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WiIIAN MiffiR IN SENATEg-

GA i OF ALABAMA PRESENTS

IMPORTANT AMENDMENT

TELLER TALKS AGAINST TIME

Undo Man Used Up the Vliolo Four

Hour of Senate Execu-

tive

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Seitlon

A Washington special says An

ndment of moro than ordinary

rtllcce and significance at this-

e was proposed in the senate Mon

I by Mr Morgan of Alabama to

resolution offered a tow days ago

Mr White of California declaring-

it it was the right of tho people of-

nii to maintain their own form of

rernment and that tho United Statorght in nowiso to interfere with itMr Morgans amendment providesslinctly for the annexation of theiwiian islands declaring that tho

elect government has a right to-

e such cession to this country-

At the opening of the session Bonn

White of California asked Sena

Davis who is in charge of thoiwaiian treatyif there was any truththe report published Monday morn-

g that the treaty was to abandonas such and annexation secured byi Iation as an amendment to ap op

opriation bill Ho added that ificb was the intention of the friendsthe treaty he thought the change

on legislative to open session mightwell be now as later

Senator Davis replied that thereM no foundation for the report thate-

re was any intention of taking upe question of annexation in anytope different from that in which it ispresent before the senate Ho saide air was full of reports about theeatynhich were unauthorizedMr Davis of Minnesota chairmanthe committee on foreign relations

aced that the resolution of Mr Whitid the amendment thereto proposed7 Mr Morgan bo referred to the forign relations committee and after arief colloquy between Mr White andr Morgan the resolution andendment were so referredMr Candler of New Hampshire

resented a memorial which called toattention of the senate one of theoat thrilling events of tho civil warThe memorial was prepared in 1874

y the late Admiral Worden who as aentenant in the navy commandedie Monitor in tho historic fight inimpton Roads between that esseld the ironclad MerrimaoMr Chandler said that Admiralorden conceived the idea that it

ould be proper forthe governmentthe United States trfpay the officersd crew of the monitor the sum of

200 each in the nature of prizeonel but after having prepared theemorial concluded not to present it

congress lest his motives might beConstrued Mr Chandler said thate now took occasion to present theemorial himself and he hoped thatogress might see its clear inell of the wonderfutvictory achieved7 Worden to do someing substantial for the survivingembers of his lamilywho are not inood financial circumstancesYr Hale of Maine paid n highWe to Admiral Worden both as au and as a naval officer and aptied to the senate to accord not onlyt rat generous treatment to the

members of his family4 house bill authorizing tho eccre70 the either to purchasewe constructed a suitable revenueIltr for use on the Yukon river

a at a cost not to exceed 40000passed

°motion of Mr Davis the senatesent into executive session and6O a p m adjourned

Teller Favors Annexation

S°r Tellerof Colorado occupiedfcalon

four hours of he executiveIn discussing the Hawaiiaullton He advocated theIdeation of the treaty basing hisIOfl for his on the grounds

AAnnexation of the was

ii our commerce and insmith our national policy for them Wf century

ROUTINE MATTERS IN HOUSEItllitary Academy ApproprlaUonxr Mure JOel ThroughThe house passed the military-

konlypone unimpotantuamendAS on the measuredeaultory and touched variety of

triedtopics As passed the bill

D thWO being 20802 less

tla amount carried by the curAbUI was passed to theaotIh-

otitirtltorial legislature Arizonadin g erection of capitol

177 business further prelimsIl the house went Intoee of the whole

LIFE SEMEME FOIL LUtTGERT-

Saiungemnkor Laughed When He Heardthe Verdict Head

A Chicago special says Adolph LLuetgert was convicted of the murder-of his wife Wednesday night and sen ¬

tenced to imprisonment for the term-of his natural lifo Luetgert receivedthe verdict with a laugh It was 1050-p in when the word was sent to thecourtroom by the jury that they hadagreed upon a v rdict and were waittig to bring it into court

Judge Gary whose home is withina few blocks of the criminal courtbuilding informed the jury as itpassed out that ho would wait theirpleasure and at any time during thenight that they agreed upon a verdictlie would return to the court room toreceive it in order that the long im¬prisonment which the members of thejury have undergone might be termin-ated

¬at as early n moment as possible

Quickly as possible after the juryhad sent word of an agreement JudgeGary hastened to the courtroom

Tho news of a verdict hall spreadike lightning to the streets and in a

few minutes the courtroom was jammedwith newspaper men policemen wit ¬

nesses who hail given evidence in thetrial and curious spectators

When the judge called for the verdiet Clerk Knopf stepped forwardtook the paper and then read with ntremor of excitement in his voice

We tho jury find the defendantguilty as charged in the indictmentand fix his punishment at imprison ¬

ment for lifeThere was a hush and all eyes were

turned on Luetgert to see how howould take it He laughed and laugh-ed

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in a manner that showed plainlythat he did not think the verdict a se-rious

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matter comparatively speaking

COMMERCIAL CONGRESS

Assembles In Tampa 1ln and Iroceedi-tn Ilutlncii

The business session of the Eastand West Congress was called toorder at Tampa Fla Wednesdaymorning in the congress hall byPresident Smith and ho announcedthe completed committees on creden-tials

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and resolutionsHon J M Lowe of Kansas City

closed the morning session with avery able paper on tho transportationinterests of the south and west andsaid the best news he could bring WAS

that the day he left Kant ns City heSAW car loads of western packinghouseproducts leave for Liverpool uoo gulfport and that ho hoped that thous-ands

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would follow soon instead ofgoing thousands of miles out of theway as they have before to find a

portAmong the questions discussed atthe afternoon session was the pooling-bill which is before congress justnow

ALLENS XECK SAVED

Oorernor AtkInson Cunmmtee HU Sen ¬

tence to Life Imprisonment

A dispatch from Atlanta Oa saysGovernor Atkinson Wednesday com ¬

muted the sentence of Tom Allen theBibb county murderer to life impris-

onment

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The grounds for executive clemency-

set forth in the order were many and

the paper was one of the largest andmost interesting which has ever erne

noted from the governor In a similarcase

It recited the fact that GOOO of theheat people of Bibb Jones and Mon-

roe

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counties m his behalf

that church congregations requested

it by formal resolution and that min-

isters court officials and men in every

rank joined in asking that the death

sentence be commuted In fact thepetition was the strongest ever pre-

sented

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to the executive

ATTEMPT AT INTIMIDATION

Judge Preldlne In Martin Trial DeceiveThreatening letter

Before tho trial of Sheriff Martin

and his deputies was resumed at

Wilkesbarre Pa Tuesday Judge

Woodward stated that he hall receivedletter stilting that If he

au anonymousdid not do things somethldngwould happen and a threat

said This man whoThe Judge hat Iwrote thi8 probably theatrellll him

have to AY anIl wont

that ho is Q scounl re 1 and a coward

and that no such dishonorable means

will in any way effect my judgment-

1tiILS01 VISITS FLORIDA

II d of the A rlcu1turaIDeparlmtllt-ea

Dlcourci About Tobacco

Secretary Wilson accompanied byarrived at

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Wash

James

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He Was csco afwashotel where an

theopportunity

him to

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husiasticallyTime secretary ofthe possibilities

Floridaovert c th

place of Cubannd Sumatra grown

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FORCING A ACRISIS

SENATORS DEMANDING OF THEPRESIDENT TO TAKE ACTION

THREE SIGNIFICANT RESOLUTIONS

rreililent McKlnley May Yet be Forced-to Take a nand In the Struggle of

the Iniurcenti In Cuba

A Washington special says Threepropositions differing materially asto methods were presented to thesenate Tuesday for the relief of thoCuban insurgents-

Mr Allen of Nebraska offered asan amendment to the diplomatic andconsular appropriation bill a resolu ¬

tion recognizing the belligerency ofthe insurgents and said that ho hopedthus to afford the senate an oppor-tunity

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to vote on that propositionHe expressed the hope that the com ¬

mittee on foreign relations would actpromptly upon the atnendent so thatthe senate could have an opportunityto vote upon it The amendment isas follows

That a condition of public war ex-

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between the government of Spainand the government proclaimed andfor some time maintained by force ofarms tho people cf Cuba and thatthe United States of America shallmaintain a strict neutrality between-the contending powers and accord toeach all the rights of bclligerenccyin the ports and territory of tho UnitedStates

Mr Allen said that ho desired tohave the amendment made a part olthe diplomatic bill so that the house-of representatives might have an op-

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to vote upon the propositionand not be stifled by the committee-on foreign affairs of that body or byother influences-

Mr Cannon of Utah then offeredthe following resolution which hoasked to lie over until Wednesday-when ho would submit some remarksupon it

Whereas the people of the repub-lic

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of Cuba are and of right ought tobe free anti independent and

Whereas continuance of thobarbarous warfare of Spain in her at-

tempt¬

to subjugate the patriots of thatrepublic is in violation of the law ofhumanity is a menace to tho freedomand progress of the people of thowestern hemisphere and is full justi ¬

fication for a demand by the govern-ment

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of the United States that Spainshall withdraw her land and navalforces from Cuba and Cuban watersand shall leave that republic and herpeople to their enjoyment life lib-

erty and the pursuit of happinesstherefore be it

Resolved by the senate That thopresident of the United States is urged-to notify the kingdom of Spain that ifSpain shall fail to recognize the inde-pendence

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of tho republic of Cuba onor before the 4th day of March 1898the government of the United Stateswill on that date recognize the belligerancy of the Cuban patriots andwill within ninety days thereafter as ¬

sert the independence the republicof Cuba

Mr Mason of Illinois kept theCuban ball rolling by offering anotherresolution giving notice that he would-on the morrow at the canclnsion ofMr Cannons remarks address thesenate upon tho resolution

Resolved That the president ofthe United Senates be and heis hereby requested to notifySpain and the insurgents of Cubathat tho war socalled must at oncecease and be discontinued and thatthe United States of America herebydeclare anti will maintain peace on theisland of Cuba

A Denial From Do lameKnowledge that o letter was public

claimed to have been written by Min ¬

ister Dupuy do Lome in which thepresident was criticised was current-in Washington Tuesday night Whenacquainted with this fact the Spanishminister if such a letter was

in existence it was a pure fabricationwithout au iota of truth in it

Among congressmen and diplomats-

it was considered that shouldthe letter be proven authentic it would

result in a change ministers

QUARANTINE MEN MEET-

VllllnJulllled CltUetii of the CountryGather In Mobile

The south Atlantic and gulf statesquarantine convention met in Mobile

Ala with an attendance-

of about three hundred representing-

the medical sanitary scientific trans-

portation

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commercial and adminis-

trative

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of the countryMost of the delegates were from the

southern states described in the titleof the convention but there were a

large number of delegates and mem ¬

bers from other statesSeveral distinguished men are pres ¬

ent from Chicago St and New

York

I oGrtE-SSThe New Industrie ntablUhe During

the Part WeekAt southern trade centers business-

as reported by correspondents showsa healthy increase with indicationsfavorable for still greater improve-ment

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when the spring season opensWhile this is the waiting season

the demand for iron continues goodand tho furnaces aro well stocked withorders While tho consumption ofpig iron is gaining the production atpresent somewhat exceeds tho de-mand

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though not enough to causeprices to decline The demand forfinished products and car material isespecially heavy

The southern lumber market isfirm the mills are all busy and pricesere advancing An encouraging feat-ure

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of the trade is the increased de-mand

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for common grades of lumberfor which there has heretofore beenpractically no market

Business at tho coal mines continuesactive and the textile mills report agood sale for their products

Among the most prominent new in-dustries

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reported for the week are thefollowing-

The Rose Manufacturing Co capi-tal

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50000 Dallas Tex brick works-at Natchez Miss and brick and tileworks at St Augustine Fla a82C000 brewery at Louisville Ky theOak Hill Roller Flouring Mill capitol10000 at Greensboro N 0 andother flouring mills at Green Forestand Pedlo Ark High Point N 0and Gibbs Tenn glass works atMorgantown W Va the Georgetown-Ice Co capital 10000 at George ¬

town Tex and two ice factories atRocky Mount N 0 Tho KellettChatham Machinery Co Capital50000 has been chartered atWaco Tex the Gilreath Coal audIron Co capital25000 atBirmingham Ala the Cooper River GoldMining Prospecting Co at FortWorth Tex and the Alpha MiningCo capital 20000 at Rockford N0 The Helena Box Factory capital

60000 has been incorporated atHelena Ark the Velasco Box Fac-tory

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capital 10000nt Velnnco Tex J

the Brooks Lumber Cocapital 9100000 at Bath S 0 and tho Lexing-ton

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Lumber and Manufacturing Cocapital 10000 at Lexington KySaw mills will be erected at Cluttsville and Jemison Ala and at HaleMiesTradesman Ohattauooga Tenn

REVISION OF GAME LAWS-

The1

Object of a Meeting In Chicago ofDelegates From ainnr State

Game wardens legislators lawyersand others interested in the preserva ¬

tion of game assembled in convention-at Chicago Monday to consider uni-form

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game lows in tho connecting-states of the northwest

The convention is tho first of thekind ever held and the idea originatedin the Wisconsin legislature last win ¬

terThe result of the convention will bereported to the legislatures of thestates represented and efforts will bemade to pots laws in accordance withthe conventions findings

Seining in the great lakes will beone of the principal subjects discussedMany of the delegates favor absoluteprohibition of all game shooting inspring and winter the breeding sea ¬

son

DIG BLAZE IN ATLANTIC CITY

Fire Deitroyi Half a hock Entailing aLou of 105000

A fire which originated in theAcademy of Music at Atlantic CityN J Monday morning destroyed ahalf a block of buildings entailing nloss of about 05000 before being gotunder control

Owing to the fact that the propertydestroyed was all beach front build ¬

ings there is very little insurance theinsurance companies refusing to taketheir risks except at very high rates

MOONSHINERS ON WAR PATH

They Threaten to Came Trouble In anArkansas County

A dispatch from Little Bock statesthat an uprising of moonshiners isthreatened in the mountain distaict ofOleburne county Ark and tho UnitedStates authorities have been applied tofor assistance to protect tho lawabid ¬

ing citizens of the localityTho trouble is caused by a lawless

element whose chief occupation is theunlawful manufacture of whisky andwas brought about by a raid made lastweek by deputy United States mar-shals

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BUTLER OBJECTED

North Carolina Senator Ha a Nomlnalion Held Up

Senator Butler of North Carolinawent before the senate committee-on the judiciary Monday with a re ¬

for the postponement of finalconsideration of the oflIon Hamilton G Ewart to bo judgeof the western district of that stateuntil he could have opportunity forthe formulation of charges he willmake against Mr Ewart

He did not make known tho charac-

ter of the charges beyond stating thatMr Ewart was not of judicial temper¬

ament and that he was not a lawyer of

sufficient standing to entitle him tt>

the distinction sought to be conferred

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ijSllY BLAZES IN SAVANNAH

HANDSOME CHURCH EDIFICE AND

WAREHOUSE IN RUINS

LOSSES WILL AGGREGATE 350000

Origin of Cathedral Fire a Mystery DulWarehouse Fir Attributed to

Work of Incendiaries

At Savannah Gai Sunday nightfire destroyed the magnificent cathed-ral

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of St John the Baptist the headseat of the Catholic church in the state-of Georgia The conflagration waspitiable in its magnificence

A street car motorman discoveredthat fire was breaking out through thefront of the building shortly before 11

oclock but the alarm brought only-a couple of hose wagons When thesearrived the fire had spread over theroof and into the tall spires of thechurch and the work of destruction-was nearing completion

Nearly all the file engines in thecity were at another fire on Baysheet coupled to fire plugs andpumping on tho blaze there Theconsequence was that it was nearly-an hour before an engine arrived toturn a stream on the valuable prop ¬

erty that was fast going to waste andon other property around that neededprotection-

The cathedral cost about 225000and was insured for 60000

The convent of St Vincent do Pauladjoining tho cathedral was savedbecause of the fact the wind was blow ¬

ing in the opposite directionThe cathedral was one of the finest

ecclesiastical structures in south Twoyears ago twin spires were built at acost of 30000 The cathedral con-tained

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many works of art all of whichwere saved

When tho cathedral fire was discov-ered

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the big end of the fire department-was fighting a conflagration whichstarted in a warehouse on the wart atthe foot of Jefferson sheet Thewarehouse was filled with hay therebeing 1000 bales and there wero sixcars standing on a sidetrack right atband all loaded with hay The firewas discovered at 7 oclock and de ¬

stroyed 125000 worth of property be ¬

fore it wns extinguishedThe fire communicated itself to

several brick buildings on Bay streetwhich were only twenty feet awayand three of them were entirely gutted

The heaviest loss was that of CharlesA Conklin ft Co of Atlanta whocarried a 100000 stock of hardwarein a brick building ot Montgomery andWilliamson streets

Conklin k Co carried about 75000insurance

Captain John Flnnucry lost twobrick building valued at 8000 noinsurance

Herman Meyers lost a building used-as tho stable of the Savannah GroceryCompany valued at 5000 fully in ¬

suredSix freight cars loaded with hay

wero entirely destroyed most of thembelonging to the Georgia and Alabamarailroad This loss was about 4000The hay and wharf were insured butthe amounts are not known

The loss of Dixon Mitchell A Coon lumber was about 1000 partiallycovered by insurance-

Two other brick buildings weredamaged to the extent about 1000fully insured

There seemst to be no question butthat the fire was of incendiary origin

BATTLESHIPS IN A BAD WAY

Series of Accidents to Several Vessel oNorth Atlantic Sqadron

In a letter which was received Saturday by a well known Boston manfrom ono of the officers of the cruiserNew York are recited some startling-facts about series of accidents whichare said to have befallen several of thewarships forming a part of the NorthAtlantic squadron

To Improve the Yaioo RiverThe secretary of war has approved-

the project of the army engineers forthe improvement of the month of theYazoo river near Vicksburg and it Isexpected work upon it will beginshortly

MORMONS ARE WARNED

Citizens of Tampa and Other Town Ob ¬

ject to Their PretenceA special from Tampa Fla says

This section of the state is alive overtho advent of a number of Mormonelders and the people in the differenttowns have openly expressed their in-

tention of driving the Utah proselytersfrom their midst

Already from some small countrysettlements trouble has arisen over thework of the Mormons and in two casesthe preachers were driven out of theplace under threats of whipping ifthey remained There are a number-in Tampa The people are somewhatexcited over their doings and arewatching them cl-

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CUBAN DEBATE OPENEDj

Mcitri Maion unit Cannon Make StrongRptcohci the Senate

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In anticipation of speeches to be de ¬

livered in the senate Wednesday onthe relations of the United States andSpain concerning tho Cuban war thegalleries were crowded at an earlyhour Indeed the public galleries-were filled before the senate convened

The resolution offered by Mr Can-non of Utah Tuesday urging thepresident to notify Spain that if it failto recognize the independence of Cubabefore March 4 next this governmentwould then recognize the belligerentright of the Cubans and ninety daysthereafter assert the independence ofthe Cuban republic was then laid be ¬

fore the senate and Mr Cannon re-cognized to speak upon the resolution

He dill not he said desire to reflectunnecessarily upon the policy of thepresident but there was a phase ofthe question in the opinion of MrCannon raised by the newspaper arti-cle

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to which he had referred whichought to be considered By whatauthority he asked did any publicjournal assert that nothing more sub-stantial

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and effective than talk wouldresult from tho discussion of the Cubanquestion in congress

Has some concerted plan beenarranged he asked by the carryinginto effect of which the will of thepeople of this country is to be un ¬

doneI want to say Raid Mr Cannonthat something more harmful than

talk will result from the discussion ofthe Cuban question by congress-

Mr Hale addressed the senate brief-ly

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in defense of the administrations ipolicy

Mr Mason Illinois followed Mr i

Hale Ho denied the assertion ofMr Halo that this was an attempt toput the administration in leadingstrings Mr Mason declared thatmany people had gone from this coun-try

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to Cuba but added that the mes-sage

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of the administration had shownthat millions and millions had beenspent by this government to preventmoney and munitions going to thepatriots while not a dollar had beenspent to prevent the shipment of un-

limited arms to the Spaniards to mur-der

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innocent women and childrenThis was greeted with cheers in thegalleries

Mr Mason read some letters show-ing

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the condition of the starvingwomen and children in Cuba and saidthat while he was talking the bucketshops and stock exchanges were send-ing

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him insulting telegrams tellinghim to consider the effect of his courseupon the price of pork and other pro-ducts

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in his own stateWhile women and children are

starving he cried I will not begoverned by the price of pork in Illi-nois 11

Referring to the duty of the United rStates Senator Mason said

This government ought to main ¬

tain that the horrible mnssacreswhich-me now too common in the island ofCuba and conducted under tho guise-of warfare must be stopped-

We do not want the island but ifnecessary to save the women and chil-dren

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of the island let us for Godssake buy them

THE GALLOWS FOR AFFORD

Murderer of Dartow Lloyd the AlabamaAuthor ii Convicted

A special dispatch from GreenvilleAla says After neatly four daysdeliberation tho Jury in the case ofJohn A QafTord tried for the murder-of Bartow Lloyd the well knownsouthern writer returned a verdict at145 oclock Wednesday afternoon ofguilty and fixed the punishment atdeath The verdict was received withthe plaudits of the citizens and coolly a

by the defendantFrom the first there has been no

differences among the jurors as to theguilt of the defendant and the only

r point in contention was the pumsumeat Three of the jurors at first i

Kfavored fixing the punishment at lifeimprisonment and the others favored i

deathI

COUNCILMEN JAILED iI

They Defied Jude TraTln by lUfuialObey IIU Order

A Cincinnati special says The sevenI mdmbers of the Covington city coun-

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who have been defying Circuit I

Judge Travin the past week competi-ng

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him by their refusal to obey his I

orders to refurnish the Kenton countycourthouse Covington to removeits court to Independence were sen-tenced

rto jail by Judge Travin

TO PAY Ye P MORTGAGE aa

Secretary of TrMnry Issues a WarrantFor the Xeo i ary raadi

Secretary Gage leaned warrantWednesday in favor of the treasurer-of the United States for 761625515to be used for the payment of firstmortgages on the eastern and middledivisions of the Kansas Pacific

This action has been taker in ac-cordance

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with the directions of thepresident and in anticipation of thefavorable decision of Judge Bantamof St Louis on the governments-motion to be flied tired argued next t

Saturday for authority to redeem thefirst mortgages and also to a post-ponement

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of the sale fixed for Febru-ary

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