J2?v I I I II II 1 II 1 1 ImmBkmS-- iFvl I 111 I I 111 r a!IS- ' - ! TWO CENTS. tfEBKUAUY J 891). TWO CENTS. SCKAXTON, lA., MONDAY MOKXINU, l'EBKUAUY 13, REPORT OF COMMISSION A Voluminous Document by War Investigat ing: Committee. VERY LITTLE CRITICISM iffany Ugly Rumors Concerning tho Array Officers Are Found to Have Been Baseless Criticism as to tho Manner of Conducting nn Office. The Evils of Divided Authority. Washington, Feb. 12. The upoit of the win Investigating boaid was made ruddle tonlprlit. Tho document In quite olumlnous ami gives In inluule de tail all the pioceedings of the com mission from the time It convened on September 2s! l.tst up to the tecent conclusion of Its woik. It states tlmt newspapet lepoiters were admitted to the Melons of the commission and the public thus kept infoimcd of all mallei s bi ought before It During the sessions I91 witnesses were examined. I'tibllu Imitation was given to all person having knowledge or belief of nny olllclal vviong or deie llctlon to submit such Information. This invitation met with llbetnl le sponso Hunch eds of allithu its, lettets, new paper dippings, editorial articles and seimons weie leceived, alt of whlili weie thoioughly and laboriously Investigated The secietary of war was iequeted to diieet the v.ttious chiefs or depart ments under him to futnlsh the com mission with a statement of the con dition of their lespectlve depaitments at the oiitbieak of the wai, and tho opeialluns 0f the same dm ins the pi tlod of hOStllltlCH. This communication tecited In de tail the subjects on which Information was iU-lred. comprising facts touch iiih ih' mobilization of tioops and tlvli -i uiiii7.itlon the amount and kind of camp and gaulson equipage mi hand at the beginning of the war, thr amount subsequently puiehused; i hliiill.ii mfoi motion with repaid to fur nlchlng tlie tioops with arms and ac i outunientM Information as to which of ihi olanteei legiments were aimed and tqulpptd In the aiious state amps how the location of the camps f gonei.il i elide zv tins win detei mined, full ihi tlculars as to the transput ta tlnn of tioops; nn account of the quan tity quality and kind of food fur . pished information as to the soutane, beds, linen, medicines and all other iettsailco for the hospitals; as to whitlmi the medical stafT was 1 111 i lent and as to the conditions and nciations of the engineer and or itnnine departments." Ih. e statements, promptly and In- t-lhcntly made, weie of gieat service in tin Investigation of the chaiactr of ti t and lofoience books IlKUi: TESTIMONY WAS TAKEN. Continuing the repot t says testimony has lu on taken In Washington, .lack sonille. Fla.; Foit McPherson, Ga.; Annlston. Ala ; Huntsvllle, Ala.; Chat tanooga Tenn : Kiioxville, Tenn.: Lex ington, Ky.; Chicago; Cincinnati, O.; 1). Unit Mich.; Hairlsbuig Pa; New York, Postern, r.mllngton. Vt.; Tampa, Fcinandina, Fla The commission vis ited In pel son most of the old camps lit Jacksonville, at Tampa, Ftrnandlna and Camp Thomas, the new c imps at nniston, Huntsvlllo. Know Wo, Lei. lngton and ""amp "Meade. Any ohurso of coriuption or Intlml Jntlon of fraud oi htibeiy In itmneo iin with thi letting of any contract, ven a hint of vviong doing has been c.uefully Investigated and on this sub ject the ic port says: 'It niav be said now that there has been no evidence befoie us. tlmt nny one In or connected with the war de partment has, dishonestly received a Jollai We lme made peislstent of 'oris to secuie the attendance of pci rons to whose names rumor had nt taeliLd an nl'egatlon that they know of corruption of oflliinls In tho wnr de partmei.t, but these men have either lcnlud (lie statements nttiibufd to hem or hae maintained silence when united to tell what they Know." IMPORTANT C'UITICISM. most lmpottnnt criticism by the ommlsuIon Is as follows 'The routine work In the departments n out opinion, is far beyond what is necessity and each year stems to in leaso It. The methods emp!ocd link- It ilniost Impossible, to tiansutt ntsl-iess ptomptly. The heads ol all tcpaitments. coips. and divisions have )i.eos-oiy been obliged to give the time and attention to details which thiiuld niu. hi'fii given to matters of aiftei ii.omoni No well legulated ton tin r v oipuratlon could transact busl iois suti rni toillv undii smli regula tions a-. givotn the siafl department", inct tin Ian that tvery nfllm of eaih it the staff ilepattuients holding i pouslbie positions h.if been obliged to limit. loutlnr demonstrates the nces It of a thoiotigh i florin.' Aflei thli tv-thieo vcais of peare." he icpoit savs, 'duiiiig a gient part of lihlch the armj djd not fMccd JO.Oyo mil the war department Middenlv bi ame necessarv to arm. eh the fied and quip more than a quarter of n million The midden cmer-roucy which c piled oiii people to anna after an interval jf half :i century of py ice with nil 'orelgn powers was met by the war leputment with earnestness and onoi n The situation found the enuntiy Itipiepared v.ith any huge stock ol ims, ommunltlup, clothing. supplies and equipments. That they were duly mvlded nnd that the numinous do nands on the Industries of our per,. At were met so promptly will lemulu "f tho marvels of history." I'eihaps the most siguliluint utlei ine in tin' whole dociiuiem o far an conceum the discipline and efllclenty of the aimy is as follows; . DIVIDED AUTHC-nm. "For many years the divided author ity und rcsoonslblllty In thf wnr de partment has produced friction, for which In the Intel est of the service a remedy If possible should be applied. The constitution ni'ikes the president the commander-in-chief of the itimv and he cannot tinnsfcr that authoilty to nny other person The president elects his seeietnty of wnr who has his chiefs and who Is his confidential ud- Iser. The commanding general Is as signed to duty as such by the picsl dent and und'-r tho military laws of the United Ktates his duties are de fined as follows- "'The command exeteised by tho rnmmandlng general of the army not having been made the subject of statu toiy icgulatlon, Is detei mined by tho order of assignment. It has been hab itually composed of the aggregate u the several teitllnrlal commands tint have been or maj be t tented by the pu'sldent "'The mllltatv exlablMiinei.t Is un der outers of the commaudliuc geneial of the at my In that which piMlalns to Its discipline nnd milltaiy control The fiscal affairs of the nnnv rio conduct ed hv the sectetnrv C war thiough the seeiat stdfr' depaitments (per PIT, A. 1!., I"".). "'All drdeis and instt Motions from tho president oi secietary of war te latlng to military otieratlons oi affect ing the military control and discipline ol the til my Will be liiomuhr.iteil tluough the commanding general (per lis. A. K., lVM).' "l.ieutennnt General Scholleld. who lias probably had as much experience and given the question as much thought mid study as anv one In our count 13'. say- In substance: GENIIHAL HOHOFIKLD'S OPINION. "Itecenl expeilence hn seived to confirm all the lesults of m lifelong study and large eNpeilence that the pioper position for the senior ofIlcr of the arm on duty at Washington Is not tint of fomniandlng general, a position which Is piaeticallv Impossi ble, but that of geneial-ln-chlef, which means in fact chief of staff to the ptesldent. The title of general-in-chief was a jieimunent one dining the entire hlstoiy of the country up to the time when Oeneinl (ii.mt became lieutenant-genet al, "When I became the commanding geneial, I addressed to the president a letter In which I pointed out to him what had been the result of m study and experience nnd sajlng that the only way was to abandon entliel., which 1 did dining in3 seven eais of sirMce, all pretense of being the com manding general and to content mj self with acting as the chief of staff of the aini3 undei the secietary of war and the president. The result was that perfect harmony pi evaded din ing my time and I did exercise a legi timate inlluence in command of the army. thl because t did not claim to exercise anything which the law did not gle me. "The president must have the same power of selection of his geneial-in-chlet as he has of his seciotaiy of war; without this there can be no guaianly that he will ghe. or that the secretaiy of war will place in the goneral-ln- hief that confidence which Is neces. sary to perfect hannoii). Neither the piesldent nor the t-oei clary of wai should have In command of the arm anv olllcer who Is not woiklng in har mony with him." I wah ii:pautmi:nt chu:fs. ! The repoit takes up the war depait ment and Its vat ions chiefs tf sub- j divisions concerning the secretar3' of war. It sajs: "The lecords of the war department i which have been laid before us show- that the secretary of war extended to all chief, or bureaus coidial and full support and piomptly responded to eerj- propei demand made upon him by commanding olllcers. "No testimony has been piesented showing intentional neglect of duty or any attempt to serve personal Inter ests. The charges made that the sec retary of vvarwas pecunlailly Interested In contiact, purchases and other tiana actloiw of the war depaitment hae been thotoughly examined and found baseless. "In the judgement of the commis sion there was lacking In the geneial administration of the war department duilng the continuant e of the wai with Spain that complete gtasp of the sluatlon which was essential to the hlgln st elllclency and discipline of the unnv." Of the adjutant general's depait ment. liilgadier General H. c. 'or bln in charge, the tepoit says: "There have hern veiv few com plaints against this depaitment. The lecoids and testimony show tlmt It has been prompt In Its work and has added greatly to the elllclency of the ai niv." Relative to the quattermusters de partment, Brigadier Oeneial M. I. Lud Ington In chaigo, It sas: On Match IS, 1S9S, with the possl blllty of war with Spain, the quaiter master's department found ltse'f ehargeil with vailous, nutneious and Important duties, its appiopilatlon rinall, and fadng the probability of a large aimy being soon oiganized for Held set vice. "The depaitment up to Maich 1, lsM. found itself confronted with sections) of the revised statutes which piohlbli anv government department In expending money In excess of appiopilatlons, tlmt pui chases shall not eNreed the neces sities of the cm tent 3 ear and that all pioposals shall be adveitlsed "It will thus? be observed that th declaration of war threw upon the quuitei masters depaitment on amount of labor and lesponslbllity for which It was neither phjslcally nor financial ptepared." The repou details at gieat length the dllHculty by tho quartcrmastei's de paitment In quliklj obtaining supplies of clothing, i amp nnd gutrlsou equip, age. providing menus of transpoita Hon, etc , and continuing, savs: "That the qtiaitermuster General tluovv the energy of his department Into this work when funds weie avail, able seems evident and that his mil. eers labnied faithfully In their efforts to uld him Is plain to those who have carefully studied their work. "Contiacts coveting millions of do). IComlnutd uii pjfie a.J AWFUL FIRE IN INSANE ASYLUM SEVENTEEN OF THE HELPLESS INMATES ARE CREMATED. Terrible Disaster at Yankton, South Dakota Exact Cause of tho Con 11a pint ion Is Not Known Inquest Is Now in Progioss Portions of Charred Remains in tho Ruins. Yankton S D Feb. 1.'. One of Ue most hoiilt3lng Ihes In the hlstoiy of Yankton oc( titled this morning al 2 o'clock nt the state Insane asylum, when one of the cottages took the in the basement, completely gutting the build ing and causing the loss of the llei of senteen Inmates conlliied then-. Tlie cottage wo of stone anil gtan Ite walls, with wooden Intel lor, mil Intended foi laundrv purposes, but owing to the tiowded condition of the main building, forty of the female pa tients weie placed theie and the laun ch. was opeiated In the basement. The exact cause of the Hie is not known, except that It originated In the dty room of the laundry. Here there I" iv coll ol "team pipes and the theoij is that eithei tine pat tides slmllat to lint settled on the pipes, which Ignited, or that clothes, which were thlckl hung, diopped on thu pipes und wete llreci. The lack ot water gieatlv hindered the woik of the firemen. The binned cottage stands some "00 feet In the rear of the main building, the water tank for lire protection being one hundred feet in the lear ot the cottage. i:UAl'K OF INMATES. AVlth the theimometei standing at 21 below zeto, the Inmates who could es cape came down the nauow Might of stalls In their night clothing and bale feet Into the bitter cold, and had It not been foi the neatness) of shelter, the suffeiing and piobable loss of life fiom fieezing would have been tenible. Tlie building was three stoiles high, with an nttlc and two entnius. one east and one west. Theie was one stall way from the second and third Iloois which led into the main halls to these entiJiices thus giving bill one egres lor those on the second and thlid Hoc is and atllt Fiftv-two persons weie fc. tin blun ting building, forty patlmts and twelve female attendants. The attend int es c iped as did the otheis who were saved, with I one of theli peisr. lal ef fects maii3 losing all that the pos sessed. An inquest is now It, pnigu-- nt tile asvlum which ma dew-lop the exact cause of the lire. It Is not thought blame will be attached to my of the attendants. Portions of ihaned re mains can be seen In the debits at the bottom of the barement The woik of ic moving the lem.ilns will begin In ihe moinlng The four w.'lls "till taud ami will mike- the work of removal dnugtious as a inllnpM- is llabl- to in cur. In lbJ. the asvlum then a frame building, was destioved by lire and K lives wfit lost l.,oss on the building and mrrhinery In todav's lire Is estimated to be $18, 000. Unlnsuri d. VAN VALKENMJRG HAS A "SURPRISE PARTY" Ho Has Prepared It for tho Friends o'f Mr. Quay A Dull Day at Har risburg. liaiilslmtg Feb 12.-I1 A. Van Val kenbetg. who is m chaigo of the anti Quay head utntirs In this citv. gave out a statement tonight In which he predicts that there Is a "sin prise par tv" In stole foi Senator Quay and Ills friends 3lr. Van Valkenbuig snys th" JlcCairell Jur3 bill will contlnia to be the bone of contention dining the week and that It will never become a law until it is materially amended. "It is admitted by Senator Quay's most Intimate friends " be adds, "tint lie must win hip iiKiu mis vvfeu or retire beaten and baflld Horn ihe con test. I doubt If ho will have the good sense to rethe s-et, but I am certain that he will not win this -week or anv other week so long as the piesent legis latute lives." This hns been the dullest Sundav in political circles at Manlshuig slnco the opening of tho senatoiial fight. None of the nmdldatos Is hero and ftvv ot the leaders or followers ate on the ground. The stoim has delayed travel on the rallroids and few of the legis lators will teach the city before Mon day. Kx-Senatoi William II. Andiews, of Crawford, who Is In chair" at the Quay headquarters at the Loci iel ho tel. Is Just as confident of fienalor Qun's le-electlon as Mr. Van Vnlkt.ii berg Is that the senator will b" beaten Oeorge AValiaee P-lomator, of Pitts burg, tho vnsiu c ssful nepubllcan nominee for governor In IS'jj, ,as a visitor todny to the Quay headquarteis. Mr Dolamattr is on his w.iv to New Yoik fiom Pittsbuig and stopped over In Harrlsbuig to see his friends. INCREASING RUSSIAN FORCES Additions to tho Garrisons at Fott Arthur and Talion-Wan. Han Francisco, Feb 12. Advices from the Oilent state that the Itussinn gov ernment Is pom lug tioops Into Port Arthur nnd Tallen-Wnn. m the ground that the force now gnrrlsoulng thos. places Is loo small. In view of the ap parent discontent ot the lnlinblt.uts of Lino-Tung Peninsula who have with in the last two months ilsen up against tho Russians in thlitecn towns nnd districts. 'No less than 9.000 men have landed at Pint Aithur within n month, and it U Inli'ifded to ndd S3.000 more befoie tlu end of tho Chinese Hist moon, linking n full army coips of some JO.OOO, in ad dition to the ganlsons of 11.000 men for Port Aithur and 8,000 for Tallen-Van Mr. Haywood's Condition. IlarrUburg, Fnb. 12. A tuUurnm w w lefelved this evening at the slate tuas my department ficm Mis. II. .1. llavwoo-l at Sliniou, stating that In r luulmnd, i Htiitf Treasurer llavwoo.!. was iro bettt-i nnd that the dccmi hml given up all hopes of hU lecovoiv, CASUALTIES AT MANILA. Tho Latest Roports fiom General Otis. Washington Feb 12. Tim following cablegrams weie received ut the war depnrtmont today: amnm ivo. l Adjutant nwieiHl. Washington Itcportid that Insurgent rciiresenuulve at Washington telegiaphed Agullialdo to dilve out Ameiltiins before arrival of le lnloneiueiits. Dispatch lecelvtd lloug Kong and mailed Malolos, which decided on attack to be mmle uhout 'Hi Instant Kaguness of Insuigent tioops to fiigau precipitated battle. Vor3 quiet loiluy on Hues fiom L'nloocati on mirth to t'anay on south. Yestcrdav small rcconnoltcr Ing riarty twelve miles south of i lt Hied on. two men slightly wounded. Two in singulis with uiins cnptuied .Mfnli of Tfiilh, .McAitlim a division veiy miceca Ml. laumv's Ioj conslilei able , have i ol If elect sevciitv ilfiid liodlo-i not Ho-"Sitls, Iiisingeiits retioiled to l) loitherlug In fmce twelve tnllcu noitb on rullwn, but evidently iiorplt i d Additional casualties: Fourleeiith in fimtiv vvoumhil: I'llvales l'tin.iid lien sel, William Itaiisom, Company I'. I'll st Idaho WiiitmUil: I'llvate Kou kill4i, Compaiiv 1'. Utah in tllln Wounded: Pilvnte C S. Hill. Itatttrv II Thlid intllleiv-Kllleil' Pilvnte 'lho. dine 4.1 ood Hatti rj K. Tlilrti enlli aiimiesiilo Wounded: Pit. vale .Innies IlHrtlev, William O. Pitch, C'ompam D. 1'list .Montana Wmindril: Private Mai loi v Thomas, Company K. Flist Callfoinl.i Killed: Private An thony Nellson Packaid, Conumuj C Fourth cavaliy SVoumlod: Privato Jamis Thoisoii, Troon 1'. Twentieth Kansas Wounded: Pilnte Alex M Mltelull Conipiinv : Private J 'rank (iiilt. Cointianv I First aiontnna. n-poiled mlssliiR vistcrdiv lias n polled to his companv eonim imler. ITALIANS CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE Twenty-Four Persons Peiish in a Snow Slide at Silver Plume, Col orado. Oeoigetown, Colo, li l 1- In a wuiw -slide ut riihei Plume today, twenty-loui lives aie believed to have been lost. The dead aie Italian miners i with theli families Kleven bodies have been leioveied only two of which have been identified Toda's slide was the most disastious I ever known In Cleai deck eounl. It1 oceui i eil at i. o'clock this moinlng. ' Htaitlng two miles tiom amp. the ava lanche came with tenlllc foice, cann ing with It huge bouldeis and Immense tied. A shoit distance liom the starl ing point the avalanche parted, one section f tuning fiom Chiioke Oulch, taking with It two cabins occupied by Italians and the shaft house of the Caiv City mine. The othei slide camel down Wllllahan nulch, between the! Pelican and the Stven-Thlitj mines. Tills poitlon of the slide did the most damage. Settlements of miners, most- l Indians, were situated In both gulches. Fo s week or more, the inhabitants have moved liom place to place to es tape llneatened dlsasteis, should tho thousands of tons of snow statt fiom the mountain sides Some ot the most venturesome llngM'd in their homes and when the slide came lodav. es cape was lor them Impossible It Is estlmatid thit thirteen bodies uic still burhd b neaih the snow en the gulches. There Is pii- tlcallj' no hope for those under the debris Instantaneous death was piobablv their tate. ' Dl. DALY TALKS. He States that the "War Depart ment Paid No Attention to Genoral Miles on the Beaf Quostion. Pittsbuig, Feb 12. Dr. W. II. Daly. In a long s'atement tonight anent the war bomd report, savs he reported his suspicions of the rcfilgerattd beef to General Miles in the eat ly pan of Au gust and the latter at once endeavoied to have the army supplied with fresh beef and requested the wai aepart ment to send no more refrigerated bei-f To this latter lequest no at tention was paid. The statement of Ur. Daly charges the war Investigating commission with refiainlng tiom calling before it the pilvate soldleis, and that vvltni-fs-ea who gave testimony tending to show shortcomings nnd hiegulaiitles weie bullied and arowbeaten. MR. BACH IS APPOINTED. He Will Succeed Thomas C. MncFav land as Postmaster of Kingston. Cmlstlnn Uach has been uppolnted postmaster at Kingston, Ltueine conn t3', by President McKinlcj-, tq suc ceed Thomas P. MncFarlanil. wlio was appointed last J11I3' and entered upon his duties In October. Rach was also an applicant for the appointment but the mattei wan com piomlsed by MacFarland agreeing to have the ofllco in Mi. Hich's building. He did not make good hlu promise and he has been touted out and Bach ap pointed. SPARKS FROM THE WIBE. Pi ov lilt uce R. I., Feb 12 -The s,tlr tinnier In ibis titj was dtsumed b in. tstcrduy and t-evuial stores In the front part ol tho thtattr building .vtre badly d.imugeil. Tho loss Is estimated at annul HjO ivjii. Watenille Me.. Feb 12 -Ur Lalxis. of .Montreal tlie Punch sptelallst on small. poN, ji-Dteidav vlewcsl a m.mbir of tick pel sons In Wiueivhie, and Wlnslow and detlnud tho evlstenee of .1 unull-pux epldi mli.. Albanv. N. Y Feb li-I'lif lisi night tlo.stlotd 11 block ol huildlmjs oitiipied by tho Hudson Hlvt-i (liiiineiu company mid Antlvii. & (lledhlll, inuuul.itluiii.i of mattreuses. Loss, JTO.udi K. R. ll.it H Is believtd to have peilsdietl In the llames Atlmita. On., Fb. 12. The slierltt ol I.tMi county teliphoptd Cloveinor (iiiiud l?r at 1 o'cli.ck this morning tint he hint been conq-ilKd to give up tniee noKroes lo a Ijnildiig part) tonight He ur lenilereit them to pi event the klltUiit ol thluocm. . , THE HAWAIIANS ARE ANXIOUS SITUATION ON THE ISLAND REGARDED AS CRITICAL. An Urgent Necessity tor Legislation by Congiess Tho Pending Bill Not Likely to Pass at This Session. The Cftlnmitios to Bo Feared. Wishlngton )b, 12. Great anxiety lespectltig the prospects of the bill to piovide u goveinnicnt for the teiilloo of Hawaii Is felt by Its friends and suppoiters both In and out of congress. It Is by no means confined to the inembets of the Republican paity or to men who are thltk-and-thln sup ported af nil the piovlsions of the pending bill, but Is ulnued by most, if not all. of the mluoilty membeis of the house lommlttee on teultorles, as well ns b.v maiij othei Deinociatlc lepiesentatlves who have becomo familiar with (acts and who regard the condition of atnilrs In Hawaii it'! u ciltical one. They hav e been led to believe that It can be lemedled only by the nlllimatlve action of congress, and while they aie stiongl' opposed to some of the piovlsions of the pending; bill thev would piobably be willing to ai ecpt them nither than have no legist itioii. At least, the subject Is one which the uigentlv Insist ought to be (oiisldeted before the expiration of the piesent i ongress. Among the calamities tln-y fear In default of the pioper legislation Is a geneial Jail dellveiy ot all ciimlui'ls and alleged cilmlnats who are in piia on In Hawaii awaiting tilal. and sub stantial giounds tor this fear were expies.sed today by u 1 1 tend ot tho bill in eonveisatlon with a New York Tiibune coriespondcnt. So great is the nnxlotj ot Hiiwailaus sojourning In Washington on thin subjei I that a delegation consisting of Paul Neu mann, Justice Ft ear. William A. Kln ne3" and (1. M. Robertson visited tho white house toda, and In an Intel view of some length sought to impiess th.Mr views on Piesident .McKlnley, who listened attentively to what they hud to sa and tin 3 came away feeling Mimew hat encoui aged. PARLIAMRNTA KY SITFATION. Tv iiailiamentai y situation as to the I In Hllan bill In the house of repie sentatlves cannot be legaideel as favor able. It Is lai down on the calendar of the lonimittuc of the whole, with neatly two hundred othei bills ahead of It, ami the lommlttee that has charge ot It does not enjov the pilvl lege.whlch appei tains to several others, ot calling up at any time or out of the legulai older measures of which thi'3' have jmlsdli tlon. It Is not expected that the committee on lules will feel Justified sv late in the session, and with the fate of neaib' all the geneial ippiopilatlon bills hang ing in the balance. In taking anv spe cial action loi the benefit of the Ha waiian 1)111. Theie has recently been some talk among fi lends of thu mens me In fa voi of an nffoit to obtain unanimous consent for Its considera tion, and thev have been led to hope that If that Is tried no objection will come fiom the nemociatlc side. The i lionee uf obtaining unanimous con sent, howevei. even for the considera tion of tlie bill must be regaided as slim. In view of the near expiration of the Fifty-fifth congiess. A motion to suspend the mles might win. but theie would be no oppoitun ity to make It, even If lecognltion could be obtained for that pin pose, eailler than within six da.vs of the end of the session, because the only other suspension day lemaining (Feb. 20) will be claimed bv other committees than that 011 teultoiles FIRES OF A DAY. Thousands of Dollars Go Up in Smoke and Many Have Nanow Escapes fiom Death. Albany, N. Y.. Feb. L Flu- this morning desttoyod business ptopeity on South Pearl street vulued at $230,000. Mann & Anker, makeis of women's gaiments, the Orand I'nion Tea com pan, Ilnllenbecker company, millln et s, and Mann .t Waldmann, wholesale deuleis in women's suits, aie tho ptln- clpal suffereis. losing their entlio stockse New Yoik, Feb 12 The factoiy building of the Manhattan Hras com pany, on Hast Twenty-eighth street, wns destioyed by die today, together with a laige quautlt of valuable stock and finished mateilal nnd machinery The estimated tos.s is $2V),000, New Yoik, Fel 12. Fire eaily this nioinln' did 1101)00 damage to Nlllstn hull, a dance hall on Has?t Fifteenth stieet, and eight flu-men had a mu row escape fiom death. The- men weie woiklng on the mof, when without wnnilngli collapsed, precipitating them lo the floor Inside, it distance of thlitv feet. Five of tho men aie seriously In jured. Tienton, N. J, Feb. 1.'. A file at the works of the Niv Jusev Steel and lion company today did damage to the extent of from SI0.000 to $30,000. Th machine shop was enthely destroyed, as well ns the machine rv und patterns In th" building. The blacksmith shop adjoining wns partially destroed. A number of men are out of vvoi'c. LAWYERS WILL BANQUET, Affair lo Bo in Honor of Judge Daniel W. Seaile. , Invitations have bten Issued for a banquet to he given at the Tarbell House, Montrose, Thuisduy evening, Feb 23. by the members of the Sus ciudhannn County Bar. Tho guest of honor at the banquet will be Judge Daniel W. Senile, who has Just cnteiod upon lib peeonil term as piesident Judge of the Thlity-foui th Judicial dls trh t. It Is Intended that the aftali shall bo a ied-letter one In the hlstoi of the bar of tho above count. The Justices of the Supiemo court o Pennsylvania, president Judges of nelghbming ills, triets, and tepresentutlves. of the touiily pi ess h.ivo been Invited an guests'. T1IK NEWS THIS MOKNINti Weather InJIcutlons Today Hnow; Continued Cold 1 tiineial-Slgnllicnnt ltopint lrotn (Mi tral OtN Rtporl ot the Wnr Inve'llgatlng Com mission. Situation of the Hawaiian. tievoiitf 0 Inmates ol an Asvlum llurneil. 2 General Repot t of War C'otiinilslon (Concluded). The Markets 3 Local Annual r.ipmt oL tho Piilill-s Library. t Kdltoriil. Reclaiming of At id I. nut 5 Loi al Ulg Combine, of Coal Companies, That sj.itutday .Moinlng lite. Pmith Side WaiiltMSe I.viu hers Palled. 0 I.ociil-v.csi Stiiinloii .uid Siibiiili.in. Niwh Hound About Striiiitou. (!( in-l.ll-Trade Niws ol Kenrlu, Cold Wine Aids the Coil Ihe SJoMlits at Camp M.ic- ZERO WEATHER STILL CONTINUES The Snow Storm Assumes Piopor taons of a Blizzaid Largest Full Since 1888. Philadelphia, Feb. 12 The ion tinued zero weathei of tlie past tluee days was ftjllowtd toda by a iltlving snow storm which almost teache-d the proportions ol a bll.z,ud. The snow began falling at S o'clock last night ami at the end of twenty-foui horns over hcveu hit lies of snow hud fallen and up until ueaily midnight tlieic were no signs uf abatement. It was the lnigest fall of snow foi the given time In twelve veins, with the excep tion of the memorable bllzzatd of Is'1', when the fall leglsteied ten I111 lies. Strong northwest winds aicoinonnled the storm and i.tilroad seivlce oil the Pennsylvania, Reading and Raltimoie and Ohio inllto.ids was generally de layed fiom one to six houis The mcxU seilous Inconvenience was expii lenced by the tialns fiom the south. Tialns due heie at 113 and 3.30 p. 111.. beailng detachments of New Jei.se y soldleis, have not been lepoited nt Washington this evening. New Y01 k trains aveiage fiom one half to one hour late. The Reading company was foiced to abandon n pot tlon of its lo cal schedule Loial and subuiban tiollev 1 at s,.i vice also suffere- much IneonvLiileiue. Along the Delawaie river and the New Jersey coast shipping was at a stand still. The International Navigation company's steamer, P-elgenland. which Is seveinl days oveidue, had not been heard from at a late bom tonight. No feais, however, are entertained for her safety. She Is jelleved to be eiulsing outside the capes awaiting a fnvoiable chance to come in The thermometer tod iv lematiud stationary ot 3 degiees above zeio. Tonight It lose- to 10 degiees. Reports ft -mi eastern Pennsylvania and South N'W Joi'ov show heavv fall of snow. T,"aimerp expeili-ime inuc h difficulty In supplying cattle with water on nccount of tlv extreme lreezing weather. In the coal legions many of tlie collieries are still closed down and will probably be unable to resume un til the wcathct has moderated. New York, Fob 12 Thiro davs of unpiecedentf d told In New Yoik weie followed last night by a dilvlug snow stoim Dining these tlnee days the mercuiy went lowei In the tube than It had since 1872, when the weather bureau flist began to send tm public leports. It reached 0 2 below z-io yes terday moinlng and last night when the snow began to fall, the theimotn ftor reglsteied onlv n few degiees above zeio The snow continued throughout the day and at midnight tonight snow was still falling, dilven by a sharp wind Theimometei s on lowe Broadwny recoided S ai1()p Z(MO at midnight. lieadv this winter the snov lecoitl of last year has been exceeded by more than a foot. Wilkes-Kane, Feb 12 The cold spell shows no sign of abatement in this suction. Theie was a light fall of snow this motning tollovrd by lower ing temperature. At 10 o'clock tonight it was eight below zero WRECKED BY FIRE. Disastrous Conflagration at Chicago Loss Ahout $575,000. Chicago, Feb. 12. -The wholesale and letall book establishment of A C. Mo Cling & Co. was wiecked by the, whit h btoke out at 10 o'clock this morning and which spiead rapidly tluough the live-stoiy bilcis sliuituie at the north west toiner of AVabash avenue und Madison stieet, otcuplcd bv the Him Tin stock was probably the busiest of its kind in tlie iiuiutiy The totnl loss will be about $373,000, as follows McCluig building. $100,000: Meeting stock, $i70,0(Kl. Mandel Hios,' dtv goods stock, at loss the alley, 3,000 bj sniokt und wntei. IN POLICE COURT. Prisoneis Fined by Mayor Bailey Yesterday Mornrig Ilt-ni James a telegiaph opeiator, vi as ai tested bv Patiolinan Isaao Jones, at midnight Saturday charged with being intoxicated nnd lueaklng n window pane at the White house on Pel n nvenue. James hit the glass with his hand but toitunately escaped any injuiy. When arraigned in pollen com t he was fined J3 which he paid. Cdwuld llulginii, tu u-sted foi diunk- nnoHS, was found ly Ing at the en- tianee to the Vulley house late Satui- day night In a half fiozen condition. He was lined -i. Gasoline Conflagiation. Nashville. Turn. Fib. 12 The explo sion of a hiisollue siovt Inn uh'lll In M. Moskowltz'K tlllloi shop titlised a flu In the biisluiHs portion 01 slpilnKllcId, Telia which destioyed buildings and touteut" vuluid at JmhiOO Adrift on an Ice Cake, ChlaiM" Feb. 12 -Fifteen childiuii skat IliK oil Lake Mic'lllcun were tilt off I'lulil ,'hoic by bu liking up of he this nfttruiioit ni.d 1110 adilft. Tugs end lite citivvs nave gone to their rtcue, WAS ATTACK ORDERED BY AGONCILLO Significant Report from General Otis Concern ing the Filipinos. THE 11ATTLE OF MANILA Said to Have Been Pieclpltated by Oidets fiom the Filipino Repre sentative nt Washington Des patch Sent to Honjr Kong1 and Mailed to Malolos Affairs at Manila Distinguished Prisouois Captured. Wasliington, Feb. 12. A dispatch from (icncial Otl iccelved at tho war depaitment this moinlng says he has been Infoimcd that the attack niadu 011 the Ameilcau forces by the lebels was lu puisuiinie oT advices letelved by Agulnaldo fiom lions Kong. Manila, Feb. 12 I r. p. in In Man ila the Inhabitants have geneiallv un covered fiom the alatm CKtasioued by tlie fear of a native uprising and aie u-siimliig theli 01 dlnaty business. The shipping inteients me natuially stiff ei ing, since theie have been no cle.u ancis for Philippine potts within a week, but on tlie other hand, foielgn shipping has incieased. espet iallv for Hong Kong, eveiy .steamei bound thither being tiowded with timid iefuget-s. Despite, however, this quietude, many aie asking whether tho ptob lein Is not still far fiom solution. A week ago those who took on optimistic view pi filleted that the tenible lesson Just administered to the lebels would settle the question of Filipino indepen dence In shoit older. Rut this medic tlon hus not been fulfilled. As a mat ter of fact the rebels aie now scattered tluoiighout the count! y bushwhacking, except at Mnlabon, where they aie gatheied In foice. Rven there theli niethods savor moie of gueiillla than of civilized warfaie, eveiy biwh, clump ot tiees nnd ttee turnlshlng a cover fin theit shaipshooteis. riifoitimiitely for miles mound the land Is studded with bamboo Jungle and open spaces aie few and far be tween. This affords the natives, who fight better under lover, a distinct ad vantage. In many places the jungle is so ileui'o that the eye cannot pone tiate It and only by the flashes of their lines Id the wheieabouts of til1 enemy indicated. Under such conditions it Is lemuk able that the Amciican casualties should 1' so few. while the number ol dead natives found In the brush nftf eveiy skluiiMi testllles to the precis ion of our flu- Last wi-ek there was not a single day without lighting, but the Ameiicans steadily advanced.carry - Ing everything befoie them, and gi initi ally Increasing their seinl-clicle. until now It smeads 1 in-shaped from four to ten miles atouud Manila, the water works being the most distant point. FILIPINO LOSS. It Is now known that the Filipino loss la fully 2,000 killed, with wounded vastly in excess of that number, nnd thousands are held pilfoneis. All this hns been achieved at the cost of slty llve Ameilians killed and 237 wounded. Theie are two AmeUeans missing and unaccounted lor. No fewer than twenty native villages have suirendeied or been captured. Seveial hive been destroyed becau their houses hiu bored men, frequently disguised in female attire, who shot fiom windows and 1 oof-tops at the Ameilian ttoops Many lilies and a ton of ammunition have been nelzed. As might be expected, there has been looting in the outskiits. but it has not been general and has been done In dli c l violation of oidi'isi. Tlie only ln Idem that has binken the quiet of the day followed tho ar llval of the Ciciman llrst-class ciuiser Kaiseiin Augusta. When she saluted Admit al Dewey this afternoon n tepoit spread rapidly that the American wai sliips weie bomb 11 ding Muluhoii Among the distinguished pilsonois c.iptmed In Manila since the oiitbieak of hostilities am Captain A. n. r.scn mlllo, Aguliialdo's private secretary; Captain E. P. A'ei.iguth. Colonel .Mar tin de T.os P.eycs and Senor Tomas del Kosaiio, a member of tho so-called Filipino congiess In session at .Malolos. A few minor Filipino ollleials aie als) In custody. Manila. Feb. 12. i 30 p. m. Conltury to geneial expectations all Is quiet along the entile Hue, nothing having happened up to tms licmi to dlstutb the peuie of stunuav. GENERAL BROOKE'S REPORT. Deaths at Matnnzas and Santinge. No Yellow Fover. Washington, Feb. 12. Oeneial liioolcj from Havana cabled the following to the war depaitment. Adjutant Gemi.it. Washington. iJiatll lepotl Hlh MlltiillAls A II ,ur- ! R-m. civilian teamster with engineer hat- lalion. killed act lilt utility . J Santiago. Private William J. Cunlffo. F, I Third UioikIu mitl.tihil In incteuria. Havana. 1'ilvnte llkliaid Orphan, I, SllOlllI aitillt-iv killed. Alli'Md tase vtllow fiver ot Tcituna i it louml to be inalnili. WEATHER FORECAST. Washington Feb, 12. rorccfiHt for .Momlay . For eastern Penusyi vimlu snov col. tinned cold: fiogb i- to In UK uorilieuiUtily vvlndD. i tttl-1 4-f.i -f-f t t ttt 1 1 1
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