgents
hold 10000 Spanish prisoners whom they
viii force TO serve against the Ameri-
caps,
The Philippine insurgents demand
seven million pesetas for the release OF
the forty friars lmprisoned since the
comm encement Of the war.
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E1lrnnltlon 81 Annrchl.t..

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Rome corres-
pondeut OF the Daily News says the an
tl-anarchlst conference now in session
there has practically abandoned the pro-
posal to extradte anarchists, which
was ono OF the leading motives of the
promoters OF the conference.
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THE SHORT LIEE
OF the New Nation Of Central
American States.
THE UNION is DECLARED OFF.

lhe Success OF the Rsvotutioa In saivs.
dor ana tho Ovsr,hrov Of PrssidenL
Gutierrez Aeoomplishes tlls copp-TAs
wsakas,s Of the Federation -SisW uaioi.
May be FORMED, InelnainE al Five
states-Pressnt Failure O,Viae 70 Ab-
ssnss OF Costa lsiea snd euston,ala IN
The Compact