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THE ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
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W KL)N KSI A V MOK NING.
IMt FIRS' PAPER PUBLISHED IN OKLAHOMA
(JUTIIRIE, OKLAHOMA, NOVKMHEH Hi. I8! N.
W HUN KSD A V MOHMNG.
Nl'MBKU 1TS
Found Spanish Taxes for the
Benefit of Spain.
PLANS TO REVISE DUTIES.
Can
be Reduced Ft"
Thirds.
Two
RECEIVED A GENERAL WELCOME.
en, 4>omcr,' Letter l*roferIi B; An-
nlntauee In 111m Investigation
of t'ulinil Jh inauee
mid Otlicr lit
format lou.
Washington, Nov. 15.—Tho Hon. Robert
P. Porter, special commissioner to Cuba
and Porto Rico, presented his report to
the President and secretary of the treas-
ury today.
The report contains about sixty thous-
and words and goes very fully into tho
financial and economical condition of Cu-
ba, analyzing: the budget of that island for
fourteen years, showing the sources of
income and kje causes of expenditures.
There are some supplementary reports
yet to bo mnde.
There are also among the data and tes-
timony collected many valuable state-
ments relating to the flnam-lal, industrial
commercial and social condition of the
Island ofCuba, which form a noucleus for
a report on tho possibilities for Ameri-
can enterprise and the opportunities for
American capitul jjnd labor when the
more pressing question of the government
and revenue and taxation of the Island
have been settled.
Mr. Porter, in the opening of his report,
testifies to the consideration and courtesy
shown Mm bv Snarlard and Cuban alik«-.
In both civil and military portions, in fur
ljismug jor nis report. The Cubans engag-
ed In business and the military In the
fields, have alike shown their sympathy
in the work entrusted to Mr. Porter by
the government and profcrrod their ser-
vices in its prosecution. The following
extract from a loiter written, to Commis-
sioner Porter by Oen Gomez under date of
October 3, will be read with interest.
GOMEZ WELCOME LETTER.
"I must congratulate you cordially for
tho high mission which you have en-
trusted to you. I am completely identi-
fied In all and with all concerning it. On
my side I am doing all 1 can for the im-
mediate reconstruction of the country; it
wounds will heal with tho rapid promo-
tion of the work. This Is thf b ttle we are
row fighting, and all men of good will
should join us In our struggle."
Mr. Porter examined blth In the Cnlted
States and Cuba, some 500 witnesses, all
of whose testimony is published In the ap-
pendix to the report. Mr. Porter hus .al-
so submitted for the approval of the sec-
retary of the treasury a complete revi-
sion of the tralff In the form of a new bill.
Which will be examined by tho experts of
the treasury department, and if approved
will be promulgated by the President and
take effect at the port of Clenfuegos, Dec.
1, that being. In ad proballtlty, the first
Important post to come Into the possess-
ion of the Cnlted States. In the consider-
ation of the Cuban question It became ap-
parent that the most pressing need of . n
Island was a tariff that would bear ..ght-
est In the directions where the people
could least afford the burden of taxation
and heaviest on commodities which the
well to do and those engaged In large en-
terprises require"!.
Commissioner Porter cays:
"The Spanish tariff was made by Span-
lards for Spain, in the interests of tne
Spanish. On any other theory it was In-
explicable. In adopting for one exigency
measure the rate of duty whieh Spain
levied for her own commodities, the
T'nltel States acted wisely. Those rates
.were, however, full of Inequalities and
were not !evie<! it, any sound prli clple, but
on the "heads Spain wins and on the tails
Cuba loses" idea, which prevails /> the
whole fiscal fabric. It wa found that
he only way to remedy the Inequalities, j
iquallze the rates of duty, improve* t ie ad-
ministration, and to reduce the rates of
luty on all articles of general consump-
lon, was to practically frame a new tra-
iff. It has not been thought advhinble
:o make radical changes In the ndmlr.ls-
rattve branches, nor to change weights
md measures Into United 8tates cqulva-
" nt, because the people of Cuba are ae-
• istomed to the meterlc system. United
ates currency, however, has been sub-
ituted for the Spanish. This will simp-
v the collection of duties, as customs
ties at the present time aro collected
''uban ports in possession of Spain In
ee different classes of currency, gold, i
e* and bank notes, all. even the gold ■
Woak, Nervous
Suffered 4gony with Rheuma-
tism, Could Not Sleep
A Physician Recommondcd Hood's
Sarsaparilia and R&llsf Cams.
"I became nervous, weak snd trembly
and suffered ayoay from rhcumatiam.
This was followed by pslpitatlon of the
I heart, sud sinking spells. Then that
I terrible sllliction, lnsomnls, took pos-
j session of me. Many nights I thonght
I I would become insane before the light
l of morning broke. My busbsnd had ha, Mr Porter recommends the Iminedlu-
I taken Hood's Sar^apsrilla with benefit i© construction of > trunk extension rail-
I and ha urged me to try it. He thought it way from clld to of lh„ |,inml „
would m.ko me .lfep. 1 heeitated .bout branch„ elt,nll|,IB
north and south to
takiug it until a phyiiinian recommended
it. Then 1 began taking Hood's Baraapa- ,h<> Important cities and ports In tho
rilla and Hood's P!lls. The result is 1 opinion of the commissioner, from what-
am now feeling better and stronger than
I have felt tor years. I am able to aleefl
aouudly, and to everyone who suffers ssl enterprise could do
i did 1 reoom'nend Hood'a Sarasparllla.''
Mas. 11. A. Bejikfikld, Jefferson, Texat
Hood's Sarsaparilla
I la the best—In fact tha On« Tnio Blood wurlfler
j Sold by all druggists. fl; aix for $ft.
of education.. There are free public
schools in Cuba, but the teach-rs have
the right to take pay scholars, and natur-
ally those who do not puy g.-- little or no
attention. The proportion of people who
snow only one In forty of the laboring
• lasses able to read and v Ite. There can
be no stable government In Cuba. Mr.
Porter says, until, this has been remedied.
In regard to industrial enterprise, Mr.
Porter concludes thai little can be done
until the sanitary conditions have been
improved in all industrial centers.
Dealing with the railroad system of Cu-
after .TO colored men wearing tho uni-
form of the Inited States army attack-
ed the house where Lieut. Ferror was
and kept Up a regular fusilade, killing
T 17, (1
171 A 1
1 lULv/* wounded several other Tw soldb-rs
Make An Attack on Cubans and
Kill Several.
C*USE GREAT INDIGNATION,
GENERAL WOOl
k'ere killed !n the fray.
When the news reached Santlag
rnl Wood was -at dinner, lie linuiediat
* went to the signal station, where tsio
hie? signal officer took charge of tho
Officers Seem Unfit to Con
troops.
an I
Hnorl'c Dillc Rrt harmoniously win
IIOOU S flllS Hood'a Baraaparlfia. 2M
ever standpoint it may !>«• viewed, no one
uch to improve
the situation In the Island. No revolution
could have existed In Cuba If such a rail-
way had been completed by the former
government.
GEN. WOOD OFFERS REWARD.
COL WILLIAMS BURIED.
NOTABLE OFFICERS AND CITIZENS
FORM THE CORTAGE
Cubans Petition Thai the Troop-
be TaLcn <lut of the Country
Ah TIif) aro W orse
Than Mpan
tarda.
OFFERS REWARD
For four hours dispatches were sent
md received. The colored officers all ('•
j.ied that their men v.c.-, implicated In
the affair, In spite of all the evidence to
fta OOdtmiT After an uosttocossfu! at-
tempt to get at the facts of the case,
♦-eneral Wood adjourned his Inqulr.* un-
til this mornig. when he left on :• aj ee
lal train for San Louis. The Amoiiean
When the children a--
hungry, what do you giw
them? Food.
When thirsty? Water.
Now use the same good
common sense, and what
would you give them when
. they are too thin? The best
fat-forming food, of course.
Somehow you think of
Scott's Emulsion at once.
For a quarter of a century
it has been making thin
children, plump; weak child-
ren, strong; sick children,
healthy.
on
i
S<k. an J $ i oo, j I 1 druggists.
SCOTT A DOWNE, ChenuM , New York.
lit-I'
officials here passed
lie anxiety. A* 8 o'clock he returned, re-
porting that after a Ion/; Investigation
j he had come to the conclusion that all
the colored regiments were more or less
Santiago De Cuba . Nov., 15—An Incl- mixed up In the affray lie has offers
dent occured last night at San Lula. $1.000 reward for the names of th" men
about sr. miles out of Santiago, which wh" ,h" "'"'otlnir und h.fniv ienvine
MICHIGAN TROOPS IN CUBA
WIS II
if i r
Not a Sweeping Victory For
the Republicans.
SILVER ISSUE N3T ABANDONED
li Will Ccme Up fl(,a:n Fjr a Tcs
In 1900,
WHY HCPUBLICAN3 SUCCEEDED.
ling the I'rekideut in
«f foreign Nation**
'I lie Ken I t a ti ho
ofthe Land
s l iile
fluctuating In value. The tariff thus dis-
posed and the adoption of which by the
Fnlted 8tates when the military forces Havana, Nov. 15.-The remains of the
take hold of the custom houses, will re- late Col. Williams, chief quartermaster,
duce all duties about sixty per cent from were conveyed today to the steamer Sar- caused a great deal of 111 feeling anion*
the old Spanish rates, and will average atoga for shipment north. Rear Admiral the Cubans and considerable annoyance their men
fully two third. i.M than thf rates now Samp.on. don. Wad.. Oen. llutier. Col. umons lhc l nUeiI SUl(<,„ mU,tary
exacted by the authorities In Cuban ports Clous, a number of friends of the deceas-
in possession of Spain." j n(j anj the American newspaper corres-
clals here. All the colored regiments
At the
encamped in tho neighborhood
present moment, this dollar fluct- pondents accompanied the body from the
uates In value with the fitful changes in t cemetary to the wharf. The route follow- Luis. They were sent there virt
Spa Ins credit and it is probable, should 1 ed by the funeral procession was lined get them out of the way, hecaus
the I nited States establish American cur- by crowds of peopie. The casket contaln-
rency as sole legal tender for the island lug the remains was covered with the
of Cuba, that the Spanish sliver dollars stars and stripes.
it San
tally to
of the
San Loula he rend the colored officers a
lecture for denying last ninht
ere Implicated
Eye witnesses of the af!alr who arrived
here during the course of the day say
that two gendarmes who were wounded,
are expected to die. The Impression
among them Is that all the soldiers be-
langed to the nintu immune* Lieut.
TI I'CIR FATTKRIKS RIO AD Y TO BE
LANDED.
Washington, Nov. l.v The war depart-
ment Is informed that the trasport Mich-
igan, with the fifth cavalry on board has
arrived at Ponce, Porto Rico, and as
soon as ready the vessel will transport
the batteries now at Ponce, destined for
service in Cuba.
Li
difficulty experienced in managing them. Fcrrera behaved most plucklly, ami
will be shipped to Spain. In this event.
It will be necessary for the United States
government to ship as many silver dollars
to Cuba as possible, one prominent bank-
ing firm suggesting five or six millions,
which, with the subsidiary coins, *.vould
be required for small payments. At San-
tiago the immediate disappearance of
! Spanish silver dollars and minor coins has
1 made small transactions extremely dif-
ficult.
FOREIGN CURRENCY.
| The Kold coins current in Cuba are the
Spanish and French coins, the bulk of
| which consist of 26 pier *9 Spanish pes'a a
• o called "altinsos," whieh have been ln-
j fluted by royal degree to 14.30. and the
1 French twenty franc piece, so called, "na-
j poleons," which have nlso been given a le-
gal value of $4.24, and decreed, since the
end of 1193, as legal money.While the prin*
( «ipal banking concerns are unanimous as
to the gold standard, there is a difference
of opinion in relation to the advisability
of squeezing the inflation out of those
coins, while others recommend, as the on-
ly logical remedy to the situation, the sub-
stitution of American currency as sole le-
gal tender. In such an event other coins
would have their proper market value.
Such action on the part of the United
States government would In no way In-
; tert'ere with present contracts, which are
variably expressed as payable in Spanish
t,rold. Some bankers think it inadvisable
( to introduce American money at this
lime, while certain planters are fearful
lest their labor should refuse to take one
American dollar instead of two Spanish
I dollars, 'f .r latter looks more, it must
be granted, but if the purchasing power
' of the sound dollar is double that of the
1 depreciated dollar there will be no diffi-
culty In the erd. A countn whieh is Just
now going through an operation involving
its very existence will not be likely to bo
seriously affected by taking this fictitious
! value out of the gold coins and establish-
ing once and for all a <yuind currency that
! will be good for a hundred cents on the
1 dollar, no more, no less, the world over. '
Mr. Porter then takes up the question
of taxation and suggests that the aboli-
I tion of certain taxes, especially that
known as "the consumption tax" on the
j killing of cattle which b an exaction tl\it-
I greatly increases the price of food to the
j people.
ANOTHER TAX LEFT.
Another tax which will fall o? its weight
when the United States forces take con-
trol of tiie island Is the "cedula," or head
tax. which varies In amount from a few
• •ents to $10n, according to the rank snd
Importance of the individual. Curiously
i enough, this tax, when not collected, be-
comes a greater source of Injustice and
j annoyance than when collected. It is gen-
i orally allowed to run until some occasion
comes for the unhappy victim of Spanish
rapacity to require a public document or
permit to bury a child or relative, a rl-
or a notarial acknowledgement. Then It
Is that the petty rascals In charge of pub-
lb- business, bear down heavily and unless
the fines and a handsome "gratification"
heir men.
DON CARLO'S PRETENTI0NS
SPAIN THINKS ENGLAND IS EGGINfl
HIM ON.
Madrid, Nov. 15.—'The Imparcial today,
commenting upon the loan which Don Car
is said to have raised In London, says:
Evidently the English are abbetting an
outbreak of a civil war In Spain with the
object of securing additional territory at
Gibralter. The Americans employed the
same methods to become masters of Cuba, j
EUROPE AFRAID OF US.
ivo litis
and offi-
ll drink-
acli oth-
The colored officers
or no control over ;
eers and privates are often
ing together with arms aroun
ers necks and behaving In other ways
not calculated to Inspire respect for tho
American troops among the Cubans
It was expected that the colored sold-
iers could not do much trouble in the
utside
oldlers
when dying he ordered his men ti
themselves. He was shot while
the boos- and trying persuade thi
to disperse Tt seems that the
had been drinking and that a crowd of
them was easily gotten together to mall
the attack.
The Independence calls upon Gen. 1
Wood to relieve Gen. Ewers of his com- I
mand. claming that lie Is "absolutely In- '
San Louis district, which was chosen on competent " The paper says also ii 1- 1
los, the pretender to the Spanish throne' . ti,.. k. .. . 1. .
| that principle. The trouble 1^41111 last e\ - contrary to all justice to send here as an !
ening in an attempt to arrest two sot- army of occupation the cut throats and ■
diers for abusing a Cuban workman and murderers who, ever since they came, j
stealing bis hog. The outrage was com- have acted worse than the Spaniards J
mltted on the Nomas sugar plantation, ever did. These men are so bad that they
Ueut. Jose Ferror, chief of General had been sent to a far off twon. where
Wooda gcntlurni ■. that section Span- their misdeeds have culminated in hutch- I
lard, but a Cuban sympathizer and ery and slaughter worse than even Cu-
man whom General Wood knew to be As the night approached the popular 1
able and courageous, attempted t<. make feeling of Indignant here Intensified ^ind '
tho arrests. The so-ldlers escaped. Soon Gen Woods arrival was eagerly awaited !
N-eb.. Nov. 15.—Col. W. ,T.
Hr. in tonigh' pave the Associated
Pi the following Interview relative
to the late el-action:
While I <lo n* t understand that ser-
vice in the vol'un'teo-.r army prevents a
soldier from expressing opinion upon
political questions, 1 declined to take
part in the late campaign. lest I should
be accused of attempting to embarn s
•lite administration. Nt w that the < le<c-
; n is over I shall use a citizen's
The French police today M'ivilege <>f discussing the returns,
frontier a man named Compared wl-fh the election of 1896, th«
> had unci attacked Se- republican■« gained in some places and
in the st
DRIVEN FROM FRANCE.
WOULD-RE MURDERER FROM
SPAIN SHOWN THE ROAD.
Paris, Nov. 1.1
conducted to t
Simon Rlvaf. v
nor Montero Ros In the streets of Madrid
and who had followed here, presum
ably with the intention of killing him.
PATTI TG BE MARRIED.
ANNOUNCES HER ENGAGEMENT TO
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN.
RUMORS THAT AMERICAN FLEET
IS BONUD FOR EUROPE.
London, Nov. 16.—The rumors circu-
lated here yescc-day thait the Ameri-
can fle-et was or tihe point of starting
for Eur>pe ho.- caused gr?.it exe'.i-
mer.t In commercial circles. The Dally
Graphic says:
"The Spnn'is.h trans- Atlantic flee*t
has been ordered to be prepared for a
renewal of hostilities, and the forts tin
the Canary islands are being- rapidly
manned."
London. Nov. IS.- Mrr
Nicollni announces her
ron Corderstrom. a Sw«
'I he marrioge
ru ury.
e Adeline
betrothal '(
III take place nex
Pat ti-
o Ha-
A
•ly
inn : await interment the marriage must
be postponed, or a transaction delayed. It
l« understood that both the President and
the secretary of the treasury agree that
this form of taxation and th** revenue
from lotteries must be abolished.
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
Mr Porter then takes up the question
NEW YORK BANQUET. |
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOASTS
NOTED QUESTS.
New York, Nov. 15.—The 130th banquet i
of the New York Chamber of Commerce |
was held at Delmonico's tonight and, in |
point of magnificence exceeded the pre-
Vious efrorts of the chamber Three
hundred an. thirty covers were laid, and
every place was occupied. Among the
guests of honor were; Rt Hon* Lord il .r-
schell, attorney general Griggs. Gen.
Miles, ex-vice president Morton, Paymast-
er general Edwaln Stuart, Carl Schurz,
Seth Low, Bishop Potter, Horace White,
St. Clair McKelway and Murat Ilalstead.
Before the dinners went Into tho ban-
quet room. Rt Hon. Lord Ilerscheil h<ld
i levee In the reception room.
An or« hestra of forty pieces played pa-
t rioti-* air - as the quests filed into the
banquet hall.
The English and American flags 'played
the most consplclous part In the scheme
of decoration In the 1 j'W.
The speaking program Included the fol-
lowing toasts;
"The President." Gen. Woodford
"The future relations between Great
Britain and the Unite,1 States, ' Lord
Herschel.
• Confidence regained," attorney general
"The United States an dCauada," Jonn
vy," Pavir.aater General Sturat.
FAME'S GOLDEN FLECGE,
it
Triome.
1
A DYNAMITE MESSAGE.
fOUNG ANARCHIST SENT <
THROUGH THE MAILS.
Denver . Nov , 15—A special to the
publican from Butte, Mont
The post officials lave dii
the dyi i-mlte sent through
the British consul .t; San
erod that
mails to
l l<'SCO 4
Progress (fop 4tjRLSJvtf.
J1' & m.
WV k'I Triumph
MWM Wt, e g
!(ii 9R
few days ago. was mailed at But e by
young miner named John Dwyer, mi
with a considerable local reputation ,
a rabid anarchist. Dwyer received war
ing from friends and left town befo
he could be arrested Dwyer Is but
years old and is the author of sever
anarchistic pamphlets entitled "Dwyc
isms." Ho returned to Butte at s
woeks from K|i«ir. where : claims th.
he acted as spy and corespondent f'
several New York and Sai: Fiancisco p.
pers.
I At the time he
I consul Hull, he w
I tiie mines of the
j Why he sent It Is
it the dynamite i
employed at one
naeonda comp.-.n
NO REFLECTION ON DINGIEY.
lost in <Kh is. It was not a sweeping
republican \ictory f :i the whole, the
result is not surprising, -when it is re-
meinhered thai he adininisttation is
Just concluding a. successful war.
While a ni-ajortty of the soldiers are
probably tntI-republican, the manage-
niei t if the war lias be, i entirely in
reinibliean hands, anil "the strongest
aigument ii? I during the ("ampaigri
was Ijht a r pubil- an defeat would dis-
ciedU the presi'lctt*. in Ui eyr> „f for-
eign 'ii..turns, while his commission- *
wen- ^;.guged in making trfatier. ',t
wan n' t . trial in n the issues Ixfore
the p. i.e. bud a successful plea for a
| roi ttri.mo of the case. The ,jer>p!
j ha\e not accepted the gold standard;
ihey ha\e not fell in love in with plan
j to R*ive the banks a monopoly of the is-
sue of paper money; they have not de-
; elded to retire the greenbacks; they
I have jiot surrender*^ to trusts.
These questions were forced Into the
background by the declaration of -war.
^ but they must be faced again as soon as
peace is restored. The Chicago platform
presents for public consideration certain
vital, economic questions. That platform
has not been abandoned by those who en
• lorsed It In 1*9G. It will be reaffirmed In
1900, because It fives expression to thi
hopes ami aspirations of a large niajorf-
v of the party. •*, < 171*1
"When the democrats, populists and all-
j ver republicans favored Cuban Indepen-
dence, they understood that war would
| give a temporary advantage to the party
I ii power, but the are willing to risli
defeat in order to aid the people fight In*
to be free Neither can the election he re.
garded as an Indorsement nf any definite
foreign policy. Until s treaty of peaet
has been entered into and the terms mod#
known, the people cannot pass judgment
upon It. Whether the war will ratse any
question of sufficient importance to turn
America Leads
the March
the Nations
of Progress.
m
PLAINS HIS I
ON TARIFF.
that in h!:i I11
public
; blems
attention awn
remains to be
fror.: domestic pro-
Paris Nov.. 16— During the present
week President Faure will receive from
'he Spanish government the order of the
Golden Fleece, conferred, it is sal 1
through Senor Montero Rio. president of
rhe Spanish peaoe commission.
Air.cng the vrotiders of the World's Columbian Fair the
grandest was the exhibit of American products The Jv
hibition v.as, in this respect, an object lesson of the grandeur
and plorv of the Republic Among the exhibits from the
United States no article of its c!a?s stood so high a3
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder,
The Chief Chemist of the Agricultural department at
XTa'hington, tad*it by an intelligent jury at the Exposition,
found i; stroc v-t ia le venlng power, peerless in Its parity
au<l O! ' c > ; ari:bn in uniform excellence
Received Highest Award
At the World's Fair.
The award is a matter of official record
Nothing couli settle so decisively the immeasurcablc superi-
ority of Dr. Frice's over all other oowdcrs as the great honor
bestowed at Chicago*
d tho
of the
tariff d i i -
.. .j ... !t
In Imports. 1 repeal
< f putting duties 011
articles which we oai
of the de-
nt I am In
coffee ami
RUSSIA BUILDING SHIPS.
•d to th 1 Imputa-
othing whntev
recent intervi -
I .AROE
M' mphls,
'OTTON BT'YKR M'.AIV
Ten 11 Nov 1' - Jai
in the world died
• heart disease nf«ar
nlj tonight o'
sidence at Ren
has two screws,
and on*' pole mai
and she Is 1* fer
rles one 12 pount
ers and 1m i.tted
Inch.)
>r speed .10.28 knot^ SI
),jr funnels fore and a
Her length Is 190 fe
!'i thA beam. She ca
r and three ,^lx poum
% itli two torpedo tub«
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