The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-02


with every one. Y was no use trvir4 n
live with hi-a any ionrer
Washington. Feb. NAVAL ofDoera In
terested In the succesc Of the pending I'M
for the relief OF the personnel Of the navy
have been making come calculations to
meet the charee to tho effect that tho
passage Of the bill viii be TO perrnR an
otneer to draw a sum In salary very much
larger ia total than under the present lave.
They have submitted figures to the senssss
committee to show that the outside sum OF
sh,oO0 represents the maximum smounb
that could 80 be realized during the entire
official life OF naval officer.
Milwaukee, Feb. lin response 70 an
inquiry as to his views regarding the ra-
tincatiou Of tho peace treaty and tha
annexation Of the Philippines. senator-el-
cct Quorles tonight, said: Il am In favor
of sustaining the administration up to ths
point Of ratifying the treaty Bsyond
that my CONVICTIONS on the Phinppins
question are not 50 nxed that hey mlKnt
not be changed by further Investigation.
have not had time TO investigate the
question invoived thoroughly enough to
give a further expression OF opinion at
ia time.
Havana. Feb. l-Memhers Of the mill
tary administration declare that the Gu
ban demands should be checked and tnat
the Cuban army should not BE- paid the
vast sums demanded. II is considered By
them that from sg,oOO,VoO 10 Ss.OgO.OOo Is
the most hte United States shOuld allow.
since January !, the Cuoans have had
practically every thing they wanted The
United states has been teeding all the
hungry, two m----on rauons having been
distributed and another one million has
been ordered. I he Cubans have been gly-
en AL the eivl posts and thousands Of IA
porers now nave employment Wnsn thsy
are not pleased with anything they very
promptly petition, as IA the case OF the
haneo Lspanol and the colevtion Of taxa
1he mOst yocilerous peuuona 80 10
speak, were presented BY Robert p. Por-
ter .or the payment OF the cuban army
Tue .aoa that the American government
..as enormous resources at It's disposal
In cuba 10 growing as the people psrsslvs
that every request they MAKE Ia granted
ine American generosity IN the matter
ca rauohs simply demoraDzeA The reeip-
Tents LsoLg ied at the expense Of the Unit
ca States, THESE people viii not look for
work.
Moreover, the payment Of good oompen-
saton 20 the city and the rural police
ana workmen In government employ In
said to be Responsible for the strikes re-
ported from al parts OF the Islands, 90
peciany In the country districts, wheps
tho IaDorers demand Increases which the
farmers are not able TO pay. Political asi-
tators do all In their power to spread the
impression that nothing is too good for
the Cubana at the hands OF the United
states.
II ,ais too lax and over-generous policy
"a perslsteLtly followed up, the .s-mert-
cans here say. the demands and expeotA-
uous Of the Cubans wiz Increase IN un-
reasonablenels ana the longer .he United
States government is lndulgent. Rs
greater the opposition VII. . to thu 90
erclvo measures that may become nsoss-
sary II the CuDaus refuse the s2oco.eoo or
any other reasonable sum for the pay
mcnt of the CuDan army.
Wilkesbarre, Pa Feb, l.--Ds3rict A.
torney Martin, who prosecuted the case
against sherh. James Martin for the kill
ing OF Fl miners and the woundinE of over
Dv others by the sherifs deputies at La
kltntIs III pNllethbei 1885, louAJ huhOAnSea
taat the remaining indictments against
the sheriff and his deputies had been nolls
pressed. Sheriff Martin was placed on
trial for murder one year ago and was Rc-
quilted. There stl remains ninteen in
dictments for murder and thirty-si1 for
felonious wounding against ne sheriff
ana his depuues, which are now disposed
or The nolle rossus were entered last
september. bul owing to fear OF tho yf.s-cte
OF publicity on the miners, it~Is@s G.smea
advisable TO withhold the announcement
until an danger OF an attac-etaoinaoinoln
unul all da gor OF an outbreaK mad paassa
Berlin, feb LIN the reicnstag today
there was "a discussion OF the rsoers
gambling scandals In the army. Tae mir
lister OF war General Yon Gossler sx-
pressed regret az the occurrence and aaid
the emperor was proceeding nnsparing-
ly against those who were concerned In
tho scandals, n0rder TO uproOt the evil.
As matter OF fact, ne added. gambling
in the army had decreased and the ex-
pcdiency was being consiered OF compe.,-
ing officers 20 inform the authorities In
tho event OF their receiving offers OF
money. which were often OF a shameless
character and even emanating from
abroad, which were made IN y1ew of in
ducing them 70 gamble.
R' n en- Der the sons Of herman mas
a. r.f" ma IN r. b-narv 2na
-