THE WASHINGTON NEWS WHAT OUR NATIONAL LAW MAK ERS ARE CONSIDERING. Some of the More Important Work of the National Congress—Bills That the Committees Report Favorably Upon—Washington Topics. Representative Hay, of Virginia, has prepared a bill to create out of the militia of the several States a re serve volunteer army for use in time of war. There will be a Government appropriation and a measure of Gov ernmental control. The bill is de signed to obviate the necessity of a large standing army after the present law expires in July, IDOI. The Secretary of State and the Spanish Minister in Washington have signed a protocol extending for six months, the time allowed Spanish residents in the Phillipines to elect whether they shall remain Spanish subjects or adopt the nationality of the territory in which they reside. The United States Senate continues die consideration of the Porto Rican measure. Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana, advocates reciprocity between the United States and Porto Rico, but announces that if all efforts to secure free trade should fail he would sup port the pending bill. Senator Piatt has introduced an amendment to the Indian Appropria tion bill, providing for a congress of the various Indian tribes of the Unit ed States at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, and appropriating $40,000 therefor. The House Committee on Commerce directed a favorable report ou the Sherman bill, to preveut the false branding or marking of food and dairy products. The secretary of war has created a new military "Division of the Pacific," embracing all of the Philip pine islands, under the command of General Otis. It will be sub-divided in four departments—Northern Luzon, under General Bates; the Viscayas, under General Hughes, and Mindanao ■lud .Tolo, under General Kobbe. Fifty-one senators, under pressure from the Administration, will vote for the Porto Rican Tariff bill. In the Senate March 26 the Alaskan Civil Code bill was under considera tion during a greater part of the ses sion. An amendment was agreed to fixing a license upon almost every kind of trade and commerce in the District of Alaska. Senator Foraker, in charge of the Porto Rican bill, announces that he will press the measure to a vote an *oon as possible. The House has begun the considera tion of the Army Appropriation bill. A bill to provide for the absorption of the Hawaiian silver circulation has been reported by the House Commit tee on Territories. Senator Allison has introduced a hill amending the National Udnk act so as to allow banks of deposit to be designated in cities of 25,000 popula tion. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, has introduced a substitute for the Porto itican bill, providing for free trade between the United States and Porto Rico, and extending the internal rev enue laws, with amendments, over the island. The act is to continue for two years only. It is intimated at the War Depart ment than 25,000 men will be given employment in public works in Porto Rico under the operation of the Re lief Appropriation act. The military post at Cayey, Porto Rico, will hereafter be known as Henry Barracks, in honor of the late Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, Unit ed States Army, who was Military Governor of the island. DEATH RECORD. Ex-United States Senator Charles Gibson, of Maryland, of heart disease, :jged 57 years. Sydney A. Kent, a well-known Chi cago broker, aged 66 years. Dr. St. George Mlvart, former lec turer on zoology at St. Mary's Hos pital Medical School, and professor of biology at the University of Luvain. long recognized as the leading scien tist within the Roman Catholic Church in England. Philetus Sawyer, formerly United States Senator from Wisconsin, aged 82 years. Charles K. Holliday, of Topeka, Kansas, one of the directors and founders of the Santa Fe Railway, aged 76. Mrs. Felicity Plckard, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, aged 103 years. 9 months and 16 days. Dr. Francis Sinclair Barbarin, for twenty-seven years curator of the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, aged 67 years. Joseph W. Merriam, United States Consul at Iquique, Chile. Hon. J. M. Stone, for ten years Gov ernor of Mississippi, is dead. At the time of his death, Mr. Stone was pres ident of the Starkville Agricultural and Mechanical College. Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, founder of the Hebrew Union College, is dead in Cin cinnati. Latest News From the Active Busi ness World. It is announced that as a result of the conference at Chicago a few days ago of manufacturers of wagons, car riages, etc., an average advance of 20 per cent, over the old scale is now in effect The coal miners and operators, in conference at Saginaw. Michigan, have agreed on the wage schedule, an advance of 30 per cent, being secured by the miners. A strike has been declared at the Arboussier Works, near Polnt-a-Pltre, Island of Guadeloupe. JULIAN RALPH'S ATTACK. He Declares the Boara Have No Brav ery or Honor. The most serious Indictment of the Boers' methods of warfare which has just appeared in England comes from Julian Ralph, the American war cor respondent, in a letter from Kimber ley, published in the London Daily Mail. It is, in part, as follows: "It is a war steadiiy and stealthily planned by the Queen's Dutch sub jects and the Dutch republics for fully twenty years. For between four and six years they have been equipping for it. They began purchasing arms and planning defenses before the Jamison raid. Let no one fool you with the falsehood about that. Final ly, Kruger begged President Steyn to declare war three weeks before Presi dent Steyn consented. Next rid your mind of the notion that you are crush ing two farmer republics. There is not a farmer in the two countries, and only one, the Free State, was a re public in any way except misnaming. "These people are herders of cattle, sheep and goats, like the Israelites of old and the Aridis, Turks and Bal kan people of to-day. His (Boer's) so-called farms are as nature made them, merely reaches of veldt where on his cattle graze. On each one he has to put up a home, but its sur roundings are almost invariably most repellant and disorderly than any houses I ever saw, except the cabins of freed slaves in the United States. Their camps and strongholds from which we have routed them are the filthiest places I have known men of any sort to live in, and I have seen red Indians, Chinese and Turkish camps, and the camps of many sorts of black men. "There has hardly been a battle in which the Boers have not abused either the white flag or the Geneva cross, or both. "At many places they fired on our ambulances. I saw them do it at the Modder river, and saw them fire on our stretcher bearers in that battlo time and time again. When we enter ed Jacobsdal it looked like a city of doctors. Every man in the street wore the Red Cross bandage on his arm. These were the men who liad just been shooting us from behind the garden walls. There was nothing novel or original about their seeking the cowardly shelter of the doctor's badge. CUBA MUST WAIT. Official Statement as to the Protest of Her Independence. The official statement given out by Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, Chair man of the Committee on Relations with Cuba, indicates clearly that Cuba will not get independence for a long time. Years must elapse before that gov ernment is established, if ever, for this official statement refers to the people of Cuba as children who must be taught; a people who have had very little opportunity to study the principles, details, necessities or re sponsibilities of self-government. It is not believed in Washington that Cuba will ever have absolute in dependence. The Administration will bring it about when the vote is taken in Cuba for tho election of members of its first General Assembly, a vote will be registered simultaneouly in favor of annexation to the United States. Should this fail, this Govern ment will have paved the way for a practical protectorate over the island. It is even now being asserted that the United States will dominate the for eign policy of the "Republic of Cuba," if it is ever established, and that no treaties will be negotiated without first having received the approval of this Government. Cuban treaties of the future will not be permitted to include the "most favored nation clause," which would permit other na tions to compete on an equal footing with the United States. If there is not annexation, the United States will force a protectorate. NEW YORK MARKETS. ' \ Flour and Grain. FLOUR. Minnesota Patents, S3 75®53 90 Winter Patents, 3 50(g) 3 85 Winter Straights, 3 40® 3 50 ItYE FLOUR. Fair to good, 3 15® 3 30 Choice to fancy, 3 35® 3 55 RYE. No. 2 Western, bushel Co^4 State, 56 BARLEY. Feeding, bushel, 43® 45 Malting, bushel, 49@ 54 WHEAT. No. 2 Red, bushel, 73>£ No. Northern, bushel, 77 CORN. No. 2, 112 ob, afloat, bushel, OATS. No. 2, per bushel, 31 No. 3, per bushel. 30 Produce. HAY. Shipping, hundred lbs., 65® 76 Gooil to choice, do. 80® 85 HOPS. State, 1896 crop, pound, tf 1899 crop, pound. 12® 14 WOOL. Texas, pound, 14® 17 BEEF. Family, hundred, 14 00® 14 50 Mess, hundred, 11 50 Beef Hams, hundred 21 00®21 50 LARD. Western Steam, hundred, (85 Continent, hundred, 6 25® 6 30 PORK. Mess, hundred, 10 25®10 7k Family, hundred, 12 00®12 60 BUTTER. Western Creamery, lb, 23® 25 Factory, per pound, 19® 21 State Dairy, per pound, 20® 21 CHEESE. Fancy small, 12%® 13 Late made, 11® 12 EOOft. State & Pennsylvania, 130 14 Western ungraded, 12# 18 Laporte Borough Audit. R. A. CONKLIN, Treasurer, in account with i Laporte Borough forthe year 1809. To balance on hand last audit 021 '■*) Aim reed, from T. J. Ingham for Jno Weirfllin sidewalk * IT Ami. veed, from state Department... 2<W •' A. 11. Buschhausen Col. ''.'J ft! 71 '99 H4M •;w 371 l'.i 1900 49 7" Uansom Thrasher Tress. :V> fin By nmt. of Bond coupons 10 00 Interest on Philip Karge order is 00 '• A. J. Bradley order 09 Orders redeemed '.'22 10 Commission 2 per eent 011 1.010.10 JO 20 l'aid T. .1. Ingham collecting John Wierfflin sidewalk account 2 00 Balanecduc Borough..„ 48 12 1080 81 HWOSI A. H. Buschliausen. Collector 1898*.in account with Lajiorte Borough lor year 1890. To balance due last audit sfi 72 By exonerations 18 12 Treasurer's receipt .'•* "0 'Hi 7- fM» 72 A. 11. Buschliausen, Collector 18(18. Poor Fund. To balance due borough last audi! 50 21 By exoneration). 8 !it Treas. receipts 17 27 M2l .'si 21 A. 11.(Buscliliauseu, Collector Koad Fund. To amt of Duplicate 111 91 By Treas, receipt 2f>9 83 By 5 per centdiseount 14 10 By 3 per cent commission 8 04 Treas. receipt .17 72 '• :'•! 79 By 5 per cent commission 1 89 Land returns 22 48 Balance due Ijorotigh ''.3 09 111 91 411 91 A. 11. Biiseliliauseu Collcrtor. llxtra Koad To amt of duplicate 176 :*7 By Treas, receipt 11136 By 5 per cent discount 604 By 3 per cent Commission :l 44 Treasury receipt Irt 17 By 5 per cent commission Ml Treas. receipt 14 91 Land returns UK! Balance due borough 14 01 170 37 17(> 37 A. 11. Busetiliauscii, collector, l'oor Fund. To amt. of duplicate 41176 By Treas receipt 268 3;: By 5 per ceut disccunt 14 64 3 per eent commission 8 SO Treas receipt 49 90 5 per cent commission 2 63 Treas receipt 24 00 Land returns 24 11 Balance due Uirough 49 93 411 76 441 7< John Minnk'i'and W.J. Higley overseers of the poor in aect. with LaPorte lloro for the year '99 To unit due lust audit 1213 Keed from A. 11, Buschliausen Col 406 «"> By unit paid for support of Mis. M. Gunski and family for year' 99... 112 00 August Longer and family •• 195 00 A. 11. Buschliausen duplicate book 20 Dr. Wuckenhuth prof, service 29 00 Chas. 1.. Wing one order liook 1 00 Robt. Stonnont J. P. order of relief.. 1 00 Mrs. Luticr lor liourd of tramps ISO Dr Waekenhuth. prof service .">OO Dr. 11. G. Willson •• Ift 00. Tlios. J. Ingham prof, service Si cierk 15 00 K. A. Hegel support and transportation of Paul Swartz 14 00 Balance in hands of Overseers 08 418 78 418 78 Statement oi Resources and Liabilities, Ordi-rs outstanding 484 80 Bond indebtedness 01' Borough.. MS) 00 Amt due from It. A. Conk 1111 Tres 48 42 A. 11. Buschliausen Col 47 10 Land returns for wars 1893-4-5 11 05 " " ' 1896-7-8-9 9316 A. (i. Hill sidewalk muddle 16 00 A. J. Haokley sidewalk 3 20 C. K. Grimm •' 9 81 John I'urcell, aect of M. l'uivell 3 90 Liabilities in excess of resources 1052 16 1281 8U 1281 80 Recapitulation of Borough expenses, Orders redeemed 922 10 Interest on Philip Karge order 48 00 A.J. Bradley order 09 Bond COUIJOUS 40 00 T. J. Inghum collecting Wierltlin bi11... 200 101219 Made up as follows: Labor 011 streets 623 80 Material and supplies 148 60 Btreet Commissioner 106 50 Auditing Borough account 18 00 Secretary of Borough council 12 00 Borough Council 10 (XI Taxes 011 loans 3 20 T. J. Ingham, collecting 2 00 Interest 48 09 Bond coupon* 10 00 1012 19 Lajorte, l'a.. March 12,1900, We the undersign ed auditors oi the Borough of Laport. Pa., do hereby certify that we met in pursuance of Act of Assembly at Court Ilouso, March 12, 1900, and did proceed to audit, adjust and settle the several ac counts of the 110 rough oftioers and found the same correct as shown and set forth herein liefore. Witness our hands and seal this day TIIOS. K. KKNNEDY. CHAS. COLKMAN". JACOB Fit IKS. Auditors. Auditors Statement ot Laporte Township l'hiip Kmlg ill account with Laporte 'l'wp as Overseer of Poor for the year ending March 12. 1900. Amt handed over from M. Jordan 143 14 Heed from County Treasurer 300 00 Philip Karge ;l0 0o Paid 15, J. Mullen attorney fees 5 00 T. J. it F. H. Ingham " 40 00 Keeping of James White 41 00 Thos. Beaheu for Keeping Oautier 2 00 Chas. L. Wing printing court book . 7 25 Order of relief Paul Schwartz I 50 Order of removal " 2 00 M. C. Miller keeping [rami* 50 Overseers services 32 00 Balance in handg of Overseers 841 5# 473 14 473 14 Handed over to successor in office 259 50 Philip Peterman in account with Laporte Twp us Overseer of Poor for the year ending March 12, 1900. Amt received from County Treas. 4*9 00 lieeeipt for boarding J. Gautler. .. 26 85 < 'lothing for '' 24 15 Geo. Kiester lioardiug 46 90 Shipping J. White to lowa 39 35 Overseer Services 37 00 llalauce in Overseer'* baud* 284 75 459 00 459 00 \V, J. Lowe in account with Laporte Twp a* Supervisor for the year ending March 12,1900. By amt of duplicate 23117 To exonerations allowed 640 Lund returns 85 Cach collected ou face duplicate... 9 78 Collected by work 209 04 Amt handed over to successor o 10 231 17 Order for Atty fees issued for 1898-99 35 00 Order redeemed for same 35 00 Cash account. ('ash collected on face duplicate 9 7S itecd of County Treasurer 1105 71 Lee'lt Gavitt, Col 384 08 Borrowed money 125 0(1 Certificate of (I.Karge Treasurer. . 14186 Paid 011 B. Kline judgment 400 00 Judgment of John Utz cost and liil 140 48 satisfaction on Utz judgment 20 Ralph Mogargcl judgment 275 12 Orders redeemed 279 J8 Receipts tiled for work 322 53 " repair* 47 02 " merchandise 17 70 Balance in supervisors hands 28 1621 57 1 024 57 Supcrvlsors net-vices 169 22 Certificate issued for same 169 22 Geo. Karge in account with Laporte Twp as Supervisor for the year ending March 12,1900. Amt reed, from former supervison 471 Amount of duplicate 163 .*>4 By exonerations 7 02 Land returns 24 80 Cash collected on face duplicate 11 70 Amt worked out 115 17 Paid over to successor 9 56 168 25 168 25 Orders Issued for work 21 34 redeemed, same 24 31 Cash Account. Collected on face duplicate 1170 Reed of I*. Karge, Collector 199 69 Lee R. (iavitt. Collector 121 49 License money MSO County Treasurer 100 00 Borrowed money 817 "9 Orders redeemed by cash 164 66 Receipts filed for work 567 29 for merchandise 34 14 Interest |»aid 011 judgment 89 61 809 17 855 70 Cert. Issued balance due Buper. 46 58 Supervisor services 174 65 Certificate iisued for same 174 65 liabilitiesund rcsouiees of Laporte Twp. on road for settlement ending March 12, 1960. Judgments entered on docket 1786 63 Certificate issued to W. J. Lowe 169 22 Geo. Karge 174 65 money furnished 4*58 5157 OS We the undersigned auditors and town clerk do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is true anil correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. HENRY KARGE. I R. E. BOTSFORD, Auditors. M. ¥. ROUSE. I E. C. PETERS, Town Clerk, EXOOUB FROM CHICAGO. Many of Ita Forem&t Citizens and Corporations Going to New York. The exodus of wealthy Chicagoans to New York continues at a rate which promises to diminish rapidly the ranks of the local "400." The past two years have seen the departure of a large number to make their homes in the Eastern metropolis, and lately they have gone at the rate of ouc a week. For Instance, last week James B. Breese, the broker, left to make Gotham his residence. This week Charles B. McDonald, the broker and golf man, announced that he would soon say good-by. Next week will see the departure of Frederick K. Pulsi fer, one of the leading members of the isoard of Trade, to swell the list of ex- Chicagoans in the East. One of Chi cago's best corporation lawyers will follow him in the early summer. Samuel M- Nickerson, late Presi dent of the First National Bank, has bought a home in New York, as has nlso his son, Roland, a popular young clubman. H. H. Porter, President of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail way, shook the Chicago dust from his shoes about two years ago and went to New York. He gave as his reason the excessive taxation and persecu tion against corporations. It is estimated that altogether the city, by these and other removals of persons and corporations, has lost several million dollars. LABOR TROUBLE SETTLED. A Strike Avoided and Terms of Union Conceded. An agreemnt has been reached by the Carpenters' Union and the Car penter Contractors' Association of Buffalo, whereby the threatened strike of carpenters on Monday has been averted. The carpenters demanded a minimum scale of 30 cents an hour, eight hours to constitute a day's work. The agreement reached provides for an eight hour day, the men to receive 25 cents and hour for rough work and 30 cents an hour for finishing. Time and a half will be paid for overtime, and double time for Sundays nnd holi days. The machinists' strike at Columbus, Ohio, has been settled. The employ ers agree to take back all the old men, but they are left free to em ploy non-union labor on equal terms with union labor. Chicago pattern makers have se cured the signatures of twenty job shop bosses to their new agreement, nnd by so doing avoided a strike and won every point for which they con tended. The agreement becomes ef fective April 15. and expires February 1, 1901. CRIMINAL. Charles H. Cole, formerly President of the Globe National Bank in Boston, appeared In the United States Dis trict Court March 29 and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging em bezzlement and misapplication. Three convicts in North Carolina, who were serving out their sentences on the county roads, made a break for liberty the other day. The guard fired, and the bullet passed entirely through one of them, killing him in stantly and wounding another mortal ly. The third escaped. W. H. Culton, charged with complic ity in tbe murder of Goebel, is said to bave confessed. Ellsworth Evans shot and Instantly killed Assistant City Marshal William Heunecke, at Booneville, Missouri, while Hennecke was attempting to ar rest Evans after he bad robbed a cigar store March 27. Mrs. W. W. Rice, of Worcester, Mas sachusetts, wife of ezjpongressmat! Rice, and sister to Mrs. Senator Hoar Is dead at Washington. The Merchants' National Bank of Rutland, Vermont, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The cashier was arrested, his shortage being esti mated at $145,000. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. 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