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ment the Senate's action. Of- ficIal^^^^pfflQiiogton expect quiek and ampl«.a4^i» from Spain, ant] reparation for v^aifi^fcamage nmy have been in- I flieteo^S^P* ' CapL.wgQ; Weyler, the commander in ehid^jjMHK#'I have ho information from j the &pjjj^Hwnit at Madrid ̂ opsn its views. ! .andJ^^HSkot therefore discuss a sub­ ject <$|p§i extremely delicate diplomatic hnpiSHBlp I will say, however, that a j natiflEwrch I always supposed to be ' frieil^^w) Spain has taken steps through 1 its GoiM'ess to recognize as honorable enemies?people who burn, steal and de- I str »y; #.io bmg :i peaceful citizen for at- I tempting to pursue his lawful business (hie l^felfred to the case of Ulacia, who W«lKed by insurgents at Tivo Tivo) ; !tn«iiilMafegh t by destroying the property j <jti™»|^MWDataiits. I can understand the j sent!infms which lead the United State» ! jBg|(Syi^ipi to do what it 'has done. If rec- f | |P$<MKbf belligerency is formally de* | v^-red- American property will lose the j •^^Bghts of protection by my soldiers ! enjoys. There ar* extensive Araer- [ interests here, and if the United"! SSlptes recognizes the rebels it relieves my. $F?vernment and myself from responsi- j Vft)ENbs OF CUBA. SENATE IS FOR OUB diplomatic correspondence with Spain rel­ative to the possible independence of Cuba. „ " Congress the Responsible Body. The stand taken by the administration throughout the Cuban affair h^s been that inasmuch as the United States have a treaty with Spain they are bound to ob­ serve its provisions. In his first message the President stated pretty clearly that the' responsibility for any action, as far as. Cuba was concerned, lay with Co.n- gressl All that he said .was that Spain, being a friendly nation, must have the benefit of her treaty. Friends of the President declare that he has never been other than willing to grant belligerent rights to Cuba, but that he is distinctly unwilling to assume responsibilities in the matter which should be shouldered by Congress. Congress alone can declare war, and the President is decidedly unwilling to take the initiative in la matter that may cause active hostili­ ties with Spain. He is known to have declared himself recently to one of his friends in the Senate, and is represented as saying: "Let Congress pass a joint resolution declaring it Wants Cuba recog­ nized and Cuba will be recognized." No one expects. Spain to let the island go. without a struggle, but it was con­ sidered to he the only proper tiling for this country to do to make a peaceable proposition first and then, in case that were rejected, to secure independence by armed intervention if necessary. Vest, for Cubans. A stirring speech by Mr. Vest in bfehalf of Cuba was the event of Thursday in the SenatA It came unexpectedly, and serv­ ed to arouse enthusiasm. : :. •> ^ The Senate had agreed that the final vote on the Cuban Resolution would"be taken at 4 p. m. Friday, and the debate was proceeding, Mr. White of California and Mr. Cray of Delaware contending as a legal proposition that the United States could not at this time recognize Cuba's independence. Tins aroused Mr. Vest, first, for question, then for remonstrance, and then to one of the bursts of eloquence with which he at times electrifies the -Senate. lie spoke of Spain as the tooth­ less old wolf who had had lost one by one all her litter, and was still clinging to this single remaining cub. He pictured Spain as the impotent giant of Despair in the Pilgrim's Progress, gazing on defeat. In impassioned words he apotheosized liberty in periods of rare beauty and fer­ vor, adding with ringing emphasis that the Cuban patriots would never, never, never again be^touie the unwilling sub­ jects of Spain. «* CLEVELAND'S BIRTHPLACE. WORK OF CONGRESS, THE PLMNDEALEK J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. RESOLUTIONS FAVORING REC­ OGNITION ARE PASSED. ILLINOr HcHENRY. A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro­ ceedings in the Legislative Cham­ bers at Washington --Matters that Conccrn the People. Belligerent Rights Are to Be Duly Ac­ corded--Weyler Called a Butcher and Spain an Outlaw Nation--Galleries Break Out in Applause. HE DEPENDS WEYLER CUBAN AUTONOMIST LEADER ' CRITICISES THE SENATE. In Name of Humanity.' x+x+x+x+x+x+x-fx-f-x-fx 4- 4- Resolved by the Senate, [the House ^ _|_ of Representatives concurring). That _|_ in the. opinion of Congress a conation | of public xidr eivists between the Gov- i ^ eminent of Spain and the government, y j proclaimed and for some time main- _j_ ^ tain-ed h>/ force of aims by the people | of Cuba; and that the United States _j_ of A merica should maintain a stride ^ | neutrality between t h. e contending _j_ y/ powers, according to each all the y, | rights of belligerent*- in the ports and _|_ y territory of tlifi United States. , | JLiesolved, Thai the'friendly offices _i ^ ffcjhe United States'shall be offered y | by the. President to the Spanish Gov- ernment for, the recognition of the in- ^ | dependence of Cuba, • j Does Not Believe the literal Is Bloodthirsty or Cruet--jnpvsibility of... a. Commission to RepWxt Upon Cuba--Denial from Cleveland. Cuban Speaks for Weyler. Rafael Montora. leader of the Autono­ mist home-rule party in Cuba, a brilliant lawyer, a Cuban devoted to the interests of "The island arid a mar. of exalted char­ acter in an interview at Havana, said: " l am amazed a t the speeches in the L a i - ted States Senate! That body has a right to (Jeclaxe sympathy for the Cuban rebel' Hon if it chooses, but that great statesmen should employ'th'e.language they, did pass­ es my compivheUs ' ioi i . 1 .recall nothing published from any reliable «r responsible au thor i ty p rov ing the f r i g h t f u l a l l e g a t s o n s against Gen. Weyler'made in'-t he Semite •and thraughout. the United Slates. ; Neith­ er have i ever heyi'd ih.e. stones 'seriously •'hjHjreted-as facts, by any n^spyhsil i lc* per- 'Sou . . 1 h a y ' f t . - h e a r d a J U m a n n e r o f , j u n i o r s - on^he , sub jec t , bu t n e v e r , a f i y t h i n g t o l e a d •Otv ie / t o a c c e n t them* a > r t r u e . . . , 1 - do - i i t )> t h e - Vice President Stevenson was unable tjO repress .the wild enthusiasm with which the galleries responded to the floor when Cuba's cause -was being argued before?the, Senate Friday, and in spite, oif 'all.-the; rules, and threats td. clear the galleries, the ' . 'spectators applauded in every way Cleveland Corrects an Krror. T h ^ P r e s i d e n t s a ' _ » l i o , a . i v p r e S e n ! o f t h e . A s s o e f a t i N l P r e s s - . F r i d a y : , tha t i t - i s a s - s u n i e d i n c e r t a i n - q u a r t e r } a d e l i v e r a n c e p u b l i s h e d a f e w d a y ; on t h e C u b a n q u e s t i o n m a y b e t a k d e f i n i n g t h e a t t i t u d e o f t h e a d m i n r s t r on t h a t s u b j e c t . , 1 w i s h y e n w o n h t h a t 1 n e v e r s a w t h • • s t n t e m e n t n o r 1 o f i f u n t i l I r e a d i t i t h e n e w s p ; and e v e n t i i e n n e g l e c t e d t o r e a d a l i s u p p o s i n g i t r e p r e s e n t e d n o t h i n g than a n e w s p a p e r g u e s s . ] d o n o t how i t o r i g i n a t e d n o r b y whi« n i t c o n s t r u c t e d o r i n s p i r e d , - b u t 1 d o f h a t 1 a m i n n o m a n n e r r e s p o n s i b l e nor i n a n y w a y r e l a t e d t o i t . 1 o u l s i re t o s a y i n a d d i t i o n t h a t - I d o n o t w h e t h e r t h e p u b l i c a t i o n r e f e r r e d t o i s e n t s t h e v i e w s o f t h e a d m l n i s - ; r a t h the Cuban q u e s t i o n o r n o ; . , i n d t l i i e v e K ^ h a v - e f o u n d a n y d i f f i c u l t y i n m u n i e a t i n g w i t h t h e p e i p l e i n n t : . w h i c h l e a v e s n o d o u b t o f t ' a e a n t h e 1 y o f a n y s t a t e n j e n r w l i i c i i j i i i r p u r t s i t sume r Point Lotua. boij,nd from r for San Francisco, is re­ ar Long Beach. Ore. The .tmi wrccl;, but no lives were An Irreverent and Soulless Trolley Company About to Cut It in Two. The little parsonage of the First Pres­ byterian Church at Caldwell, N. J., the birthplace of President Cleveland, is in danger of being demolished by an irrev- S K N A T O R V E S T when the linal vote was taken, passing the resolutions which were intended not only to recognize the belligerent rights of the Cjiban patriots, but also to express the sentiment of Congress that the time had come when Spain should grant inde­ pendence to the island, either voluntarily or by the armed intervention of the Uni­ ted States. Early in the afternoon, says a Washing­ ton correspondent, the sentiment among the Senators themselves apparently rose to fever heat, and it was easy to see that Cuba after many long delays had its day in court. • The resolutions which were passed not only recognize the fact that there is a state of war existing in tile Island of Cuba, but also in effect sug-" gest that the friendly offices of the Uni­ ted States should be offered by President Cleveland to the Spanish Government in the direction of securing the independence of Cuba. Xo one doubted that when the Senate finally got to work there would be a prac­ tically unanimous sentiment in favor of the Cuban insurgents, but recent events have hastened matters considerably, and the arrival of Copt. Gen. Weyler on the Mission for Mcrritt. ^ G e n . W e s l e y Merrirrjjiay l . e P r e s i d e n t C l e v e l a n d J i n C « l * a i o r < / « i r t o n t h e r e a l c o n d i t i o n • (T .Vrs t h / r e . army h e a d q u a r t e r s i n ( m e m b e r of G e n . M i - r r i t - t ' s s t a f f i < w i l l i n g t o b e q u o t e d i n t i l e m a t t e r , a s t h e s e c r e c y l . i a t i s b e i n g o h s e r v i s l a : W a s h i n g t o n e n j o i n s s i l e n c e , h u t i t w a s ^ a i d t h a t t h e P r e s i d e n t c o n t e m p l a t e s s e n d i n g " a r v w n n i i s s i o n t o t h e i s l a n d , w i t h G e n . M e r r i l l a t i t s h e a d . question of the true statu: Hawaii by sending Comnii to that island, and he ree the appointment of the Ve; dary commission. O H O V E R C L E V E L A N D ' S B I K T H I ' E A C E . | (The dotted line shows where the track would conic.) Kussia. Criticises Spain. Spain's attitude toward the- United States in connection with the Cuban question is regarded at Si. Petersburg as ridiculous. The Lisbon correspondent of the London Times telegraphs ti; i . the attitude of the Spanish Covernnieiit m regard to the Cuban difficulty is unani­ mously approved in Portugal, and he quotes the Commetvio of Lisbon as say­ ing: "The proceedings of the I'liited States'are unique and unexampled in his­ tory. and will cause a complete disturb­ ance of international rights unless all the nations of Europe rise and join Spain." ere lit trolley company and a soulless cor­ poration. ' The parsonage is a pretty wooden struc­ ture two stories high. It sets back from the road in Bloomfield avenue, as tine a driveway as can be found in New Jersey. John Nelson was hanged at Palmyra, Mo., for the murder of John Zull and his aged mother, in August. 1893. r - Fire broke out at midnight Monday in the wholesale and retail house furnishing establishment of Gordon & Keith,- Hali­ fax, N. S., and when gotten under control at 3 a. m. had practically wiped out the entire block. The damage is estimated at $1,000,000. The five-story brick building at New York occupied by Stuttz & Bauer, piano manufacturers, was gutted by tire.. Con­ tents. machinery and stock were com­ pletely destroyed. The loss will exceed $125,000, partially covered by insurance. The Highland Candy factory at Cincin­ nati, a large five-story structure, burned. Total loss, $50,000; insurance, $25,000. The Genesee, an immense Ufica, N. Y., apartment building, burned. Mrs. David Hughes was killed by falling from a fire escape and Mrs. John Wood is missing. It. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "In some quarters business gains; at the West, rather than at the East, but there is no general change for the better, although hopefulness still pre­ dominates. The want <jT sufficient de­ mand for the products of great industries still retards actual improvement. Strikgs of some importance in garment making and kindred lines affect trade in Chicago and Baltimore, but there are fewer labor difficulties than usual, as existing condi­ tions warn wage-earners that controver­ sies at this time are unwise." NEWS NUGGETS. An earthquake in Burke. County. P a . , shook houses and broke 'w.uiifuvV glass. The Baltimore centennial exposition project has been abandoned because of lack of funds. A great strike has just, been made a t Hahn's Peak, near Steamboat Springs, Col., by Balson Smith and Mcintosh. In a tunnel on the south si-de <*i the peak a vein has been cut thirty feet in width, •twenty-three of which runs $700 to the to n. The Santa IV. N. M.. New Mexican prints a special from Golden. Santa Fe - County, which says a gold discovery has been made from which < hunks broken off the croppings run as high as $lo.000 in gold to the ton. The ledge is fully four fee! in width. J. E. Archer, a well-to-do Kansas City business man. showed his sympathy for Cuba by publicly burning a Spanish flag. The act was loudly cheered by the mass of witnesses. Mr. Archer has a stoek of Spanish flags and says lie intends to burn one each night till it is exhausted. The wife of Bert McConuell, of Seville. O.. took a bundle of bills, notes and se­ curities amounting to $o.. '!00 with her while she went calling. On her return she gathered up some loose paper in the yard, and entering the house thrust the entire bundle into the stove. The valua­ bles represented the savings of a lifetime, which McConuell wouldn't trust to the banks* Dan Ta!mage's Sons. New York, one of the largest houses in the rice trade, lias made an assignment to J. Gilla. with pref­ erences of $14,459. The creditors dum­ ber about seventy. The assignment is understood to be largely due to the low- price of rice, which has been brought about by the keen competition in trade. The founder of the firm .died twenty years ago. In the Senate Wednesday Senator Sher­ man reported back the Cuban resolutions and moved that the House amendment • to the Senate resolutions be nonc'oncurred in and that a conference committee be appointed. The motion was agreed to and the Vice President appointed Senators Sherman, Morgan and Lodge a confer­ ence committee. " _•{ II. C. Wilniart 'a. with numerous aliases, • recently arrested at Term' Haute, hid., for bigamy, and taken to Kansas City, pleaded guilty to having married nine wives, ail of w liotn are living, in nine years. Win. E. Broekway, the Most Success­ ful Counterfeiter of the Ane. William E. Broekway, or William E. Spencer, the aged counterfeiter who has been convicted in Trenton, N. J.. is per­ haps the picturesque criminal of the age. Ashe himself said when put on the stand the otiher day, he was never charged with any crime but counterfeiting, and was never convicted of any crime,but counter­ feiting. He is of Puritan ancestry and is 74"years old. For half a century he has been the bete noir of the United States authorities, and has been the most suc- WASH1NGTON, With a brief debate under suspension of the rules, the House passed its own resolutions on the Cuban question Mon­ day by a vote of 263 to 17. Horseless mail wagons will soon be used in all the large cities of the United States. It has now been definitely decid­ ed by the Postoffice Department to employ the horseless wagons in the transportation of mails in city and country districts where there are no railway lines and where the service can be improved by making "separations" (.assorting the mail) between offices while in trapsit. It is intended to place these wagons in service in cities which cover a large area and •where "separations' ' between four or five stations will greatly facilitate mail deliv­ eries. The Supreme Court Monday decided the Stanford case in favor of Mrs Stanford. The title of the case is the United States vs. Jane L. Stanford, executrix of Leland Stanford, deceased. It involved the in­ dividual liability of stockholders in the Central Pacific Railroad for the debt due the United States on the bonds issued in aid of the Central Pacific under the Cali­ fornia constitution' Mr. Stanford held 144,387 shares of the Central Pacific stock, and it was claimed that the Gov­ ernment was entitled to collect $15,237,- 000 from the Stanford estate. This con­ tention was resisted by Mrs. Stanford on the ground that the California constitu­ tion was Tu>t self-ruling, and also on the plea that it was the intention of Congress in granting aid to the Central Pacific Company to put it on a footing different from the footing o:i which other Govern­ ment aided roads were placed. The suit has attracted great attention from its in­ itiation because of the effect the decision will have upon the other Central Pacific stockholders, and also because the for­ tune of the Stanford University will be determined largely by the decision. MARKET REPORTS The grist mill and grain elevator of J. B. Ham & Co., in the Grand Trunk yards at Lewiston, Me., was burned Wednesday night, with the contents. The loss is $29,- 000 on stock tand $10,000 on the^building. The insurance is $10,000. At the same time the beef warehouse of Ford Benley was burned, causing a loss of $10,000, par­ tially insured. Fire broke out in the basement of the Nathan .Miller block, in th^most central part of Johnstown, Pa., Wednesday night. At "midnight the whole business portion of the town was threatened and the fire was burning fiercely. The Hannan block. Told in a Few Lines. Ex-Congressman William Whitney Rice died of hea. 't disease at Worcester. Mass. Gen. Wi'liani Moffat Iieilley in the war 'of the rebellion, Philadelphia, ag^d 74 years. Rev. Amos Hill, aged 70, a preacher of prominence in the Quaker ministry, died suddenly At his home in Carthage, Q. prominent is dead at