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Presidential Nominations.

Washington. May 1.-THE president to-
day sent these nominations to the senate:
War-First regiment volunteers. engi-
neers: Colonel Eugene Griffin of New
York: first l~ieutenants. Algernon Sartoris
of District of Columbia, Fitzhugh Lee. tr..
of Virginia: Carlos Carbonel of Troy, N.
V: Thomas ]. Sullivan of Colorado; Karl
Fisher Hansen of New York.
To be commissary of subsistence with
rank OF major. William Alternately of
Missouri. To be engineer officer with RAM
of major, Charles Lincoln Woodbury. of
Vermont. Captains: William ID. Beach, Sd
cavalry; George II. Sands, 9th cavalry.
and William A. skunk. Sth cavalry.
Treasury-Edward Elias Of California,
assayer of the mint at San Francisco.
To be assistant quartermaster with the
rank of captain. First Lieutenant George
c. Cartwright. 4th infantry.
To be commissaries of subsistence with
rank of captain: Frederick A. Hyde of
New York, William ii. Anderson of Ohio,
George b. McCullom of Tennessee.
To be additional paymaster: William b.
Schofield of San Francisco.
To be assistant adjutant general with
rank OF captain: Putnam Bradley Strong
of New York.
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of u other military establishment at
the doubly- distant Philippines. The
thing will go on that way forever; and
there's no limit to the expense and.
worse yet, to the mischief and the
trouble we shall be making for our
selves; it's the highest-priced and the
most arduous road on earth to travel.
wen IL we seriously. and foolishly.
propose to pursue the route h a will
take us into the realm where we can
rank among the worlds military
powers.
IL this newspaper had its way. IL
would crown Dewey with the highest
possible honors. thank him for his
courage and skill In destroying the
Spanish neet-thus leaving the Pacific
open to commerce and u Pacific
coast safe. Then the Standard would
order him to quit the islands. Let him
leave the care Of them to those who
were running things before he got
there. II that results in turmoil. let
the islanders have 1t Quit will simply
be a continuation of SPANS fight with
Spanish subjects; IL won't be our row.
II the powers how because, after
Dewey's bombardment. their subjects
are left uncovered. let them send their
gunboats and take care of their own.
All this may be crude-it nay not
betray the gift Of diplomacy or OF
craftsmanship or Of strategy. but,
somehow. It seems to have the savor
Of good sense about II. This country
doesn't want the Philippine islands
On any terms. OF at any price. or a.
conquest. or a. q gift. II the bank.
account part Of is to be considered. we
ought to be able to whip Spain SO quicl
that we can command all the securit,
we shall require a good deal nearer
home.
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The Right Definition.

- course, some OF the people who
e.. dabble in politics were anxious
TO find out which side Of the po-
litical fence Dewey is on. Somebody
who evidently didn't know anything
about II, started the story that the
Deweys have always been democrats
and that the Manila Dewey treads the
classification didn't stick; to the front
came a lot of republicans with ener-
getic protests and with the claim that
the admiral is. and from the beginning
has been. a steadfast republican. On
one or two occasions congress has con-
sidered this question. 1t happened on
Wednesday OF last week that the house
Of representatives was discussing
bosses.
In the course of the talk. Representa-
tive Powers, OF Vermont, resenting an
~insinuation about bosses In his state,
remarked: I'VE have never had any
bosses I'm Vermont. within my knowl-
edge, until a week & last Sunday,
when "a Vermonter fought the great
battle OF Manila; and If he were in
Vermont to-day he could not only con
troll our legislature, but he could con-
troll every a n child in
the state" That remark prompted Mr..
Sulzer to observes: And he is a dem
ocrat." MI. Powers wouldn't have it
hat way.
While the g~ood-natured contention
vas running on. Mr.. Cummings dis
posed of the whole matter in the right
way by declaring: II lave listened
with a good deal of interest to what
my friend from Vermont has said.
especially in regard to Admiral Dewey.
He said that Dewey is a republican. !
say that Dewey is an American. Ad-
miral Dewey is recognized by the
American people not As a republican,
not as a democrat. but as true-blue
a patriotic American as ever had an
opportunity to serve his country in
time of war;"
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DIVISIONS COMPLETE.

Arrivals at Chickamaugn Completely
Blockaded Railroad Trafic.
Chickamauga National Park. May 10.
With to-night's arrivals the three d.
visions of the First volunteer army
corps will be completed. The arrivals
to-day completely blocked the railroad
yard. but the officials Of the various
roads have been working together har-
moniously to relieve the congestion.
To-day mas been the busiest day at
the park since the volunteers began to
arrive. and the forces of the various
supply departments have been tasked
to the utmost to dispose of the BUSH
ness promptly and without confusion.
The quartermaster's department has
received all the supplies needed in the
matter Of tents, uniforms, ammunition,
food supplies, ETC., but no for
the artillery batteries nor guns for the
unarmed volunteers have been re-
ceived. They are expected tomorrow.
Ample storage roo for the $500, 900
rations recently ordered here from h
cago was secured in Chattanooga to-
day, and these food supplies are now
nearly stored, so that orders for regi-
mental supplies are promptly filled.
The following commands arrived to-
day and were assigned to camp: The
5th Pennsylvania, Colonel Ritchf1eld;
the 18th Minnesota. Colonel Bobbleter;
the 21st Kansas, Colonel Fitch; the Sth
Massachusetts, Colonel Pew. jr.; the
9th Pennsylvania. Colonel Dougherty,
and the 18th New York, Colonel Leon
ards
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VIII BE on Nierrits's stan.

New York. May 1s.-Major General
Wesley Merritt will start tomorrow or
Friday for San Francisco. He will 60
by way of Washington. and stop there
to consult with President Mckinley and
the var department in regard to the
details of the expedition to Manila He
does o expect to De able to get away
from the Pacific coast until after June
/. and probably will go on the cruiser
Philadelphia, which is now at Mare
island nav yard. General Merritt
came over to town from Governors
island early yesterday afternoon to at
tend Z o some personal affairs before
his departure. The adjutant general of
his staff will be Lieutenant Colonel ].
B. Babcock. who has been assistant ad-
jutant general for the department of
California. Lieutenant Lewis III
Shredder of General Merritt's stan has
received the rank of major general of
volunteers. He probably will be on the
field staff Of General Merritt in the Phil
ippines. Colonel Robert Z. Hughes, in
spector general, and Lieutenant Colonel
John W. Couls. deputy Judge advocate
general, both OF the stan department OF
the East. will probably accompany
General Merritt In some capacity.
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CONTROLLED IN LONDON.
A Plan to Pay on the Government Debt
of the Central Pacific.

San Francisco, May 19.-The Examiner
says: Several months ago August Bel
mont. the New York banker; John q.
Carlisle, former secretary of the treas
ury, and George Cappell Of New York
were appointed a committee to act for
American holders of Central Pacific stock
in arranging for the payment of the COM
pany's government debt. These men were
not long In securing proxies for about
Ill, 900 shares of stock. They voted these
shares at the last annual election in this
city. Since the election the question has
arisen as to whether they should join with
the london committee representing for
eign stockholders and endeavor to pay
off the government debt on some basis
about Jan. /. 1899. when the subsidy
bonds will become due.
The New York and London committees
have now reached an understanding, so
II is stated at the railroad offices. and will
devote their energies TO recognizing the
company and paying all debts by means
of a 500, 900, 900 blanket mortgage at 4 per
cent.
The London shareholders, with 3i2, 600
shares of Central Pacific stock, have
formed a corporation which now controls
a majority of the stock of the Central
Pacific.
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The Missouri Tournament.

Kansas City. No.. May Ia.-The big
event of the Missouri State shooting tour
nament was begun to-day, when e5
marksmen entered the competition for
the Kansas City Star cup, representing
the wing hot championship. When the
days work was finished but 20 of the g.
men had finished. and of these only two,
Sim Glover of Rochester, n. v, and j.
Il. Porter of Kansas City, had clean
scores of Is birds. A remarkable feature
OF the days shooting was the number OF
cracks who went out of the race on
misses Of one 10 three birds. These in
Guided Heikes. Gilbert. Grimm. Fulford'
Elliott. Farming. McMurchy, Graham
Parmalee and Riley. The event will be
continued tomorrow.
In the mud pie events to-day some nota-
BILE shooting was done by the squad OF
Indians embracing Gilbert, Grimm
Budd. Powers and Merrill. who broke g.
out of a possible 800 targets.
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The Manila End of IL.

NE of his mornings press bull
~ letins, emitting Montana, men
tons ten states which. says the
bulletin, make up the sum total from
which are to be taken the troops that
will be sent to Manila" We perfectly
well know that this bulletin is wrong;
the First Montana regiment is under
orders to proceed to San Francisco.
whence II will be transported to the
Philippines. All that detains this egi-
ment is the lack of cars for the jour
ney-the military authorities at st.
Paul are strangely slow in furnishing
these. Dewey can be o n up a dozen
times II he has to depend on such
siow-going assistance.
Day after day the obligations under
which the tenure OF Manila places US,
become more apparent. At first the
notion was that assistance In the shape
OF a few hundred troops would help
Dewey out, and the plan was to send
volunteers: the party was going to be
so select that there was a lively
scramble among western recruits for
the assignment to Philippine service.
A week later, the authorities at Wash
ington realized that a few hun
dred soldiers. or three or our thou
sand of them. wouldn't do. During the
past ten days the limit was raised TO
about fifteen thousand men. Mean
while. the conclusion was to SEND TO
Manila as good a a as wears the
uniform of the United States. He is
General Merritt. Instantly he recog-
nized the fact hat fifteen thousand
volunteers won't do at all. Then the
government proposed 20 strengthen the
expedition by sending one or two regi-
ments OF regulars: the latest news Is
h a probably not less than v thou
sand regulars will be e
Thus the possibilities. as well as the
necessities, of our Philippine service
grow apace. One of this mornings
press dispatches imputes TO President
Mckinley the opinion that we shall be
compelled TO retain the Philippine
islands a long time. IL not indefinitely"
We shall not be compelled to do any
thing OF the sort. unless IL be that the
administration s~urrenders to those who
are out for territorial aggrandize-
ment.
This colony and colonization business
involves tremendous possibilities. Sup
pose the risk of resulting foreign COM
plications is not threatening-we still
have N commercial question 10 deal
with. One theory has been that we
shall hold the islands for indemnity.
Lest we take heed. things will run on
and on until the cost Of collecting the
indemnity will be greater than a just
sum itself in indemnity demanded from
Spain would be. Already the proposi-
ton is that we simply must have the
distant Hawaiian islands and must
necessarily maintain a tremendously
expensive military establishment there.
in order 10 take reasonably good care
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~VEN in the day of his prosperity
= Bismarck had no liking for our
style OF people. In his business
he needed subjects whom he could
coerce. At the beginning Of his minis
terial career. he compelled the Prus-
slams to march of to a war over the
provinces of Schleswig and Holstein,
although they were opposed to the war
and detested the blood-and-iron bossism
that forced them into II. II Bismarck
had been compelled to build up his
reputation on people of the quality
composing American citizenship. he
never would have risen to fame.
Bismarck was the central figure in
the most unJustihable war of modern
times. He was out for glory and for
conquest, and he stated his ambition be-
cause long years of corruption and of
crime had weakened the power he
picked out as the enemy. He dared
to attack weakened France: he
wouldn't have dared 10 tackle Russia
or Great Britain.
Poor old Bismarck was simply kicked
out Of ONCE by q crazy young strut
whose eccentricities are supposed to
be due to the fact that he is the heir
TO badly tainted blood. From tina day
to this Bismarck has not seen a happy
day. His lie a ~disgruntled old age-he
IL out Of harmony with everything and
everybody; IL taxes those who are in
his company to endure his erouty
moods. OF course. this ~ex-chancellor
does not approve" OF our side of the
war-as IL that made the slightest diff
ference to Us.
There is in Bismarck's re-
cent suggestion h a Mr.. Chamberlain
erred when. speaking Of England and
the United States. he limited at an
"Aneio-Saxcn union" II n is dis
posed to raw fine lines. II would be
right to say that an Anglo-Saxon union
would unite a part Of England and a
relatively smaller part of the United
6tates- What Mr.. c~hamberiain's in
teresting speech really conveyed was
the suggestion of a union OF the Eng
ii~sh-speaking peoples.
Therefore. 81 Prince Bismarck wants
To be nnicsi about IL he can evolve evil
dences 20 show that. In strictness. the
alliance proposed by Mr.. Chamberlain
would not be pure Anglo-Saxon. That
foes not alter the vital fact. however,
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It's "A Problem.

~HE problem is this; how snail a
man who proposes to commit
murder 20 at II, in order TO
make sure that a Montana jury VIII
find him guilty and hang him.? Riley
killed p. A. Largey. He planned TO XIII
him. He was open, bold. cool about H.
He leisurely hunted out his victim In a
Butte banking house.
In this case there vas no mystery;
at the trial there was none OF the
mysteriousness that is evolved out OF
circumstantial evidence-the murder
had plenty OF eye witnesses. In court,
in Riley's behalf. the insanity plea was
urged. Evidently hat plea did not inn
press the members of the jury-it Is
plain that they were well satisfied of
the accused mans sanity, else they
would not have voted any punishment
for him. They a to deal with a man
as to whose sanity manifestly they felt
sure, and as TO whose direct RESPONSE
bility for the act OF killing Largey they
were not in any doubt. They found
| Riley guilty of murder in the second
degree.
Speaking purely from the layman's
standpoint-that is to say, from the
standpoint of what IL assumes to be
public o~pinion-the Standards belief is
that the jury ought to have found the
first degree In Riley's case or nave de-
clared him not guilty. Certainly, the
case presses the problem we have pro-
posed-if Riley's way of doing it doesn't
I'll the bill. how shall a man plan and
execute a murder in Montana that will
call for q verdict?
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Buried in

Milwaukee. May l9.-The delegates to
the meeting OF the Transcontinental
Railway association are still buried in
figures making an effort to decide upon
the rates for the ensuing year. A dele
gate said to-day: 1--WE have been spend
ing the past two lays in computing and
Classifying freight rates. The indications
are that the rates will be a little higher
tina last year. but the increase VIII be
a very small one. The tendency in set
ting upon the rates seems 10 be In favor
OF granting concessions to the Pacific
coast merchants and to give them the ad-
vantage OF a slight differential in less
ina car load rates In order TO protect
them against the jobbers from Chicago
and other central cities who are en-
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TEN PAGES.
FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1898.
Up to Date.

~ RIGHT and early yesterday
l morning. those who peddle fairy
tales about the war spread the
story that Sampson and Cervera had
met and that the result was a glorious
victory for Sampson. The umo Of
course. didn't pan out: nobody APP
peared to know who started IL.
Quite early last evening. by way OF
Madrid. word was received through the
press service to the effect that the
Cape Verde squadron was off Cuba.
The Information to this effect was al
legged to nave reached Madrid by way
of Santiago de cuba-that Is a port on
the southeast coast of the island of
Cuba. At IL o'clock last night came a
bulletin. also under Madrid date. which
was in confirmation OF the report that
the Spaniards are at Santiago de Cuba.
These are the sum n substance of
the tidings from West India waters for
the past twenty-four hours, unless IL
be that late news arrives before the
hour of going to press with this MORN
ing's edition of the Standard.
Not a WORD as to the whereabouts of
the Sampson fieet-the government
has managed to have this feet lost TO
the world, for a few hours at least:
and. under the circumstances. that is
fortunate. AS for the whereabouts OF
the enemy. the reports that come from
Madrid are to be taken with abundance
Of mental reservation-the Madrid dis
patch Is as likely as not TO be sen out
for the purpose of misleading the
Americans.
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A Mysterious Fleet.

Halifax. n. s., May BIN response to
an inquiry sent to a correspondent at
Bridgewater, pm the west coast of this
province. the following has been re-
ceived:
This morning about 3 o'clock the smoke
of several steamers was seen off the coast
near Cape La Haye. Several persons went
around the hill at Getson's Cow and
from that eminence saw distinctly nine
large vessels under steam. heading in a
southerly direction. Their nationality
could not be discerned. This information
we received from Reinhart Brothers, who
vouch for the correctness of the story.
The ships, when seen. were near Indian
island, about five miles from the coast.
No further information has been received
np to this time"
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The Montana Squadron.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Washington, May 19.-General Bacon.
commanding the department of Da-
kota, at St. Paul, has directed the mus
ter of the following officers of the Mon
tana squadron: For troop at Butte,
D'Gay Stivers. captain; George Wede-
kind, first lieutenant; r. w. Haskins.
second lieutenant. For troop at Mis-
soula. Frank ]. Higgins. captain; Will
lam Cave, first lieutenant: Charles III.
Hall. second lieutenant. For troop at
Miles, City, Joseph T. Brown. captain;
George w. Brewster, first lieutenant;
John Mckay. second lieutenant. For
troop at Billings, John G. Bond, cap
tain; Herbert V. Bailey, first lieuten-
ant; Robert Leavens, second lieuten-
ant
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Regulars for Manila.

Washington, May 19.-The force as
signed to the Philippines expedition has
been increased by two regiments of in
fantry of the regular army. Adjutant
General Corbin tonight sent telegraphic
orders to the 10th and 23d infantry. now
In camp at New Orleans. to proceed al
once to San Francisco. They will report
to the commanding general at tina
point inc will embark for the Philip
pines as soon as supplies and transpor-
tation can be furnished.
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croaching pon the business Of the West
ern merchants. Il IL hardly thought that
the work Of the meeting will be COM
pleted to-day. n II Is the opinion OF
some that we will be here for the balance
of the week"
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Omcevs Elected.

Chicago. May 19.-The board of direc-
tors of the associated press. in session to-
day. elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Victor r. Lawson, Chicago Daily
News and Chicago Record; first vice
president, Horace White, New York
Evening Post; second vice president.
Thomas q. Rapier. New Orleans Plea
yune: secretary and general manager.
Melville +. Stone; assistant general man.
ager. Charles s. Diehl; treasurer. John r.
Walsh
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obeyfng orders. After h guns Of Ca
vite had been silenced and the order
was given to stop all shelling, Brown
continued Smelling peas for dinner.
Brown proved that he asked Dewey
Shall ] shell?" and that Dewey an
swered You she'll"
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The whole world is waiting to hear
something drop at Santiago. Whin Sir
Vever is all reddy. be gobs, as Mr..
Dooley of the Chicago Journal would
say, a few oranges will drap in to see
him.
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Concinatsng the Insurgents.

Hong Kong. May LIT is reported
here that the Spanish governor of thu
Philippines is c~onciliating many Of thu
insurgent chiefs with high appoint
ments, while other chiefs are succeeding
in federating the native tribes.
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Now IL Cervera has arrived In San
tiago. the American officers should I'M
derstand that under the most recent
Interpretation Of the rules hitting Is al
lowable in the ~break-away.
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Left for Washington.

New York. May 1e.-Major General IVES
ley Merritt. commanding the department
of the Pacific, left tonight for Washing
ton on his way to San Francisco. whence
he will sail to the Philippines.
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He DeclineA IL.

Paris. May 1e.-Senor y Castillo, the
Spanish ambassador to france. who
has been rendered the foreign office in
the new cabinet Of Senior Sagasta, has
replied to Senior Sagasta declining TO
accept,
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Colonel Bryan will have a different
story TO tell about his "nrst battle"
than Candidate Bryan told about his.
The enemy's country this time isn't
such a fat thing.
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Possibly the delay In the Montana
regiments marching orders has been
occasioned by a tear on the part of
the war department that its pin
cushion and needie-case equipment was
defective.
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As for the Spaniards in Havana. IL
the engagement postponed much
longer they're liable to fight sans
breakfast, sans dinner. sans supper,
SAM any grub at all
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Lincoln, MAY 1s.-W. j. Bryan, as
colonel Of the provisional Nebraska regi-
ment. to-day opened a recruiting station
here and has already nearly a complete
roster of what will be known as company
A, Sd Nebraska regiment.
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The carload of lemons which loving
San Diego friends are going to send
him Is a delicate recognition of Ad-
miral Dewey's ability to make a soul
mash.
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IL those Illinois and Nebraska cy-
clones had n patriotism about them,
they would save Sampson the trouble
of dealing a blow to the Spanish squa-
dron-
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We infer from the San Francisco
apers that the patriotism of the Pa
cifc coast IL not declining, certainly
not declining the Philippine or Ha-
waiian stands.