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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
CONSIDERATION or TREATY.
DEBATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
OF THE SENATE.
Frye Continues His Argument in
Favor or Katifcation-Paym
of Claims Against Spain.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Frva
continued his argument for the ratifi
cation of the treaty with Spain in to-
days executive session of the SEN
ate. He talked for an hour and a half
and again made the only speech of the
days session.
The principal questions under con-
sheraton to-day We're those relating to
payment of claims against the Span
ISL Government, the reasons for agree
ing to pay Spain for the improvements
made in the Philippines, and extending
to Spain the benefit of an open door
policy in her former possessions. There
were various Interruptions by other
Senators. who, however, confined them
selves to questions.
In reply to one of these questions re-
lating to the Presidents instructions,
Mr.. Frye said the Commissioners were
in constant communication with the
President, and that the latter had ca
bieo them to use their best judgment in
reaching conclusions.
He said there were about ST.. 600. 600
of claims. Spain had agreed as an
Offset to this concession on our part
to pay the claims of Spanish citizens
Go ttil1et Tic tIiteu Cl<ttesS Government,
but Mr.. Frye admitted that the ag-
gregate of these counter claims was not
large.
The effort of the American Commits
sioners to secure control of the Caro-
lire Islands was also explained. Mr..
Frye stating that the Spanish Com
missioners had absolutely refused to
discuss the proposition. Our offer of
81 000,0 for the islands had appeared
to have no effect whatever. They had
even declined in the most positive man
ner to cede one of the islands of this
group as a cable station.
Senator Davis answered a question
put by Senator Mason. The question
was whether it was the purpose of the
United States to pay the S20,000O0O
indemnity until the United States
should come into the full possession and
occupation of the country.
Il want to KNOW the Illinois Sena-
to-. said, whether we are to pay the
money before the goods are delivered ~
Mr. Davis understood that the rati-
fication Of the treaty bound us to the
payment of the indemnity, regardless of
the attitude Of the natives of the Phil
ippines.
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EVENTS ON THE TURF.
RESULTS OF COAST AND EAST
ERIN RACES.
Libertine Lands the Eollansbee
Handicap at Oak1and-Other
Winners.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S.-Weather
at Oakland fine; track fast Results:
Five furlongs, selling, Goal Runner
H. MARTINI, to 1, won; Juva
(Mounce), Is to 1, second: Roadwarm-
er CBullman), II to 2, third. Time
1:01. Rey Hooker Clarando, Defender,
Espionage, Sport McAllister, La Paras-
seuse, La Maroma and Midas also ran
Three and a half furlongs, two-year-
olds. Ella Boland (Spencer), 2 to |,
won; Lomond (Thorpe), to 5 Coupled
with PRESIDENCY, second; Innovater
QHennessey), 10 to 1, third. Time
O:42. Jennie Riley, Reginald Hughes,
Fannie Mills, Champion Rose, Chateau.
Presitome and Stratonic also ran.
One mile, Hohenzollern (Spencer), Z
to 5, won; Torsida (Thorpe), 10 to 10.
second; Lime Water Houck), 8 to 1,
third. Tme-1:40 Dare II. also ran.
Seven furlongs, Follansbee handicap.
value Sl,250, Libertine Oh. Shields, 6
to l, won; Horatio Piggott), 8 to 1,
second; Gauntlet CThorpe), Z to 2, third.
Time-1:2715. Rose Beau, Balista. Maud
Ferguson and Mary Black also ran.
One mile, Survivor CH MARTINI, 8 to
1, won; Sam McKeever &C. Sloan), z to
10, second; Miss Marion Piggott). 3
to 1, third. Time-1 :4OA. Sonora
Caesar also ran.
Six furlongs, O'Connell Piggott), L
to 2, won; lamar H. Bullman), 5 to 2,
second; Don Luis q. PowelD, 100 to 1,
third. Time-1:13s4. Rio Chico. Mon
tallade, Rey Del Los Angeles, Silver
State, Nora Ives and Yaruba also ran.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2S.-The rae
ing stable of o. G. Parke was sold at
Eleven head brought So, Treoor
brought the highest price, $3.50. Four
horses belonging to J. J. McCafferty
and one belonging to E. Ferguson were
sold ait the same time, the five bringing
$40, an average of $142 Weather
cloudy; track muddy. Results:
Six furlongs, Prince Harry won, Ho-
bart second Tinker third. Time-1:l7.
Three and half furlongs, Caviar
won, Muey Chico second, Jen third.
Time 0:44M.
Mile and a half, Shelby won, Radie
Levy second, lockwood third. Time
2:43aA.
Live Oak handicap; one mile, Branch
wons Sea Robber second, Wilson third.
Time-1 49,
Mile and a sixteenth Frances Booker
won, Swordsman second, The Plutocrat
third. Time-1:55A
Seven furlongs, Applejack won, Lau-
retta D. second, Watercrest third. Time
II: 1874.
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LAND DECISION.
The Northern Pacific Richer by
About a Million Acres.

ST. PAUL. Jan. 2S.-Judge I.ochren
of the United States Court to-day filed
a decision involving the right of the
Northern Pacific Railroad to about
LOCO. 600 acres of land in Northern
Minnesota and Wisconsin, the company
securing title to that much land.
The contest was over the eastern ter
minus of the railway. the United States
holding that it was at Duluth while
the company insisted that it was at
Ashland The case decided was for a
small tract of land, but the point de-
cided involves over 100000 acres,
which now goes to the railroad 0nop-
posed.
The Secretary of the Interior directed
that Duluth was the eastern terminus
of the road, but the company combated
his ruling, and Judge Lochren decides
in favor of the company.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
Taxes Will Likely Be Collected
Through Provincial Bureaus.

HAVANA, Jan. 2S.-The Spanish
Rank will not collect any more taxes
in Cuba. Major General Brooke, Gov
ernor General of the island received in
formation last night that the bank s
collection was left to his discretion
The bank is still, under the orders Of
the United States, authorized 70 collect
taxes, but orders resembling the con-
tract will be issued.
General Brooke is engaged in a care
full examination of the back taxes, and
will use his discretion in the matter
of their remission. While there IL no
information forthcoming as to what he
will do in the matter, there is TO doubt
the General will remit all taxes prior to
December 81, 1885,
The matter of the assessments of real
estate for taxes during the year 1899 is
being most carefully considered. The
Spanish assessments are not reliable,
and properties to-day are in some cases
worth less than formerly. There are
indications that new assessments will
be made this year, and that taxes will
be collected through provincial bu-
reaus, which are to be established I'M
der the Cuban Treasury Department
Such bureaus can be established within
ten days, and will be in no way offens-
i've to the people.
The rations for the Cubans in the
hands of the military authorities are
only sufficient to last ten days more.
Large acquisitions were made yester-
day for a further supply, including
condensed milk and canned soups for
the sick, as well as increased allow
ances of rice
The military authorities are wisely
forestalling the possible future neces-
slty for press censorship by giving
words of good advice to the newspapers
here.
About $50 Cubans are awaiting re-
patriation at Key West General Brooke
is convinced that he will be granted
permission to bring them here.
Major General Leonard Wood will
proceed to Santiago de Cuba at the first
opportunity next week.
General Brooke last night attended a
ball in honor of Emperor Williams
birthday at the residence Of the Ger
man Consul, DR.. Falcke.
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Deaths From influenza at London.

NEW YORK. JAN 2S-A dispatch to
the Herald from London says: Our
ing fourteen weeks 1873 people have
cied from influenza. Last week the
deaths almost trebled increasing from
eight to twenty, according to the Regis
trar General Among the best-known
sufferers. are Lord Selborne, Sir F.
Dixon Hartland. Sir Francis Jeune. Sir
John Bridges, c. T. Ritchie and DR..
Morley. In the face of the evidence
that influenza is on the increase. the
doctors will not admit that an epidemic
prevails.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
TELEGRAPH IN CUBA.
A Circular in Reference to the o.
fees Now in Operation.

/. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S-The Signal
Office, War Department, e has issued
Circular /, in reference to- the military
telegraph offices now in operation by
the Signal Corps in Porto Rico and
Cuba These officers transact Govern
ment business free of charge. Com
mercial business is handled at a uni
form local rate of 2 cents a word. adj
dress and signature included: but a
message of less than ten words is rated
and charged as a ten-word m essage.
Messages from the United States are
generally routed as follows: For the
province of Habana, Matanzas. Pinar
del Rio and Santa Clara, via Havana:
for the province of Puerto Principe.
through Santa Cruz, through Havana
and through Cuba submarine cables:
for the provinces of Santiago through
Santiago, either via Havana or the
cuba submarine cables. or via New
York and the French telegraph com
pany cable.
All telegraphic offices in Porto Rico
are connected with both Ponce and San
Juan de Porto Rico. These distribut
ing points are reached either via Ha-
vana or New York.
The system as now in operation in
Cuba is principally located in the west
ern and eastern portions of the island.
the central provinces being less liber-
ally provided for. Many additional
lines are now in course of construction.
The Signal Bureau has not stopped.
however, because it was not convenient
to connect points by wire from the
island of ViegueSS off the south Goa ct
OF Porto Rico, and is placed in commu-
nlcatlon with the larger islands by he
llograph. Stations to flash the sun sig
nails have been established under the
direction of Colonel Glassford on both
Islands. Telegraph messages have to
pay cents a word additional
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Paymaster Stanton to Retire.

WASHINGTON, Jan %. = Brigadier
General Thaddeus H. Stanton, who has
been Paymaster of the army since
March. 1885, will close his active mill
tary career Monday, when he will be
retired for age. General Stanton is
ccnva1escing from an attack Of pneu-
monia Ever since he was stricken
down Colonel Asa B. Carey has been
in charge of the Paymaster Generals
Office and probably will be General
Stanton's successor
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
Blizzard in Northeast Missouri.

ST. JOSEPH (Mo.), Jan. ga biz
card is raging all over Northeastern
Missouri to-day. A fine snow began to
fall at 8 o'clock, and the wind has at
tanned fearful velocity. Telegraph and
telephone communication with neigh
boring towns is seriously interfered
with, and railroads are operated with
difficulty. At o'clock the tempera-
ture was 40 degrees. At noon it was
20 degrees, and fast falling.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
National Z. A. w. Meet.

BOSTON, jan 2S.-National Secre-
tary Abbott Bassett of the L. A. w.
announced to-day that Boston had been
selected by mail vote as the place for
holding the national L. A. w. meet of
1899. The choice was between Boston
and Buffalo, N Y The vote stood 159
for Boston and 80 for Buffalo.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29

HARRISBURG Pa.), Jan. 2S.-An-
drew Carnegie has offered to donate
100000 for library building for the
State College at Bellefonte, providing
the State will appropriate $4,000 annu-
ally for the maintenance of the library
and museum to be connected with IL.
The Trustees of the State College have
appointed a committee to present a
memorial to the Legislature setting
forth Mr.. Carnegie's offer and urging
the necessity for such building.
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Al1otments With Several Tribes
Have Been Reached.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The agree
ment concluded at Muskagee, Indian
Territory, January 18th, between the
Dawes Commission and q commission
from the Cherokee Nation, providing
for allotments of land and other ques-
tions and general introduction of the
Indians to United States citizenship,
has been sent to the Senate
Agreements with three of the tribes
have already been put into effect--the
Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws.
The Cherokee agreement makes the
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
His Neck Was Broken.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-George Brown,
farmer living at Norwood, Long Isl
and, broke his neck in jumping from a
window in the house occupied with his
family, and which had taken fire while
all We're sleeping early to-day. Browns
wife and five small children escaped I'M
injured.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29

SZ,o0u. The allowance for clerks at
consulates was increased from $1,6UO
to 1880. The salaries of three third
Secretaries of Embassies at London,
Paris and Berlin were fixed at 1,6O0
each The consulate at Naples was
placed in the 81, 500 class; the consul
ate at Collingwood, Canada, $1,000
class, and the consulate at Niagara
Falls in the 800 class.
The bill as amended, was then
passed.
At 2 o'clock the Senate took a re-
cess until $780, and on reassembling.
the Senate, on motion of Davis, went
Immediately into executive session.
At 5:05 D. m. the Senate resumed con-
sideration of business in Legislative
session.
Mason offered a resolution prefaced
by statements that reports had been
received of late that as high as 90 per
cent. of soldiers unaccustomed to the
climate of the Philippine have c1ed by
reason of the said climate, as follows:
THAT the Surgeon-G General of the
army be required to furnish for the in
formation of the Senate a statement as
to the percentage of our soldiers who
are sick and have been sick and the
number of deaths in our army by rea-
son of the sickness caused by the eli
mate and to set forth when, according
to the generally accepted term, the
sickly season begins in the ISLANDS, and
further, that he will give to the Senate
the benefit of his opinion as TO the
number of deaths that will occur in
our army before the end of the sickly
season. his opinion to be based upon
his experience and information within
his possession"
Hawley objected to the resolution as
a whole, and it, went over.
A bill amending the law relating to
the apportionment and election of Rep
resentatives in Congress SO as to permit
the use of voting machines was passed.
AT 5:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned
until Monday
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The House
to-day continued the consideration of
the army reorganization bill until
o'clock. when the members paid their
tribute to the memory Of the late Rep
resentative Simpson of Massachusetts.
Very little progress was made with
the army bill, the only amendment
made being that offered by the commit
tee to give veterinarians in cavalry reg
iments the rank, pay and allowances
of Second Iieutenants. The time be-
fore the eulogies began was chiefly de-
voted to continuation of the debate
on the advisability of retaining the
Philippines.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
LATE A. H. GARLAND.
Funeral Services Over the Remains
Held at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Funeral
services over the remains of ex-Attor-
ney General A. H. Garland were held
this afternoon at the Colonial Hotel
The parlors of the hotel and the COR
ridors were filled with many personal
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
1921 ,324,S IS; gold reserve, 1929, 49S, $50.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29
Colonel Sexton Much Improved.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. Colonel
Sections condition to-day is much i'm
proved.
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Bubonic Plague

PORT LOUIS Qsland of Mauritius)
Jan. 2S.-Several cases of the bubonic
plague have been discovered here.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29

Men win endure polite murder.
The times., 1899-10-26
coMPLYINe WITH THE LAW.
The Complaint Against Carpet Beat
ers Not Erltcrtnineh.

The Complaint Against Carpet Beat
ers Not Entertained.
W. 5. Quigley, living at Fourteenth
Street northeast, has complained to the
Commissioners of the practice of certain
men who congregate on the vacant lot
bounded by East Capitol, A, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets, and beat carpets, to the
great annoyance of the residents Of that
section of the city
Mr. Quigley regards the flying dust and
other particles from the filthy carpets as
injurious to the health Of those living in
the vicinity Of the place, and he requests
the Commissioners to have it stopped. The
letter was sent to the Superintendent Of
Police with a request for a report on
the subject, and the report was returned
to the Commissioners yesterday. Major
Sylvester discovered that the lot in ques-
tion was a large one and the persons
using it as place to beat carpets complied
with the law in every respect But he has
given instructions that any person disre-
garding the regulations win be arrested
and punished The Commissioners have
directed that Mr.. Quigley be informed in
accordance with the report of the Police
Department
The times., 1899-10-26
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued yesterday % Arthur
II. Devoe and Blanche G.. McClue; Thomas l.
Jones, OF Rockpart lud and Emma T. Bishop;
James f. Lyttie. New Orleans. La. and L. Maud
Powell, Cincinnati. Ohio; ". Warren H0eke and
Emma Louise schmidt; Charles otto Lentr
Chicago H.. aud Virginia Z. Clmeu District oi
Columbia: Alfred Madison and sarah TAYLOR,
j, hu W. IiUll and NetJIe F.. Reid both oi Carroll
county. sid; John Odgu Btau aud Harriet j.
Norton, j. W Adams and Sarah Scott, Joseph
H. Harris and Ida Robinson, William Joseph
DonueIy and Cora Louise Stake; Charles n.
SeJtan Llugdon, District OF Columbia and Anna
3. Hardt; Frank Hahn and Susie Weber. VII
liam II. Eeide and Mary Adelaide Frazier both
of Baltimore; Eep,cr Hyt and Martha Cone
Mitchell the latter of Martin Ferry. Ohio; J1hu
RtdmJn and Kate Walsh, g. j. RidgeUay and
Celia r. N4Elc, Ernest Thornton and Annie Ha-ts
William p. DoZier and Florence Cowiu, Maurice
w. Willard and Minnie T. queen; Andrew Free
man and Lizzie smith, George Us. Wiley South
Boston. Va and Ella r. Butler, Thrcdorc a.
johnson and Florence l.. QUc=uan; VII ian Gslt-
nth and Mary Osthlus, Willie Dorsey CrIst aud
Lille E-te!Ie Mitchell; David b. Gottwald aHd
Edith Helen Hunt; John wesley Wood and b-s-
sic Bell Leonard; John Jackson and Eill lit!-
lius; Leonard Wilson. l., ndon. Erg and. and Z Sc
Nav Easbv-Smith Tuscaloosa, Ala, Marion II.
BoxweU and Gertrude Mccarthy
The times., 1899-10-26
HORIZONS APPEAL USELESS.
No New Trial for the Slayer of Mrs
Nicholson.

The Court Of Appeals for the District, in
an opinion announced yesterday through
Mr. Justice Shepard, denied the appeal of
George W. Horton, convicted of murder,
for a new trial and arrest of judgment,
thereby affirming the findings of the Su-
preme Court Of the District. This decision
virtually resentences Horton to be hanged
on November 10 next, the day set by the
presiding justice Of the Supreme Court,
who imposed the death penalty.
Horton was charged with the murder of
Mrs. Jane Nicholson in ArmOry Park
June "A. 1898 He was tried before Justice
Clabaugh in Criminal Court No. l last
April. The defence set up a plea of in
sanity and after a lengthy trial he was
found guilty and sentenced to be hanged.
His counsel noted an appeal and the
case was argued a week ago before the
Court of Appeals, District Attorney An
derson and Assistant District Attorney
Ashley NJ Gould appearing for the Gov
ernment and Messrs. Tracy l.. Jeffords ard
Robert H. Wells for the appellant.
The times., 1899-10-26
A SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

Mrs. Agnes Heusted Charges Her
Husband with Desertion.
Mrs. Agnes Heusted yesterday, through
her attorney, AIbert. sillers filed suit for
divorce against her husband, George w.
Heusted, on the ground of desertion. Mrs.
Heusted states that she was married to
the respondent October 7. 1892, in New
York She. however did not live with him
but two months, when he, for reasons still
unknown to her told her one day to re-
turn to her mothers home. That was the
last she has ever seen of her husband, she
states. and since that time he has failed to
contribute to her support.
The times., 1899-10-26
Crt Win q nnrnr-

At Odd Fellows Hall, in NJ Street between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets northwest, last
night FIgiu Mouldin, colorcd, was cut on the
upper lip with a razor bv unknown man.
hall. and MANY present. Auuldm had been
dancing, and was standing near the entrance in
side uf The building He suddenly approached
bv a man who slashed him across the upuer
lin with a razor. and then made his escape. The
injured man went 10 the Emergency Hospital
for treatment There he was questioned hy the
police regarding the occurrence. but said he did
not know his asSaiant M0uldin lives ut 52S
Twentieth Street northwest
The times., 1899-10-26
Carter Tal.en TO Chicago.

Frank F. Carter the young musician arrested
here over week ago by Detectives Horne aud
Wcedon. at the request Of the Chicago police. who
charge the man with assault a thirtesn-yeJr-old
girl. returned To Chicago at IQ.35 o'clock yes
terday morning in the custody Of Detective Ser
geant Brown. Brown experienced a delay iE Sc.
curing possession Of his prisoner because of the
late arrival OF the requIsition papers necessary
for the removal of Carter. The papers arrived
late TUESDAY night and Immediately afterWJrd
Brown completed his arrangements for his start
The times., 1899-10-26
Caurbt in an Elevator.

David Vaughn, an electrician, employed IN at
taching wires in connection with the elevator at
the Centre Market, sustained painful injuries yes
tertay. He was at work in the elevator when
the car started prematurely, catching Vaughn ;
hand in a wedge and mashing it severely. The
car was quickly stopped by other workmen, and
a call sent in for the Emergency ambulance At
the hospital the wounds were dressed, and later
the injured man left for his home.
The times., 1899-10-26
THE LOWER COURT SUSTAINED.
sisters of the Visitation Not Liable
for Special Taxes.

Sisters of the Visitation Not Liable
for Special Taxes.
Mr.. Justice Shepard handed down the
opinion of the Court of Appeals yesterday
in the case of the District of Columbia
against the Sisters of the Visitation of
Washington The District Commissioners
contended that, under the law, the de-
PENDANTS are liable for special improvement
taxes or assessments on their property
located at the corner of Connecticut Ave
nue. and L Street When the matter came
up for trial before the Supreme Court of
the District the presiding justice held that
the Sisters CT the Visitation were exempt
under the law, and the District took an
appeal to the upper court. The judgment
OF the lower court was affirmed and the
appeal dismissed
The times., 1899-10-26
Nfnst Pnv the TnNes.

The Commissioners yesterday refused to grant
tine petition of James VI. York & Sons for a
cancellation of the taxes of 1873 on part of lot l.,
square 52g The refusal was based on report
from the assessor, who recommended that the
interest which had accrued could be remitted,
but he would not advise the cancellation oi the
entire amount Of arrears.
The times., 1899-10-26
viii Defend Benjnmin sneII.

William Henry Fleming, member Of Congress
from the Tenth district Of Georgia has been as
sociatod with Nsssrs Charles II, Turner and
George Kearuey, Of this city. in the defence Of
Benjamin II. Smell, VINO is in jail awaiting trial
occurred on the 9th of August last Nr. Fleming
is repuJed 20 be one u the best criminal lawyers
in Georgia. The defence viii be a plea Of in
that several members OF his family have died IN
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