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Manila, the latter going via Honolulu,
and 1t has been suggested that Dewey
should be further strengthened by the
dispatch of the Detroit, Marblehead and
Montgomery, all of light draught and
capable of ascending the rivers OF the
islands. The complications in the
Philippines come at an unfortunate
time for the eXpansionists as they en-
courage the opponents of the admins
tration. Thus in the Senate yesterday
Senator Mason was warmly applauded
from the galleries when he made Il
strong plea for the independence OF
the Filipinos.
DREYFUS
There has been another coup de the
ater inn the DreyfuS case, in modi-
fled way a counterpart of the suicide OF
Col. Henry. Guernay de Beaurepaire
has resigned the presidency of the civil
section of the court of Sation in a
long document protesting against what
he suggests is a conspiracy to eXoner-
ate the prisoner of Devils island He
asserts that Judge Loew who is at the
head of the criminal department which
has the Dreyfus revision under cOnsid-
GRAFTON, chose Nj. Bard as official re-
porter, although seven other barristers
had superior claims, simply for the rea-
son that he was a friend of PicQuart
and a notorious Dreyfusard.
SHARKEY WINS.
Tom Sharkey, the man who was once
a United States sailor and who is now
| one of the leading pugilists of the
world, defeated Kid Mccoy, the young
Indiana boy, in the tenth round at the
| LennoX Athletic Club. New York, last
night. The end came unexpectedly and
| was the result of persistent work ON
| the part of Sharkey, who finally land
ed left punch on the jaw which put
! Mccoy on the floor for ten seconds, the
time limit Sharkey won $4,000 in
purse money and $4,000 In bets made
| by himself and friends, together with
| the right to challenge FitZsim mons for
the heavyweight championship of the
world. The fight was a most sensa-
tiOnal one. 1t was witnessed by nearly
| 1000 persons
MCKINLEY MAY COME
| The people of Honolulu may have
the honor of visit from President Nc
| Kinley. During his recent visit to
Washington Hugh Craig. late presi-
dent of the San Francisco Chamber of
| Commerce, dined at the White House,
and reports that on that occasion Pres
ident Mckinley promised to come to
the Pacific coast when the Hawaiian
cable should be laid, adding that he in
ttended going to the Hawaiian Islands
to inspect them.
PACIFIC CABLE
The Lodge bill was introduced in the
| Senate on Saturday 1t authorizes the
Postmaster General to make contract
with the Pacific Cable Company for
building a cable line from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu, Japan and the Phil
Ilppine islands, with a bonus of $125,0
year. An attempt will be made to
amend the measure so as to provide
that all of the cable for this line shall
be of American manufacture. The mat
ter came up the same day before the
House Committee on Commerce. 1t
was stated that Scrymser had practical
ly made a contract for the cable with
English makers, and Representative
Barham of California insisted that
there must be no limit to the policy of
protection and if American cable man
ufacturers had the capacity to produce
good cable they should be afforded the
opportunity. Speaking of the action of
Secretary Hay in disappearing of the
so-called Scrymser concession Edmund
cific Gable Company, expressed the
opinion to a New York paper that this
disapproval would probably not delay
the laying of the cable in the slightest
degree
CASTLE IN STORM.
The barkentine S. G.. Wilder reached
this port on December 50, but the bark
entine S. y. Castle, which left Homo
lulu in her company, only arrived at
San Francisco on Monday, the 9th
inst, having been caught in a west
southwest hurricane and for twelve
hours thrown on her beam ends. For
that length of time the starboard rail
was under water and thirty-nine bar
rels Of molasses were washed over
board. Fortunately, the Castles sugar
cargo did not shift, and the vessel
bears no marks of her rough voyage.
COL. BARBER.
The name of Col. Thomas H Barber
Of the First New York Volunteers has
been sent in by the President to the
Senate for promotion to the rank of
brigadier general. Among other NOM
nations are Charlemagne Tower. now
minister TO Austro- Hungary, to be Am
bassadOr to Russia, and Addison G.