'A LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST v , Steamer British Qunen end Phoenlrf Company's Pier Destroyed, and Number of Lives Lost. A Are that wiped out tho Phoenix llnr nnd Unv'ier line idem In Hoholfn Bnl trm in',. nAlnntiinlnatnil lit' Itllt-n. Jng llehters to the Now York side of ! the river started nt 8:34 o'clock Tuns-1 w- J- flenn. nml then took up the lav nleht. Several llvoi are reported ' "ws nni' hnrhorn bill In committee to have bPii lo"t. At leant 20 or tho ' of Ibe whole. Mr. ilcnhurn, Iowa, crew of the Hritlsh Queen, of the Wll- waa, applauded when he began IiIh an son line, which was completely de- n,ml "Pccdi against the bill. Several strnved. wpre on hoard tho ship. Most i "leeches wore mado In favor of the of them lumped overboard and are be- "' "'' 11 ' agreed that general lieved to have swam ashore or were j ""bate shall erase at 3 p. m. Wednes picked no In thp river. Chief Engl-1 nn'' nerr Scott of the Tliitlsh Queen was ! burned to doth on her and a sailor To Deport Anarchists, named Jansen met the same fats. t,, 0, ... , . . .. l.-nnnnrt hu tl, 4,l.mll .1a thnt . TllG .a, nal Cllm-Kllny PBSSOd the blowing, the flames rose to a height . of several hundred fppt and lllumln nled tho sky. Three burning oil barges were released from the blnzlng liters and were set adrift on the river. With flames towering above them from stem to stern, they were driven before the terrific wind down the river. Two were carried In toward the New York shore. One touched at the pier at the foot of Hector street and set fire to It. Fire was commu nicated to tho pier at the foot of Mur ray street. The American line pier and the Slarln pier and many others contiguous to them were In Imminent danger of catching fire. The bnrge, the (lames from which were mounting higher and higher every minute under the Impulse of the gale, drifted peril ously near many piers. Ix39 from the fire will exceed $1,000,000. The Wilson liner British Queen was total ly destroyed, several lighters were burned, the Phoenix line pier sheds were leveled to the ground and the Barber line pier was almost destroyed. It was with great difficulty that the Are was kept from spreading to the Holland-American line, which lies Just south of the Phoenix piers. The big liner Maasdnm lay at the Holland line liter, and she was hurriedly towed Into midstream. No one knows how the Are started. Tn- first sign of flames was sent out near the end of the Phoenix liner pier. Near the point where the fire was seen an Immense quantity of hay was stored. Tho flumes sprang up suddenly In great volume and burned fiercely. In an lnHt;viit they had rushed shoreward under the roof of tho pier shed. The estimated losses In detail are: riciB. S:JiiO,luiii; British Queen. $l;iii,n00 (thought to lie too high): cotton and lighters. $2."0,fMi0. Seven lighters are more or less damaged. Steamship Company Not Liable. I Judge To-.vr.sciul, in the United ' States District Court nt New York, decided that the French Lir.e Steam ship Company was not liable for pre paid freight or for claims for death nrislng from the loss by sinking of the steamrilili 1.9 Hourgognc, July 4, 1898. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Among the confirmations of the Sen ate Wednesday was that of Captain A. S. Crownlnwhleld to be Read Admir al in the navy. Major General Arthur MacArthur, has been assigned to the command of the Department of Lakes, with head quarters at Chicago. ' The Senate Committee has ready the report on the war tax reduction bill. Senator Foraker threatens to offer Cuban reciprocity as -an amend ment. The post check system of mailing money has been introduced in the House. The bill provides for spaces In greenbacks for signatures of sender und pnyce. The military appropriation bill was ordered reported. It carries $!)!).9(I5, S '-. as ngainst estimaton of $lol.00"i. i40, and appropriations last year of $115,734,049. Senator Morgan, from tho Commit tee on Isthmian Canals. Wednesday presented to the Senate the majority and minority reports of that commit tee on the question of the validity of the titlo of the new Panama Canal Company. Tho State Department has made no oemand on tho Sultan for reparation in the Miss Stone case, hut Is await ing data fixing responsibility from Minister Leishman. It Is understood that the President has about decided to tender the Civil .Service Commisslonershlp, made va cant by W. A. Kodonborg, to Hairy A. fiarneld, of Cleveland, u son of Presl- uent oarneld. Secretary of State Hay has received I a telegram from Powell Clayton. United States ambassador to Mexico, declaring that, the charges preferred against him connecting his name wi'.h the ownership of Mexican mining stock are false. A joint resolution was introduced Wednesday by Senator Vest tender ing to Ilear Admiral Kempf the thanks of Congress for meritorious conduct in rernsinr: to Join the allied forces In the bombardment of the forts of Tuku, China. There Is no longer any doubt that Pension Commissioner H. Clay Evans will within the next few months sever his connection with tho Pension Bu reau to accept from the President a position wnith will .bu a substantial promotion, but which bus not yet been definitely selected. Governor Wright, of the Philippines, has written to Geneiral Marcus J. ' Wright, of tho Board of Rebellion Archives, a letter about the conditions in tne isiann. lie says 95 per cent ot r.ue natives .aro pacinetl. The statutory retirement of Major General K. S. Otla will vacate the com mands of -the Departments - of the IvukeB at Chicago and of Dakota at St. Paul. ' Major General MacArthur will be transferred to Chicago and Brigadier General Frederick Fuuston will succeed General MacArthur In command of tbs Department of Colo rado. CONGRESSIONAL rMOTES. Vetoed by President. Tho Senate Tuesday rprplvoil from tho President vetoes of tho bill to grniit an honorable discharge from the army to Charles II. Hawlev and the hill for tho relief of James W. Howell. ThP hill for the protection of the President wan tnlicn tip. Moasrr,. liacon. Vest nml Mason participated In tho debate. No vote was reached en the hill, Tiip Hoii:',p TucBlny elected F. B. - '.J-0" doorkeeper, to succeed tho Into House bill relieving Postmaster Coyne. of Chicago, from paying; $74,610, thP value of the stamps stolen on October li, 1901. Consideration was re sumed of the bill to protect the Presi dent. Senators Spooner, Teller and Bailey speaking on the hill. Mr. Ba con. Georgia, Introduced a bill for the deportation and exclusion of alien anarchists. The House completed 27 of the 110 pages of the rivers and harbors hill. Army Appropriations. Discussion of thp bill to protect the President was continued In the Sen ate Thursday. Mr. Aldrlch, Rhode Island, reported from the finance com mittee the Mil passed by the House for the repeal of the war taxes. The only Important change is that the committee continued In effect the tax on "bucket shops," which was abol ished by the House. It Is also pro vided that prosecutions Instituted be fore the passage of this act for vio lation of the existing law shall be continued. In the House. Thursday, the army appropriation bill was reported, and debate on the rivers nnd harbors bill was resumed, and 30 more pages of the bill were eonipletPd. Mr. Bel lamy. North Carolina, denounced the Crumpacker proposition to Investi gate the Southern election laws as designed to stir up sectional strife. War Tax Repealed. The Senate Friday passed the bill for the repeal of tho war taxes as It cnine from the House, with the ex ception that the tax on bucket shops Ik retained. The bill for the protee tlon of the Piesidcnt was also passed. The hill provides that any person within the United States, who shall wilfn!lv and mnHelniislv lc 1 1 1 tho Pres- ,i,,nt or anv 0m,rpr on whom the du- ties of President may devolve, or nny sovereign of a foreign country, or shall attempt to kill any of the pcr nons named, shall suffer death; that any person who Bhnll old, abet, ad vise or counsel the killing of nny of the persons named, or shall conspire to accomplish their death, Khali be Imprisoned not exceeding 20 years; thnt any person who shall threaten to kill or advise another to kill the President, or any official on whom the duties of President mny devolve, shall be imprisoned not exceeding 10 years; that any person who shnll willfully aid In the escape of any person guilty of nny of the offenses mentioned shall bo (termed an accomplice and shall be punished as a principal. The House Friday passed the rivers and harbors bill without a division and without anv amendment increasing the total, $00, 088.207, Including con tinuous appropriations, reported from committee. INSURANCE PATES GO UP. Advances in New York from 25 to 100 Per Cent. The New York Fire Insurance Ex change made a radical advance In fire Insurance rates on many classes of property in New York City. Rates on hotels were advanced 25 per cent., as were also the rates on all omnibus or mixed special hazards in ing!e oc cupnncy manufacturing risks, except Ing breweries, which are not already rated under the new mercantile schedule recently adopted. There were also advances on rates covering dwellings, combined Btores nnd dwell ings, apartment houses and flat houses. There rate Increases range all the way from 25 to loo per cent, of the prevailing premium charges. BRIGHT HOPE FOR CUBA. Envoys from Havana to Discuss Poli cies With President-Elect. MendPZ Capote and Diego Tamayo, Cuban Senators, who have come to consult with President-elect Palnia, arrived in New York Tuesday. Capote said: "Wi will advise with Palnia as to the pulley to be adopted under his administration. Tee hope Is that Palma will reach Iluvnna in time for the Inauguration to take place u 1m nit May 1. We believe that as soon as the new government is Inaugurated the people wilt fccttln down and that matters will go along smoothly." Stricken from the Roll. The name or Second Lieutenant Paul 1). Stockly, Twenty-first Infantry, has been ordered stricken -from the army rolls. Early In January, 1:)01, SiocMy disappeared whllo htatloued In th Philippines and no trace of the young man bus boon found. Rode With Sheridan at Winchester. Henry Lindemuth, a veteran, of the Civil War. died at bis home in Ash ley, near Wllkesbarre, aged 71. Ho was a bodyguard of General Sheridan and uccumpanled him uu his famous ride at Wlncheuier. Boer Envoys Going Home. C. A. Weasels, A. D. Wolmarans and J. M. De Bruyn. Boer delegates who have been In this country for some weeks, sailed on La Gascogne from New York Thursday." DECLARE SCBUT RPPERL CLOSED INDEFINITELY POSTPONED President Roosevelt's Conclusions Concurred In by House Naval Committee. The House Committee on Naval Af fairs, by a Vote of 7 to 4, Friday adopted a resolution concurring 'In the conclusions ol President Hoosevelt as to terminating the agitation of the Schley controversy, and Indefinitely postponing all hills and resolutions on the subject. The report or tho mib mlttee, as adopted, gives all the vari ous resolutions which have been in troduced, and says: "Your sub-corn-mlttee to whom the several hills and resolutions introduced In the House In relation to Hear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott 8ehley has had the same under consideration and presents the follow ing report thereupon: The unfor tunate controversy In connection with the Santiago campaign has attracted wide public attention, and has been thp subject of four official Inquiries and Investigations, viz: By President McKlnley. by the United States Court of Claims, by the naval court of In quiry asked for by Admiral Schley, and the President Roosevelt on ap peal from the finding of the naval court of Innuiry." The opinion of President Hoosevelt. Is then quoted, and the committee concludes by rec ommending that further consideration In the case be postponed. The vote was as follows: Yeas Foss, Day ton. Loudenslager. Butler, Watson, Cousins and Roberts. Nays Mudd, and Hixey, Va Kltchin and Wheeler. Prior to the disposition of the sub ject Mr. Mudd moved a favorable re port on his resolution giving the thnnks of Congress to Admiral Schley and the officers and men who served with him In the battle of Santiago. This was lost by a vote of I to 7. SHOT BY WALLER'S ORDER. Major of Marines Directed the Execu tion of Natives of Samar. The court martial appointed to try Major Littleton W. T. Waller and Lieutenant John II. A. Day, ot the marine corps, on the charge of exe cuting natives of the Island of Samar without trial, after receiving a com munication from General Chaffee, de cided that it had jurisdiction, and proceeded to try the ofilcers. Major Waller pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, but admitted thnt 11 men had been killed. Captain Arthur T. Marlx. marine corps, representing Major Waller. Ho conceded thnt Major Waller gave the orders while In his right senses. Captain Robert H. Dunlnp, of tho marine corps, testi fied that he received Information from Lieutenant (irldley and Sergeant Quick regarding the arrival at Car gadores of prisoners, who, on the inarch across the Island, ate roots and parts of plants and refused to assist the ma l ines by giving them similar food. He reported the facts to Major Waller who ordered Lieutenant Day to take the prisoners and have them shot. MEAT DECREE EXCITES. Official Washington Talks of Retalia tion Upon Germany ss Easy. Official Washington read with In terest the announcement of tho pro hibition, by decree of Emperor Will iam, of thp Importation of American meats into Germany, and will prepare to take immediate action In defense of this important Interest. Secretary Wilson said: "It would seem that the selection of certain articles and their Bnnltary reasons, are likely to be a very troublesome policy, and one which may bring unexpected results. American wine growers may ask for exclusion of German wineB: American brewers may ask for exclusion of Ger man liquors; American mill operators may nsk for exclusion of German woolen3 nnd silks, and so on." The authorities would regret to enter Into a retaliatory war with Germany, but they ore prepared to act should tho exclusion of American meat bo found to be based upon unsound reasons. RELIEF IN SIGHT. Congressmen Are Awaiting ths Pass age of the New Pension Bill. Senators and members of Congress are very much interested In the fnct that tho pension appropriation bill soon will become a law, because they hope to obtain from it Home relief from the pressure on lhem to secure private pension legislation. The bill contains a provision making it a crim inal offense for attorneys, claim agents or othqr persons to receive eompt-satlon for services rendered In connection with the passage through Congress of private pension bills. TROOPS JOIN REBEL8. Twenty Thousand Chinese Regulars Desert to the Insurgents. It Is reported at Hong Kong, China, that the viceroy of Canton has re ceived telegrams from Lung-chau Btat lug thnt the whole of Marshall Su's trained troops, io.oiiii In number, have joined the rebels. These men are callable of defeating nny force that tho imperial authorities may be able to rah'p to send against them. Well Informed people consider the revolt similar to tho Tatplng rebellion. Want Entire Reward. The Butler county claimants for tho reward for the capture of the Biddlu brothers refuse to accept the amount allowed, and will enter unit for tun entire $5,000. McKlnley Bills $50,000. The bill of President McKlnley's physicians aggregate about $50,000, this Included bills of the nurses, the telegraph companies and the under taker. FARMERS RAISING POULTRY Large Pecentage of Agriculturists Re port Millions of Fowls Over Three Months Old, A census report. Issued at Washing ton. I). C. shows that of the r,.7rt!t.(!r.7 farms I the United States, n,i)!W.2f2 reported poultry, The total number of fowls three months old nnd over reported, were as follows: Chick ens, Including guinea fowls, 2,13, Mis, or.S; turkeys. .r!!.Mil7 : geese. 6.670. 8(13 : ducks. 4.Kii7.:irH. . The number of nearly all these clnsses of poultry are smaller as reported In IHOli, than In IS'.io. owing to the fact that In 18'.m they report."! ail fowls, of whatever age, while In Iflmt only those three months old and over were reported. The eggs produced In 189H were 1.2!'3.8l.18d dozens, against 819.722. fllti dozens In 1889. An increase In the number of eggs produced, rather than an Increase In the number of different kinds of fowls, marks the progress of this branch of the Indus try. The values of poultry on hand June 1. 1900. was $85.794.990 ; the value of poultry raised In 1899 was $13(1.891.877, and the value of eggs produced In 1889 was 144.280,158. The total Income derived by farmers from their poultry industry In 1899. repre senting the total value of the eggs produced, as well as the poultry rnlsed. was $281,178,0:15. This total makes the poultry industry one of the largest connected with agriculture. Iowa leads tho States in the number of chickens, including guinea fowls, having 18.907.fi73. Illinois is second, with 10,U0,728. WEST INDIA ISLANDS. Danish Troops Will Withdraw When Treaty Is Ratified. The annexation of the Danish West Indies, provided for by the treaty be tween Denmnik and the United States, which was recently ratified by the Sennte. was discussed briefly by President Roosevelt and his Cabinet nt their regular meeting Tuesday. Den mark has not yet i at tiled the treaty, but the expectation Is that this will bo done soon. It has been decided thnt the islands will be formally an nexed ns soon as the Danish troops at St. Thomas are withdrawn. The administration does not believe it will be necessary to await an appropria tion by Congress of the purchase price. $3.000.0110, before the stars and stripes are raised over the Islands. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Tonias Eslrndn Palnia, president elect of Cuba, left New York for Ha vana Saturday. A flerVe battle between union and non-union bridge builders at Jersey City wns stopped by police. Structural steel manufacturers are turning down offer!) for material for delivery a year from next May. General Ellsha B. Hamilton, a lender In Grand Army circles, died suddenly at Qulncy, HI., aged 04. General .Miles' nttltude toward the War Department Is likely to result in his compulsory retirement from scrv Ice. The nomination by the President of Arent S. Crowninshleld to be a Rear Admiral was sent to the Senate Satur day. John K. Mm veil, of St. Louis, a de fendant In the municipal bribery enscs. forfeits his bail nml leaves for Mexico. John Young was hanged nt Mount Holly, N. J., for complicity In the murder of Washington Hunter on Jan uary 25, 1901. George W. Holvey, President of the Lead Miners' Union, was killed by a premature blast In the llomestake mine nt Load, S. D. The proposed Charleston Exposl tlon exhibit from Pennsylvania lias been abandoned and tho $5,0110 will re vel t to the State Treasury. T. P. Cook, superintendent of tho Western Union Telegraph Company at SU Lou I. i, has been appointed gen eral Western superintendent. Florence Burns, the alleged alayer of Walter Brooks, a New York com mission merchant, was discharged from custody because ot lack of evi dence. Three more nrrestn have been made at Beaumont, Tex., in connection with tho operations of the Jlattle Bennett gang of robbers and murderers. Frank M. Hill tiallle Manager of the Chicngo Junction Railway, has been missing for nearly 11 mouth. It is feared he is mentally unbalanced. Tho Westlnghouse Electric Com pany has secured a contract to erect an electrical power stu(loutfor the Metropolitan railway at 'London, England. Unknown British sympathizers are accused of starting Hohoken fire to de stroy shipments of arms and ammuni tion' to the Boera via the steamship British Queen. James Wilcox, accused of the mur der of Nell Ctopsey. of Elizabeth City, N. C. was found guilty of murder In tho first degree and sentenced to hang April 25. IT Virginia and West Virginia coal operators finally refuse to confer with L'nited Mine Workers on question at Issue, It is claimed B5,t icn will IkM called upon strike. Governor General Wood arrived Saturday and discussed with Presi dent. Hoosevelt Culm 11 quest ions and will see Pri'iddont-clect I'ulma before ho returns to Hitvann. Arthur J. Sampson, a bookkeeper In the enrploy of the Wurinun, illuck. Chamberlain company, nt Indianapo lis, was arrested on charges of rorg ery which may amount to $30,000. Several stockholders of the Metro politan Traction Company of New York have Invoked tho aid of tho law to prevent the leuso of the system to the luter-Urhan Railway Company. The steamer Elbe arrived at South ampton, England, with the passengers ot the Etrurla. which was disabled at sea on the way from New York to Liverpool and towed Into Horta, GAVE UP 400 RIFLES Leader of Native Forces In the Island of Samar Surrenders to General Smith. Genernl Lukban's efforts In Influ encing (luevnrra, who recently Issued n proclamation declaring hlmnetf the successor of Genernl Lukban In the Ivland of Samnr, In the Philippine, to surrender have been successful. Both General Smith, In commnnd of thp United States forces In the Islnnd of Samar. and Guevarra have agreed to an nrmlstlce to facilitate the collec tion of Ouevarra'a men with their lilies, when the formal surrender will bo made. The arms will be paid In at the fort. General Smith cables thnt Guevarra hns 400 rifles, and that Guevarra guarantees the absolute peaeefulness of his men. General Chaffee Is greatly pleased with what he considers as dosing the active In surrection. The resistance In Batan gas nnd Laguna provinces practically Is over. There are dally surrenders there of men and guns. The Insurgents have been completely starved Into sub mission by General Bell's aggressive tactics in preventing any exterior as sistance from reaching them. Some surprise is expressed at the number of rifles to Me turned in by the men under Guevarra. as It was 1 bought there were but 200 men In Samar. CHINESE TROOPS DEFEATED. General Ma Is Compelled to Ask for Reinforcements. The rebels in the Southern Provin ces of China continue to crushlngly de feat the Imperial troops sent to sub due them. General Ma and Marshal Su report that It Is Impossible to sup press the rebellion with the troops at their disposal, and the viceroy of Can ton has requested Yunn-Shl-Kal, tho viceroy of Chl-LI, to send reinforce ments overland from Chl-LI. The Im perial tioops have been defeated at Sek-Shlng, In Hwang-Tung province, and nt I'opalt, the rebels hold tho town and district of Foo-Chuen, 20 miles northwest of the pretectural town of Yii-Xnn. They have also enptured th" town of Liu Chou, in Kwang-Hi province, and the town of Yung-Nlng, in Kwel-Chou province. SEX REVEALF.D BY DEATH. Woman Employed as Farm Hand for Five Years. A person who was known nt Cannn dalijiia. N. Y., for live years as Will Inin C. Hownid, died Wrdnesday. and an autopsy rlio'.ved that the r.uiiposed man was a wovtan. Howard, who was about .'hi yean old. nnd who was employed as nm farm hand, came to CanandnlKua. five years ago with n woman who was known as Mrs. 1 Inw ard. The sunnosed wife had two children, the oldest one an adopted one. The dead woman worked for farmers In the nelgiioooi hood, ami those niost Intimately acquainted with the family never hud the sllghteit suspicion that she wns not a mnu. GOLD STANDARD WANTED. Mexico Will Soon Be Forced to Adopt ' That Meisure. A genernl improvement In the cot ton movement Is noticeable in Mexico City, and Importers continue to show a great desire to have the government adopt a gold standard. The Import ant Interests fovotins a continuance of the silver standard are the planters and manufacturers. The former get a gold premium on their Increasing exports while paying wages and taxes hi silver. The Mexic an Herald points out that rents, provisions nnd ( loth lug are already on a gold basis, and that the present situation cannot be Indefinitely prolonged. ANOTHER RECORD GONE. Navigation on Great Lakes Opens Earlier Than Ever Known. The opening of navigation on the upper great lakes will be earlier than has ever bee n known. Ships will be living between Dnluth and Lake Erin units bv April 1. The usual date id a month later. An opening of navl gat ion !P days ahead of the usual time means an addition to the capacity of tho Inke fleet amounting to at least 15 per cent. FREIGHT RATES CUT. Lake and Rail Rate on Flour Three Cents Lower. One or the most Important freight meetings from a Northwestern stand point has completed Its session at St. Paul. Minn. Lake und rail rates on export and domestic products inciden tal thereto were determined upon. This season the lake and rail rate on domestic flour will be 22 cents to the seaboard and 1'JVi cents on the ex port business. These rates are 3 cents under the agreed all-rail rate, the recognized differential allowed the lake carriers. New tariff will take elfect on April 1. Wu and Ho Must Answer. It is hinted at San Francisco mat serious- charges unyinst Minister Wu Ting ' Funs and Consul General lb) Yow. of that city, have, been filed at Peking by the six i .mipp.mes, cnarg Ing both oiiiclals with otiiclal miscon duct. The two tilileiali, me brothers-in-law. Piano Factory Burned. Hardinan. Peek & Co., piano manu facturers, or New York City, suffered a loss of $:uio.oiio by tho destruction by llro of their plant, limited at West Forty-eighth Htreet und the North liver. First Upper Lake Boat. The fli'Ht boat of the season from upper lake ports was reported Satur day, when the Bteamer Alaska with 400,000 feet of lumber passed Detroit for Alpena, bound for Toledo. METCALF NOW MENTIONED California Congressman Latest to B 8poken of In Connection with Hitchcocks Successor. The Intent nrm'-d mentioned In con- nectlon with the office of Secretary of the Interior to succeed Kthan Allen Hitchcock Is that of Representative Victor H. Metcnir. of California. It becamp known Saturday that Mr. Met- calf's name had been discussed by the President, but Mr. Metcalf declined' to Milk about the matter for publics- tlon. The California Senators and some Influential citizens of that State have been urging thnt somo man front thnt part of tho country be appointed to a place In the Cabinet. Ex-Repre-sentatlve Horace Davis, of California, was mentioned as Secretary Hitch cock's successor, hut It Is now ad mitted that he hns no chance of Ret ting the place. Mr. Metcalf Is some what of the same type of a man as Mr. Moody, who la to become Secre tary Long's successor, and In fact Is an intimate friend of the Massachu setts Congressman. Metcalf repre sents the California district In which Oakland Is situated. He is 48 years old, is serving his second term In Con gress and is a member of the Ways and Means Committee. WHITE HOUSE 8ACRED. President Roosevelt Opposes Any Change In the Building. President Roosevelt had among hlii callers Friday Representative Mercer, of Nebraska, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and they discussed the en largement of facilities for transacting White House business. Heretofore there have been plans for remodeling nnd enlarging the White House. Pres ident Roosevelt is decidedly opposed to changing In any mnterlai way the arrangement of this historic struct ure, believing that It should bo pre served about as it Is now. Under these circumstances enlarged faclll ties would have to be piovlded else where. The present tendency Is In lavor of making the White House n residential establishment for the President, locating the olllelal quar ters elsewhere. Senator Fairbanks has proposed that the new Depart ment of Justice building have a branch for tho executive business. Attorney General Khox has a plan for Increasing the executive facilities. PRESIDENT'S DAY. Sword Presentation to Major Jenkins Will Take Plare. April fi lina been set nuaii as Presi dent's Day nt the C ilumbla:i South Carolina Exposition. The feature of tho day will bo tho presentation to J.'njor .lenklmi by hl.-s forni"r chief of the-Itimr.ii Riders of a beautiful sword Horn the South Carolinians. ' A Etnte committee will have charge of tho presentation ceremonies, and ex Lieutenant Governor Thompson, of -New York, has consented to iieaJ ;ho committee. Couldn't Wait for Law. John Woodward, the negro murder er of Leonard Calvltt. a white planter at Union Point. Concordia Parish, La., was Ivnched Wednesday within 3'i!) vards of the parish prison In Vldalia, La. The 1110I1 gained admittance to the Jail bv claiming tiled had a pris oner. After the door wnb opened they overpowered the jailor. Porto Ricans Ccntributs. Thousands of Porto Ricans havo contributed to the McKlnley national memorial. Governor William Hunt, in a letter to Ryerson Ritchie, nation al secretary, says that $1.4!i".42 has been raised in the Island and the num ber of contributors runs far up Into the thousands. CABLE FLASHES. The l!Hs.-.!;;n General, Piir.co Var- liolf. was arrested in Warsaw for corn pllelty In the revolutionary movement. The Chaml)."!' of Deputies at Brus sels nihipted the ituti-gamblins till! for th" suppression of all gnmhlii.K clubs In Belgium. Queen WNhelmiua. of Holland, will not make her accustomed yearly visit l i Amsterdam In April. Iler Majes ty's condition rendering U advisable that she should avoid fatigue. The right of exemption from taxa tion claimed by United States Consul Covert, at Lyons. France, lias been recognized. The trial ut Rome. Italy, of three imim 1 officials accused of stealing $Su, nun from the Vatican ended in the conviction uf Scotto and the acquit tal of the others. The political situation at Port Au Prince Is critical. The authorities continue making arrests. The prison era of Importance are taken on board the llayiian warship Crete u Plerot It is scnil-oflUially announced in St. Petersburg, thnt Colonel Grimm, 'the Russian officer recently condemned to death at Warsaw for revealing mill- ta-ry secrets to n foreign power, baa confessed. A bill arranging for the resumption of commercial relations with Mexico, which has been suspended since the execution of Emperor .Maximilian in lMi7. passed the Upper House of the Arstilan Reichsrath Friday. The Landsthlng. the Upper House, at Copenhagen, voted to ratify the treaty l-rovidiii'-; far , the sale of t lie Danldh West Indies to the United Slates. Alter this action there will be t'n readings, one of which Is to be In open session, A dispatch to London. Knr.'and from l.atdiore, India, says the plague mortality ha.i reached L'.immi daily. The outbreak. wMcn Is tho wust oil record, is attributed to the policy of iion-lu tcrference in caste customs. On application of the Panama Ca- mil Company tho civil tribunal at Paris, Fiance, up proved the eventual cession of the canal property to ths United Stntps subject to u reserve re garding modifications to be obtained from the C.lomblau government con cerning articles 2o and 21 of the agreement. THE MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wht-Nn. 3 red :r Hra-Nn or n i , VI w S W n ;o It V5 10 7.1 W VI W SO tt 7 1 mm mi. erenow, rnr 1. 1 r iij No. -i rollow, Mielisl Mix ml nr OsU-Mn. white X'f! I . . . ' ' . S M . 14 mi 1U in 5-1 (HI si m .w mi rtoi"r-wTni.fr ViVAni narj iikmi wiutuni Ur-Ni. 1 thnoiiiy rert-Jl" i t whit, .ida'iiu' lirnwnm. milium 6,riTX-wi," LV ? ! ot 7. ".ZY".:": w Dairy Products. Dutler-Elnln .'romnerr Ohio i-ri-mtierr ... Km r c ount, r roll Inei'Ko Ohio , urw New York, new Poultry, Etc. Itent per lb t lili'teiiK 1r--ifi-(l ... , Hum-!', mid Ohio, frenh an P-'M, 11 13 11 14 IT Fruits and Vegetables. (Jreen Hrani-per fcii-ihol i JO Potntone KtlK.'V white t,nl- Liia 0.1 m Hi vBiiunuB-l'Or tn , Uuloua pgr barrel 18 OH 0 00 (HI BALTIMORE. Flonr Winter I'ateut $3 90 W beat No. s red M torn mixed , 64 4 id MM ESS li buller Ohio creamery ... PHILADELPHIA. Flonr Winter Patent S3 V) 4 no Wr.eat-No, K red xMl (KJ14 Corn-No. I mlieil . 00 bo M 81 li U (Jute No. -i while buller- Croamrry, extra fcsgs- tennt,lvautA urate NEW YORK. Flonr ra tents Wheat Nt,. 2 red . 3 m 4 00 Corn No. 2 ii t' lMin-.No, 2 White Huttor C'reaitinrr frj 13 HI 111 10 SX!ateaiid I'euunrlvaiila.... LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa, Cattle. Prime hparr. Ittintn inn IIm ft a in R?( Prime, laiKi tu iieo ib on em Meil'tim, UW to law lbs bV) e 11 I at kalian 5 VI tit! UllK'lli-r, Will to IWXI II a il 4( Common to (air 4 4 7i Oxen, i-oniinon to bit 8 'M 6 I'ouunon t(iKKil fat bulla and cowa VOQ BiK lUlli-h eo . em-h law Extra uillch i-oas, each 97 tu Hogs. Prime medium weights 6 HO ttr-r-t heavy soikerti anil medium... M Ootid to c-lKiIre pH'-aem 5 73 Unod ni,u llulii rurkera B ;ni riKa. L-oiiiiiifin toicoou v io Priiiii- heavy himn . d'W t'oiniiioQ Ui (air , M Houiflia 6 lifl biaa-n 4 60 Sheep. F.xtra. me, Hum wa.hnra t 67V BOi Hood to choice 6 H-7 IH0 ll-.llilln . i d b W Ccuimua to fnlr 2.'0 4 00 Lambs. Lamb clipped 7 Ln III I a, if lo cho'.O", clipped. ... 0 00 BO l.amim. t'i'miiioii to Tlill-. cnp-u... n n Bprius Lauioa. Calves. Venl, estra Vea , Hood, to nhiilet- tin Alt) 4UO 2 Si) al, common hc-tvr. Veal, common to fair IMPROVED CONDITIONS Problems of Transoortatlon Are GVaN. oV-id ually Being Solved Iron and ' Steel Products Wanted. R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Ilevlew of Trade says: Evidences of further Improvement are numerous. Labor controversies are less threatening, many settlements having been effect ed, whllo others are momentarily an ticipated; wages have been advanced, traffic congestion has subsided until It is possible to deliver goods accord ing to specifications; aside from idle foot wear shops the leading lines of y manufacture are very fully engaged, while the jobbing trade la of excep tional magnitude. Retail dealings are also very large, the Easter1 stimu lus being felt in all lines of wearing apparel. With domestic demands so vigorous it is especially encouraging to notice a gain for the last week In foreign trade at the principal ports. Pressure for iron and steel has not diminished perceptibly, yet the Im pression Is growing that after July 1 the situation will become approximate ly normal, and it will be possible to secure deliveries with some degree of promptness. It has been worthy note that imports are mainly of pig iron billets and sheets, while the exports of many lines of expensive machinery and other finished prod ucts are fully sustained. Both at the East and West there is a little more activity In shoe. shops. Lower prices for leather and hides may -make it possible for products to accept recent bids. Domestic hides. are dull and depressed. Advanced wages at cot ton mills means a higher cost of production and the market has hard ened In consequence. Business un der the new conditions has not yet been sufficiently large to establish quotations, yet some advances of 2 to 5 per cent, are recorded. Woolens are quiet, with only a fair movement of staple lines, though some fancy grades are fully sold and out ot the market. Grain markets have begun to feel the effects of weather reports, and for the next few months It will be a matter for speculators to secure erratic fluctuations. Western re ceipts continued to make an unfavora ble comparison with tho movement la l'J'U, wheat amounting to 2,8'Jl,U!)0 bushels, against 4,165,833 and com 1.4li0.5:0 bushels, compared with 3.074.011 bushels. Atlantic exports of corn Increased largely over the low record of the preceding week to 298, 884 bushels, and there is still a severe loss as compured with nusneis uuipped a year ures for the week numbered United States, against aud 31 in Canada against French Pear Frozen Food. , The luxury of Ice cream and frozen the 2,351.272 I ago. tail- J 209 In the 1 224 last year. 1 33 last year. C delicacies In France, during summer, J U practically unknown, and tlJtiX American manufacturers, tryil foster a trade even in the largetl there, have first ot all to educaj people up to the Idea ot us id There are only two or three plA. fans where cream Is served, dor to make such a business Ah ( V
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