| Show TlintAMOVX TJirVTl ThSenI noh 10 Ststhoc else Same 1lIhllr WASHIVOTON Jan hh2fly a strict party votethe House elections committee today decided to report in favor of unseating Jackson the democratic rerretentative from West VirKlnlaand declaring Kmlth the republican contestant entitled to the seat This is the first of seventeen seven-teen contested election cases which tho committee has disposed of and it was the tint one upon which argument argu-ment was heard HOPELESSLY DIVIDED The sub committee of the special House committed on the Worlds Fair was called together this morning morn-ing by Chairman Chandler and discussed the Hpriuger1 proposition to select a site for the Worlds Fair by ballot in the House tomorrow The udion did not last more than half an hour as it was evident that the subcommittee was hopelissly divided upon the proposition and H will report to the full committee tomorrow to-morrow that It has had the proposition proposi-tion under consideration nnd lias come to no conclusion thereon CUEA The Senate committee on foreign relations today ordered an adverbu Ioort on the Call retolutlou requesting request-ing the President to open negotiations negotia-tions with Spain for the purpose of Inducing that government to content con-tent to the establishment of a republic repub-lic in Cuba SECRETARY TRACYf Admiral Shufeldt and Captain Davis of the liavj outlined their views upon the policy that should govern this Congress in the work of building up the navy before the senate committee on naval affairs this morning The secretarys remarks were in accord with the recommendations contained in blp annual report He advocated the building or eight llneofhattle chips at a cost of 5000000 inch Tula would give us a fleet with which we could meet the navies of other powers in an offensive warfare rLe steel Yldle works of this country were In a position to supply all the material needed for these ships within six years Admiral Shufeldt argued against the utility of the monitor type of vessels for ralston warfare and Captain Cap-tain Davis took issue with him TOUTS Or CALIFORNIA Secretary Wisdom has written a letter to Representative Hind of the House committee on commerce recommending re-commending favorable action on the bill extenuiug the privileges of the immediate transportation act to San Diego and Wilmington California and adding that he perceives no reason for making Santa Barbara a port of the entry Los Angel a 10rt of delivery or Port Hartford California a port of entry THE SAJ10AS TOEATY The Senate today in secret session resolved to make public the Samoan treaty negotiated in Berlin last prlng and which was published latt Sunday Secretary Blames etterto the President accompanying accompany-ing the treaty Is very long He speaks of the instructions given to JIU commissioner raying they were told that the United States desired a speedy and amicable set lenient of the Samoan qUMtlonbut was Influenced u much by au anxious desire to secuh to Hie people peo-ple of tlaniOrx the conditions of healthy prosperous and civil Ized life and was bound to protect the Interests of Its own citlzcnsaud that the President hoped and bf lieved the result of tho con tultatlun would be to prove it was not the wish of any of the three governments gov-ernments to subordinate the rights of the Samoaus the exigencies of grasping commerce or the political ambition for territorial extension on the part of the treaty power The j commissioners were also Instructed that the conference was to be re cardcil 1 as a continuation of the Washington conference on another basis Inasmuch as the Unlteu State 1 could not admit the conditions condi-tions to have been changed by any subsequent occurrences In the South Pacific The euljecta as to which the commissioners ucro Instructed were S DIrnDl FIVE HEADS First They were directed to ask a restoration of the ttatu quo in order to remove the disturbances caused by tho forcible Intervention Germany and Ibo deportation of Malleto This tras not Iii be however how-ever an ultimatum which would close the conference Second The organization of a stable governmental system for the islands whereby the native independence inde-pendence and autonomy should be preserved free from the control or preponderating Influence ofnn y foreign for-eign government ThirdAn adjustment of land claims Fourth Tho prohibition of thee the-e of firearms and alcoholic drinks Fifth The question of the municipal muni-cipal administration of Apia as a foreign settlement under one reservation reser-vation of extra territorialrlghts The Secretary says The protocols of the several session herewith submitted sub-mitted thdiV the discussion which took ilaceoncach of those important head and indicate successive stages by which the views of the three governments thereon came into harmony The result sln the main entirely In Sccord with the Instructions under which the AMERICAN ILt1UOTFUIARlIS acted It Is proper to observe that the matters In respect to which the agreement seemed most difficult were a restoration of the ttalu quo the formation of a staple government govern-ment without a preponderance of Influence on the part of any of the treaty powers and the raising of a revenue for the maintenance of that government As to the find of these joints the chief obstacle to the unqualified un-qualified renewal of the ttatu quo was fount in the reluctance of Germany Ger-many to admit such a situation as would appear to leave Mataafa a3lnst whom sh h31 declared war eligible for the free choice of the natives as king It Is confidently believed the final accord removes these difficulties and the Pamoans ibpmoelTl1l In Hid exercise of the freedom which they are to enjoy appear to have l effected a practical solution of he matter uOn the second point tho danger of 11 prepoudernlln Inlllcllceon tho part of any one of the three i ° iwen is obvlctd bf the IjiUUc ot the culcfrftJlPltJh < o MF Ti mlJuUE from a neutral nation Tim reviiiuo question Zoos beet adjusted with a use regard to the limited nsourcesof the natives and the obligation of the three powers to share iu the burden which by the force of clrcutaslabceK It has been necessary to Impose In tho j rotic ion of their common interests and for Uie maintenance of peace and 0 der conclusion Uio Secretary expresses ex-presses l a hope that the act may be conducive to a good government for Samoa under native autonomy and a lasting settlement of the questions which agitated the three powers in their complex relations these Islands Is-lands WOULD AFFECT INDIAN TJIIEES William L Byrd governor of the Chickasaw Salon in a communication communi-cation today laid before the Senate protests against the proposed establishment estab-lishment of a territorial form of government gov-ernment in Oklahoma as a violation viola-tion of the treaty of 1630 He says such a change would tend to the annihilation an-nihilation of the Indian tribes in 1 Indian Territory i In Distress QUEEXSTOWK Jan 2The Fstnet lighthouse is displaying flags of distress tint no vessel has been able to approach it for several days Railroad CollUlon CBESTOS I Jan 22A collision col-lision occurred on the Burlington read near Stanton Iowa this morning morn-ing between passenger and freight trains Theengloecrof the freight had a leg broken but there were no other serious casualties Exaggerated Exagger-ated reports were sent ont early in tile evening reporting many killed and wounded Frfnl Ualher at Sea oEw Yom Jan 22The transatlantic trans-atlantic steamers which arrived today day at this port Boston and Halifax report terrible weather and considerable con-siderable damage to the vessels Several perwns were Injured The steamer Jjalc Huron from New York for Liverpool lostlOJheadof cattle on tho voyage Prulhi WOOSTEH 0 Jan 22Men John McSweney the mu t prominent prom-inent criminal lawyer In Ohio died In this city last night from acute pneumonia DECTIOIT Mich Jan 22Hon Fitch Phelps exState Senator and Representative and provost marshal mar-shal of San Mateo California in 1562 and a prominent republican of this State die at his residence in Grand Itaplds this morning from injuries received by a fall last Sunday Sun-day HELENA font Jan 22olin F Beldler a famous Montana char c13r acter renowned as a leaderof the Committee of safety in the road twer agent period I who for many years since has been deputy United States Marshal and sheriffs officer died this morning of pneumonia I > arjiBcn SIO000 CHICAGO Jan 22The jury in the United States Circuit Court today to-day awarded Henry Bush danagrs of S4O in his sit against the Northern Pacific railroad In October OC-tober 1SSS Bush was fireman on a construction train in I Idaho which was run into and wrecked by n freight train Bush was so baldly injured that he lost the use of f I leg completely He charged negligence negli-gence on the part of the division I I superintendent in not notifying him road that the extra freight was on the Thlrly rtounila NEW YOn Jan 22 Eugene Hornbacker and Eddy Daly of Providence fought thirty rounds near Mortons Point this morning Daly was knocked out French In tli Xortaimt OTTAWA Ont Jro 22 Dalton McCarthy MP today brought in his measure for the abolishment cf French as the official language in the Northwest Territory He characterized char-acterized Premier Merclerof Quebec as a dangerous man who only aim is to have a new France a separate and distinct nation In the Province of Quebec Tho matter will create an excited debate |
