NOTED CRIMINAL CAUGHT. Latest Charge Against Him is That of Blowing Open a Safe, Meridian, Mise. (8pecial.)—The postoflice st Enterprise, Miss, was blown open with dynamite Monday and the perpetrator es- taped after obtaining a considerable amoun of stamps, money orders and cash. It is now supposed that the robbery was committed by Thrasher Meade, one of the most desperate oriminals In this country. Meade was arrested in Mobile and brought to Enterprise, but not until after a desper- ste fight with the officers, A large quantity of postage stamps, biank money orders and £1,138 in cash, stolen from the sale in the Enterprise postofMee was recovered, + Meade has a eriminal record that Is hard- ly second to that of the notorious Rube Bar- rows. For nearly teu years he has infested the railroads of Mississippi and Alabama, and is known to have been intimately oon- nected with a band of negro robbers In Chi cago. He broke into the postoffice in Aock- srman, Miss, in the latter part of 1806, was arrested and taken to the jail at Aberdeen. In December, 1896, he sawed his way out, and was next heard of in Chicago. Ho was arrested at Jacksonville, Fla, in 1897 and taken to Kosclusko, Miss. While there he formed a conspiracy with trusties, who were allowed outside of the cage, and they overpowered and choked Sheriff Me- Millan and escaped with six other, Meade is known to have been implicated in five train robberies and the Southern Ex- press Company bas proof that he blew open safes in their offices at Aberdeen and Du- rant, Miss,, during the past year. He has escaped from twenty-one jails and once from the Alabama peaitentiary since be began his criminal career, The Postoflice Department and the express companies of- fered large rowards for his arrest and the officers who effected his capture will receive several thousand dollars, FIRE IN M PHIS, Started In a Dry Goods Store—Gave the Firemen a Tussle, Memphis, Tenn., (8pecial.)—A fire broke out at 7.30 o'clock Thursday evening in the wholesale and retall drygoods house of the J. 8. Menken Company, one of the largest establishments of its kind In the South, and caused an estimated loss of $450,000, The Menken building occupies a frontage of 125 feet on Main street and extends 150 feet on Gayose street, Itis five stories iu height and joins the Gayoso Hotel, On account of dense smoke the firemen were unable to get an entrance to the bulid- Ing for a time and they fought it entirely from the outside, The building is valued at £150,000, with fosurance of $70,000, The stock was valued at about £300,000, with insurance of $375 - 000, WRECK ON UNION PACIFIC, Four Killed, Seven Injured, Smashed. Sidaey, Neb., (Speelal.)—Four deaths and injuries to seven persons were caused bya wreck on the Union Pacific Raliroad at Saunal, 13 miles east of Sidney. An eastbound passenger train had started to take a side track, but bad not left the main track when a westbound passenger train, runniog at the rats of 45 miles an hour, crashed into it. The engines were piled up In a mass of scrap iron and the cars were badly broken up, also taking fire, Four cars were consumed by flre and sev. eral others were #0 badly damaged as to Le practically valueless, Engines Criminal Laws for Alaska. Washington, D, C., (Special. )—The House completed and passed the bill for the codifi- cation of the criminal laws of Alasks, upon which ft has been working for a week, An amendment was adopted providing a high Heense system in the territory, with a species of local option. Liquor dealers, by its pro- visions, are to pay a license of $1,000 per year, and the consent of a majority of the white citizens residing within two miles of a liquor dealer's establishment must be ob- tained belors a license can issue, The President Cannot Comply, Washington, D. C., (8pecial,)-—The Presl dent has decided It to be Incompatible with the public interest to comply with the re- quest contained in the Hoar resolution, to supply the Senate with the instractions given the American Pease Commissioners. If any reasons are given for the declination, the leading one will be the fact that, as the treaty is subject to action in Spaln even after ratification by the Senate, its consum- mation might be jeopardized by the publiesa- tion, at this stage, of the confidential In- structions. Whole Family Dies of Pneumonia, Metropolis, Iil., (8peeial.)—Dr. H. Y, Man- gum, a prominent citizen of this county, died on December 26 of pneumonia. Twen- ty-four hours later his daughter Lucy died; three days inter his wile also dled, and the youngest son, Sam, was buried the following week, Tuesday word reached here that the only remaining member of the family, the grandmother, Mrs. Worley, is also dead. All have died from the same disease—pneu- monia. Ex-Qaeen Lil Protests. Washington, D. C., (Speeial.)--A petition from the former Queso Lilluokalani of Ha- wall was presented to the House protesting against the United States assertion of own- ership to the erown lands of Hawallias a taking of property without due process of law, and appealing to the President, Con. gress and the people for a restoration of these lands. The same petition was pre- sented to the Benate, FIELD OF LABOS. te ssn Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, favors 4-cent street car fares, Chicago has a woman architect, Miss Mel Dora Tie, of Clifford, Ii A Bridgeton (N, J.) firm has shipped ma- chinery for a Chinese mint, The Edlaburgh Eveniog Dispateh has suo- cessfully utilized pigeons in carrylog news, The strike of the Montreal, Canadas, rali- way telegraphers has been settled by arbi- tration, The United Mineworkers of North Amer- fon will hold their convention in Pittsburg this week, More than 200 municipalities in England, Scotland, and Ireland now own the munioi- pal gas works, A carriage trust Is projected in Michigan by Eastern oapltalists. They are dickering with Pontiac manufacturers, Farmers will have a majority of seven in the next Missour! House of Representatives and Iawyers will prevail in the Senate, All prod poles have been barred at the South Omaha stook yards and the packers will now be expected to lostruot their men to equip themseives with the new style of w RN: Chioazo Bullding Trades Councll bas begun an agitation for & Saturday hall-holi. for nll the members of Its twenty-seven § SCANDAL IN THE ARMY Eagan's Course Denunciation of General Miles. THE EMBALMED BEEF. General Miles’ Statements Flercely De nied Commissary -General of Subsist- ence Testifies Before the War Invest! gating Commission in Answer to Charges Made by Miles in an Interview, Washington, D. C,, (Special. )—The climax in the controversy betweon General Miles and Commissary-General Eagan over the subject of beet furnished the army during the war with Spain was reached Thursday at the session of the board fuvestigating the question, when General Eagan repeatedly declared that General Miles had “lied” and had made statements for which he should be drummed out of the army, General Eagan d!d not make these accusations in the ex- eltement of the moment, but read them all from a carefully prepared paper which he submitted to the board for its information. The nature of the charges made against General Miles by a junior officer are sald to have been unparalleled in the history of military discipline in this country, or, per- haps, any other, and the general verdiot among officers is that a o®urt of inquiry must follow, and possibly a couriemartial, The fact that General Eagan Is not only junior to General Miles in rank, bat that he has assailed the personal fntegrity and con- duct of the highest ranking army officer of the government is declared to be go grave and serious a matter that it cannot be passed over by the War Department, even should General Miles not ask fora court of inquiry, Statement Carefully Prepared, Those who know General Eagan were surprised at the unexpected and sensational turn which the investigation took, and ray that had be, In a burst of passion and ex- eitement, made his charges in such plain, outspoken language there might have been some little excuse for him, inssmuch as it ia asserted he Is quick tempered, frascible and just how highly irritated that his bureau should bave been reflected on, No official notice was taken of what tran- spired, acd it is not likely there will be any until the record's of the day's proceedings bave been received. General Miles would not say what he contempiated doing, H any- thing, and General Eagan seemed satisfied that be bad delivered what he states are his opinions of General Miles. Officers of the judge-advocate-general’s department express the belle! that General Miles cannot avoid asking for a court of in- quiry, as the rankiog officer of the service cannot countenance such serious violations of discipline, respect due superiors and con- duct “prejadicial to the interest of tho ser- vice." Canse of Eagan's Outbreak, The events which led up to the sensational proceedings began ten days ago, when it was announced a board would be appointed to investigate reports received by General Miles while in Porto Rico respecting the character of the bee! served the troops, General Miles has recontiy stated that he did not prefer charges against Genersl Eagan, but simply presented reports made to him, which, he belleved, called for in- vestigation and offieial notice, At one of the earlier hearings numerous reports were read from officers, showing the bee! was fre. quently unfit for use, and when not nanse- ating was unpalatable. Gegeral Miles said he had recelved numerous other communi cations of the same sort, amdng them one from Governor Roosevelt, who says he for. bade bis men to eat the beef {urnished them by the commissary-general. From a prominent and wealthy man in New York, whose son, it is claimed, was made Ul by eating the beef, General Miles ro- ceived a letter reciting the circumstances and offering financial afd, if pecessary, and “his services in any trial that might take piace.” Goneral Miles showed numerous similar letters, He made no comment on any of them, Gen. Eagan is a small man physieally compared with General Miles, but carries bimsel! with soldierly bearing and does not look as small, therefore, as he really fa. If he lives and comes out of his pending con. troversy unscatched, he will not retire for age until 1905, and will be one of the frst heads of his department in late years hav- ing a tenure of office so long, Animosity Toward Miles, General Eagan is understood upon prev. fous oceasions to have shown considerable animosity toward General Miles, and espec. inlly, it is sald, when they were together years ago in Arizona, It is state] that some time ago another high-ranking army officer was oa the verge of ordering a court-mar- tial for Eagan for some intemperate remark made by bl, General Eagan's eareer in the army was not conspienous, it Is asserted by bis brother officers, either durlng the civil war or since, He served throughout the war without pro- motion, and when mustered out was first Heutenant of » Washington Territory come pany, with which be entered the army, Born in Ireland, be came to this country when a ind, and made his way to California, where he was soon closely identifled with a lamous company of the vigliant days, known as the Young America Company. Members of Congress from the Pacifle slope say that Gen. Eagan in the early *'50°"" was In Mexico on filibustering expe- ditions and liter went to Washington, where he lived when the war begun. Oue of those members described him as being “‘hotheaded” apd prone to speak ocomsion- ally without duétbought of what he was saying or appreciating the full effect of his ulterances, In the Regular Army. On being mustered out at the close of the war he was appointed a second lHeutenant of the Ninth Iofantry, Lut for one yesr and a baif, between 1869 and 1871, he was unas signed, The reason for this Is pot gives In the army register, Iu June, 1874, he was transferred 10 the commissary department, with the rank of captaio and became un wu Jor of the same departroent tn 1802 and Hey tenant colonel in 1897. He was for many years stationed on the Pacific coast, where uw Is widely known, Walle thers he beoume Interested, It Is sald, In coffee growing in Hawall, snd is belloved now to own eonsid- etable property in the islands, He has been known as a thrifty oMesr generally, Last spring, when a new commissary gen. oral was appointed every few days and then retired for some good reason, Colonel Eagan beeame suddenly one of the raakiog ofMosrs of his department aad a candidate for the vommissary-goneralship. Just at the time war with Spain was decisred he was ape pointed by the President, Lut not, it Is sald, iat he would make Sutil 8 bud roiled vtyme THE NEWS, m——— One of the most disastrous fires in recent years visited Memphis, Tenn, The product of preeious metals in the ter- ritory west of the Missour! river is sald to be the greatest on record, Books of the United Miners, which are belug luvestigated by a special commitres of the national convention, were found to be mutilated, Btockholders of a Chleago Klondike com- pany headed by Frank B. Vrooman ask for a receiver, charging that he misused £40, 000 of the funds, The House committee on clalms has agreed to report favorably a bilil to pay Willlam Edward Balley, of Hampton Roads, Va., £5,000, Dualiey was hit above the eye by a spent ball from the receiving ship Franklin and Jost the sight of his eye, Rep- resentative Wise, of Virginia, lotroduced a bill to allow him £10,000 for the injury, but the committee reduced it one-hall, New York State purchased, for thirty-three acres of Penlnsufh, on the Hudson river, in land county, the scene of Mad Asthony Wayne's capture of Stony Point from the British army durlog the revolutionary war, At the anoual meeting of the Penosylvania mously voted to present to Dewey the gold insignia of the order, which and navy officers, Admiral Dewey Is a com- been granted in but one instance-—when Presidout MeKinley became a member, A baoquet was given by the Houston, (Tex.,) Cotton Exchange to receipts of 2, 00,000 bales of cotton {rom September 1 to December 25, a record sald to surpass that of any port except Liver. pool. of honor. Many speeches in glorification of the city's commerce were made, DECISION IN THE DREYFUS CASE, Le Solr Declares Convinced of His Gali, Paris, (By Cable, )— La Bolr says from an indisputable source that the Court justly condemned, M. Quesnay de Bsaurepalre, President of the section of the Court of Cassstion, bas resigned his position disagreement regarding quiry. M. Beaurepalre resolutely declines eign the motive lor his resigostion, which the Dreyfus io. is angry at the the affair, government's treatment of received a saying that and morally. The London Dally Telegraph published Guiana, confirming the report forwarded last week that Dreyfus bas bad a serious at- summoned from to attend him, Dewey's Sword. Washington, D. C., ol honor woted to Rrar-Admiral Dewey, the naval bero of Maniia, by joist resolution of Congress in June last, was ro- ceived at the Navy Department from {Hpecial, he FILIPINOS UGLY, a Relations With Our Consul at Hong Kong Severed. | TODRAWNAVAL CORDON a , Committees Applies to Court to Becover Funds Which the Filipinos Claim to Have Deposited With Wildman— Jeciare the United States Government Hecog- nized Them as Belligerents, Hoxa-Koxa, (By Cable, )--The Fiilpino Committees here hag broken off all relations with the United States Consul, Rounsevelle Wildman. The committee Issued a writ in the Bu. preme Court to recover the sum of $47,000 which the Filipinos claim to have deposited | with Mr Wildman as treasurer of the Flil- pino independencs fund in June last, The members of the committes further allege that sensational disclosures are prob- able, showing, they add, that the American Government recognized the Fllipinos as belligerents by affording thom assistance in i arms and moral influences to co-operate against Spaln, “thus indorsing the agree- {| ment made with Aguinaido at Biugapore in | April” Feeling in Washington. Wasbington, D, C., (Bpecial.)—Although { nothing of an alarming nature bas been re. colved from lliollo, there is no doubt that | members of the Administration view the | ously awaiting further news, No apprehension, however, the result of any colilsion which might | whatever, { tives can be made to understand that | Government comes to them in the most | paticnos must be exercised and every rea | sonable request gracted in order toavold an | open rupture, Delay Caused Trouble, | of the treaty of peaos has contributed not » little to the belligersnt spirit shown by the uatives, and as soon as that has dis. | posed of it is believed that the recalcitrant element will accept it as & notlos that sovereignty of the lslands has passed in fact bean { to it taking formal possession will be toler [ ated, At the Cabinet meeting the situation In | the Philippines was gone over, and some time was given to questions of administra. fon in Caba, It can be stated on authority that such | pows as has been received from General | Otis Is rather reassuring than otherwise, as | to the situation in the Phillippines and that he made no sliusion to a hostile collision. Heo has been instructed to use gentieness in dealing with the insurgents and to advise and co-operate with Admiral Dewey, A REVOLT BY CUBANS? the cflice of the Secretary, maker's art ever seen in this country, the body metal of the scabbard the weapon is composed entirely of 2%0-karat goid. Al- though not yet settied itis more than proba- ble that the sword will remain io the pos. session of the Navy Department and be on exhi ition in & glass until Admiral Dewey returns to this country and takes per- coal charge of it ORE England Welcomes Mr, Choate, London, Eng., (By Cable, }—-In a chorus of weicome Lhe morning papers greet Joseph H. Choate as Colonel Hayy's successor In Lendon, The purport of thelr comment upon the appointment is that the new am- culties, but only to foster friendship,” as the Dally Telegraph puts it, and the Times says the selection ls "not only one lo which no exception can be taken, but even a high compliment." Gagged and Robbed by Bargiare, Warsaw, Va., (Special) At a party given by colored people near this pisce Frank Swartzwalder, white, and William Glascoe, colored, got into a shooting scrape. Each fired three shots from their pistols. The former received an ugly wound in the leg. The Iatter escaped with only a burnt hole through his overcoat. No arrests have been made, Three masked men entered the dwelling house of Jack Sebastin, In Westmoreland, and at the point of the pistol compelled him to open bis sale, They secured forty dol jars in cash and valuable papers, after- which the robbers bound and gagged him CABLE BPARKS The Paris Soir states that the Cotrt of Cassation is convicced. that Dreylus was justly condemned, The Ameer of Algbanistan is {ll and his death is expected soon, The annual pligrimage to the tomb of Louis Auguste Blanqu!, the famous social. ist, iu Parle, led to riots, and many arrests were made, Residents of Calcutta are organizing an educational project like the Johns Hopkins University. Princess Tetun Marama, who ones held great power in the South Sea Islands, died at Papoete, At last aceounts the Filipinos had barri. eaded the streets of loko and were reported to be preparing to burn the eity if attacked. Aguinaido hes issued a proclamation, stating that he never agreed to recognize Ameriean sovereignty in the Phillippines, Lord Curzon was installed at Caleutta as viceroy of India, The foundation stous of Gordon Memorial College, at Khartoum, was iald by Viscount Cromer. Persons arriving at Hong Kong deny the reports from Madrid that all the Spaniards on the Island of Balabae, in the Pbllip. pines, have been massacred, Senor Silvala, who Is expected to sucoend Sagasta as premier of Spain, made a speech in Madrid, urging domestic reforms and the development of Spain's industrial resources, The German frolsinnige party will foroe the imperial government to decide how far the Bundersrath may interfere with the sovereign rights of German states, Mire, Clara Jessup Bloomfield for. ed Ede ho Flan to Rise Against Americans in the Eainy Season. Chicago, Il, (Special. )-~Juan Ferrano, a Spanish resident of New York city who is now here, says there is in course of organi- i zation in Cuba a secret order, whose pur- pose is to revolt soon against American rule, | Arms and ammunition, he states, are belog | secreted already, [tis sald that the Spas fards of Mexico will afford material assist { ance if the Insurrection begine, “I was in Caba for some time,” Mr. Fer- { rano sald, “and I know a movement is us. | der way looking 10 a confliet with the Amer- feans. The Cabtans, or many of them, believe | the United States intends to keep that coun. {iry. This idea Is furthered by masy officers | and soldiers of the insurgent army. Spanish merchasts of Havana and other cities of the { Island are heiping the plot, as they fear Americas business competition, “There I» a conservative element which and disease and the climate are to be left for | mating the Amerioan armies’ BAD WRECK ON SOUTHERN, Others Injured. Knoxville, Tenn, (Special.) two Injured, one of these perhaps Iataliy, and the loss of property on the Southern Ratiroad to the amount of about £25,000 are the results of a wreck on the Knoxviile and Ohio branch of the Knoxvilie division of the Southern Rallway, one and one-half miles west of Eik Valley, The seoldent occurred at 11.30 o'clock, | when a doubleheader freight train loaded with coal and merchandise, crashed into a mixed local passenger train while both were | running at the rate of inirty-five miles an hour, The sugines met head-on, the force of impaet being terrifle, The coming to- | gother of the two trains were so sudden that the tralamen were unable to jump and save their lives, The passenger train was running fifteen minutes late, having waited at Knoxville for connections with a Western train, and had the right of way. All the freight trains on the division bad been notifled that the passenger train was on a late rus, and the only eause for the accident that oan be given is that Engineer Muxey, of the freight train, misread his orders, Immediately after the crash the wreckage caught fire, The passenger train oarried about twenty passengers, None of these was injured, Sms, Mrs. John Lemon Tried to Cut the Throat of Her Rival, Wilmington, Del., (8pecial.)~Mrs, John A— PERAUASION BEFOUE POWDER, This is the American Programme In Deal ing With Filipinos. Washington, D. C,, (Bpecisl.)—It is be- lieved bere that General Otis is framing a plan of campaign which will result fu the extension of his control over Iloilo without actual hostilities, or, If it must come 0 war. fare, with the least possible exposure of the American troops, Probably the first step fo the campaign has been taken by this time io the estab lishment of a camp on the Island of Gula- maras, lying only a few miles from Iloilo and easily accessible to the warships. This probably will be made the base of opers- tions if hostilities become unavoidable, The government here has not abandoned hope that a peaceful solution can be reached. Ite plan Is to use persuasion before powder. Tae government's lostructions sent to General Miller at liollo were to land and get In communiention with the insurgents, This is as far as bis orders have gone, ex- cept that when he has established communi cation with the fusurgent officials and peo. ple he Is to make public the purposes of the United States. Nota shot is to be fired by the forces of this country unless they are attacked or until further orders are given from Washington. The President, it is sald, views the situa tion fu a hopeful manver, He believes that the Filipluos will become less suspicious when they understand more fully the inten. tions of this sountry. part of prudent officials, he thinks, will con vince the Fiilpinos of American earnestness and of the purpose of this government tc protect thelr lives and property. WAR ON OUR BICYCLES, to Injure Our Trade. Washington, D, C. (Bpecial.)—The length to which European manufacturers are will ing to go in thelr efforts to crush out Amer. lean competition is shown in the following report to the State Department by Dean B. Mason, vice consul at Fravk fort: “Falling to obtain from the imperial gov. ernment the prohibitory bers of the German Dleyele Masnulacturers Association bave decided upon the follow ing simple but logenlous plan to kill the American cyecie trade io this country. From this time forward they will unanimously re part of bis stock in trade, a bicycle of Amer ican origis. “The association Includes In its member- been accustomed hitherto to give retail dealers from 2wo to four mouths’ credit, and pairs, “Since the majority of independent bloy- cle dealers in Germany are io close business reiations with, and under personal obiigs- tions to, one or more manufacturers, it Is expected that the effect of this berole polley will be to seriously injure the sale of Ameri- can bicycles, unless exporting manufactur. ers in the United States take an aggressive attitude and make the competition so hot that the German makers will be compelled to make peace by rescinding the present de- cree, GOVERNOR AGAINST LYNCHING, South Ciéreling Executive Says the Hen. edy is Easy. Columbia, 8. €., (Special, }-The General Assembly of South Carolina eonvened in actual session Tuesday. There are eighty new members in the body. In the House former Speaker, Frank B. Geary, was unanimously ro-elected. In the Senate the Governor's message was read. Govegnor Ellerbee in his message took occasion to re- fer to a matter now very much in the public mind, the subject of lynching. the outset “Daring the last several ysars there bas been att appareatly increasing disposition AMOnR us to attempt the righting of real or supposed wrongs by the law-breaking prac- tice of lynching.” He says ““it means the abolition of the regular order of justice and this is the first step in the destruction of social order.” Concluding, be says the remedy suggests fipelf, and adds “S-¢ to It as conservators of the peace of the State, as makers of Its laws, as the guar- dians of its sacred bonor, that its laws are po enacted and #0 administered that convie- tion and pusishiment shall follow crime with certainty.” the STORMS IN THR SOUTH, School Children Killed in Arkansas-A Cyclonic Blow In Georgia, Savannah, Ga., (Special. )--A severe cy- tion of Liberty county, about twenty miles of this city, The wind sitained a veloolty of from 75 to 80 miles an hour, At Johnston Station It Is estima:ed the wind The storm swept through a turpentine country and the trees were leveled in the path of the more thaa one or two The storm came out narrow, being not Littie Rock, Ark., (Special.)—~A heavy swept over the remote section of Seott county last Friday, At Boles a school- house was blown down and three pupils were killed, and a dozen or more sustaived more or less serious injuries. Those killed were the cuildren of Joseph Lawrence, Mr. Frost and Mre. Rutledge, respectively, A ehild of Joseph Lawrence was [fatally wounded, Fifty-one Bridges for B,. & 0, KR, One of the largest bridge contracts that has been awarded In many years has been ist by the Receivers of the Baltimore and Ohlo Ralirond, In order to piece the lines west of the Oulo River in proper shape to baodle the beavy freight equipment thet is being used east of the river the Receivers found it nee. essary to rebulid fifty-one bridges between Benwood, W, Va., and Ctleago. Tuat the structure might be rapidly pushed to com. pletion 1t was decided to divide the work among three companies, The total cost of there bridges is in the of $300,000, and it Is expected that all will be ia by September, Nearly 6,000 tons of stesl will be needed for the structures, Spain's New Red Hook. Madrid, (By Cable, )~Senor Montero Rios, the President of the Senate, who Was presi dent of the Spanish Peace Commission, has bean in conferences with the Minister of Fore A ——————————— WASHINGTON ITEMS, I Ex-Becretary of the Navy Herbert ape peared before the Touse Naval Oommities to urge a widening of the channel in front of the navy yard at Norfolk, Senator Perkins, of Californie, introduced & bill for she construction of a revenue eu ter of the first-class to be used on the Pact coast, the cost not to exceed $250,000, Representative Fitzgersid, of Massachgw setts, introduced a bill granting an uneons ditional pension to all soldiers and sailors of the elvil war after they are sixty years of nage. Benator MeMillan, from the Committee on Commerce, favorably reported to the Senate 6 bill for the construction of two first-class revenue cutters for service on the great inkes, the cost not to exceed $165,000 euch, Beuator Frye favorably reported from the Commerce Committee a Lil] authorizing the Becretary of the Treasury to donate one set of Hle-saving beach apparatus to the Im perial Japanese Boclety for saving life from shipwreck, Among the bills and resolutions introduced in the House were the following: By Mr. Griffin, of Wisconsin, to increase the army ration; by Mr. Davenport, to promote the efficiency of the clerical services in the Uni- ted Slates Navy, Tbe House Committee on Indian Affairs decided to reconsider action taken last April in ordering a favorable reporton a bill providiog for the restoration of the annul. ties to the Blsseton and Wabpeton Sioux ludiane lo South Dakota. The matter was referred to a sub-commitiee, Representative Spight, of Mississippi, in- troduced a bill to probibit the payment of bounty or prize money to officers or saliors of the United States Navy. This probibl. tion, however, shall not extend to any rights acquired before this time, All money ob tained from prizes, the bill provides, shall be covered into the Treasury. LA BOUKGOGNE 10 BLAME, Admiralty Court Fixes the Besponsibility for Marine Disaster. Loudon, Eug., (By Cable,)—The Admiralty Court found that the ofMoers of the steamer La Bourgogne, of the French Transatiantie Company, were alone to bLiame for ths cole sion with the British sbip, Cromariyshire, July 4 last, near Sabie Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, which resulted fn the sink- ing of La Bourgogne and the loss of 584 lives, The owners of the Cromartyshire ero awarded damages and costs, The court found that La Bourgogne was traveling at au excessive speed lu the fog and must have ripped more then one of ber thirteen buikbeads, which acoounted for her ¢loking so rapidly. It wes further found that the Cromartysbire could not have ren. dered any more assistance than she did, Iu the judgment of the court the loss of lite on La Bourgogne was attributable to the fact that the Cromartyshire raked her starboard side, thus damaging the starboard boats, and to ber subsequent list to star- board, rendering the port boats unavailable, METAL FPRODUQCT OF 1898, Sald to be the Greatest on Record West of the Missourl. San Francisco, Cal, (Bpecial. )—Jobn J. Valentine, president of the Wells-Fargo & Co. Express, has fssued the anuual state- ment of the production of precious metals in the States and Territories west of the Missouri river, including Briush Columbia sud the Northwest Territory, for 1508, The aggregate valuations ore shown as follows: Gold, §78.461 202; sliver, $89.018.- B65; copper, $46,200,648; lead, $18,544 201; total gross resuits, $177,022 666, It is said the year's combined product of the metals named is the greatest in the his tory of the countries—United States of America snd British Columbis snd the Northwest Territory—that of gold, $78 461. 202, being above any previous record offi- cially reported. The world’s output of gold for 1898, approximately @250,000,000, Is amazing. Notable increases Lave Leen In South Africa, $20,000, 00; the British pos sessions of the Northwest, $6,000,000; Aus tralasia $6.100,000, and the United States of America, €3 000,000, ‘ * To Buy the Dock at Havana. Washington, D. C,, (Special. )}—-The guv- ernment of the United States expects to be come the possessor of the fine foating dry doek at the Havana navy yard, having made a proposition for its purchase to the Span ish officials which, it is believed, will be ac- oepted. Some private bidders entered the fleld against the government in the hope of profit as middlemen, but were soon cone fronted by the disagreeable fact that the site of the dock was not to be soid with the dock itesif. The price offered for the prop- erty is telfeved to be fair to both sides, Sleigh Struck by a Train. Now York, N. Y., (Special) Levi Lyons and his daughter, Elia, of Pompton, N. J, were killed by a rain on the Greenwood Lake Division of the Erie Railroad as they were driving over the Riverdale crossing in a sleigh. INDIANA'S NEXT SENATOR, Republican Cancus Nominates A. J. Bev eridge to Succeed Turple. Indianapolis, Ind., (Special. )—A. J. Bev- eridge was nominated for United States Sena the cleventh ballot at the Re publican caucus, Mrs PViaes Must Die, Albany, N. Y., (8pecial)-Tbe Court of Appeals has denied a new trial 10 Mrs, Mare tha Place, of Brookiyn, who is under sen tence of death for the murder of her step. daughter, Ida Piace, She will be the frst woman 10 be electrocuted in this State, AASB Lodge Re-Elected, Boston, Mass. ( Special.) Hon, Heary Ca- bot Lodge was unanimously re-sieoted Unis ted States Sevator by the Massachusetts Legislature in joint convention. The choles was made by scolamation, . — AMOUT NOTED FEOFLE The late Willlam Morris’ brary brought at its sale the total sum of #5496, Mrs, Russell Sage was born Miss M., Oli ver Slocum, in Syracuse, N. Y., 70 years ago. Bir Henry Irving has almost completely recovered from his recent serious illness, and has gone to Bournemouth, Col, Thomas Wentworth Higginson's second wife, who is stili alive, was a Hiss Mary Thatober, a niece of Longleliow's first wile, :
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