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The times., 1899-12-08
THE NEBRASKA sENAToRsHIP.
Claims of Rival Candidates Urged
Upon Governor Pointer.

claims OF Rival Candidates Urged
Upon Governor Poynter.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec THE contest
between former Senator Allen and Editor
Hitchcock, over the senatorship grows
warmer Partisans Of each in the state
are lining up and propose to bring a tre-
mendous pressure to bear upon the Govern
or. There has been a deluge of kilograms
from Democratic and silver leaders at
Washington, all urging Aliens appoint
ment on the ground of his experience and
standing in the Senate and the need OF an
able fighter in the Philippine and currency
debates this winter.
Chairman Jones and Senator Teller are
particularly solicitous and each has sent
several kilograms. Bryan is also being
urged to declare for Allen. but his position
is most embarrassing. He is a close friend
and political ally of both candidates and
besides was once editor Of Hitchcock's
paper.
The Governor attended the funeral OF
Senator Hayward, at Nebraska City, today
and will not return until tomorrow. HIS
private secretary said the appointment will
not be made until Saturday of next week.
The Governor desires to give all of the fu-
sion element a chance TO express their
opinions. Then he Will decide.
The times., 1899-12-08
DADY SCORES GENERAL LUDLOW
The Havana Contractor Says lie Was
UnfnirIy Treated.

Unfairly Treated.
NEW YORK, Dec. Colonel Michael J.
Dady, of Brooklyn, made this statement
today in reference to the action of the
council Of Havana in rejecting his sewer
contract:
General Ludlow. the military governor.
told me himself when 1 was in Cuba. that
he intended TO get that contract, and do the
work, although he admitted that I had
equity in the matter as the pioneer on
the ground with plans all ready and ac
cepted for doing the work. Now, that grant
was made to me by the aldermen. who were
an elected and not an appointed body of
men. representing the city itself, and not
the Spanish Government. Their grant is
therefore binding on the city, no matter
into what hands the Government may
eventually go,
This council that decided against the
contract accepted the majority report Of the
commission, and the decision was arrived
at with eighteen members out OF thirty
away Seventeen members have already
signed a petition to be forwarded to Wash
ington. showing that they believe the con
tract should come 10 me, as my plans had
been accepted and were the best that
could be devised for the work to be done.
The men who voted against it were put iu
the council to so vote by General Lud
low, who wanted the work for himself
I have been the victim Of trickery ever
since the war. and everything has been
done TO steal this grant that / secured from
the municipal government OF Havana and
Of which | could not lawfully be deprived.
I do not think l Will lose the contract.
however, and 1 believe that I will be at
work on it before very long.
The times., 1899-12-08
SPLIT ON CALLING PLATT.
Mazct Committee Calls n Halt ON
Counsel Moss Action.

Mazct Committee Calls Halt ON
Counsel Moss Action.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1T was developed
today that the Mazet Investigating Com
mittee terminated its public sessions on
Wednesday at its meeting in the Astor
House, because Frank Moss, counsel for the
committee, either had subpOenaed Thomas
c. Platt to appear or had expressed his de-
termination to do so In such way that the
members of the committee saw he was not
to be withstood It was known that Mr..
Moss, who has taken his work in the COM
mittee very much to heart, had determined
10 have spectacular final session, and it
was also known that he was tremendously
disappointed when the committee decided
TO hold no more sessions for the taking
of testimony. He regarded the action Of
the committee as impolite to him, to say
the least Mr.. Moss wrote a letter on the
subject TO Chairman Mazet, which neither
saw fit 10 make public today
1t was said today that no member OF
the Mazet Investigating Committee had
ever thought Of ending the hearings so
suddenly until the members got their morn
ing mail on Wednesday. Each member Of
the committee received a letter from Mr..
Moss in which he said in effect that, to
protect its dignity from the charges Of
partisanship which have been made against
IT, and to make the work really effective
the committee must summon Thomas G..
Platt 10 the stand. Ii was said today that
Mr.. Moss had put the matter before the
committee in such a way that il was alb
solutely necessary for them to summon Sen
ator Platt or else to discontinue the public
hearings, and they chose to let the commit
tee go out of existence as q testimony tax
ing body through the excuse that no
quorum was present
They did not notify Mr. Moss OF their
decision, and he had $50 witnesses, repre-
senting all the city departments, under sub
pOena 10 appear
The times., 1899-12-08
TROOPS TO LEAVE CUBA.
More Than 1000 Regular Soldiers
Ordered From the Island


NEW YORK Dec. Tt was announced
at the Army building this morning that
over l.600 regular soldiers are TO be with
drawn from Cuba within the next two
weeks and stationed at various points in
this country. Orders to that effect were
issued yesterday by General Miles, through
Adjutant General Corbin, and the Quar-
termaster's and Commissary's offices in
the Army Building have been instructed
to forward supplies with all possible eX-
pedition. Colonel Jones, superintendent
of the Army transport service, has also
been advised OF the intended withdrawal
of the troops. Colonel Jones said this
morning that he, could send out one or
more transports as soon as the War De-
partment called for them.
New Workers will be. interested TO know
that battalion of the troops to be with
drawn from Cuba will occupy the garri
son on Governors Island in the place Of
the 100 men of Battery A, Fifth Artillery,
which has occupied the barracks since
the First Battalion of the Thirteenth
United States Infantry left the island for
Manila last April. The battalion which
has been ordered TO the station on Gov
eruor's Island consists OF four companies
Of the Fifteenth United States Infantry,
now stationed in Puerto Principe.
The times., 1899-12-08
ELECTIONS IN MANITOBA.
Great Interest i'm Canada on Results
of the Polling.


OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. More than or
binary interest is manifested throughout
Canada at thesoutcome of polling in the
Manitoba general elections held today. as
from the result the Laurier government is
able to gauge its strength in the western
provinces. So far as can be aseeFtained at
late hour tonight the Greenway govern
ment, which is Liberal, has been sustained
by an extraordinary narrow margin. which
the corrected returns OF tomorrow may
either reverse or increase.
In the last Legislature Premier Green
way had majority of twenty nine out OF
forty members. The election campaign
Just ended, although short, was the hottest
fight ever waged in the West. and Federal
ministers, as well as Sir Charles Tupper
and other conservative leaders, campaigned
vigorously throughout the contest
Hon. Hugh John Macdonald, a son of the
late Conservative Premier, Sir John A.
Macdonald. is universally popular in Man
itoba, and il is understood that had he led
his party TO victory in Manitoba he would
have been called to the leadership OF the
Opposition in Parliament, Sir Charles Tup-
per retiring in his favor.
Latest returns of the polling give TWEEN
ty-one Liberals and seventeen COnserva-
tives. 1t is considered a moral victory for
the latter.
The times., 1899-12-08
CHINA WANTS TRADE.
The Empires Ambassador 10 Eng
land Makes Rn Address.

Ahe empires Ambassador 10 Eng
land Makes Rn Address
NEW YORK. Dec So m-A cable
20 the Journal from London says Sir
Chih- Chen-LO Feng-Luh. X c. v. o..
Chinese minister 70 England. made a long
speech on Chinese commerce. tonight in
English. before the Article Club. He said
in part:
The Chinese Empire Is a magnetic one
l hope it is for the attraction OF English
and American capital In order to make
Chinese enterprises attractive China must
as Tar as possible remove obstacles and ar
ford security for investment As a quid
pro quo. China would expect her proper
returns Of profits and taxes. With a
view TO securing these returns there has
Just been created a special ministry OF
commerce in PekiHg Thus for the hrst
time IN 5000 years, commerce Is represent
ed IN the Cabinet Of my country. The new
minister will be charged with the duty OF
encouraging trade, with the power OF re-
moving obstacles and eonfsrring with the
sovereign at all times in order to devise
measures TO develop the foreign and inland
commerce OF the Empire.
The Chinese Government has thus
shown keeniy the sensible Importance or
doing what it could to assist the CONNER
4 cial views OF the powers"
The ambassador spoke at length and gave
I good advice how England and America NAV
i best cultivate trade with China
The times., 1899-12-08
FRAMING THE REPORT.
Opinion of the Kentucky Election
Board Expected To-day.

FRANKFORT. KY. Dec. THE State
board of election commissioners were in
executive session this afternoon and to-
night writing the opinion Of the commits
sion in the election contest. Mr.. POyntz
was not at the meeting and rumOr had it
that Mr.. Poyntz did not agree with Pryor
and Ellis and that the majority OF the
commission would render decision giving
the certificate Of election TO Taylor and
holding that the board had no right TO go
behind the returns or to sit as contest
board In this case.
The opinion Of the board Is said TO be
most exhaustive on the questions Of man
damus and discusses all OF the statutes In
connection with the case and the powers OF
the board. The Goebel men seem to have
given up and 1t is not known whether they
will attempt to contest Taylor's election
before the Legislature. but Ii is not be-
lieyed they Will.
The decision is expected to be announced
tomorrow to the attorneys.
The times., 1899-12-08
COAL STRIKE THREATENED.
Mime Workers Considering nn Exten.
sive Shut Down of Galleries.


sive Shut Down of Galleries.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Dec. THE official OF
districts of the United Mine Workers
of America of this district, were notified
today by President John Fahy to meet here
tomorrow night to transact important bust
ness. Mr. Fahy was asked whether the
meeting was for the purpose OF ordering
strike, but he would not answer other than
TO state that the situation had become
alarming.
The men claim the Cameron, Luke,
Fidler, Hickory Ridge, Hickory Swamp.
Pennsylvania, and Richards collieries be-
tween here and Mount Carmel will stop,
and efforts will be made to shut down the
William Penn, Lytle, Lykens, and Will
Jamestown collieries. Over 5000 men are
employed at the collieI1es
An effort will also be made to stop the
Berwind and White Company collieries in
the bituminous region. affecting 5000 more
employees In addition 1t is intended TO
prevent the loading of Pennsylvania Com
pany coal cars at all eollieries. This would
mean a general strike througout the an
thracite and bituminous regions wherever
Pennsylvania Company cars are loaded
The times., 1899-12-08

Mr.. Matthew Stanley Quay's prospects
for admission to the Senate do not now
appear over brilliant He has many old
friends in the body who have been ex-
pected to overlook small matters like pre-
cedents in the case of one so popular. But
there is destructive worm in the fruit
on the Quay plum tree. The Constitution
Of Pennsylvania makes It mandatory upon
the Governor to call an extra session of
the Legislature to fill vacancies in the
State Senatorial representation which oc-
cur during legislative recesses. It viii be
rather hard TO get around this.
The times., 1899-12-08
The City of BrotherIy Love

F'rom the Philadelphia Record.3
Few people outside Of Pennsylvania take the
trouble the morning after election to notice the
size Of the Republican majority in the city, be-
cause the majority Is always sure, and its size
has no political significance. The diference-and
it Is an essential diference-between the city gov
errment of New York and the city government
OF Philadelphia IS this: The former city has the
kind OF government which majority or at least
plurality Of the citizens desire In Philadelphia,
Mr. John Wanamaker says, and he ought TO know,
there has not beeu an honest election in many
arauys
The times., 1899-12-08
Mar and XNennons.
From the Nashrile Ranner.l }

U IWuI IIIlIIII3-J
The battles in the Civil War in this country
were bloodier than those OF any Of the wars Of
later years and the dynamite and lyddite shells
and quick-iiring guns Of all patterns do not seem
to Kill and wound as many people as the muzzle
leading guns of years ago The minnie bullet
would not reach as far as the Mauser or Krag-
Jorgeu-eu, but it was evidently deadlier missile
TIE improved amaments may tend to shorten
wars. but it is yet 90 be demonstrated that they
make war any more destructive or frishttul than
n L.-L ln Ma.
The times., 1899-12-08
AInann nnh the Rner.-

In presenting his resolution of sympa-
Chy with the Beers, upon which he expects
to make speech next Monday, We do not
doubt that Senator Mason fancies he is
adopting most clever means to place his
party and the country in an embarrassing
and ridiculous position. But the ridicule
will not extend an inch beyond his own
person, while Of embarrassment he is in
capable. However, he viii perhaps enjoy
the felicity of pleasing Senators Hoar
and Pettigrew, and very likely may re-
ceive messages of congratulation from his
late Filipino associates, Herr Most, Herr
Schurz, Herr Pulitzer, Aladdin Atkinaldo,
and Erving Winslow.
Mr.. Mason has selected a peculiarly fit
ting time to air his un- n-Americanism. The
Boer authorities at Pretoria are treating
the representative and flag of the United
States with studied and coarse impudence.
American citizens, neutral and peaceable,
have been compelled to leave the country
because they discovered that our consul
could do nothing to protect them from
treatment as alien enemies 1t is for such
amiable barbarians, fighting to free them
selves from European domination" that
Mr.. Mason proposes a vote of sympathy
and intends in their behalf to commit the
sacrilege of quoting Daniel Webster's
speech in support of the Greek revolution
of 1926.
The strategy of the Mason movement is
amusing. It consists in paraphrasing the
sympathy for Cuba expressed in the Re
publican platform of 1896, so as to fit the
Boer war. OF course, between the two
cases there is not the slightest paraIlelism.
The Cubans were colonists fighting against
despotism and Spain's determination to ex-
terminate them. The Beers were half civ
ilized oppressors of all non Beers in their
country. They lived and rioted on the
loot Of Outlanders. They declared in their
basic law that Catholic worship should
never be tolerated in the Transvaal, and
that Catholics should ever be ineligible to
the franchise or Office. They placed the
same disabilities on Jews, and they refused
to recognize the attributes of humanity in
all negroes, denying them the rights OF
baptism. marriage, and Christian burial.
All these things may be calculated to
excite sympathy among people of the Ma
son type; and he and his kind may resent
the fact that, Great Britain offered objec
tions to such a scheme OF barbarism; and
believe that the Beers were doing an ad-
mirable and noble thing in forcing a war
for its perpetuation. But very limited
number of educated Americans Will be
found to endorse such views. Certainly
Democratic Senators will hardly pillory
themselves by applauding or supporting
the sui generis asininity of the Mason
proceeding
The times., 1899-12-08
A NEW BANK BILL.
Measure to Establish National InstI-
tutIons in Colonies.

bill was introduced in the House By
Representative Hill Of Connecticut per-
mitting all national banks OF the United
States to establish branches in Cuba. Porto
Rico, and the Philippines and in all foreign
countries. The measure also permits ma
ti0nal banks 10 issue letters OF credit
II is provided that all currency issued by
these banks shall be issued by the parent
bank, and that this circulation shall be il
proportion 70 the capital assigned TO and
used by it. Mr.. Hill says that sixty banks
in England maintain 300 branches In for
eign countries, with great advantage 70
British commercial interests, and he be-
Iieves that the same privilege should be en-
joyed By banks in the United States.
The times., 1899-12-08
CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.
Separation Measure Defeated by
the Deputies.

PARIS. Dec There was a lively dis
cussion in the Chamber of Deputies today
regarding the public worship budget. The
Socialists demanded the separation of
church and state NJ Paul De Cassaguac,
with his usual brilliancy and bitterness
demanded that the present connection Of
church and state be retained. The separa-
ton resolution was rejected by vote of
2S3 to 12S.
During the Debate NJ, Charles Bernard
struck NJ. Perillier This involves the call
ing in of seconds and the sending of a chal-
lenge to a duel.
The times., 1899-12-08
Minority Leadership.
From the Atlanta Journal.0

There are frequent occasions when a minority
The record OF the minority may be made
very advantageous to its party even though
the minority should sfail to carry point
OF 10 prevent the designs Of the majority
in a single instance. It can show what
it's party would have done II it had been in con
troll and this often seems to the country prefer
able to what was actually done by the representa-
tiyes of the other party
The times., 1899-12-08
PHILIPPINE PORT EARNINGS.
NenrIy Six Million Dollars Paid in

NenrIy Six Million Dollars Paid in
During Fourteen Months.
The receipts at the ports of the Philip
pine Islands from the date Of occupation
August IS. 1898, TO October 81 last. aggrs-
gaze 5S32. SO. Excluding the receipts for
October the detailed statement fof which
has not been received by the War Depart
ment the different ports paid these
amounts: Manila. S472S.6SS; Iouo. $3.50
$40; Cebu $224.39S.
OF the receipts al Manila customs fur
nished S2.7S0.85S; seized funds Si45,oI3s
internal revenue S3G3.166, licenses. S5f,-
G2T: provost court fines. S2s 456. markets.
S2T. .04S. rents. S15. .257, cemeteries, S5,sif.
and miscellaneous. 1881.
The times., 1899-12-08
The south and Expansion.
lsrom tine Kansas City starJ

Iu addition 90 thg gen. Tal REASONS, Wh-ga appeal
OBJ tHt whole country. for holding ih- P1il FpiH-S-
tac south has special interest in The s1Hlf,, o7
..count ei The immense posSipiltiss 90 iii-t-
Die value of the c0.t1u crop 6y ma. IH- Manila -Hs
centre ios Distributing c1-tcH goods Co. ull-a y
uutlIls- THE aNpur-atleu % cotton --- I'd
China IS increasing rapidly ana the argument pug
t.t.H Pos Senator N.f lu ll1t cine pas- --ieu RI!
tlt Philippines ViI immensely aid this a.aH.li
in eullreir- 5ts market .u China Or ee.l.-
appeals with great force tc the south
The times., 1899-12-08
A DEWEY PosToFFICE.
Historical Flag Plays a Part In the
Decorations.

Decorations.
The name Of the postofHce AZ Fidalgo
City. Skagit county. Washington. aas
changed on June IS. 1895 to Dewey A
postoflce Inspector recently Wis ted that
office. which pays about $50 a year, and
makes report from which the following
extract IS taken.
over the pOstofice window, framed in
curly maple leach frame in one pi- eel, are
the pictures of the two GeOrg s (De. ey
and Washington. for whom the postoshcs
was named. and over the pictu es is an old
flag the blue cloth of which as wOygn and
worn by the postmaster's graldmCth in
1871; the red woven by his mother rty
years later, and the white By his sister
twenty years later. The flag was made
July T. 1861.
The times., 1899-12-08
one Needed Reform.

(FrOm the Minneapolis Tribune)
One acceptable currency reform would be the
substitution Of clean bank notes OF greeublcbs
for the filthy and worn siui so generally in Use.
This might be effected by the law requiring the
banks and the Government to substitute new
note for every one OF its outstanding notes taken
iu. This Is tho policy pursued by thr Bank OF
England.
The times., 1899-12-08
rhe Intention- Carried ont.
(From the New York World.)

D
There seems to be certain amount Of reason
and good Scotch sense in the opinion Of the Sham
rock crew cabled from Glasgow that the Columbia
was q far better designed boat than the Sham
rock We should like 20 add that that was what
size was designed 10 be,-but we are afraid that
the point OF the remark might not be perceived in
ClasggW
The times., 1899-12-08

1-.,,, ,ba ,tsupris

(Erom the Memphis Sei5uatlr.J
It would be well 70 take the charges Of iuhu.
mauitv iu The South African war, made bv each
side against the other. with due allowance flv
exsgeoratiou 30 doubt there is some truth In
most of Them War is HE'LL and Brit0Hs and
Boers alike must be TO some extent influenced by
tine spirit oi -avageg which it ds' ei9ps E civil
lied man.
The times., 1899-12-08
Erratic senator Mason.

The Senator has been something OF an enigma
for some time. He was OF the most furious
for bringing on the war swith Spain about Cuba,
and when the nation entered iRto it and realized
its consequences, he suddenly turned short cor
ner and directed his violence against his own Gov
eruuent. We have never seen any attempt TO cX-
plain this change, perhaps because the attempt
was not worth making Mason was a good deal
Of an accident in the Senate and his service there
Is sure to be confined 10 q single term.
The times., 1899-12-08

The Vice Presidential boom of Lieutenant
Governor Tim" Woodruff is being fostered
by a literary bureau which he is said to
have established in Albany Matters,
therefore, are taking shape and the Platt
machine is believed to be in the movement
Nevertheless. if Mr.. Mckinley and the 9th
er national leaders Of the party should pre-
fer TO have Secretary Root on the ticket
it is doubtful if even Platt and his hench-
men, Lou Payn, Lemuel Eli Quigg and
Uncle" George AIdridge, could very well
prevent his getting there. If Mr.. Root
wants to have the nomination, his public
services to the party certainly entitle him
to that recognition. One OF the great ex-
ecutive departments of the Government is
a vastly more respectable establishment
than formerly it was, since he took charge
of it.
The times., 1899-12-08
OF Course Not.
- - = ~
lErnr- thn Rn.tnr Glo.n

tFf0m the Boston GloUcl
Combinations which suppress natural compeu
tion and raise prices are obnoxious, according to
the President. but there are no combinations that
do such things If you let them tell the story.
The times., 1899-12-08

Sir Charles Butler Hugh Mitchell. c.. C.
NJ G.. was appointed Governor Of the
Straits Settlements and High Commission
er of Borneo in 1898. He was appointed a
second lieutenant in the Royal Marine In
1852 and retired as a lieutenant colonel in
1870.
He was colonial secretary for british
Honduras in 1868, recorder general Of Brit
ish Guiana in 1877. colonial secretary for
Natal in the same year, Governor of Fiji
and High Commissioner for the Western
Pacific in 1886, Governor Of the Leeward
Islands in 1887, Governor of Natal in 1889
and High Commissioner of the Federal
States Of Malay Peninsula in 1890.
The times., 1899-12-08
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SIR CHARLES MITCHELL DEAD.
Career of One of EnEiand's Most
Notable Colonial Rulers.

LONDON, Dec. 7.-Slr Charles Mitchell,
Governor of the Straits Settlements. died
this morning.
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