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the short session. Already the naval
and army deficiency, a special bill,
and three Of the regular bills-the pen
sion, District Of Columbia and Indian
have passed the house. The agri-
cultural bill was reported yesterday,
and will be taken up on Tuesday.
-Four Of the regular money budgets
out Of thirteen will, therefore, have
passed the lower house before the holi-
day recess, an unprecedented thing in
legislative annals
The military academy bill could have
been added to the list had 1t not been
that Chairman Hull, of the military
affairs committee, declined to allow the
attention of the committee to be drawn
from the bill for the increase Of the
army, even for the limited time re-
Quired to prepare the academy bill.
The latter, however, will be reported
before the recess. The friends Of the
naval bill and the Philadelphia expo
sition Of 1899 have urged the commit
tee on rules to grant time for their
consideration. Time will be allowed
for the former bill soon after the house
reconvenes after the holiday recess.
1t is possible the Philadelphia exposi-
tion bill may be called up and placed
on it's passage tomorrow, as tomor
row, under the rules, is suspension day.
The bill to extend the navigation
laws Of the United States to Hawaii,
which was pending when the house ad-
Journed, may be also voted on under
suspension Of the rules.
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MOVED THE BRIDGE.

Remarkable Feat OF Engineering
Safely Accomplished at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 18.-A re-
markable feat Of bridge moving was
accomplished today by the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company, un-
der direction of J. s. Robinson, divis-
Ion superintendent Of engineers of that
road. The bridge was a single track
draw, weighing 251 tons, and was
moved a distance of twenty-five feet
to a new foundation in the quick time
Of two hours and f1fty-seven minutes.
The structure was fioated on two
scows, one on either side of the cen
ter, which were sunk with 10000 gal
Ions of water. With the scOWs in
proper position, the water was pumped
out and the bridge gradually lifted
from it's foundation and towed to it's
new resting place by two tugs. The
bridge had rendered service since 1880
and is still in good condition, being
removed to make way for a double
track structure Of the latest pattern.
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STANDS BY SINNERS.
A Kansas Bishop Under Oath Makes
Some Remarkable Sfntements

A Kansas Bishop Under Oath Makes
Some Remarkable Statements.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 18.-During his
testimony as "a good character wit
ness" in behalf of John Henry Collins,
the young university student, who is
accused of the -blooded murder
Of his father, Bishop Frank R. Mills
paugh, of the Episcopal diocese of
Kansas, created q sensation. He de-
clared Johns confession to perjury,
drinking, gambling and consorting
with disreputable characters had not
changed his previous high estimate of
the young mans character.
On cross examination Attorney Hay
den asked the bishop:
"If John admitted here under oath
that at some previous time in this case
he had sworn to a lie, would that
chaL &c your estimate Of his charac-
ter?'
"Not of his general character. st.
Peter at one time in his life swore to
lie."
"But, if st. Peter had kept up swear
ing to lie, time after time, as John
Collins has admitted he has done,
would that change your estimate Of
the character of st. Peter?"
Eyes, if he kept it up
'1f John Collins persistently told lies
and swore to lies when there was no
necessity for 1t from April %, 1898, un-
til after the coroner's inquest and, if
he now admits that he did this, would
that change your estimate of his char
aCter?"
mot Of his general character"
What particular part Of his char
acter would Il changer"
Il am certain If I had seen John do
these things I would not have issued
him a commission as a lay reader in
the Episcopal church, but, knowing
him as 1 did and knowing human ma
ture as I do from my twenty-five years
experience in the ministry, have come
to the conclusion very good and holy
men fall sometimes, and yet are good
men,"
Haven't you, in your twenty-five
years experience in the ministry, often
met the very slickest rogues who out
wardly were good men?"
at have"
Haven't you, in your study of hu-
man nature, seen men who had the
confidence of the community for years,
yet who were exposed suddenly by
some act they did and then it was
known they led double lives?"
II have seen such instances"
The bishop absolutely refused to
modify his testimony regarding the
young mans character in any partic-
Ular
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IN DEATHS SHADOW.
Train Left the Track on Fifty
Foot TrestIe.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18.-A wreck
occurred on the Indiana, Decatur &
Western railway at 2:90 o'clock this
morning f1fty-two miles west of In
dianapolis, near Guion station. The
Indianapolis express, east-bound, due
to arrive at this city at 3:55 a. M, left
the tracks west of a high trestle and
passed over the trestle, which was six
ty feet long, with seven coaches off the
rails and humping along the ties. The
trestle was fifty feet high, and 1t is
considered phenomenal that the train
was not hurled off into the creek, in
which event the loss of life would have
been APPALLING. The rear car had just
left the trestle when q spreading Of
the rails ahead Of the baggage coach
piled the seven cars into heap. The
baggage car and smoker were ground
almost into splinters, and all Of the
cars were badly wrecked. There were
about fifty passengers on the train,
and not a woman or child in the list.
The train, it is claimed, was running at
nearly sixty miles on hour. The only
person killed was E. NJ. Wells, super
intendent Of schools Of Douglass coun-
ty, Arcola, Ill.
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LORD SALISBURY'S SCHEME.
Hopes to Drag America Into Eng
lands Quarrel With Russia.

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-It is not France
that Is disturbing Europe. The true
cause Of anxiety which prevails in all
the European capitals lies in the ac-
tive preparations for war which Great
Britain still continues to make, not
withstanding the retirement of France
from Fashoda, on the one hand, and
the czars almost pathetic appeal,
through Editor Stead, for assurances
that his peace conference will be sup
ported.
These ceaseless war preparations
gain a dread significance in Europe,
when they are coupled with England s
desperate efforts to secure some sort
Of alliance or plan of action with the
United States. Salisbury wants the
United States to help him check Rus
sia's progress in northern Asia, and 1t
is believed everywhere that he will
entangle America in the war situation,
if necessary. Already Russia has be-
gun to regard the Americans with sur
prise and supicion.
An American gentleman, who has
travelled steadily for more than a year
over the vast trans-Siberian and
trans-Casp1an railways and who has
just returned to London, says that he
has been taken by train to the Persian
frontier, to the Indian frontier, and to
the Chinese frontier, and that Rus
sian troops are being moved about with
an ease which shows that Russia can
presently concentrate 500, 900 soldiers at
any point on the frontiers, and that
British supremacy on the sea cannot
alter the fact that Russia will drain
the whole trade of Asia through her
mighty railway system which is far
beyond the reach Of British warships.
1t is this tremendous fact that i'm
pels British craftsmanship to seek to
ALLEVIATE the United States from Rus
sia and to convert Russia into an enc
my rather than friend. British spies
are watching every foot of railway
construction along the Asiatic from
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AMERICAN FLAG FLYING.
Two of the Suburbs of Havana
Evacuated by the Spanish.

HAVANA, Dec. 1S. - The Spanish
commissioners have informed the
Americans that the suburbs Cerero
and Jesu del Monte have been evacu-
ated. The Spanish troops left Jesu del
Monte at o'clock this evening, i'm
mediately after which the American
and Cuban flags were hoisted, crack
ers fired and the usual demonstra-
ttons made by the large crowds on the
occasion.
At the hour Of fling this dispatch it
Is reported that Cuban troops Of Mario
Menocal are entering Jesu del Monte.
1t is probable American troops will be
sent there tomorrow.
Cerero was evacuated yesterday.
American and Cuban flags were hoist
ed and crowds rushed through the
streets shouting viva Cuba libre. -
About $50 last evening a crowd Of Gu
bans Of the lower class passed a bar
racks of engineers on the vidente
shouting Long live Cuba" and Death
to Spain," and firing shots into the air
in honor of the occasion. The engi-
neers did not fire, but the guard was
doubled.
Subsequently the crowd returned to
the barracks and fired. One Of the
engineers returned the fire, wounding
a street car conductor, a civilian, Isl
doro Basols, and John Leonard, a col
ored man.
The rioting continued, many shots
being fired in front Of the Casa de
Socoro, where the wounded were as
sisted. Spanish soldiers were ordered
to the scene and arrived about 9
o'clock. While marching through Ce-
rero, they were fired upon by men
concealed behind pillars. One Spanish
private fell wounded and the battalion
fired into the air to scare the rioters.
On resuming their march, they were
again fired upon and another man was
hit. The Spaniards then fired, dis
persing the rioters.
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GREAT COLONIAL ARMY.
Expansion Po1fey viii Call for a
Quarter of a Million Men.

Expansion Policy VIII Gall for q
Quarter of a Million Men.
PARIS, Dec. 1S.-All legislative pro-
posals at Washington foreshadowing
the attitude Of the United States as a
world power arouse interest here not
evinced by France IN trans-A tlantic af-
fairs since tho days Of Franklin. This
IS especially the case with the bill In
creasing the United States army, the
adoption or rejection Of which by con-
gross is regarded in political and mill
tary circles here as indicating whether
the United States will assume or aban-
don it's responsibilities Of a colonial
power.
Interest is all the more keen because
the chamber of deputies itself has un-
der consideration a plan for a colonial
army and other military reforms more
radical and far-TeaGhing than any
think undertaken since the law or july
q. 1872. which created the existing
army.
Secretary Alger's bill, the outlines of
which have been cabled here, is freely
commented upon by military men. A
member Of the French parliamentary
army commission, being asked for his
opinion on the bill, replied:
ga standing army for the United
States Of 100000 men is not nearly large
enough, taking as a basis our own ex-
perience in Tonquin, Madagascar and
elsewhere.
You will find $4,000 men a minimum
estimate for the Philippines, Hawaii
and Guam, besides the $4,000 for Cuba
and Porto Rico, and ut least 10000 at
home to man the Atlantic, Pacific and
gulf coast defensas and the Mexican
frontier and keep the Indians In sub
lection. This makes 100000 men to be
kept constantly under the cOlors.
ITO maintain such a force in effective
condition a reserve of $4,000 must be
kept in hand to supply the colonial
forces, tho necessary drafts for which
in tropical climates have always been
found greatly to exceed the estimates.
In my judgment 100000 and not 100,0 ,00O
will be found to be the minimum
strength absolutely necessary for the
army of the United States
Gen. de GaIlifet, member of the SUI
preme council of war, and Gen. Saus-
sier, recently commander-in- chief OF
the French army, have both expressed
the opinion that 25O,OOO men should be
taken as a basis for the military re-
quirements of the United States.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The week
In the senate will be opened with g
speech by Senator PIatt, Of Connecti-
cut, on the question Of expansion. He
has given notice Of an address to be-
gin Immediately after the conclusion
of the routine morning business Mon
day. Mr.. PIatt will reply to the speech
of Senator Vest made last Monday,
and, as he has given very careful at
tentiOn to the extension Of our terri
tOrial area, no little interest is mani
fest among senators in his presenta
ton Of the matter. 1t is not improba-
BILE, unless the Nicaraguan canal bill
prevents, that the speech will precipi-
tate a more or less general debate
upon this question. Whether it does
or not, a number of speeches on the
same subject will be made after the
Christmas holidays, preparatory to the
Consideration Of the peace treaty.
1t is expected that the treaty will be
taken up for discussion early in Jam
uary. Already there is talk of the
probability Of disposing Of it during
the present session. A few senators
have manifested a disposition to de-
bate the subject at length, and some
have expressed open opposition, but
the feeling is so strong against an ex-
ira session and in favor of the post
pOnement of the settlement Of the dis
position of the Philippines until after
they come into Americas possession
that it now seems that even the mi
nority will consent to the treaty's rati-
fcauon without material delay.
Senator Morgan said today that he
meant to-nGess the Nicaragua canal
bill as vigorously as possible, and n
expressed the hope that he might get
q vote before next Wednesday, the
probable date of the Christmas ad-
journment. The indications are, how
ever, against so early a disposition Of
the subject, and it may be accepted
as quite certain, even If Senator Tur-
pies motion for postpOnement until
Jan. 10 should not prevail, the bill
would naturally be thrown over be-
yond the holidays. 1t Is evidently the
purpose of the opposition to prevent
action during the few remaining days
prior to adjournment.
Mr.. Morgan today indicated his will
ingness to accept the Berry amend
ments in modified form, and the bill,
as the Arkansas senator proposes to
change it, has been printed for infor-
nation.
The bill concerning the registration
of foreign built vessels wrecked on
the American coast is still on the CAL
endar as a special order, and Senator
Elkins will probably make another
effort to secure consideration. Senator
Cullom has also expressed a desire to
get up the anti-scalping bill. Both
these measures will be antagonized
and most probably thrown over till
January.
There will be no effort to get up any
more appropriation bills until after
the resumption in January.
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WINNIPEG JUNCTION, Mimi, Dec.
liz. - Especially - Special Treasury
Agent G. S. Crane, of st. Paul, made a
sensational seizure of smuggled goods
On the south-bound Northern Pacific
passenger train just after it crossed
the boundary this afternoon. Crane
had been west along the boundary
and had made a seizure Of contraband
sheep Friday. On his way home he
boarded the Northern Pacific train at
Pembina this afternoon and saw in g.
Pullman seat collection of packages
that had not been disturbed by the
customs inspector at Pembfna. An
hour later the Pullman porter picked
up the bundles and took them to the
express car. AS he came back, Crane
asked the boy what he had
done with the bundles, and the
porter said a gentleman had
told him to have them ex-
pressed. The inspector then asserted
his authority and found the packages
had been offered to the messenger to
be shipped to four points in various
parts of the country.
the protests of a stout, we'll dressed
travelling man, who turned out to be
J. NJ. Case, agent for a Wisconsin Ium-
Der concern. Crane took the goods,
and in one Of the packages, addressed
to John w. Dunno, Planters hotel, st.
Louis, was found a sealslzin coat
Another package contained two bolts
Of cloth, and the others were filed with
fancy goods and jewelry. One pack
age was addressed to Mrs. Case, In
dianapolis, and the others We're billed
to Topeka, Kan. The goods are worth
about $500.
Case explained to Crane, in trying
to clear himself, that the stuff was
brought into the car at Winnipeg, put
into the seat beside him and he was
asked to take care of it and express
the bundles from some point south Of
the boundary. He was simply oblig-
ing a friend. The sealskin coat was
for John Dunne's wife, Mary Marble.
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ENGINES FOR ORIENT.
United States Receives an Order 70
the Chinese Imperial Railway.

United States Receives an Order for
the Chinese Imperial Railway.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.-The
Baldwin Locomotive works has within
the last few day received orders for
fifty-six locomotives, of which sixteen
are for the imperial railway of China,
making the second order received from
that country within ten months. A
contract with the Reading Railway
company calls for twenty-five freight
engines and five switching engines of
the heaviest type ever operated on the
system They are to be specially
adapted for use in the subway. The
Chicago & Northwestern has also or
dered ten large freight engines, while
numerous small orders have been re-
ceived from railroads all over the coun-
try. In addition to working day and
night, 1t has been found necessary re-
Gently to increase the force Of men at
the works.
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TWO CONVICT HUSBANDS.

Youth Under Penitentiary Sem
tence Married in "a Missouri Jail.
MILAN, Mo-, Dec. ia romantic
wedding took place in the county jail
here. John Green, aged nineteen
years, under penitentiary sentence for
burglary and larceny, married his sew
enteen-year- old stepmother, whose fif-
ty-year-oI first husband is in the PEN
itentiary for horse-stealing. She was
divorced at the recent term of court.
but she failed to obey the mandate.
of the court for payment of costs, ana
she may be prosecuted for bigamy.
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Hospital Shin Sails,

SAVANNAH, Ca, Dec. 1s.-The hospital
ship Missouri sailed today for Havana with
200 tons of medical supplies for the troops in
the island, and carrying the hospital corps of
the Second division of the Seventh army
corps, the division which has ALREADY gone
forward with Gen. Lee. The Missouri after
distributing her supplies, will take sick SOL
diers from Havana and vicinity and bring
them to this country, either to New York,
Norfolk or Savannah.
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Favor Czar,s PLAN.

LONDON, Dec. 1s-The venerable William
Macdonald Sinclair, archdeacon Of London
and canon of st. PauI's cathedral presided at
a public conference at st. James hall today,
convened by the heads Of the various re-
ligious denominations In favor of an inter-
national demonstration In behalf of the
czar's disarmament proposals. A resolution in
accordance with the objects of the confer
ence was adopted unanimously.
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PASSING OF SAGASTA
THE SPANISH MINISTRY EXPECT.
ED TO TENDER A GENERAL
RESIGNATION TODAY
ALL OLD PARTIES MUST GO
Charged With the Humiliation
Which Has Come to Spain
Senior Rios at Madrid, and Has
an Interview With the Queen
ReGent-Premier Said to Be III.

an Interview With the Queen
MADRID, Dec. 1S.-Senor Montero
Rios and the other members of the
spanish peace commission reached
Madrid late last evening They were
met by Senor Gamazo, leader of the
dissenting Liberals, and by many 9TH
er politicians and high officials. Their
arrival was not attended with special
incident This evening the queen re-
gent received Senior Montero Rios in
audience. The newspapers today as
sert that yesterdays council of min
listers agreed that the cabinet should
not appear again before parliament,
and 1t is believed Senior Sagasta will
submit the resignation Of the cabinet
to the queen regent after the council
tomorrow.
FL Liberal, in q very outspoken ar
ttcle, declares that both the Liberal
and Conservative parties must disap-
pear, "as they represent the annihila-
tion Of Spanish prestige abroad, the
failure of the country's finances and
the loss Of the colonial empire" A
national government, Ell Liberal as
serts, is now in process of formation.
Ell Globo says that Senor Sagasta, the
premier, withdrew from the cabinet
today, as he was slightly indisposed.
The editor Of a Carlist newspaper
published in this city has been ar
rested at Leon, capital Of the northern
province Of that name, while in the
course Of tour through that part Of
the kingdom. Important documents
Were found upon his person.
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BOYS GUILTY OF MURDER.
Convicted of Shooting Young Girl
From Ambush for No Cause.

CHILLICOTFIB, o., Dec. 1S.-Two
mere boys, Elmer and George Butler,
aged respectively twenty and thirteen,
were today found guilty of manslaugh-
ter and will serve a term in the peni-
tertiary for the murder of Daisy Brow
ser, a young girl. The crime was a
heinous one, and in the trial it was
proven that the girl had been shot
down from ambush for no cause what
ever. The defense made an attempt to
prove that insanity ran in the Butler
family, but the jury could not be con-
vinced' The jury rendered the verdict
at 1880 this morning, after having been
out since O'Clock Saturday night.
Sentence has not vet been passed.
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T0DAY'S BULLETIN.

Page.
Gray Opposes Annexation.
Fight on Expansion.
Passing Of Sagasta.
Local Police Mystery.
2-Stillwater Man Hurt.
Political Plums Expected.
What Mans Life Is.
s-President at Savannah.
Admiral Schley's Report.
Cruiser Cincinnati on a Rock.
Broadside Against Imperialism.
Editorial.
6-Week's Markets Reviewed.
Tout's Clever Coup.
6-Ploneers of Minnesota.
Hermit Who Lives in a Tree.
minneapolis Matters.
News Of the Northwest.
Sin the Field of Labor.
Bay State Idea Approved.
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ITALY is ALARMED.
King Mene1el< Marching to the Red
Sea Sword In Hand.

ROME, Dec 18.-The latest Dispatch
es from Massowah are causing serious
alarm here. They contradict Minister
Canevaro's statement made in the
chamber Of deputies that the Italian
relations with King Menelek Of Abys-
sinia are excellent.
The military organ, L'Esercito, I'M
plores the government not to trust to
the protestations Of Menelek, but to
send In time sufficient force Of troops
to Massowah.
NJ. Seeolo asserts that King Menelek
detains tie Italian envoy, Capt. Cicco
di Cola, as q hostage I!Ay2ilti an
nounces that Menelek is marching to-
ward the Red sea to define frontiers,
and that he marches sword in hand.
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HOUSE is HURRYlNG.

Four of the Thirteen Big Appropria-
ton Bills Already Passed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.--The holI-
day recess, by the terms of the reso-
luton reported by the ways and means
committee, is to begin Thursday and
extend until Wednesday, Jan. 4. 1t is
likely, however, that the resolution
will be amended so as to make the re-
cess begin Wednesday instead of
Thursday. The appropriation bills are
more advanced now than they have
been for many years at this period Of
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HE CALLS EAuRE.
GOhter Maintains He Told the Truth
About the Army.

About the Army.
PARIS, Dec. 1S.-The Aurore says
that M. Gohier has cited President
Faure to appear as witness at the
trial Of Gohier upon charges Of insult
ing the army in his book, 1.-THE Army
Against the Nation Gohier main
tains that he told nothing but the truth
about the corruptions Of the army.
Col. Picquart still refuses to sign an
application for his release from impris-
opment, but this fact does not pre-
vent the revisionist newspapers from
attacking the government for persist
ing in his detention.
The Figaro says that the court Of
cassation has cited Capt. Lebrun-Re-
maud to appear before that tribunal on
Tuesday and testify in regard to the
confession which Dreyfus is alleged to
have made to him,