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THE STORM KING
REIGNS SUPREME
Business Generally Is Affected by
Worst Blizzard Upon Record.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC HAMPERED
In New York City the Street and Steam Roads Are Aban
doned, and Business Is at a StandstillThe Lehigh
Valley Trains Are Struggling to Get Through the Snow
Drifts at Glen Summit The Most Complete Tie Up on
the Pennsylvania That Has Eyer Been Experienced from
Cold and Snow Passengers Stalled on All Lines,
New York, Feb. 13. The snuff storm
xxhich lias been raging since Satuiday
night Increased in violence today, be
coming a thorough blizzaid. Snow fell
al! day and Is still coming down. A
bitter northxxest wind diixe-s the snow
in clouds thiough the streets sweep
ing the sidewalks bate In some places
and in othtis piling' up tluee feet snow
Uiifts The .stieet cleaning depaitment,
nttci struggling for thirty-sit I101113
to clear the principal .streets, gaxc up
entirely, even surrendeilng Broadxxay
to the wind and "now. The surface
uillioads run snow plows over the toad
at Intervals and maintain a seivlco
but the cai.s are not heated and ara
mit well pitionized. The elevated
11 ads nil tunning but trains pay 110
logntd to schedule time. In the sub
nibs whGre the winds have free sweep,
the dilfls me fixe to ten feet high;
stieet uillioads have stopped altogeth
it and subuiban steam rniltoads are
blockid Many neighboiing towns are
I ui off finni New Yoik altogether. Few
iiiuks and d( lively wagons weie seen '
on the stuets today. Few poisons ven
tuiid fiom their homes today unless
bllgil to do so. Couits had to be clos
ed bnause of the cold and th" special
Lincoln dax matinees at the theaties
weie sllinl) attended.
Tndax w.i.s a legal holiday with the
banl 1 and exchanges and 1111 enfoiced
in 11 the business distilcts geneially.
Hun' weie 110 shoppeis the big
sin - ilostd their doois and sent the
' iKshnne. Tonight tho stl eels, oxen
II the tlieatie distilct, are almost de
tut 1
Th snowfall In New Voik this month
has li on nearly two feet or moie than
1 ntue fall for list xx Inter. The
iiipi'iatuie Is higher than last Filday
nnd Satuiday, but the driving snow
.stings like a whip and persons obliged
t b' out of doois suflcr severely.
ORF.AT SfJFFF.RIXG A.MONO POOR
All lh- cliailtable societies are taxed
ueyond their resources owing to the
Hidden, demands made upon them.
Of the 15,000 destitute lamllles in this
ell), as estimated by Hlalr, supoiin
t ndent of the outdoor pour, neatly
ill' an ell In r Ueezlng or stuixln, 10
dn) The continued stoim has handi
er ppi'il all effoits to aid them and tho
liizzaid of today has necessitated n.
complete suspension. As soon as th
st inn model utes, woik will be pushed
with uuewed xlgor and food and coal
will '11 furnished as many people as
poss I If.
The task of Keeping railinad tialns
In iiintinn was almost herculean. Par
ulatl) this was the case vi itl the
I ins limning out of the firm-id Cenlial
St Itli.ll
The outgoing ipoining trains made
lftiiv.ay in falrl) good shape, but once
5in of the tiain sheds their troubles
began Switches blocked by drifting
bi' taidliies In operating signal",
hi cnslcncd b op -rated s watting until
th weie sine that the tracks were
cli .it together with the airival of trains
bi lueuiiar order and at Itiegulnr
ti'e i. made puu'trss oluw until .after
to- H iib'in ilver was eiosred. From
till' t j minutes to two and one-half
hoots weie thus Ion by outgoing
fa lus
TIk inbound ttalus had the same con
ditions to meet In the xaids aftei
rcnehlnr the i ity limits one to thie
flouts late. It was stated that tho Old
Colony er.iuess. westbound, was sliuk
In n srmw diift omewhen' east "f Now
flaxen mid that nil tialns on the New
lyiiiiilou division weie linvlne much
trouble The olln'i.ils of both roads de--lnied
ut 1 p in. 1l1.1t no through ti.ilii
hid been abandoned, but admltU'd that
local setvlfo wus liadlv demoialliiCfd.
Thiongb of people who cuiwded wnlt
Inu 100ms. asking n lien tinlns would
depait for vailous points. In very few
Instances were able to get satisfactory
answer?. When told that n continua
tion of the pirvnlllng conditions was
tn bo esiieeted tonight, olllilals of the
road tnlcl It was likely that tvalllc would
eoiuo to a standstill before tomorrow,
STKAMBOATS TIKD UP.
Ml of the sound t-teambonts nro tied
up liv the ftoim and It was nnnouneed
that none of the I'all Ulvvr, Stonln?-
ton or Notwtch llneis xvould xenture to
make trips until the storm ceases and
the entrance to Hell Gate is fiee from
Ice.
No out-of-tov.n mails weie lectived
here today, with the exception of two
early moinlntr consignments ftom Bos
ton. None ot the Incoming mails f mm
the noith nnd northwest over the New
Tork Central. 01 south or southwest
on the Pennsj lvanla and Baltimore anil
Ohio lallio.ids was received at the pot
ofllce today.
Theie Is some danger of a bioad fam
ine in the city if the storm continue-.
This Is not due to the fact that theie
is not a .sufllclent amount of Hour In
the X'arlous warehouse's but because
of Impossibility of h.ning it dellveted.
This would be most seveiely felt In
the east side tenement districts xhose
bakcis buy Hour In small quantities,
most of which is lor Immediate use
There Is a dally dellx-eiy by the Hour
meiehants to these bakeiies and owing
to the Impossibility to get Hour to them
toilav the bakers had to fall back on
retail merchants fm the supplj-. This
demand on the retailers will diminish,
if not evhaust the supply of the grocers
In it -eiy shoi t time. It Is thin that
the trouble will begin. This, togethi r
vi Hit the fact that the larger bakeiies
will not make up their usual quantities
of lue.nl because of their inability to
deliver it will cause a larther drain on
the smaller bakeries.
PHILADELPHIA SNOWBOUND.
Battle with the Elements Fruitless.
Railroads Abandoned.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1.1 After a dnv of
heroic battle all the human forces that
could be bi ought into pla agalnpt the
elements have been foiced to succumb
and tonight the city Is fast locked In
the embrace of the woist blizzard in
the histot j of the local weather but can.
Steam and local trafllc aie nt a stand
still and the snow -heaped streets aie
deserted. From U o'clock Satuiday night
to the same hour tonlcht there has
been a steady snowfall, the aggtegito
depth of which at the lattet hour was
17! inches. The high wind have
xhlrled this into impassable drifts, and
there is no sign of the storm's abate
ment. Willie unusually sevete.thc stoinr
did not reach the fury of a blizzard
until today, when the wind attained a
X-eloclty of foity miles an hour
Karly in the dav the Pennsylx-anla
railroad succeeded In moving about 30
per cent, of Its regular passenger ser
vice, but no attempt was made to move
ft eight or coal trains Thtough tialm
to the west xxere abandoned early, the
last one leaving here nt 8.20 this morn
ing for Huirisburg At last repoits it
was stalled near Lancaster
The western tialn due heie from
New York nt 10.25 und 11 52 a. m. wero
both between two and three hours Intf,
nnd went no further than this city. The
Pennsylvania Limited, westbound, was
the last to leave New Yoik and it xvas
also abandoned here The Plttsburrj,
j.imitfu, winch lett there at 10 o'clock
last night for New Yoik, was switched
off the main line and brought down
oxer the Columbia biancli as far as
Lancaster, where It xvas abandoned.
All incoming trains trom the south and
xx est xx'ilch connived tn reach Btoid
street station xxcre held th re. Tin
decision to entirely ibandon the New
York division x",is not reached until 7
o clock tonight, xi hen it became appat
ent that the attempt xxnuld be of too
desperate a nature.
IMLVDINQ 4BANOONKD
Latly In the da the Reading rail
road posted a notice that all train si
vlce xs.ifc abandoned until luttlii-r no
tice. Later a numbc-r or milu 1 an
trains xxeve moved at inter Mil'- n
hour or more. No attempt xxna , u
on the main line. At 4.S0 this nt.. 1.
noon the Willlamsport express, eounn
Ing of txo engines and four .iachej
got awuy shortly after 5, two engines
and one coach wero started fot New
Voik, and another short train for Tren
ton. Up to a Jatu hour tnnlrjht no re
poit ot their progtosfl had been re
ceived. The Baltimore' and Ohio abandoned
ltii local service early In tho aftei
noon. The train from New York for
Washington got away neatly four
hours liter and was tho last through
train In that direction for the day. No
trains loft for tho west. The Plttsbuig
train due here at fi 10 this morning ai
rlxed at 2.05 p. m. and xxas abandoned
here, as xxas also the Washington
train duo at 11 h. m., xvhich lumbered
In at CIO this afternoon.
The local tiolley )lne battled brave
ly with the stoim thtoughout the
morning but ns toad after load be
came stalled, luithor orfott grow fruit
less and tonight theio are piaotleally
no menus of transportation. The rail-
rond stations are crowded lth peo
ple xvultlng and hoping fo.- trains In
und out. Over forty members of the
state legislature are sculled ut Broad
stieet station, xvaltlng for a train to
Ilanisburg wlh an anxiety which 1
lntenHllled by the senatorial deadlock
at the state capital. Jlost of the pass
cngets on the train abandoned hcio
sought shelter at the neat by hotela.
A SPUAKUIX STATVLnD.
United Slates Senator-elect Bexer
Idge, of Jndlinu, xwis to speak nt the
.Lincoln banquet nt the Union league
tonight, but the train on xihlch he Is
bound hcio bus evidently been stalled
somewhere, for ho did not at live.
There xvere a number of deaths und a
good many casualties attributable to
the prex'aillni; conditions. John V.
Yeomans, aired 6'J yeais, fell dead at
17th and Cheiry streets, Bi-njitmln
Seeblej used 7(1 veats, became uncon
scious on the street und died xvlthln it
ew minutes, and James Hall xas
found dead In a yaid down town. The
toot of the shed of the iirmuiv of the
ettv tioop fell in from the weight of
snow this afternoon cairvint; the wulls
down xi lth it and causing o,W dam
age. No one was Injured. On account
ol tlte holiday the schools and main
placiv of hiiHiiii'Hs wete itosed but of
tho'o persons who were obliged to be
In the busini-ss section, the gieat ma
jority weie untble to reach theli homes
and had to seek tcfuge at hotels. Tro
Unlxersity of Pennsylvania was com
pelled to suspend Its regular se-'-ion'J
because of the absence ot students.
The lee on the Delawate ilver Is
glowing thicker and tlttre weie no ar
ilvaU or clearances at this port today.
Those districts xxhleh lelx on Philadel
phia for a supply of anthiucite .11 e
threatened with a famine, not a single
coal cat lying xe.s-el haxing been out of
the Delaware since tho middle of last
xveek. As the sarno conditions apply to
freight shipments the situation is
i rave.
The Pennsylvania limited from New
Voik for the west and train No. 81
ftom New York fot the south, nfti r
successfully pushing their xwo to 22d
nnd Voik stteets, In the noitheaWin
section ot this city, bcime stalled
theie tonight The eastbound Pennsyl
xnniii limited is snowed in near Altoo
11.1. No. 37 south, due heie at 4."0 this
nfteinoon, Is standing still somewhere
between Jersey Cltv and Trenton, and
No. fi south Is between Trenton and
Philadelphia. The "Wllliamsport ex
press, xvhleh left here eaily In the day
only managed to reach Helix iew, a
short distance out of the citv, and late
tonight efiotts xveie making to get her
back to Broad street station.
ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY.
The Blockade Centering Near Wilkes
Barr e.
Wilkes-Bar re. Feb 1"?. The snow
bloc kudo on the xarious railroads cen
tering here is almost complete to
night. Tlie gt cutest difficulty Is en
countered on the mountains, where the
snoxx has drifted badly. A large foice
of men is at work clearing the ti.teks,
but owing to the extteme cold the xxotk
piocieds xeiy slowlj.
The Lehigh Valley rullioad has litted
up two commissary cars with provis
ions enough to last the sno-sho-eleifs
tin eo days. This was license day in
court, and the Hazletoti applicant.!
xxeie to be heard. A tiain carilng the
hotel and saloon men of Hazleton left
that town at 7 o'clock this morning,
but at 7 o'clock they had not at rived
heie jet. A telephone message saxs the
trajn Is snowbound at White Haven,
on the other side of the mountain. The
fitst train from the east today leached
here at 2.15 this afternoon. The tiain
xxas stalled In the snow diifts on the
mountain and It requited four extra
engines, a tmowplow and Ave hours'
hard xxork to get the train ovt An
empty engine on the L"high Valley
railroad ran into a stalled engine nt
Fairviexv this evening. A bursted
steam pipe badly burned Fireman Mc
Hale and Brakeman Boyle.
The Lehigh Valley ofllclals will make
an attempt to run trains over the
mountain tonight. Upon the arilx-al of
the Black Diamond express fiom Buf
falo, the passengers will be taken to
hotels tor the night.
Things are ex en xxorse on the Central
Hallioad of Noxv- Jersey, xvhose tracks
also ctoss the mountain. A freight
train became engulfed In a big snoxv
drift this morning and at C o'clock this
'evening It had not yet been dug out.
All trains have been abandoned. One
hundred men fiom the railioad shops
at Ashley xxeie sent to Solomon's Gap
this afternoon to help clear tho tracks.
The snoxv has ceased falling and there
Is little wind, but It continues very
cold.
1 Blizzard at Lancaster
I Lancaster, Feb. 33 The storm tint
I has been raging in this vicinity almost
lnces.iantlv for tho past xverk reached
Its heighth this evening, xvhen a tei-
rlfli bllzaid spiang up. Th" xxlnd
blew at a le-imil rate, menacing prop-
' erty and gatht ling the snoxv, noxv three
feet deep on th lexel. Into gieat drifts
.liven xxalking is almost Impossible and
travel by rail and road has been prac
tically abandoned. Countiy people.
have been unabie to attend market,
and f. nerlous scarcity of neeessati'S
are apprehended. Several fuucial3 tot
tor today and tomorrow have been
postponed, it being impossible to git
1 into the cemeteries. No trains on the
Pennsylvania railroad hnxe left or ur
rlved heie since noon. Tho mall and
passenger train due heie at 9.10 1. ni ,
lis stuck in the snow at Ttohretstoxxii,
ai.d another passenger tnin Is snow-
' bound at Bonks. No attempt Is being
I made to opeiate the Quiriyvllle road.
The train that left here at 7 o clock on
tho Reading road this morning for Leb
anon, ran Into a snoxv bank at Dlller
vllle. The engine and txxo passenger
coaches aie derailed. The rennsylx-a-nla
Ti action company la entirely dis
abled, both its city and subuiban lines
beins? shut.
At Harrisburg,
Ilimlsluirg, Feb 13. The snoxv storm
has paralyzed builuess In Tlariisburg
The stieet car lines ure closed and not
a passenger train has at lived or left
the city since noon All the passenger
tinlns on the Pennsylvania, railroad
between Philadelphia nnd Pittsburg"
haxe been annulled. Truffle his been
Misponded on the Philadelphia and
Reading nnd other l.illxvays (euloilng
la the city. The Atlantic cxpices leach-
ed heie at 1 o clock tills alter noon from
PlttHbiirK und ha.s since be-n sldo
tiacked In the railioad stutinn. . lo
comotive Is nttuehtd to either end of
the train to keen steam In the ears
Munj of the p'issetigers left the train
and are spending the night at the ho
tels. Onlx one triilc has reached hero
nil duy from Philadelphia und thil ar
rived eight hours lite. Ft eight travel
on the Pennsylvnnlu ral'rond Is par
aled and all thu stock has been un
loaded at the cltv stock yards. Them
is much suffering among tho poor ot
the city. The ilanisburg Bcnexoient
association Ins issued a speclul appeal
to the people to contribute coal for the
lisp of tin.' pour. Tho schools xen
closed today on account of Inability of
the janitor? to heal tho buildings.
Many of the stotes closed at noon orr
account of the lack of ttade. The snow
Is lt Iff lug and In some places It Is ten
and twelx-e fet deep. It Is not us cold
tonight us it W'as during the dax-, al
though It xxas still snowing at 10
o'clock.
Tie Up on the Pennsy.
Altoonu, Pa., Feb 13. A blizzard has
bi'ii uiglng hoi i' since 4 o'clock this
morning xvlth the teinpTuture standing
at zeio Busiiitss heie Is nearly sus
pended. The same condition:! eist all
along the line of til Pennsylvania
railroad betwten Philadelphia nnd
Pittsburg. No attempt is being made I
to move Height and the onl 1 asseu- I
ger train trom the east today arrived
this evening eleven hours late Limit
ed express east was annulled here and
the p.issengets are being cured for at
the hotels. A ti .tin of two passenger
cats will try to make the iuii to Pitts
burg tonight Fast of this point train
senile is now entirely abandoned No
accidents are lepoited. It Is the most
complete tie up the Ponnsx lvanla road
c ei cNpLiionied fiom cold and snow.
At Wllliamsport.
Wllll.imspoit, Feb i;'.. The storm
has been raging fuiloulj here all day,
and lailroad tiafllc Is completely block
ed Theie xxas onlx oik train in on
the PhlladelDhia and Beading, and It
xmis four hours late On the Penusxl
vanla the trains xxere tunning fiom
three to fixe bouts late, and this even
ing It xxas announced lint all trains
had annulled. The sanio action xxas
taken on the Reading.
The snow is exceedingly fine and
dtlxen by a fleice gale packs like sand.
Country roads sue almost Impassable.
Owing to the blockade only three
Judges of the supeilor court succeeded
in getting through, and as a result the
sessions weie abandoned until tomor
iow. Tonight the temperature Is near
zeio.
At Washington.
Washington, Feb. 1 1. With two
Indies lesa than tluee feet of snow on
a lex el and the mercury hovering con
stantly neai zero, the capital Is in the
giasp of the most sexete blUzaid In
Its history. The snowfall xvhieli began
on Hiturday exening has continued
without cessation, the oflliial measure
ment in fifty hours being twenty
inches on top of the heavy fall of a few
da.x.s preceding. Dilx-en by a high
northxvi st w ind It haq drifted in banks
of fiom fixe to eight feet in depth, .sus
pending all untile, tielng up the sttoot
car lines, cutting off the city fiom all
outside 1 ommunicntlon b rail, aril
causing untold suffering among the
pom.
Railroad Service Demoralized.
Reading, Pa.. Feb. 13, Bvetythlng In
the way of railway and railioad ser
vice Is still completely demoralized.
Reading is shut off from the outside
xx oild and there are noxv thirty Inches
of snow on the level. A coal famine
Is threatened among industiies and
householdetr.
J. G Jlohn it Bios . hat factory, em
ploying neatly 200 hands xxas destroyed
by lire tonight, while the blizzard xx'as
at Its gieatest fury, cause unknown.
Loss, $00,000, pattlally insured.
At Chambershurg.
Chambersbutg, Pa, Feb. 13 Since
Saturday the snowfall has reached n
depth of three feet. Railioad trafllc
All the trolley roads are blocked, and
roads aie Impassable. There has been
no trains fiom east or west since Sun
day. Waxnesboro, SIrlppensburg, Mer
cersburg, Green Castle, Hngerstown
are all cut off from the rest of the
xx orld. Industrial establishments and
schools are closed. Today's tempera
tuie ranged from 10 above to 4 below
zero.
Business nt a Standstill.
Yoik, Feb. IS. The bllzaid continues
up to this hour, 10 p. in , xvhile th' snoxv
has subflded .'omexx'hnt a sttong xvind
is blowing huge drifts in all directions.
It is the xxotst storm know'n here.
Business Is at a stHndstlll The rail
loids are all badly blocked. The
Northern Central railway xxas able to
get most of Its trains thtough but all
were seveial hours late. The depth of
suoxx is about 30 Inches.
In Icy Monroe.
Stioudsburg, Pa.. Feb. 13. A n-rce
blizzaid has pi ex-ailed heie today and
tonight and n coal und milk famine Is
threatened. Ntaily thlity inches of
suoxx has fallen andi zero weather
niaktc the distress among tho poor
gieat The tallioads are badly
blocked between Manuuka, Chunk and
Poitlaud on the Delaxxare, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad nnd the
coal famine threatens to be serious.
Dulta at West Chester.
West Chester. Pa., Feb. 13Sno
drifts ten and fifteen feet deep cover
the streets and trax'el Is ut a standstill
All the tiollev roads are blocked, and
there hnxe been no trains over the
steam roads. The Wilmington nnd
Noithein railioad Is closed and a tiain
Is snowed In nt Gieen Hill, on tho
I'inzer blanch of the Pennsylvania
railioad.
At Honeedale.
Honosdale, Pa., Feb. 13. The stoini
xxlilch has been ruglng for the past
thlity hours continues with unabated
fitly. Great distress nnd mnnv block
ades are repotted In outlying distilcts.
No malls from Now York or Philadel
phia has been recelxod today. The Ihlo
train, due heie at '-' p. 111 , did not ar
ilxe until 5. The snoxv Is from thirty
Inches to us many feet in depth.
WHITELAW REID
ON PEACE TREATY
SPEECH AT BANaUET OF MAR
QUETTE CLUB OF CHICAGO.
Tho Diiliculties Confronting tho
Members of tho Paris Peace Com
mission A10 Explained A Prin
ciple Vital to tho Opptessed Na
tions Is Upheld- Other Speakers
Present.
Chicago, Feb. 13. The annual ban
quet of the Jlaiquette club xxas held
this evening In the Atldltoilum. It xxas
the fourteenth event of its kind and a
lrrge number of prominent men from
all pails of the Fulled States xveio
present. ilemboit, of tho club and
other bulled guests swelled the total
number at the banquet to neatly one
thousand.
fongiessnitiu Chailes P. (liosxcnor,
of Ohio, xxho xxas to speak on "A Re
publican Administration," was uneble
to be present.
The Hon. White-law Reld, ol New
Yoik. responded to the sentiment
"Ameilcan Diplomacy.
Mr. John Charlton, M. P., and a
membt't of the British-American joint
high commission, impended to the
toast, Abraham Lincoln."
The Hon. Chailes G Dawes, comp
troller of the curteney, spoke about
"Currency Reforms."
The Hon. htewail I. Woodfoid, of
New Vork, ex-mltilstci 10 Spain, spoke
about "Gienler AmeiUa."
Mr- Held besau xvlth compliments to
Chlcugo for the titN's suppoit of the
xvoik of t.re PaiH Peace Co'iiinllon
ers. Continuing ho said
I'lU xoutsclves for a moment In our
place on the Qtnl d'Orsax. Would ou
teatb 1i.ul n.i'l .xour repiesenlatixes
in Paris, the guaidluns ol xour honor
In negotiating peace with xour enemy,
declare that while Spanish ltilo In tho
West Indies xxas so wicked and barbar
ous that It was 0111 duty to destroy It,
we xveie now so eager for peace that for
Its sake we xxeie willing In the Bast to
ic-establlsh that same xxicked and bar
batous ttile? Or would you haxe had
joui agents In Paris, the guurdians
also ot vour material interests, throxv
away all ehance for Indemnity for a
war that began xvlth the treaeheious
muider o i6l Ameilcan sallois on the
Maine, and had cost your Treasury
dutlng the year over $210,000,000? Would
you haxe had them throw aw ax a mag
nificent loothold for the ttade of the
farther East, which the fmtune of war
had placed In xour hnnd throw away
a whole aiehipelago of boundless possi
bilities, economic and sttnteglc; tluoxv
axx-ay this oppottunltv of centuries for
your countr)? Would you haxe had
them on their own les-ponslblllt), then
and theie decide this question for all
time, and absolutel) refuse to resrrxe
It for the decision of Congiess, and of
the Atnetican people, to whom that de
cision belongs, and xxho have the light
to an oppoitunity Hist for Its dcllbeiate
consideration'.'
They xx'eie dealing xxith a nation
xx lth xx horn it lias nexer been easv to
make Peace, ex en xxhen xxar xxas no
longer possible, but they secured a
Peace Treaty without a xxotd that com
piomlses the honor or endanaers the
interests ol the country. They
seiupulouslx- teseix'ed for your oxvn de
1 talon, thiough your congtess or at the
polls, the question of liolltleal status
and clxll rights' tor the Inhabitants of
your new possessions. They pledged
the United States to absolute free
dom In the exeldse of their tellglon
for all these reient Spanish subjects
Pagan Mahometan, Confucian or
Chilstlan. They maintained, in the
face of the most vehement oposltlon not
merely of Spain, but of well-nigh all
Kuiope, a principle vital to oppressed
people snuggling for fteedom, a prin
ciple xxlthout xxlilch our own fteedom
could not haxe been established, and
xxlthout xvhleh any successful revolt
against any unjust tule could be made
practically impossible. That pilnclple
is that, contrary to the prex ailing rule
and practice in large transfers of
werelgnty, debts do not necessarily
follow the tertitotx-. If incurred by the
Mother Countiy distinctly In effoits
to enslax'e It. Whete so inclined, your
lepresentatlx-es persistently and suc
cessfully maintained that no attempt
by the Mother Country to mortgage to
bondholders tho revenues of custom
house-" or lrr any way to pledge the fu
ture Income of the terrltoiy could be
recognized as a valid or blndlns se
curity: that the moment the hand of
the oppiessor relaxed its giasp, his
claim 011 the future revenues of the op
pressed teriltory xxas gone. It Is a
doctilne that raised an outcry In every
Continental Bouise, and "truck terior
to every gambling Kutopenn Investor
in national loans, floated at Usui Ions
ptoflts, to talse funds for unjust xxais.
But it "s ilglu, and one may be proud
that the United States stood like a
rock, barring any mad to peace xxhieh
led to loadiiiL cither on tlte Ubetatcd
territory or on the people that had
freed rl the debts incurred In the wars
against it. If this is not Intel national
Law now. It will be; and the United
States xx 111 haxe made it.
But your- lepresentatlxcs In Pails
placed youi countr) In no tricky atti
tude of cudeaxoiing either to evade or
repudiate just obligations. Thev tecog
ized tho duty of lelmbursement for
debts legitimately inclined foi pacific
Improx-ements m otherxvise, for tho
teal benefit of the transtetred tenltoty.
Not till it was shoxvn that of the Phil
ippine debt of fotty millions Mexican,
or a little under txventv millions of our
monev. ovei a fourth has been trans
ferred dltect to aid the wat in Cuba,
and the rest has been mainly spent
In the war in Luzon, did your repic
sentatlxes hesitate at Its payment and
even then thev detlded to give a lump
sum equnl to It, xxlilch could serve ns a
recognition of whntexu debts bpaiti
might hnxe incurred in the past for
expenditures them fot the benefit of
the people.
They protected what was gained In
the wai fiom adroit effoits to put It all
at ilhk again, through an untimely ap
peal to tho noble pilnclple of aibitra
lion. They held and 1 am sute the
best filendsof the pilnclple xvlll thank
them for holding that an hone.it re
sort to aibltratlon must como before
war, to avert Its honors, not after
xxar. to escupe Its consequences.
They were enabled to pledge the
most Piottctlonlst countiy In the
xx otld to the liberal and xxlse policy of
tho open dooi In the Bast.
And finally the) secured that dlplo
niatlc novelty, a tteaty in xxhlclr the
acutet penatotlnl critics have not
found a peg on which Inadmissible
, , .Continued on Pago 2.
THE NEWS THIS 310UNINU
XVeitlicr Indication Today!
Pair; Continue! Cold.
1 General American Troops Capture
Hollo.
Bffect of the Worst 1'tmm on Record.
Whltelaxx- Held on Ameilcan Diplo
macy. 2 Geneial Reiil on Ameilcan Diplomacy
iCntuludnd).
Tho MutketL.
3 Local Finding la the OakfureMliieklcy
Coal L md Dispute.
BllzKitd anil I.i'gil Holiday Prexcnts
Much Business In the Courts.
1 Bditorlal.
News and Comment.
3 Loeil-Tho Stoim in the City.
CI Local WcHt Scratilcn and Sulii'iban.
Letter from Colonel Cntiton.
Futil Colorado Si.oxslielc.
7 News Round About Sci anion.
Ucn-'iiil-llrohvi! Rill Cauufs Serious
Trsin Wreck
industrial Llleai'li'gs.
CASUALTIES AT MANILA.
Keportu Received from Qeneial Otie
Yesterday.
Washington, Feb 1.1 The adjutant
ceuei.il today iccelxed the following
casualty list fiom CleneVal Otis:
Xl.inll., I', h. IT
Adjutant tliiieiul. Washington:
.luuriuii.u ctisi ami s enui,' 'uieiii. ui
Ciloocan ! ebrti.it j lu
'l', r,lli 11. Iv'fiitb i -V..iiii(!.irl I'ntil.llii
fh.illes M. Christ), Cotiipuix h, Iil-
xati-i nines Jver-lii ret, A, tulles Jin
nett. At.
First M01 tana Wounded- Soigennt
(jcoigo 1 oxMiiap. Compuii) D: i'Hxalo
Adolph Clmttto Cumr.iii) A
Following cisiuiltles in t' cliches ,u Jin.
toll 111 night 1-th ind manilnc 1 ". 1 1 1 :
First Montana Wounded- Ptixnlcs
Mtcxens. company ei; Charles Urltt.in,
13; JoscpU Call.ilnu, Company 31.
I'tah iirttllei) W'ciuiidtd. Second Lieu
tenant Ceo go A Seain.iti, nattui) B.
Twentieth Kansas Wounded: Prix-at"
VlaPiyne Coinptnix A.
Flr-t California Wounded: IM-ruci'V
t'., Pilx.ito Rdxxard O'Neill Coimunv I;
Mossenberg, Txxentleth Kanas, repoitcd
February 11. shoul 1 read Mori-e. All foie.
going sllahtly xxoutlilicl.
(Si, 'lied) Oils
, 1 1
COAL FAMINE.
Inhabitants of Pittsburg Threatened
with Diie Calamity.
Pittsburg, Feb. IS A coal famine Is
thte.itened heie. The total coal supply
noxv in the Alleghenles and Mononga
hella river at Plttsbuig does not ex
ceed one million bushels The dallv
consumption Is 200,000 bushels, and
there are oideis for Instant dellxety of
at least 400,000 buWiels. The ltveis ale
fioren up tight und the lallioad fielghts
ate not moving. Coal has advanced
fiom 5 to 10 cents n bushel and In
some cases Is selling as high as 23
cents. Hundreds of xx.i'jons ate wait
ing on the xxluuxes lo load and thou
sands of orders1 for fuel aie being Te
eeixed that cannot be filled. The situ
ation is the most ctltlcal in years.
Theie aie millions of bairels of coal
in barges up the ilver, but there Is no
xx ax- to get It heie. The situation has
become so despciato that an effott is
being made to bnak the lee on tho
Monongahela as far us Locks No. 2 and
.'!, above xxlilch. It said, theie Is coal
enough to supply Pittsburg and Alle
gheny for a month. If all other sources
of suppl) aie cut oft.
PEPPER WHISKEY CASE.
An Important Decision Rendeied by
Judge Bai-r.
Louisville, Hy., Feb. 13 An Import
ant decision was rendered today in the
Fnlted States couit bv Judge Hair lu
the case ot the Harrisburg Trust com
pany xs. the James H Peppei Dlstll
lci company, of Lexington, Kj , on
a. motion that a receiver be appointed
lor the latter e ompuny. A decision xxas
returned In favor of the defendant,
Judge Harr holding that theie xxas no
ground em xxlilch tho receiver could b
appointed. In addition the petition of
Mis. James H. Pepper, xxho owns near
ly all the stock and xxho requested that
the Harrisburg Trust company be le-mo-ed
fiom Its position as trustee was
fax-oied by Judge Ban.
This leaves the tiUr-t company, be
sides loslns Its ease. In danger- of be
ing removed as titlstee. The distillery
Is x allied at SI.OW.OhO. It 1 .4 not in thi
combine iceenily foimed.
TESTIMONIAL TO STERN.
Presented with a Check by Order of
! Timill, A V.. nl,n.
Fntldelphla, ib. 13 At today's ses
sion of the gland lodge of the Inde
pendent Order H'llith Abiahain, tlv
letliing grand rnast-.r, Ma Stein, of
Nex,- Yoik, was presented xxith aihec'c
for 5-.0i-'0 as a tfilmonlal ot his labors
in behalf of the older.
Simon riehelinsk), of Nxx Yoik was
elei t"d grand mastoi for the ensuing
)ear and Jacob Schoen. ot Noxv Yoik,
xxas re-elected etand seeretar-..
It was decided to reduce thB oideis"
elcuth assessment from lixe to jour
cents. Oxer four hundred delegates
xxeie piesent at today's sesdon. A ball
und banquet xxes tendered the xlslting
delegates tonight. The eynxentinn will
clo'i' lomoiroxx.
Threxv a Lighted Lamp at Her.
I., e 1111! Ieb ' -Alls lllh-nlii ill
lluipln xxlto i t J0I10 Halpln 01 t'oaus
xllli, died .a noon toelny at tin genual
hospital fiom bums Inflicted li her him.
lurid on H.itunl.i) nb-lit She 1etuse.1l to
tall. 1 bout the matii r llei husband Is
iimlei niroM in fiiate-nxilli U b n h"
tluexx a lU'htid l.iiiiii at '111
Repotted Back to Senate.
iihliiKtiin Fib L St-natoi I'alt
haiilin from the seniti' eomtiilttee on Im
inlgrnlioii tenia) lcpmted baik to the sell.
ate thee bill exteilillng the .lUtbconll lei
lnlior laxvs of the Fulled States to Haw-ail
xx lth unienelnieiits makini; the bill coxei
all immigration questions
Pennsylvania Postnta-ters.
Waslilliglcii Feb J"!,- Tlie follovxll.l,
fouith elnsi liostnuisteis xxeie apiiohiieel
lodiix ror I'eniisxixanla. P.tMoii. c.
oiiuloif, Shields, Mrs. N0111 .Mlteliell
N
Steamship Avrivals.
I.lxeipool, Fob. M.-Aiilxeil: Atiranla
Ncxx Yoik.
IL0IL0 NOW
OCCUPIED BY
AMERICANS
Was Captured by General
Miller's Forces on
Saturday.
NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES
The Capitol of the Island of Panay
aird Seat of the So-Called Visayon
Federation Is Evacuated by tho
Filipinos Rebels Set Fiio to the
City Befoie Lenvintr Aguinaldo'a
Troops Are Becoming1 Discouraged,
Manila. Feb. 11. 9 ?,: a. m. Tha
Americans ciiptuted Hollo on Satur
day. Manila, Feb. H. Fi a. m. The Uni
ted States gunboat Petlel airlx'od Intel
hist exening xvlth dispatches fio Hiig
ndie r Oeneint Murius P. Allller to Ma
jor Geneial Utls anuouniitig that Hollo
had been taken by the combined mili
tary and naxul forces on Satuiday
11101 nlng.
(leneial Miller on receipt of his In
structions trom Manila, sent nutlx'ij
commlssloneis ashore from the Fulled
States transput t St. Paul xxith a com
munication for the lebel gox-eineir of
Hollo calling on him to sutiender xvlth
ln a time stated nnd xxatning him not
to make a demonstiatlon lrr the Intel -xal.
The rebels Inimedlatel) mox-ed their
guns and pivpaied to defend their po
sition. The Petrel Hied txx-o warning
guns and the rebels Immediately open
ed fire on her.
The Petiel and the Raltlmore then
bombaieled the toxxn which the rebels,
haxing set on flte, Immediately ex'acu
ated. Ameilcan tioops x-eie promptly
lauded and extinguished the flies In all
cases of fotelgn pioperty but not be
tfine consldeialle damage had been
done
It Is bollexod that the enemy's los
dining tin bombardment xxvis heavy:
but no Amencan casualties are repott
ed. AROUND MANILA.
Manila, Feb. l. Iu'j p. m. The
Twentieth Kansas unci the First Idaho
xolunteeis h.ixe been recalled from the
moish lands 1101th of Malnbon and the
loimer leslnient Is noxv entteuched in
fiont of Caloocan. The American Hue
founs a complete eordon txxenty-txxo
miles in lensih, ftom the coast on the
noith almost to Pntanaiiue, south of
Manila.
Theie has been no change In the dis
position of the tioops, except that tho
Fouith Fnlted States cax-aliy has le
lleved the Flist Idaho xolunteeis an I
a battalion of the Txxenty-thlid In
fantiy ha J been stationed on the left
Hank to piexent the icbels sneakliT
along the beach.
The enemy ate busily thiowlng up
entienchments on their left, shup
shooteis lu the jungle coveting thelf
operations,
Sexernl Ameiicans weie xxounded In
the trenches today. Second Lieutenant
ileoige A. Seaman, of Battery B, Utah
attlllet), xx a shot In the leg xxhlle
standing ne.11 his gun. I'our men ot
the Txxentleth Kansas volunteers xveie
wounded "lightly. Lat night Pil-ato
Brintoii, Company 15, and Pilvute
Stexens. Company G, of the Kansas
I legiment, Weie weiundeil,
All the enonu's dead at Caloocan
I have) been burled one hundred and
I txx cut) -sex en last Saturelay and IIO'J
I yesterday.
j The United States cruiser Charleston
has moved up the co.ist and Is no'
oft Mnlolos. the sect ot the so-called
Filipino gox eminent, at a distance e.s-
tlmnted at about 8 miles,
SPANISH PHli-ONHR'S STORY.
I London, F-b. II! Rente i's Telegiant
1 company, limited, has lecelxed the fol
lowing dipateh ftom .Manila dated
1 Feb IP 2 '"i 11 in.!
'After the enpture of Caloocan a
Spanlnul xxho had been a piisoner
theie. enme to the Ameiicans, holding
up his hands and said that tho Filip
inos hud ofieied to releiiM tho Span
laiels, especla'lx the aitillcivmeu, if
j the) xx null! undeiiake to light against
I the Aniei leans at l a day. Most of
, th" Spaniards refused and oxen those
who uciepleJ the oiler ellil so In tho
hope of ctfecilnr tin escape.
'The rebels, accoidlng to this ln-
toiniant, are discontented, unpaid, un
tie! and thin uuglilx disillusioned, th
Tallsinunlc xvafeis being of no avail
against wounds, liungi't- and fatigue.
On l'lldux Aguliuildo x lilted Polo, 11
fuxx miles muthwest of Calooiuii and
addressed the Filipino ttuops ihero
claiming tint be had won a victory and
asscitlng that i Jim Americans hail
ben killed."
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WEATHER FORECAST.
WashlliRteiii 1'eli U - Forecast
for Tt'cscht) : Foi eastern Pfiinsjl
xiiula, cloailns and colder in tllei
ill) nionihig Tuesda) fair und
iciutluucd cold: daujfeiously high
iioriliwrstitly xxlnds
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