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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

The measure as passed does not con- fine the inquiry to the Nicaragua route, | but specifically authorizes an examina-
 tion into the status of the Panama pro-
 ject, while giving the president full dis
 cretion in considerating other routes.
 Large authority is also conferred upon the president to negotiate with the | Central American countries for sessions
 or franchises which would give the | United States control of the land upon which to construct the waterway by | the direct agency of our government
 While the desirability of canal is ur- gent, it has for years been the conten- l tion of this magazine that the canal ought preferably to be built, owned, and operated directly and exclusively by the government of the United States
 and that it ought not to be construct
 ed until our government had purchased or otherwise obtained full territorial and jursdictional rights over zone or strip of ground which would enable us to say that we were cutting the canal upon our own soil, as part of the nav igable waters of the United States or as an extension of our shore line. The canal ought to be Rs truly under the control of our goverhment as the pro- posed ship canal across Florida. If the reward of some delay should be the construction of the canal upon this thoroughly satisfactory basis, the delay would have been amply justified. AS to the inclusion of the Panama route for purposes of investigation, the American people ought not t6 be hoodwinked
 The projector of the Panama canal, M. de Lesseps, was won't to say that if canal were to be constructed with locks the Nicaragua route was un- doubtedly preferable. The original ar gument for the Panama route was the advantage to be derived from passage at tide level. But the impossibility of such canal was long ago admitted. All prudent public men at Washington, after the hideous Panama revelations in France, will wish to keep their skirts clear.-From Progress of the World in the American Monthly Re- view of Reviews for April.
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consumption" But the selectmen are admonished to take care '' that no en- grosser or monopolist or other person l that shall offer or give any extrava- | gant price of such cyder have any per- mission for that purpose"
 The second of these two acts of Au- gust, TIT, repeals lot of earlier legis- lation because of the inconvenience and drouthness brought about by the same. The first and interesting part of this act runs as follows:
 | "Old Corn Juice'
 That his Excellency the Governor | by and with the advice of the Council | of Safety, be and is hereby fully au- | thorized and impowered to permit and allow any person or persons to distill spirituous liquor commonly called Geneva or any other spirits from wheat, rye or Indian corn, for the use of the army or the inhabitants of this state, to be sold and disposed of for uses aforesaid at such reasonable price as shall be affixed and agreed upon by the governor or council of safety with the person or persons obtaining such per- mission or allowance.
 The records of this council of safety abound in such records as these: Sept. 6, 1777, Voted and resolved that an order be drawn on MT. Andrew Huntington to deliver one hogshead of N. England rum to MT. Edward Hallam, commits sary to Colonel Ely's regiment. Sept. 27, 1777, Voted that MT. Elijah Hubbard deliver to MT. Benj. Hinshaw one hhd. of New England rhum, for the use of the furnace at Salisbury. Oct. 8, TIT, Voted that MT. Andrew Huntington be directed to deliver one hhd. of N. Eng land rum to William Ledyard, Esq.,, commissary at Groton, and one hhd. N, England rum to Edward Hallam at N. London, for the troops there.'
 They were a thirsty generation, those revolutionary ancestors of ours, and an ''anti-canteen movement would not have fared well among them.
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Commission business was very light. Crop uncertainties may account for the lIesitancy in the market and, private crop advces were said to have been received which were not altogether fla vorable. This received some credence because of the firmness of the wheat market. The market was altogether un- interesting and almost featureless.
 United States new fours coupon and the lives coupon advanced IA and 1ves coupon registered Is in the bid price.
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Now York CottO tOn Exchanee. Reported over private wire by H. c. Fried. man X Co, bankers and brokers. 10 Wall Street. N. 1,, and 163 Chapel Street New Haven N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local Branch
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Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
 by Prince & Whitely, Brokers, 15 Center Street, New Haven
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BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN PARIS

| BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN PARIS. Occasionally, as I take my walks
 abroad, I am quite paralyzed at fthe | amount of enterprise shown by certain
 French business houses. One morning
 not long ago, contemplating taking a train at half-past eleven, it occurred to
 me to stop in somewhere before going to
 the station and buy a book to read on
 the journey. It was an idea that seemed to me at that time simple and practical. bought the book--price two francs seventy-five centimes or about fifty-tive cents-at large bookstore on the Ave nue de POpera (not Flammarion's), and then discovered I had nothing in my purse smaller than hundred-franc note with which to pay for it. The salesman looked at this seriously, and the cashier said they had no change. It was too early in the morning to have any change, he said. From the way he looked at me I could see he thought peo- pie had no business to be abroad at that hour buying books anyway. I ex- pressed, in polite terms, my regret at giving trouble, and also inquired if they preferred should give up my book, or if 1t would be possible to change the note somewhere.
 The staff of the house was evidently represented by three persons, the cash fer, the salesman, and a small boy, and the small boy was finally sent out with the bill I waited twenty-five minutes and then ventured to suggest that was leaving town and had no time to lose, "At this hour of the morning, madame" said the salesman, as though that was the end of it. I lost my train.-Katha- rine de Forest in Harper's Bazar.
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X W'hitely. Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway New York, and 15 Center st., New Haven. Bid Asked.
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VlCe Ul HIS lSllOW IHtIl
 His interest in the railroad transpor-
 tation of passengers grew naturally from his studies of the great postal reform of Rowland Hill. Following out the magnificent demonstration of that history, he held that there might be a great reduction of railroad fares not only to the immense accommodation and enrichment of the people, but also to the pecuniary advantage of the rail- roads themselves. And in the same spirit in which he began his effort against the intolerable postal abuses of California, he set himself to work in behalf of his fellow citizens in the old state. Men who travel now along the line between New York and Springfield at two cents a mile, do not remember that when MT. Goodwin began to agi- tate for reform, they were paying three and a third cents a mile for through tickets, and anywhere from four cents a mile to thirteen cents mile for way tickets. The amount of the extortion seemed to be regulated by the caprice Of the company. It was MT. Goodwin's opinion that by these exorbitant exac- tions the company was injuring not only the public, but itself. But he held also that the public had rights in the matter.
 In 1871 this town sent MT Goodwin as its representative to the general as- sembly. It was then that the conflict was joined on these issues. which was not to cease until the hour when he was carried fainting from a commit tee room of the state house and laid upon his deathbed. Whether it is to cease now. and heneeforth the interests
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
PRESIDENT IN BOSTON
Guest of Honor al inc Home Marke [
 Clubs Banquet.

Boston, Feb. 16.-President McKin- ley arrived in Boston today to be the guest of the Home Market club at the banquet in his honor at Mechanics hall tonight. Secretaries Long, Alger, Bliss, Gage and Smith of his cabinet accompanied him, together with Con- gressman Grosvenor of Ohio.
 The arrival of the presidential train at the Southern terminal station at 10 o'clock was the occasion for a great cutburst of enthusiasm from thou sands of citizens who lined the streets on the route of the procession to the hotel
 The remainder of the day was spent in quietude by the president until at 4:15, when he was escorted to Me chanics' hall to participate in the re- ception and banquet of the Home Market club. It was the largest ban qUet ever arranged in this country, the exact number of persors whc were served being 1,914. Besides these there were fully $500 spectators in the bal comics
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
FRANCE AGAIN TN PERIL
The Dreyfus Bill Passed by the
 Chamber of Deputies.

Paris, Feb. 16.-Justifying itself with the poor excuse of political expediency, the French government and the cham
 Der of deputies has destroyed the foundations of justice in France. The bill depriving the criminal chamber of the court of cessation of jur- isdiction in the Dreyfus case was passed by a vote of 332 to PIG. Perhaps it is too soon to affirm that the rapid decline and fall of the third republic is now inevitable, because there is some hope that the bill will be rejected by the senate The fact that such a measure could receive the sup port it did in the popular branch of the French legislature is in itself evil dence, however, that the country is once more on the edge of a political abyss
 The ministers and the principal sup porters Of the iniquitous bill in the amazing debate which preceded the vote confessed that the imputations against the judges had no shadow of justification MCst of the speeches i'm piled tacit admission that the mo- tive for supporting the measure was the fear of what the cO-spirators against the republic might do unless this concession was made to their de- mands
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS
Senator Carrier Wants an Appropria-
 lion of Five Millions.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Senator Car ter has an amendment to the sundry civil bill directing the secretary of the interior to furnish a statement of the origin, character and extent of the sur veys of reservoir sites made by the ge- ological survey, with memoranda as to present conditions of water storage and the most important sites in eacn large Photographic basin, together with a summary of estimates as to probable cost of constructing suitable dams at points where the stored water will be of most immediate value to the public. The amendment will probably be adopted
 Senator Carter appeared before the senate commerce committee today in support of his river and harbur amend ment providing an appropriation of $5,00G, GOO for reservoirs and reservoir sites in the arid and semi-arid states. He says he expects to see it added to the river and harbor bill this year, and that it will be the beginning of a long series of similar appropriations in fu- ture bills.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
DAY IN THE HOUSE
Two Unexpected Events Take PIaCe
 Over Sundry Civil Bill

Washington, Feb. 1.-Two very sensational and unexpected things happened in the house today during the consideration of the sundry civil bill The paragraph carrying an appropria. tion of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the terms of the peace treaty was stricken out on a point of orde! made by MT Wheeler, a Kentucky dem- ocrat, who declared that he opposed the appropriation cn principle and would resort to any technicality to defeat it
 The point of order was debated for i hours, its determination hinging upon the question whether the ratification Of the treaty by the senate and it's signing by the President vitalized it without the action Of the Spanish cortes, or Q warrant of law was necessary to make the appropriation in ord3r. MT. Hop kins, republican of Illinois, who was in the chair, sustained the point of order against it and upon an appeal his decision was sustained.
 MT. Cannon then attempted to have the appropriation inserted by unani-
 
 objected A strong intimation was given by MT Cannon that way would be found within the rules to make she appropriation before the adjournment of congress. He referred undoubtedly to the probability that the arlpcopria- tion would Ee placed upon the bill by the senate.
 41,O ,I, ,I1- Ii completed and reported to the house, MT Hepburn of Iowa, champion of the Nicaragua canal bill moved to recom- init it with instructions to report it hack with the canal bill incorporated in it. The motion was promptly de- clared out of order by the speaker. whe-euECn MT. Hepburn appealed and MT. Payne of New York moved to lay the appeal on the table. Upon the lat ter motion a vote was taken and the result was 97 ayes to 67 nays. As no quorum was developed on the wcte, owing to tho lateness of the hour, friends of the canal bill managed to carry an adjournment until tomorrow This gives them a breathing spell in which to marshall their forces for d final encounter, and tGmor,ow as soon as the house meets a vote will again be taken.
 The senate amendments to the agri- cultural bill were non-concurred in and the bill was sent to conference
 The house leaders familiar with for cign questions say no programme has been matured CT even outlined thus far as to what Twill be done with the Me Emery resolution, relating to the Phil ippines, passed by the senate. It will probably go to the foreign affairs com mittee, although the point has been made that with the ratification of the treaty the Philippines are no longer foreign territory.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
ARMY BILL REPORTED
Senator Hawley Gave Notice to Pro-
 ceed to It's Consideration.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The army re- organization bill was reported to the senate today and MT. Hawley of Con necticut, chairman of the military af- fairs committee gave notice that he would move to proceed to it's consider ation at the earliest possible time. The navy personnel bill was taken mp and read but no effort was made to pro ceed further with it's consideration
 Soon after the senate convened the house joint resolution, authorizing the secretary of the navy to pay certain laborers, workmen and mechanics at the United States navy yards and na- val stations 50 per cent additional tor work performed in excess Of eight hours per diem was adopted
 The military academy appropriation bill was passed without debate.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
DID NOT GET TOGETHER.
Plan to Break California Deadlock
 Seems to Have Died a'Bornin'.

Sacramento, Feb. 16.-At five o'clock this evening the republican members of the legislature who are voting for neither Burns nor Grant were to have met to consider the senatorial situa- tion The meeting did not take place, however. Scott is not in Sacramento and those who are supporting him preferred to wait until his return be- fore taking further action. It is un- derstood that Barnes is not favorable to the movement.
 On the fifty-third ballot today State Senator Simpson of Los Angeles changed his vote from Bulla to Burns
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17

soldiers in Chattanooga, which wouId have doubled the above figures, nor the thousands of bottles of cham pagne and wine which the officers drank
 General Boynton has made report, in which he says the beer sold by breweries was unfermented and not ripe. In other words, the 5reweries were so rushed that they sold the beer before it was ready. General Roynton says he attributes in a great measure the sickness at Camp Thomas to this fact >
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
BAR OUT AMERICAN FLOUR.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-A> cable to the Record from Constantinople says: "The millers of ConstantinopIe, not relishing the idea of American compa- tition, are intriguing for the protec- tion of their interests through the misuse of governmental inspection regulations. Out of shipment of 16,O00 bags of flour received from a Minnesota milling concern, 1000 bags were denied entry on the claim of custom officers that the flour rejected was unhealthful.'
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
THE TRADE WITH SPAIN.
III Spite of the Lack of a Commercial
 Treaty.

Washington. Feb. 16.-The lack of a commercial treaty with Spain, the for mer treaty having been terminated by the war, is not altogether preventing trade between the two countries, al though American products are handi- capped by the additional twenty per cent duty in Spanish ports owing to the lack of treaty. Still even under these conditions, United States Consular Agent Mertens at Valencia reports to the state department that there is good demand for American wheat.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
STAINS PHILIPPINE TROOPS.

Madrid, Feb. 16.-General Correa, minister of war, has cabled to General Rios, the Spanish captain general in the Philippines, asking the number of transport ships necessary for the re- patriation of all the Spanish troops in the islands. The government fears that the fresh complications which have arisen between the Americans and the Filipinos may work harm to the Spaniards there.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
PHILIPPINE WAR WILL BE SHORT
London Spectator Adds the Union
 Reserve Force Alarms Europe.

London, Feb. 16.-The Spectator says:
 'The Philippines are American prop erty. We question if the work of re- ducing them to order will be very long It will never occur to any Amer ican to interfere with their religion, whether it is Catholic or pagan or a mixture of both. Why should the Tagal peasant, who will probably be freer from oppression than any man in the world, except the Hindoostanee peasant, risk his life, his house and his means of subsistence to enter into a contest with rulers whom he sees from
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his experience of Sunday, (Feb. 5,)
 that he is hopeless1y unable to defeat The Americans underrate their own capacity for producing men whom they can trust to govern well. Why, the whole continent of Europe is already declaring that the reserve force of the union is too great for the future se- curity of the remainder of the world ''
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
A NORTHER IN JAMAICA,

Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 16-A ter rife mortimer accompanied by an in cessant rain storm has been causing numerous ICcal fiCods Immense dam age has resulted.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
UNFIT BEER FOR SOLDIERS
General Boynton Attributes Sickness
 at Chickamagua to This Fact

Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. 16.-Gen- eral Henry V. Boynton has made a report of the amount of liquor sold to the volunteer soldiers at Chick amauga Park last summer by the army canteens. General Boynton shows that there were 2,500,0G) quarts of beer sold, and he says the whisky sales ran so high he could not keep correct figures. He says the above fig ures do not include the liquor sold to
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
SIX DAYS BICYCLE RACE.

San Francisco, Feb. 16-In the six day bicycle race the following is the order cf the first six members at the end of the siXty-frst hour: Gimm, 1902 miles 2 laps; Miller, 1,07O miles; Aronson, 1928 miles laps; Fred ericks, 1,021 miles 1 lap; Hale, 1,OO3 miles; Nawn, 1,001 miles laps. The previous record of 997 miles is held by Miller
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
COMMISSION BEEF.
The Court of Inquiry on Army Food
 to Convene.
imports

Washington. Feb. 16.-The members of the court of inquiry convened by order of the president to investigate the charges of MaJor-General Miles concerning the food furnished the army. have arrived in Washington with the expectation of organizing the court today General Miles was back today after being snowbound at New York. The quarters foi the court are those recently used by the war commis- sion.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The joint American-Canadian commission was in session today. The members express themselves as not discouraged by the outlook
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
TRAINS RUNNING REGULARLY.

New York, Feb. 16-At the New York Central train dispatchers office at the Grand Central station it was reported this morning that all trains were running on schedule time The same thing was said regarding the New York, New Hampshire & Hart ford railroad and it's branches.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
AN OHIO BLAZE.
nnandS.

Akron, O., Feb. 16-A fire broke out last night and destroyed the inn mense plants and office buildings of the Thomas Building and Lumber com pany The property less will amount to $1OO,OOO or more. It was largely insured.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
DROVE THEM INTO THE JUNGLE

Manila, Feb. 16.-A large body of the enemy, presumably a reconnoiter- ing party, was discovered on the right of Brigadier General Kings position near San Pedro and Macati this morn ing. The entire brigade turned out and after an exchange of volleys, the rebels retreated into the jungle and disappeared.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
THE PANAMA STRIKE.

Washington, Feb. 16-The depart ment cf state has been informed in a cable from Consul-General Cudger at Panama that a compromise has been effected with the strikers at Colon and work has been resumed.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
A S6O,OOO FIRE.

Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-A fire eally this morning at 211, 213 and 215 Church street caused an aggregate loss on the building and contents of about $60,OO0.
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who resigned after serving less than six months. Faure was a man of in tense ambition and it was largely his work that brought about the alliance with Russia.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
THE PENALTY FOR DEFEAT.

Madrid, Feb. 16.-All the surviving captains of the Spanish warships de- stroyed in the naval battles off San tiago de Cuba and in Manila bay by the American fleets will be court martialed.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
PEACE CONFERENCE AT HAGUE
Ambassador Tower Likely to Be Rep
 resentative of This Government.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The state de- partment has received a telegram from Mir Pierce, the United States charge d'affaires at St Petersburg, re- porting that the disarmament confer ence suggested by the czar would be held at the Hague This government has consented to send a representative to the conference, and while no ap- pointment of a United States delegate has been made yet, it appears to be certain that MT Charlemagne Tower, the United States ambassador to Rus sia, will be selected
 When President Mckinley decided to send representative to the con- ference he intended to appoint Mr. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, the then am bassador to Russia, in the belief that the conference would be held in St. Petersburg. MT. Hitchcock is now on his way to the United States to be- come secretary of the interior in President McKinley's cabinet As the conference is to be held at The Hague, 1t has not been deemed necessary to designate the ambassador at St Peterburg as the American representa- tive. MT. Tower, however is thor oughly versed in European history and politics, and is known to the president as a man well fitted for the mission.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
MCoY AND CHoYNsKI MATCHED

San Francisco, Feb. Representa- tives of Kid" Mccoy and Joe Choyn-
 ski today signed articles for a glove contest on March "A, under the au- spices of the National club.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
A VICTIM OF THE PEACE.

Madrid, Feb. 16.-Senor Montero Rios, who was president of the Span ish peace commission, resigned the presidency of the senate owing to the popular outciy against his defense Of the commission
Arizona republican., 1899-02-17

Berlin, Feb. 16-The bundesrath today passed the meat inspection bill.
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GERMAN MEAT INSPECTION BILL
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