. HI! IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. RAPID CHANGES. New Frtnch Executive Quickly Named It Bald lo Favor DreyfusHopee tor a Rc-unlted Republic. The death of President Fanro. the di end of a revolution find tho election of Einlle I.oubct ns tho ruler of the French Itcpuhllc were tho stirring events which happened 111 Ftnnee Inst Friday nnd Haturdiiy. With the death of President Fnuro, the Itoynltsts, Honnpartlsts nnd Nationalists hoped that o new power would come Into existence which would irrntect the nr my from Investigation nnd squelch the desire for the release of Dreyfus. The newly elected President tins promised to devote his bent efforts to ftiimiliiK the wishes of the country and to "reunite tin- JtcpuhltcnnH who have drifted asunder by the current of unhappy event." Thorn- putties who so bitterly op posed titibet nre confident thut he Is It Dreyfus tnnn nml t tin t If over the exile Is to receive justice be will ob tiiln It from the newly elected exec utive. I.nst Saturday 8 0 senators nnd de puties went to Versnllles for the pur pose of eli ctli-g n new president of the republic. Ciuird.1 were itntlotied nbotit nil of the public buildings to prevent hostile l--montrntlons. The first bnllnt resulted In the elec tion of M. Ijoubet, he having received 4M votes. M. Mellne received 273, and BO votes were scattered. The Premier, M. Dupuy, the formnl ly transfer.-d the executive power to M. I.oubet and congratulated hltn upon his flection. The President. In thanking M. Du puy, expressed the hope of havlnR the support of the Cabinet. The Senators nnd Deputies then tiled past and shook hands with the President, who after ward received a deputation of newspa per men. nnd through them appealed to the whole press of the country to work In union. There Is every Sinn of a i-nmpnlgn ngnlnst President Lmibet slmllnr to that which dtove M. Casltnlr-Pcrler to resign. Clenrly "La Patrle Fran calse" will leave no stone unturned to achieve this obji et, Its chief ground of objection being that the president Is a Dreyfusard. The street demonstrations which nturred Sunday have not been spontaneous, but were evidently or ganized nnd so far they hnve been eas 1 lly suppressed. The new 1'resldent comes from the part of France where the Itomnn power Insteil Ion hit. namely, Mnr sanne, In the Department of Drome, lie Rives the Impression of remote Latin origin, nnd looks to be a solid, practical man, who sees the fncts of life Just as they nre. As President of the Senate he has hnd official nnd other experience thnt will be useful to him as President of the Republic, but he Is essentially a plain, mlddle-clnss mnn, whose mind was sharpened by Ills practice at the bar In tho provin cial town of Montcllmnr, In the South of Franco. Obliging to his neighbors, ho Is as ncf-cwtble ns (lenernl (Irant or Lincoln wna, nnd not less unpre tending. The President Is thoroughly domes tic nnd dislikes showy society. He likes to spend bis time at home, and Is a grcnt reader. He Is not rich, nor does he covet wealth nnd honors. He Is strong In financial questions. For mnny years he lived In nn unpreten tious lint, and dined off a white, oil cloth Instead of a tablecloth. Ills hands, figuratively speaking, nre clean: but his benrd and clothes nre untidy, thus contrasting with the lute President. AN EXTRA bESSION. The President May Call One if a Satli'actory Army BUI is Not Passed. Congressmen are In dread that the President will call an extra session unless they pnss a satisfactory army bill. The President does not believe thr.t the Corkrell bill, now before the senate will nfford suMlck-nt relief. Ho agrees that tho strength of S2, 000, permitted by tho Corkrell bill, which merely extends for two years the present army establishment, would probably be sufficient, llu Is not satlstled with the existing army organization, however, believing It to be especially weak becnuse of a defic iency In stalT nlllcers and the distribu tion of their duties. The administration believes Imper fect and Insufficient army staff or ganisation has been responsible for most of the criticisms against the con duct of the war. The President Is un willing, therefore, to see those limita tions and Imperfections continued during the critical period of the next two years. Prince Alfred's Sudden Death. The English papers Wednesday for the first time Intimate the real cause of the death of Prince Alfred of Baxe Coburg and Qotha which occurred last week. It is known that the cause was'an attempt at suicide just after his complicity In the Berlin gambling scandal became known bist November. The papers add that the prince suf fered a relapse on learning of the ad ditional arrests for complicity In the scandal made recently. Agulnaldo's Cousin Killed. A special from Manila Wednesday says: A Spanish prisoner, who escaped from Mnlolos, reports that Haldomero Agulnnldo, a cousin of Oen. Aguinaldo and Filipino minister of war, was kill ed In the fighting at Calnocan on Feb. 10, where the Kansas, Montana and Pennsylvania troops and the Third ar tillery were heavily engaged. Corro boration of this report was given by the finding of a general's sword beside the railway sheds. ' The Beat Inquiry. The basis and main fabric of Major General Miles' case In respect to the "embalmed beef" and "canned horse," alleged to have been furnished to the United States troops In Cuba and Puerto Hlco, la now lodged with the War Department for transmission to the Wade Court of Inquiry. It consist of a great mass of letters and reports sent to the General by officers, privates and citizens, all to a graat3r or less de gree sustaining his allegations. Went Ashor to Oet Drunk. The United States transport Grant arrived at Sues Sunday, Oen. Law ton had telegraphed the United States consular agent, A. W. Haydn, that 60 members of the expedition deserted at Fort Said and would be brought to Sues by trnln. A guard of Egyptian soldiers was marshaled In the depot to prevent their escape, but only two men appeared. These said that neither thny nor any of the others wUhed to desert tho expedition, TFRSR TELEGRAMS. The Prussia university granted a first diploma to a woman, Fraeuleln Elsa Neilman. The Duke of Teck, grandfather of the heir to the tlrltlsh throne, Is In sane nnd growing worse. A high nulhorlty nt Madrid esllmnt'i that the next Spanish budget will show a deficit of 325,000,1100 pesetas. Senator Mason wns hissed for saying In a speech nt Washington Inst Sunday that the Philippines need a Ijifnyctte. Senor Agonclllo, who hurried lo Can ada when the recent hostilities broke out nt Manila has depnrted for Kurope. The North Carolina legislature ndopted an amendment to their con stitution, framed to disfranchise the Ignornnt negro voters. The ljondon weekly press united In scoring the whitewash of Secretary of War Alger and his minions by the war Investigation commission. Snrrnntos Ferrontos, a rireek, who hnd undertaken to expose a number of countrymen for counterfeiting was murderd In New York a few days ago. The United States transport Sheri dan left Itrooklyn Inst Monday with I.MS men for Manila. Officers nnd their families to the number of SO were ulso on board. The bicycle factory nnd machinery shop of I. Silverman HroS., lit Chica go was partly destroyed by lire Wed nesday morning, causing a loss of about $75,000. A serious conflict has taken plnce between the Husslnns and Chinese at Tallen Wan, ami of the latter being killed. It Is said to hav originated In a question of taxes. Colonel Alex Hawkins, of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment nt Manila, wrote that he would stay by bis regi ment nnd not return to take his seat In the State Senate. The obligations of tho Ccntrnl Pac ific railroad to the United States were settled by tho giving of 20 notes of the company for nn aggregate of $58,812, 715, payable semi-annually, Interest 3 per cent. Oerrlt P. Wenton, one of the success ful business men of Washington died suddenly Sunday after his return from church. He wns a native of New York nnd for mnny years was a resident of Cleveland, o. The Star theater, Chicago, was bad ly damaged by nn infuriated mob last Sunday. Legal proceedings hnd tied up the scenery and the management re fused to refund the money. After the house had been wrecked the money was returned. William Jennlnga Bryan, In a speech nt Ann Arbor, Mich., said that the Filipinos should be given their Inde pendence tinder an Amerlcnn protector ate nnd thnt all American traditions would prevent their subjugntlon by American arms. Ilnrnum & Unlley announce that their circus will not return to the United States, but will remain perma nently In Kugland. The Central News of London snys It learns that the firm will be converted Into a limited llnblll ty company, with a capital of $2,000, 000. An express trnln from Calais, hav ing passengers from London on board, collided Saturday with a stationary trnln nt Foret, near Brussels. Twenty-one persons were killed outright nnd 100 were more or less Injured. There were no Americans or English among the victims, M. It. Jackson of Atlnnln, fin., nnd Fred D. Forbes of Ypsllantl, Mich., were killed, W, A. Kthridge of Macon, fin., wns perhaps fatally Injured, and seven others were hurt by the wreck of a construction engine nenr Charles ton, S. C. Tho victims were telephone linemen going to mnko repairs. Chairman James K. Jones, chair man of the Democratic National com mittee, paid that silver will be the Is sue In l!l(H), and that the ehnnces of victory ore good because the Repub lican party has thrown off the mask of favoring bimetallism, by which It won many votes at the lust election. The cold snap may prove a great blessing to the southern states next summer. "It bus killed the last germs of the yellow fever," snys Surgeon General Wymnn, of the marine hospi tal service at Washington, "nnd It Is not probable thnt the dreaded pest will show Itself again for some time, to come." The second trial of Mrs. Margaret F, Cody, the nlleged blnc-kmnller fit Geo, J. Gould nnd Miss Helen Gould, will be moved In tho third week of the Feb ruary term of the Albany, N. Y coun ty court, which began yesterday. A disagreement resulted at the first trial, which was had during the third week In December. The steamer from Bluefields, Ni caragua, brought news that the rebels under General Feyes aro being organ ized and led by old American fron tiersmen, among them J. C. Kennedy, of the Louisiana field artillery; Cap tain Forsgard, of tho Seolley Rifles, Galveston, Texas, and Hurt I'mstatt, an old Indian acout, A dispatch from Chicago says: On Wednesday the Western Union Tele graph company will reduce the rates on cablegrams to Cuba and Porto Rico Messages from all points In the United States cast of the Mississippi river and Including St. Louis and Galveston, to Havana, will be 25 cents a word' In stead of 40. The rate to Porto Hlco will be 75 cents a word Instead of 11.17. It Is announced that a company has been formed with a capital of 1000,000 to erect a factory at Greensboro, N. C, for the manufacture of cotton flannel. This Is the first factory for the manufacture of these goods to be established In the south. Three mon were killed In a street light at Dekalb, Tex., Monday and one wns wounded. fi. F. Blocker shot and killed Frank Plttman, whereupon friends of the latter bent upon revenge caused a great deul of disorder. An attempt to arrest some of them brought firearms Into pluy and us a result John Hughes and Joe Duke were killed and Constable. Dobbins was wounded. Secretary Alger'a Threat, Speaking at the Brooklyn, N. T Union League club's Lincoln day ban quet Tuesday night. Secretary of War Alger said: "We hope that soon we shall have an army bill such as la fit ting for this mighty Nation, that we can relieve these 125,000 volunteers and put men In tholr places willing to serve as soldiers. If this Is denied us I want to pledge you that the men In tho field, though their time may be up, will never be released." , K!ld Bcanii of DUa'patoi. Mrs, Charles Fahrenkamp, aged 83 years; her two children, Florence and William, aged respectively 10 and t years, and an unknown woman, aged about 85 years, were found dead Bun day In a room In Mrs. Fahrenkamp's home at Philadelphia, The gas was turned on, and life had apparently been extinct tor several days. Scattered about the first floor were remants of cigars ajnd cigarette and empty beer and whisky buttles. IMS FROM INTENSE NEAT. NO SHADE AT MANILA. Rebels Will Not be Dislodged Prom Their Jung, tea Fired Upon by Warship Which Lo cated Them With a Searchlight. Tho Philippine rebels continue to fire occasional shots at the American troops from ambush, but hesitate to make themselves conspicuous In lend ing an nllnck. The California volunteers abandoned Guadalupe church Sunday morning, which has since been sot on tire, and retired to Snn Pedro Mncntl. The rebels still hold the country In tho vic inity of Gundaliipe, Pnslg and Putero, despite the efforts of tho gunbonts ro dislodge them from the jungle on both sides of the river. The heat Is Intense and Is Increasing perceptibly dully. Under present con ditions It Is Impossible to provide shade for the troops In certain parts of the line, particularly MncArthur's division. King's brigade Is also ex posed from Sun Pedro Mncntl to Cull cull, where It Joins Overshlne's bri gade. Mr. Illgglna, the mnnngcr of the Unnlln-HiiKUiipnn railroad, Is believed to be nr at llayambang, although no conitnuiiieatlon has been received from blm since Februnry . He was t'j-n housed nt Mr. Clarke's plnce, with bis wife nnd family, nnd about six other KtiKllshmen, some of whom nre necompnnled by their wives. While It Is unlikely that the natives of the locality will harm them. It Is f-nred that others from distant pro vinces might wreak vengeance ut their expense. In view of the fact thnt the enemy were concentrating on the American right flank, preparations were made Monday night to give them n warm reception In the event of attack. Gen. Overshlne's line, consisting originally of the North Dakota volunteers. Four teenth Infantry, and two troops of the Fourth cavalry, stretching from the bench nt Camp Dewey to Gen. King's right, wns reinforced by two battal ions of Oregon volunteers, nnd three troops of the Fourth cavalry as In fantry. The Iluffnlo's search light discovered the rebels unusually nctlve about 10 o'clock In the evening, signalled the uagsnip ror permission to lire upon them, and, this being granted, bom barded the enemy's trenches for 20 minutes. The only effect of tho fire wns apparently to drive tho rebels further Inland. Heyond a few Ineffectual volleys from the trenches, which were re turned with Interest, the enemy made no demonstrntlon and all Is quiet along the rest of the line. Scouts claim to hnve seen Oen. Pin del Pilar, who commanded the rebels nt Paco, with his arm In a sling, di recting the troops. Oen. Montenegro, the insurgent commander In chief. Is reported to be personally conduct ing the movements In front of Gen. King's line nt Snn Pedro Macatl. The slgnnl corps Is arranging signals with the navy for future operations nn the left. With the exception of the port of Hollo trade with Philippine ports in still blockaded. Beef at Havana Qood. Ilrlg. Oen. George R. Krnst, of MnJ. Oen. llrooke's staff, Wednesday com pleted the cxnmlnntlon of between 800,000 and 900,000 rations of beef In nttoy storehouses. He found that there was less than 2 per cent, of bad beef, which wns received In the same ship ment as the beef condemned lust week. One box In every ten was opened and examined nnd also every box that was smelling bad. The beef was In two and four-pound cans, nnd 12 and 24 pound enns were in each box. Fight ounces of beef constitute one ration. Fear Crlmina Conviction. The Standard Oil Company Tuesdny at Columbus, O., filed its answer to the ouster petition of Attorney Gener al Monnett, denying all the averments of the attorney general. The company seta up tho averment thnt the act un der which the action of the State Is brought Is unconstitutional, nnd as signs six reasons therefor. The de fendants decline to verify their answer, ns the admission of certain fncts might subject the company's of ficers to criminal or penal conviction. OUR NEW POSSESSION'S. Tho Twenty-third Kansas and the Sixth United Stales volunteers will be brought homo from Cuba and I'orto Rico. Apologies will be tendered MaJ. Oen. Ilrooke by the Cubnns who withdrew from the Gurcla funeral procession. They now regret their action. Negroes In Havana are refusing to work, claiming the United States will supply all the food they want. Gen. Chaffee has called the department commander's attention to the matter. Enormous frauds have been discov ered In Havana, Over 2,000 househol ders hove been Btenllng water from the wuter mains with the connivance of the acades, a loss to the city of $M),000 a year. Gen. Urooke hns received mnny com plaints that servants In Havana will not work since rations are supplied to them by the government. Gen. Lud low has been requested to see that on ly the worthy poor are supplied. Major General Elwell 8. Otis, In command at Manila, In an Interview said that the Filipinos are Ignorant of what they are righting for and are led by a lot of corrupt natives. Agulnaje do, he said, la not so bad as he Is painted. A dispatch from Oen. Otis received at the war department says he has been Informed that the attack made on the American forces by the rebels waa In pursuance of advices received by Aguinaldo from Washington, via Hong Kong. Holman'a Washington cafe, on the Central park, has been ordered closed by Senor Federlco Mora, civil governor of Havana, because of the refusal of the proprietor to serve drinks to a mu latto, the Cuban general, Ducasse, who had been Invited In by friends. Mr. Holman, who la an American, says he will reopen, claiming that he Is sustained by the American authorities. It la considered that the controversy will raise the race question. Fowar of Advertising Tested. A few daya ago some one Inserted an advertisement In a Chicago paper that John Kopf of the Court House wanted chorus girls, museum freaks and natural history specimens. Thous ands of people called with dogs and cats and freaks and chorus girls In numerable stood In line. The police finally rescuod the victim of the Joko and hung out a sign explaining mat ters to an Indignant crowd. Archbishop Chapelle last Sunday urged the Cubans who had assembled at the cathedral In Santiago to forget and forgive the Spaniards. THE NEW MAINE. First Piece of Her Keel Lald-Coat Price Will be ,i,Bl5,ooo, The anniversary of the blowing tip of the battleship Maine In Hnvnna har bor was mnrked with the beginning of work on the now Maine, which will bo built by the Cramp Shipbuilding Com pany. At 11 o'clock Wednesday morn ing the first piece of the keel of the vessel was laid, and a great cheer wns given by the crowd ns the group of workmen set It In place. Other pieces of the steel keel were speedily hoisted and plneed by the side of the first. The Maine will be a sister ship to the Ohio and Missouri, the contract price for each of which Is $2,8N5,000. Shn Is to hove a speed of IS knots, with a length on load water lino of 8S8 feet, and a beam of 72 feet Sty Inches; she will have a normal displacement of 12, 500 tons nnd a drnugbt of 23 feel ft Inches. Her bunkers will be large enough to carry 2,000 tons of coal, and her complement of nlllcers, si omen and marines will be about BOO men. The Maine's nrmntiient will consist of four 12-Inch breech-londlng rifles, sixteen fl inch rapid-fire rifles, twenty fS-pnundor nnd four 3-poiinder guns nod a few smaller pieces. The builders will en deavor to have the new battleship ready for launching Februnry in of next year, nnd to hnve her rendy for service on the third nnnlversary of tho sinking of the Maine In Havana har bor. PORTO RICO POSTAL SYSTEM. It W,ll be Independent and Like That of the United 8tatee, Capt. W. II. F.lllott of New Castle, Ind., director of posts for the Island of Porto Rico, sails from New York Thursday for San Juan. He will Insti tute an Independent form of postal government on the entire Island on Mnrch 15 next. This will be the adop tion In its entirety of the postal system Just Inaugurated In Culm. It will place Porto Rico on the same postal status with respect to the United States ns all countries belonging to tho universal postal union. Orders were given nt Washington on Wednesdny for the printing of a com plete set of stamps for Porto Rico, sim ply surcharging the Unlt"d States stamps by printing the words Porto Rico across the face. All postmasters will close their nccnunts In the nnme of tho United States, furnishing a statement of the transactions and re turning all stamps nn thnt date, and open accounts nfresh. Tho International money order rates will continue permanently both as ap plies to Cuba nnd Porto Rico, nnd when Chief Clerk Gadsden of the money order system here, detailed as special commissioner to those Islands, finishes his work In Cuba he will pro ceed to Porto Rico, probably by March 15, and establish a domestic money or der system there. MORE TROUBLE FOR PACKERS. Germany May Appoint Meat Im pectore at Chic ago and Kaneas City. Tho beef Inspection bill will shortly be debated In the German Reichstag, strong scenes nre predicted. Foreign meats nre subjects to a sin gle Inspection, but this does not forbid Inspection by the separate States, for special reasons, such as suspicion that the meat has deteriorated since the date of Its first Inspection. In any case, however, foreign meats must 1)9 treated the same as domestic meats. The Importation of foreign meats Is re stricted to certain ports nnd frontier stations, In order to facilitate Inspec tion, the result of which must be made known in each case In a uniform man ner. The Center, being the dominant fac tor, will propose an amendment to the effect, that tlermany appoint a corps of Its own meat Inspectors to go to Chicago, Kansas City and other great meat-exporting centers, these Inspec tors to examine nil meats destined for Germany, and Issue certificates which will be accepted as conclusive by tho homo government, ORDERED FROM SAMOA. Herr Kaftel, the Disturbing Element, Hat Start ed for Germany. Herr Rnffel, formerly president of the municipal council of Apln, and the most disturbing element In the Humo un situation Wednesday left Apia for Germany. Secretary Hay hus been of ficially advised of his departure and gratification la felt. It Is the first step taken by the ISerlln government In compliance with the representations made by ambassador White. The authorities have no doubt that when the German government fully under stands the facts Herr Hose will also be ordered from Samoa. Medal lor Helen Oould, At the opening of Wednesday's ses sion of the senate a bill was reported from the military affairs committee and passed, extending the appreciation of congress to Miss Helen Miller Oould for patriotic services during the late war, and providing that a gold medal be presented to her by tna president. Senator Hoar nt first objected because other ladles (he especially named Oen. Wheeler's daughters) were not rec ognized, but later withdrew the objec tion. A Cargo of Cigarettee. Tho steamer Olympia, about to sail from Taroma for Manila, has an un usual cargo In the form of 350,000 Amerlcan-mndo cigarettes. The paper In the wrappers came from Chill. At Manila there are all kinds of tobacco and all kinds of cigarettes except American. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The war department Is authority for the statement that General Otis will begin an aggressive war against the Filipino guerrillas. Secretary Alger has ordered the Ninth regiment of regular Infuntry, now at Madison barracks, New York, to go to San Francisco and to be held In readiness to go to Manila. A statement in admiral Schley's be half, regarding his prize money rights accruing from the Santiago tight, has been prepared and delivered to the naval committee of the senate. Relatives of Frank Pears, of Pitts burg, who was murdered In Honduras last month are now In Washington, en deavoring to persuade the government to demand satisfaction from the south ern republic. The National Congress of Mothers and the National Council of Women, In session at Washington, passed re solutions calling on the United States Congress to refuse to seat Congressman-elect Roberts, of Utah, because he Is a polygamlst. Treasurer Roberts says there are 1227,000,000 In gold In the treasury, and 823,000,000 In paper. He says there Is a demand from the sub-treasuries for pa per, and offering gold In return. Mr. Roberts says: "It gold does not be come popular aa a means of commercial Interchange the banks will have to give relief by increasing the Issues of their own notes." . pfiEsiDlrlifricElslEi NO FOREWARNING GIVEN. Deceased Buffeted Prom Apoplexy and 'Expired After Three Hour's Illness All Medical Efforts Prove Futile, M. Felix Fuure, president of the re public of France, died at 10 o'clock Thursday night from apoplexy, aftrr nn Illness of threo hours, It had been known for some time thnt his heart wns weak, but tho first Intimation that he wns sick was given when a mes sage was dispatched to the premier, M, Dupuy, announcing that the presi dent was III. M. Dupuy immediately repaired to the Klysco. All medical efforts proved futile and the president died on the stroke of 10. About 8 o'clock M. Fuure, who was then In his study, went to the door of the room of M. Le Gall, bis prlvnte secretary, which Is contiguous to the study, and said: "I do not feel well. Come to me." M. I Gall Immediately went to the president's aid, led him to a sofa and called Gen. llailloiid, general secretary of the president's household; M. Hlon del, under prlvnte secretary, and Dr. Humbert, who happened to be at the Klyseo nttetidlng a relative. The president's condition did not ap pear dangerous, but Dr. Humbert, on perceiving that he was rapidly get ting worse, telephoned for Dr. Lnnne. Ixmgue and Dr. .Cheurlet, who arrived with M. Dupuy and were Joined luter by Dr. Hergerey. Though M. Fuure still retained con sciousness, the doctors soon recog nised thnt the ense was hopeless, but It was not until nearly 8 o'clock thnt the members of tho family were In formed of the real state of affairs. 1 hen then came to the sofn where the president lay. Soon after he began lo lose consciousness, nnd despite all ef forts, expired at 10, In the presence of the family and M. Dupuy. M. Dupuy communicated the sad In telligence to M. Ixiubet, president of the senate; M. Paul Descbanel, presi dent of the chamber of deputies; the members of the cabinet and other high funotlonnrler, after which he ad dressed a dlnspntch to all prefects and subjects of France. It wns not until 11 o'clock that the n-ws began to become known to the general public In Paris. From that time began a continuous arrival of public men. Strict orders, however, woro Issued, and only members of the cabinet were admitted to the Klysee. The president of tho council and minister of the Interior, M. Dupuy, hns requested all prefects and sub prefects not to leave their posts, and directed nil those who are absent to return Immediately. M. Loekroy, who was present at the death, thinks It was painless. Dr. Ijinne-Longue shares his opinion, but believes there wns In the early stnges of the opoplotlc seizure agonizing pain. The doctor attributes the breakdown In the president's health to Fnshoda, tind thinks thnt the consequent anxiety tisen up bis vltnlity. M. raure nad fostered the scheme MnJ. Marchnnd was sent to accomplish, and he wns terrified at Its possible consequences. Felix Fuure had been president of Franco four years nnd one month. The full presidential term is seven years. He wns the sixth president of the third republic, and It Is worthy of note that of these only one, M. Jules Grevy, ever renched the end of his term. Mondav Premier Tmntiv Asked the chamber of deputies to vote $.'12,000 for the obsequies to M. Faure. This wa the amount voted for President Car not's funeral. President Loubet, fol lowing the precedent set by President Caslmlr-Petler, will attend the obse quies. It Is estimated that 20.000 per sons viewed M. Faure's body on Satur day. The obsequies will take plnce next Thursday In the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and the interment will occur In the cemetery of Pere-Lachalso. CORPSE IN A BLOCK OF ICE. Oruesome Object Found in the Susquehanna River. A large block of Ice with the body of a man solidly frozen in the center of It was the gruesome sight thnt greeted a morbidly curious throng in a local undertaker's establishment on Tues day at Tonawanda, N. Y. Two weeks ago Fred Lelgedal found the body at the point of a large island In the Sus quehanna rlv. Just below the city limits. Although he told several per sons of his discovery, the coroner was not officially notified until Sunday af ternoon.' In life the man was 5 feet 5 Inches In height, weighed about 150 pounds, had black hair and a red mus tache. The body was badly decom posed and the hair was worn from the cranium and the nose crushed In by floating cakes cf Ice. A deep gash In the neck that had severed the Jugular vein points to foul play. The body was thawed out and is being held for Identification. FRANCE PREPARES FOR WAR. Extraordinary Activity at Toulon Arsenal Boaste ol How Ens. land Will be Treated. The Toulon correspondent of the Dally Mall of London on Tuesday re marking upon the extraordinary ac tivity at the arsenal there and gener ally In the French naval works, says: "It is believed that M. Loekroy (min ister of marine) expects war with Gre'at Britain within two years, and It Is notorious that a war with England Is being preached in official circles In France. "Troops are being poured Into Tunis, Causlca and Algeria, and war material Is being dispatched to all the colonies. French officers openly boast that they will sweep the British fleet out of the Mediterranean." Gomes and the Dona, A dispatch from Havana says Gen eral Maximo Gomel. In answering an address of welcome tendered to him on Wednesday by the Spaniards at Santa Clara, said: "I realize that the Span lards of this city, like those of other cities which I have visited, understand me and have full confidence In the policy of peace, unity and concord which I am advocating. The common weal and our mutual Interests demand that we should forget the past. Cu bans, knowing the need of the policy of Independence, will gratefully accept your co-operation." An Enormous Snow Slide. A snow slide, 100 feet deep and more than a quarter of a mile wide, came down the side of Yellow mountain, about a quarter of a mile below the town of Ophlr, Col., Monday afternoon. The slide was plainly visible from the town of Ophlr. The Caribou concen trating plant was crushed like an egg shell. J. C. Vardel, the mill foreman, was killed. He waa the only person about the mill at the time. President McKlnley last Friday ad dressed the Joint session of the Massa chusetts legislature assembled at Boston. UNCLE SAM LOSSES $1,000,000. Firs at Brooklyn Navy Yard Deatroys a Big Bulldlnc. and Valuable Patterna. Over $1,000,000 worth of government property wns destroyed by fire, which started In the large machine shop of the Brooklyn navy yard, known aa machine shop No. 28, Wednesday night nnd the workings of the navy yard have received a serious setback. Many fine models and patterns of battleships their pnrts and plans, hnve been des troyed, and some of them can not be obtnlned ngnln except by going over Hie work mapped out In the beginning. The steam engineering department of the yard Is practically wiped out, and the work will have to be thrown tem porarily upon the department of yarda and docks, and that of construction and repair. An extra force will have to be put on. Klaborate plans of the steam engineering department and re cords nnd models of the bnttleshlp Maine were destroyed. The toss to the building Is placed at $150,000; that on the machinery nnd lathes In the build ing nt MW.0OO. The cost of the models nnd patterns Is vnrlotisly estimated, but officials In the yard put the total loss nt a little over $1,000,000. The cnuse of the fire will he the subject of nn Inquiry within the next few days. ANTI-TRUST LAW INVOKED. The Attorney General of Missouri Brings Pro ceedings Against Five Companlea of the Plug Tobacco Combine. Attorney General Crow Tuesday bight flic d In the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Jefferson City, Mo., a suit ngnlnst the Plug Tohscco Trust. It Is a quo warranto proceed ing against the Continental Tobacco) Compnny, of New Jersey; the J. G. Mutler Tobncco Company, the Brown Tobacco Compnny, the Drummond To bncco Company and the Wright Bros. Tobncco Company, the latter four companies of St. Louis, to annul the chnrters of these Mrssourl companies nnd to secure the forfeiture of the right of the Continental Tobacco Com pany to do business In the State. The petition charges that these com panies are violating the State anti trust law by combining to control the output nnd the prices of plug tobacco In the Ftate and that the writ should! be granted not only under the anti trust Inw, but also on the ground of public policy, LUNA STARTS FOR ENOLAND. Philipp'no Delegate Left His Colleajue, Agon cillo, at Montreal. Senor I.unn, of the Phlllpplno dele gation hns departed from Montreal for Liverpool. lie sailed from St. John, N. H Wednesday morning on the steamer Numldian. Agonclllo declnrea he does not know what Luna's future movements will be, they being determ ined by ndvlces he will receive from Hong Kong on his arrival In England. Agonclllo again denied on Tuesday thnt he had advised Aguinaldo to at tack tho Americans. He is willing, he says, to produce the originals of all of the dlspntches he sent to the Hong Kong delegation should nn official statement based upon something more substantial than rumor or gossip ap pear to render their publication de slrable. During nil the time of his stay In Washington, he added, his In fluence wns on the sldo of peaceful and umlcablo relations. SANK AT HER PIER. The Germanic's Ice and Coal Could Not With, atsnd a Gale. Tho White Star liner Oermanle, which arrived from Liverpool Satur day at New York, sank In her berth, at 10 o'clock Monday night. Coal was' poured Into her port bunkers all yes terday nnd as the vessel was topheavy froii he Ice, which coated her hull and upper works, she listed heavily and then sank. The Germanic settled down with what sailors call an 8 degree list. For two days a gang have been coaling the vessel. Most of the coal waa stowed on the port or north side. At 9.30 last night a small hurricane struck the river, rolling the big liner over on her open coal holes. The tide was low and tho Oermnnlc grounded. Tt ia said she Is not injured and will float to-day as soon as the water Is pumped out. MAINE DISASTER CLAIMS. Within One Year From the Disaster 3 Causea Had Been Filed. A statement prepared by the auditor for the navy department Wednesday (the anniversary of the destruction of the U. S. 8. Maine) shows that the to tal number of claims filed to date on account of thnt disaster, under the act of March 30, lh'JS. is 325, amounting to $123,342. Of these 92 are claims for Indemnity by survivors, amounting to $35.63$; 204 are gratuity claim , .rfgregatlng $87, 70B. Twenty-nine claims are now on hand awaiting evidence, and 30 cases are yet to be heard from. The records show that the total number of persona on board the Maine at the time of the ex plosion was 355. Of these 261 wera killed and M survived. President' .Coachman Knocked Out. Frederick Douglass, President Me Klnley's coachman, waa painfully in jured on Wednesday afternoon. The president Intended to take Mrs. Mc Klnley out for a drive and ordered hla black horses harnessed to a cutter. The coachman directed a negro stable man named Hicks to harness the hors es. The stableman resented the man ner In which the order waa given and struck Douglass with a pitchfork on the head, who was knocked down. Hicks waa arrested. The sleigh ride was given up. CABLE FLASHES. La grippe prevails In all Mexican cities, some 18.000 people being down with It at San Luis Potosi. and fully thrice that number at Mexico City. Great commotion waa caused in poli tical circles In Parts on Sunday by the confirmation of a report that waa cir culated early in the day that Procur er General Manau had resigned. A dispatch from Auckland, New Zea land, says that the situation at Apia. Samoa, is atlll grave. Trouble la re garded aa Inevitable when the Ameri can and British consuls attempt to In stall Malletoa Tanus as king. A plague panic has seised the work ers In the southern Kolar, India, gold fields and 2,5u0 coolies employed there) have tied. A suspension of work In the champion Reef and Mysore mines Is probable owing to lack of hands. Of 60 men attacked by the plague 45 arer' dead. A dispatch from Madrid says that a letter from Don Carina la published there, forbidding his followers to at tend the sittings of the cortes, and urging them to hold themselves in readiness for action at the proper time. The government believes the pretender to- be powerless and regard hla threats) as of no Importance,
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