HMM,Jiml f, Ill ir :-?rrs- ffv scr 4 W Jf JI'V TWO CENTS. ... SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MOHNLXG, MARCH G, 1899. TWO CENTS. .-y i . n i i n a i i :i. o wl I Sx, 1UA SANTIAGO SITUATION IS SERIOUS The Men Who Are Out of Employment May Turn Bandits. DISCONTENT IS GENERAL Three Thousand Discharged Em ployes Are Doing Encouraged by the Press of the City El Porvenlcr Intimates That Havana Authori ties Are Jealous of General Wood. The Williams' Court Martial. Santiago do Cubn, March 5. El Por venler, discussing the situation brought about by the orders trom Havana lim iting the total expenditure upon the departments of the provincial admin istration to 31U.000 says: "There Is only one course open to the men who are without work and food; namely, the become bandits. Hunger demands bread. The proceedings of the United States authorities at Havana are evi dently antagonistic to Major General Wood and born of jealousy of his suc cess and popularity among all classes of Cubans. Three thousand men have been thrown out of employment at only a day's notice, which must mean a serious menace to public peace and property. The Independe.ncla, El Cubano and the Santiago Herald comment In much the same strain. Two companies of the Fourth Im mune regiment arrived In the city to day, nominally to receive horses, but it Is expected that they will remain at least a week before returning to Ban zunlllo. The court martial of Private John Williams, of the Ninth Immune reg iment, charged with complicity In the mui'cl'rouh afttay at Sun Luis on Nov. 14. i ftill In session. Thus far the prosecution has oLercd two eye wit nesses, but the other testimony is Con flicting. The judge advocate complains that there Is considerable perjury among the officers of the regiment. The ac cused Is defended by Major Harrison, whose orderly he was at the time. The case will probab.y lust another ten days and a conviction Is possible. THE POPE IMPROVING. Pontiff Is in Excellent Spirits with Pulse and Temperature Normal. Home, March .". The pope, who was In excellent spirits on rising this morn ing, desired the attendants In the ante chamber to attend mass In his own room. Thi- folio wiun bulk-tin was issued at 10 a. in.: "His holiness passed a quiet nmlu, getting several hours' sleep. All the natural functions, the pulse and j Ihe temperature are normal. it has I not been necessary to re-examine the wound. Xn medical bulletin will be Issued this evening." His holiness, who rose at hfflf past ten. returned to bed at 1.30 p. m. He has resumed his ordinary diet and ills condition, mentally and physically, is good. He engaged his physicians In con versation and, to their amazement, re cited the entire ut portion of the sev enth Caiuo of Dames "Paradise," com menting upon various passages as he proceeded. Professor Mazzonl afterward re marked: "He Is Indeed a marvelous man." Or. I.upponl hopes to be able to dis pense with the bulletins altogether In tlu course of two or three duys. PRESIDENT WELL PLEASED Results of the Session Generally Satisfactory. Washington. March 5. The president xpr.'i-seK himself as well pleased In Kemral with the outcome of the session- of congress just closed. He take: u hopeful view of eomlltlons, belle llig tliai the failure of congress to mc 't j ciuirements In several Instances Wih not embarrass the government serlous l . It was the purpose of the president, had congress listened favorably to his request for authority to appoint four iddltlonal major generals, to have named Generals Fltzhugh Lee, Wheel r. Wilson and Wood. It was u bitter disappointment to the war department that the- iviiit of Oie president for authority to ap point only ono additional major gen eral of regulars should have been neg atived. It was tho purpose to iiuino General Shatter for that honor, in .! ler that he might retire with tho laur Is he has earned. The general must 3e retlied by law on the 14th Inst., mil must retire with only u voluute-ir joninilsslon. Combine Not "Busted." Wheeling, W. Vn., March u.fivHldent li. M. FranUhcliu, of the Wheeling I'ot ten company, bays the pottery combine Is not "busted" yet. The options on tho various plants do not exphu until Aprd 1, and it l.i predicted that tho comhrio will bo mi accomplished fact before tli.it late. The James River Rising. Richmond, Va., Match B. The water In .hf .lames river Is up 13 foot at Columbia ind I still rising. There Is a heavy Hush here and fears are entertained of a dis astrous llooit tomorrow when tho up-country water tome down. Merchants in tho lower part of i)k- city aio removing their goods, Monsignor Ansino Dead. Home, March 5. Mnnxltnior Ansino, hlef chaplain to King Humbert, died to- AMERICA IN ASIA. View of the Situation by Sir William Wilson Hunter. London, March C In the introduction to ills new history of British India, to be published tomorrow, Sir William Wilson Hunter, former member of the Indian legislative council, nnd former president of tho Indian education com mission, referring to the advent of tho United States as a colonizing power, s.ays: "America sturts upon her enreer of Asiatic rule with an amplitude of to sources and a sense of moral responsi bility which no previous state of Chris tendom brought to the world. In her splendid nnd difficult task she will be trammeled by no Portuguese inquisi tion of the sixteenth centurv nor by Ihe slave colonization of Holland in the seventeenth, nor by the cynical rule for gain, the rule which for a time dark ened the British acquisition of India in the eighteenth. "The United States, in the govern ment of their dejcndenc!es, will repre sent the political conscience of the .llno teenth century. I hnll their advent ns a new power for good, not alone for the Island race coming under their care, but also in that great settlement of European spheres of intluence In Asia, which, if we could see aright, forms the world's problem of our day." THE FLOODS THREATEN. High Water in the Ohio River. Charleston Is Submerged Heavy Rain Fall. Cincinnati, O., March 5. During the last few days theto ha'' been a heavy rain fall, pilnclpally south and east of tho Ohio liver extending' from below Ihe Kentucky river up to Morgantown, W. A a. Tonight two-thirds of Charles ton, W. Vu., 's under water. The river at that point at this writing Is 41 feet and two-nfths of an inch which equal the highest previous record at that point. The Unlt"d States engineer saj s it will likely reach ono foot higher. On the north side of the Ohio the streams are full but not dangerous. Above P.trkersburg to the source of tho river tho streams are hish but not nt nil dangerous to the extent of those In West Virginia and KeutucVy. Tho weather bureau at this point sent out tonight danger signals to Point Pleas nnt, Cnttlotthurg and Portsmouth. Tno heaviest rise is In the Great Kan awnha, but the little Kanaw.-'ha. tho Big Sandy, the Licking and the Ken tucky rivers are pouring in tremendous Hoods. The weather tonleht Is windy, clear and cold. Th's together with the fac t that the waim weather of the ten days preceding this storm all tho snow was melted In the mountains nnd the Hoods therefrom carried well down the river, may prevent a serious Hood. At all points on the Ohio river, from Oallllopls down to the Kentucky river, the Ohio is rising. From Catlettsburg, where the Big Sandy comes In, It is highest, 45 feet, and rising sin Inches an hour. At Point Pleasant, at tho mouth of the Kanawaha, It is 41 feet feet and rising six Inches hourly. At Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Kanawaha, it is 41 feet and rising six inches hourly. At Portsmouth It Is IS feet and rising rapidly. There seems to have been a trough of very heavy rainfall In West Virginia between the base of the AUeghenles and Ohio liver. At Cincinnati the liver is 4S feet at !) o'clock tonight and has been rising three inches an hour for the last 17 hours, ily C o'clock tomorrow morning it Is likely to be 50 feet. Unless the Hoods in the Tennesse and Cumberland rivers should prove much greater than anticipated and thus cause some back water, the maximum stage here at Cin cinnati will probably not exceed CO feel unless there Is more rain. Should It tench that stage cars will stop run ning from the Union Central stage. Charleston, W. Va., March 5. The Kanawha valley was visited today by one ot tho worst Hoods In local history. After sewrnl day of heavy rain fall the Kanawha K'k river In an unpre cedentedly short time has covered al most the entire valley. Charleston Is almost under water. Four feet sur round the state cnpitnl. Th major and leading citizens have opened a re lief station and are distributing provts. ions and clothing among the suffering. Con-iderable damage has been caused to the coal property along the Kan awha liver. The Wlnlfrede coal tipple, dry docks and a dozen barres wre swept away about 10 miles above Charleston. The niaek Cat coal tipple, near the east bank, was destroyed. To nlpht the water works, both gas plants, nnd electric light works were shut down and the city Is in darkness. Hun. ilreds of families are quanered In the citv building, capltol, court house and other buildings, Mui h dlstiess pre vails. Considerable distance of the Kanawha and Michigan rivers between here nnd Point Pleatant It. under water and will be four or live days b -fore traffic Is resumed. Tho indication, however, are that tonight the Hood has reached its height and will commence to full by morning. STEAMER STRIKES A BRIDGE. W. H. Buttovff Sinks Near the West ern Bank pi the Mississippi. ClarUsvllle, Tenn.. March B. While going through the draw of the Louls villo uud Nashville railroad bridgo across tho Cumberland river here this morning, the steamer W. II. Buttorff was blown against tho stone piers and sunk. The eighteen passengers and nil the crew reached tho shore In satety. The btcamer was valued' at $15,000. Dreyfus Prostrated. London, March C Tho correspondent ut tho Dally Telegraph at Cayenne, en pit ,1 1 of French Guiana, says: "In tho couru of a recent conversation, Dreyfus de clared that his return to France was Im minent, but that for tho past month he had received no news. I understand that ho Is In u state of prostration that causes contlderiiblo unxlety. Mahon Has Had Enough, Atlantic City, N. J., March 5,-John Wilson, of 37 North Carolina avenue, who says ho Is a friend of Martin Mahon, wanted as a witness in tho Fayne Moore JLtiul In Now York, says Mahon has bom .iBltltig in this city and male trio state ment to him that ho did not Intend re tui'iilnir to 11 linear iicnln at the dial, APPROPRIATIONS OF LVTH CONGRESS STATEMENT OF REPRESENTA TIVE JOSEPH G. CANNON. Appropriations Made at the Session Just Closed Amount to S070,0D8, 400.00 A Large Portion Charge able to tho War with Spain. Wushlngton, March 5. The official statement of .Kepresontntlve Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois chairman of tho bouse appropriation committee, sum ming up the appropriations of tho Fit-tf-Hfth congress, shows an aggreguto appropriation by the entire congress of $l,56fl,S90,01C, and for tho session Just closed a total of $673.S5S,400, with authority for contracts subject to fut ure appropriations amounting to $70. 000,000. Chairman Cannon's statement Is full follows: Appropriations made at the session of congress just closed amount approx imately to $C7.1,CJS,400 and show an apparent reduction of $219,ft7S,000 un der the appropriations made nt the preceding session. This is attributable to the large expenses occasioned by the war with Spain that were provided for during the preceding session. The entire appropriations made by the Flfty-Hfth congress aggregate $1, nCG.S90.016.28. Of this sum $1SJ,;GJ.0S3. 47 is directly chargeable to our late war with Spain or Incident thereto. Deducting this charge from tho whole amount of the appropriations, the re mainder, $1,084,327,6.12.81, represents the ordinary or normal appropriations mado by the Flfty-ilflh congress. Tho appropriations made by the pre ceding congress, the Fifty-fourth, amounted to $1,044,580,373.87. A com parison shows an increase In ordinary appropriations made by this congress over those made by that congress. Fifty-fourth, of $39,747,000; but this appar ent Increase Is more than accounted for by Increases under eight Items alone: namely, for pensions, $1,000,000; for the postal service, $10,000,000; for livers and haibors, including work un der contracts previously authorized, $3,C00.0oo; for new ships for tho navy, $G,000,000, for beginning the work of the twelfth census, $1,000,000; for the Paris exposition, $1,200,000; for new public buildings, including the build ing for the department of justice and for site and partial construction of thnew government printing otllc, about $5,000.00(1. and for payment of judgments rendered against the gov ernment on account of French spolia tions and under the Bowman act, $.;, 100,000. The Pension List. These very natural and necessary In creases In public expenditures on ac count of the pension list, the growth of tho postal service In response to the demands of commerce, the Improve ment of the great waterways of the country, and for Increase of the navy, the construction of needed buildings to accommodate the government ser vice in the cities of the country, the taking of census, participation of the nation In the great expusitlon to be held at Paris next year, and the pay ment of the French spoliation judg ments and I'owmau act cases so long considered by and pressed upon con gress, aggregating $:'9.!'00 OOO.more than dlssiratlng the entire apparent Increase In the ordinary appropriations by this congress sav" those made by the ilfty fourth congress. In addition to the direct ainronrin tions made at this session contracts were authorized subject to future ap propriations to be made by congress, amounting to about $70,000,000. Of this amount Ml. 000 000 Is for additional ships of the navy, $22,500,000 is for work on livers and haibors nnd something over $3,000 000 for nubhe buildings. The con tract svstem I? of neresslty nppllod to the construction of new warships which require periods of years for their con struction. In Ihe case of river and har bor improvements and the construction of public buildings, experience has shown that the authorization of con tracts tends materially to expedite and cheapen tho same. A Democratic View. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, the rank ing Democratic member of the houte appropriations committee, made the following statement, giving tho Demo cratic view: "The congress easily surpasses nil Its predecessors In the stupendous aggre gate of its appropriations. It was thought that the Fifty-first congress, commonly known as tho 'billion dollar congress,' had In point of extrava gance of appropriations touched u limit which would not be reached, or at least surpassed by any of Its suc cessors.' "This congress, however, has far ex ceeded tho appalling total of appropila tlons then made and it will be remem- oerea tnat tne nuiion aoiinr congress was followed by overwhelming disaster to tho Uepubllcan party at, the ensuing election. "Confronted with a war with Spain, requiring the Imposition of additional taxation, it is obvious that rigid econ omy should have been applied In all other directions to the expenditure of public motley. The people wero willing to meet all the demands upon the na- tlonal treasury made necessaiy by the Spanish war, but It Is fuir to presume that they expected their representa tives in view of cheerful dispositions manifested, to meet these added bur dens, to limit the ordinary appropria tions to the necessities of a wiso and economical administration. These ex pectations have not been realized. "The result Is nn actual dellciency In current revenues, amounting on tho Hrst of this month to $99,109,551.50. This deficiency, as shown by a recent con servative estlniato by Chairman Can non, of the appropriation committee, will probably reach $159,000,000 on the 30th of Juno next. "It Is Impossible to estimate with ab solute uceuracy the treasury deficiency for the coming fiscal year, Tho secro turyof the treosury in his annual re port mado in December last estimated It at about $31,000,000; but It Is now apparent that It will not be less than 3100,000,000. It is almost certain, there fore, that the government will lis com pelled during tho calondar year 1900 to t fru:o an nclual treasury dellcltmci'. The $402,000,000 of Income arising from tho sale or bonds under this administration and that ot President Cleveland will then have been exhausted and tho treasury will pass from tho condition of a borrowed surplus to an uctual de licit. Such 11 condition must be mot, either by increased taxation or by tho Issue of treasury certlllcatcs or by an additional bond issue. "Notwithstanding this deplorable treasury situation which has been call ed over and over uguin to tho uttentlon of congress nnd the country, appropri ations have been made which In many cases have not been warranted by tho Interests of the public service, or which, If proper In themselves, should have been postponed until the national In come should bo ample to meet all its liabilities without the necessity of bond Issues. Original "Billion Dollar Congress." "Tho appropriations of the original 'billion dollar congress' amounted to $1,035,080,109.91. The appropriations of the congress Just ended reached the mighty aggregate of $l,5fiO,890,01.2S It is fair to deduct from this total $IS2, CC2.0S3.47, made necessary to meet the liabilities of tho Spanish war. So If wo deduct from the grand total the liabilities on account of the war with Spain it appears that the appropria tions for tho ordinary expenses of the government are S1.0S 1,327,932.81. The appropriations of tho congress Just end ed to meet the ordinary governmental expenses exceed those of tho preceding (Fifty-fourth) congress by 833,747,638.94. Not only this, but the contrnct liabil ities authorized by tho congress Just expired for new ships and their arma ment, public buildings, rivers nnd har bors and miscellaneous Items amount to $70,602,524. If, therefore, to the or dinary appropriations is added the lia bilities on account of those authotlzed contracts we ascertain that the appro priations and contract liabilities amount to the tremendous total of $1, 151,930.456.81. "These Increased appropriations have gone for French spoliation claims, pub lic buildings, livers, harbors. Bowman act claims and hundreds of other pro jects, some meritorious, but many of them not entitled to recognition by tne national government. In nearly every branch of tho civil service of the gov ernment there has been an Increase of appropriations. "The time has come to leform the scale of national expenditures. Tho reckless Improvidence of the outgoing congress will at least serve the good purpose of arousing the people and of causing them to send representatives to the national capital who will re duce the burdens Imposed by riotous appropriations. MEXICO AGITATED. The Interview with Cecil hodes Ex cites Much Comment Rhodes Called a Filibuster. Mexico City, Mex., March . That part of the Associated Press interview with Cecil Unndet: regarding the ab sorption of Mexico by the United States has excited much comment in press circles I'll Tiempo. the organ ot the clerical party, is pleased: it has for yeais been predicting what it calls the Pacltlc conquest ot this cour.trv by the Americans. Kl Tiempo sayt: "This typical English Imperialist throws off th" mask and shows the real aim ot the Anglo-Saxons, who aim to conquer the world." Kl Tiempo then indignantly rebukes Uhodos for savins that the Latln Americcn republics are barbarously governed. Kl OoiToo Ksjianol. the organ of th'i Spanish colony here, says that Ithodes Is a terrestrial Drake, alluding to the famous English admiral who was tho scourago of Spain's shipping and licet in the time of Philip II. It assails Uhodes as nothing but filibuster who made a ll.iscu In South Afrii a. The Mexican Herald says Rhodes is plainly unacquainted with the progress made by Mexico In recent years and does not comprehend the intensely pat ilotlc national sentiment of the Mexi can people. President Diaz, the Herald says, has so fkyiilj Implanted the Idi as of peace hereNfiat when he Is dead his ideas will still rule his fellow country men. KIPLING WILL RECOVER. Tho Favorable Conditions in His Case Continue. New York, March 5. At .01 ding to the reports of his physicians Hudyard Kipling Is now far advanced on the way to recovery. AH through the wn committed Miicld on Jan. .10. 1SW. hours of Saturday night and early this ' 'fho ti,jr( daughter is Princes Cle morning the favorable conditions In- nicniniv, now In her twenty-seventh creased. He slept peacefully many ' y,.aI. hours and when he awoke It was clear that he had made unother powerful stride toward health. The Improvement in Mr. Kipling's condition, said Mr. Doubleday this morning, is perhaps more marked than ut any previous period of his Illness. He Is emphatically a winner this time The following n'.IUial bulletin was posted at the Hotel Grenoble at 2 o'clock this Afternoon: Mr. Kipling Is making slow convni- escence, with slight continuing fever. ! The resolution In tho lungs has nd- yanced. thoU'th it Is not yet complete. it was said that Mr. Ktpinie, s daugn- J ter, Josephine. Is dangerously ill at tins homo of Miss Defoiest. Sho Is said to have sunerea a suk" iii' ""ii Saturday night. There was no change In the condition of Elsie, the younger daughter, who Is suffering from pneumonia ut the Hotel Grenoble. Mine Inspector's Report. Sliiunokln, March 5. Mlno Inspector Ed ward W. Breenan, today forwarded hlb report of the Seventh anthracite dlstllct for IKilS to tho stato secretary of Inter nal affairs. There were forty-six fatal nnd ono. hundred and twelve non-fatal Oc cidents, at 12 collieries and washerloa comprising tho district, and employing 19, li7 men und buys, Tho coal mined was r. 071.821 tons and the shipments 1,331,09,1 tons. Ice Gorged at Lock Haven. Loci: Haven, Pa., March 5. Tho Im mense Ice gorge, sevoial feet high, which lodged above this city several weeks, and which proved a menace, to inilroud prop erty, moved last 'night and pascwd through tho city on the six foot risu with, out eauiiliu: duauegc. ITALY'S DEMAND OF THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN POLITELY REFUSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Tho Request for a Niety-Nln5 Years Lease of San Mun. Bay as a Coal ing Station and Naval Base and Concession of Three Islands Off the Coast of Kianga Has Caused Ex citement In tho Orient. Pekln, March 1". The TsungLl Ynmcn (Chinese foreign office) returned to the Italian charge d'affaires, Marqule3 Sal vago Raggl, hi despatch containing the demand of the Italian government for a lease of San Mun bay, on the sume conditions as those under which Germany holds Klao Chou bay, ac companying It with a letter declaring that the Chinese government Is un able to grant tho request. The demand of the Italian govern ment for a ninety-nine years' lease of San Mun bay, province of Che Klang, ns a coaling station nnd naval base Included also a demand for tho con cession of three Islands oft the coast of Che Klang, with the right to con struct n railroad from San Mun bay to Po-Yang lako and to preferential railroad and mining privileges within a sphere of Inlluences covering tho southern two-thirds of the Che Klang province. According to a despatch to the As sociated Press from Pekln last Friday, the action of the Italian government had caused great excitement there, not only among the Chinese, but also among the foreign diplomats, the Chln ise being convinced that Great Brltnln was chleily responsible for the demand and that It had been made to empha slxe Great Britain's displeasure at tho turn which the Northern railroad ques tion had taken. The representative of n great power, according to the same dispatch, was re Ported to have said that the moment has arrived for International control of China and it was also asserted that if the policy of "spheres of intluence" were to be inaugurated, the United States would doubtless have a say In the matter, with a probable preference for the province of Chi LI. Koine, March 5. Little attention Is paid to the refusal of the Chinese gov ernment to grant the requested lease of San Mun bay, to be used as a naval base and coaling station. No doubt is entertained that the concession will b made after further negotiations. Hear Admiral Grcnt arrived today on the Italian cruiser Stromboli at Naples to take command of the Italian squad ron in Chinese waters. Has Italy Taken Possession. London, March '6. The Home corres pondent of the Dally Mall Fays: "The Italian warships have landed marines at San Mun bay, thus virtually taking possession. Italy will pay nearly So, 000 for the concession. The Tsung LI Yamen wishes to reduce the lease to iifty years." MARIE HENRIETTA ILL. The Queen of Belgium Is Death's Door. Near Btussels, March 5. Queen Marie I sonville, killing; three persons. wound Henrietta, who has been suffering fiom '"K ten or twelve others and completely broncho-pnoumonla, had a serious re- destroyed twelve or fifteen houses and' lapse at noon today. Her physicians ' several barns. The killed are: Mr. ami wee In constnnt nttendarv-O through- 1 51'S- Jack Moser, Edward L. Horton. out the afternoon and early this, even- The Horton und Knbinson residences Ing the last sacrament was adininis- 1 are both complete wrecks, not one tlin tcr,,l her being left above another on the At that hour there seemed no hop of recovery, but a bulletin at 10 o'clock this evening showed a slight improvement nnd afforded a basis for reviving hope. All the members of the chamber have b-'en summoned. Cjueeri Marie lb nri'tta, of Belgium, a daughter ol the late Archduke Jo seph, of Austria, was born Aug. 23, 1SS0. She married King Leopold II, of Belgium, then the Belgian crown ptlnce. on Aug. 2:.'. 1S53. Leopold II ascended the throne on tho d -atfi of King Leopold II In December, 1SC3. The king aiU queen of Belgium have three children, all daughters. The eld est. Princess Louls-e, was man led to Prince Philip of Faxe-Caburt: and Gotha. She recvntly t.eparated from her husband and is said to be mentally deranged. The second daughter. P.i'icess Sfeph lnne, mauied tho late Archduke IMdolf, 0f Austria, the Imperial crown prince, NEWSPAPER TRAIN WRECKED. The Engineer and Fireman Are In ' stantly Killed. Huntington, Pa March . The first section ot the fast newspaper train duo hero at 7 o'clock was wrecked one mile cost of this place this morning by a landslide which resulted from last night's heavy fall of rain. Engineer Hobert McCutchln and Fireman J. C. Troce, both of Harrlsburg, wero In stantly killed. They were caught un der the debris of tho demolished en gine. McCutehin's body was burned beyond iceognltlon. The tender of the engine was driven half through the express car, but Its occupant, Express man J. O. Mutter, escaped Injury. The few passuntjers on the train were un hurt. Truckwulker Long made every effort to warn Engineer McCutchln ot the peril, but tho latter failed to see tho signal until It was too late. Two freight trains were passing at tho time and several loaded cars on each were wrecked. The wrecked train was tho Pennsyl vania newspaper train from New York for Pittsburg. ' After the Carolines. Madrid, March 5. Germany Is said to have renewed tho negotiations for tho purchase of tho Caroline Islands, Steamship Arrlvnls, New York, March 5, AVrlvedt La Champagne, Havre. Queemstown Sailed: Ktruila. 1'iom Llvctoool. for New York THE NEWS THIS MOKNIN'U Weather Indications ToJiyi FAIR J COLDER. Ocneral Itepereseiitattvo Cannon's Statement of Appropriations. Exploding Powder Causes Many Deaths Serious Situation at Santiago. China llefuscs Italy's Demands. aeneral-Closo of tho Fifty-Fifth Con gress. ( Financial and Commercial. Local Sermon by Huv. C. M. Glflln, Flvo Remonstrances Filed. Editorial. News and Comment. Local Flro In the Valley House Block. A Word About Well-Known Men. Unsuccessful Attempt nt Suicide. Local West Scrauton and Suburban. News Hound About Scrauton. : General Industrial Gleanings. SPEAKER FARR ON RULES Ho Contends That the Action In De claring the House Adjourned on Erlday Was Correct. Harrlsburg, March 5. Speaker Farr, who spent the Sabbath in Harrlsburg, said tonight: "I am positive in my views ns to tho absolute correctness of my action In declaring the house ndjourned last Fri day morning In accordance with the existing rule, which names 11 o'clock as tho hour of adjournment on Friday mornings, the enforcement of which was demanded by Mr. Marshall, of Al legheny county. The demand of one member that a rule of the house be enforced makes Its enforcement man datory upon the speaker. He has no other alternative than to comply with it, or not do his sworn duty. All this talk of the speaker's unfair and arbi trary ruling is not based on reason. Tho speaker made no decision, he mado no ruling. He did not ndjourn tho house of his own accord. It was tho rule Itself that did that. The speaker simply said that in accordance with Rule 53 of the house, which he read, that the house stood adjourned to meet at the next time of meeting specified by the rules. As to not considering a point of order, there was no decision of the chair to permit a point of order, as the rule Itself adjourned the house. To make this rule Inoperative It must be suspended, which could be done by a two-thirds vote. The claim that the amendment to the rule which affected only the time of beginning the session nullified the entire rule is nnt true. A rule of the house Is in effect until It Is repealed or another Is adopted to super sede it in Its entirety. An amendment of a rule takes the place of that rule to the extent only that It alters it." TENNESSEE TORNADO Three Persons Killed; Many Others Wounded; Houses, Barns and Other Buildings Are Destroyed. Athens, Tenn., March 5. A teirlilc tornado passed over a portion of Maill sonville and Monroe county last night with disastrous results. Early In tho evening u strong wind arose and sev eral hours later a cyclone about seventy yards wide struck a portion of Madi- , ber foundations. The escape of the in- j mates of these two houses, eight In tho I Horton and three in the Hoblnson, j I seems miraculous, some of them being ' blown a distance of a hundred yards, j yet escaping In some cases without a j scratch. j 1 V, F. Ervln's residence had one end ! torn away; Dillon Hodger's house is ' also a wreck; Ersklne Lowery's res!- . deuce moved a distance or ten feet and I was almost wrecked out of shape. Telephone and telegraph wires are i blown down and all communication shut off. ' : The storm came up with alarming t suddenness and swept everything In its ' path. It was accompanied by tho ter- i title roar usually attending tornadoes. Frightened Inhabitants rushed for their cellars and places of safety. In the country great damage was done to orchards nnd crops by the wind and hall. It Is reported that further casualties resulted In the rural districts, but no particulars can be obtained. SILVELA'S CABINET. Composition of the New Spanish Ministry. Madrid. March 5. The new cabinet took the- oath of odec yesterday. The ministry Is composed as follows; Premier and Minister of Foreign Af fairs Senor Sllvclu. Minister of the Interior Senor Dato. SJInlstcr of Finance Manpils Villa Verde. Minister of Justice S. nor Duran. Minister of War General Politvlelu. Minister of Public Works and of 'he Colonies Marquis Pldul. Minister of Marine Admiral C'amara. Admiral Camara having declined the post or minister of murine, Senor Sll vela tendered it to Admiral Gomez linaz, who has accepted. Railway Carriage Burns. St. Petersburg, March 5. Last evening a carboy of benzolno exploded In a third tlass rallwny carriage on the lino to Dwinsk, south ot St. Petersburg. Tho cart luge was burned, six women and a mun '.vero killed and sixteen wero In jured. Economy at Madrid. Madrid, March 5. The cnblnet council today decided to mpprcss tho pensions of former ministers. Senor Sllvela, tho new premier, said the government has begun at tho top In setting an example of econ omy, Jules Cambon Arrives. Now York, March 5. Among the pass engers who unived on La Champagne to nhtlit was Jules Cambon. ntnbimsador I i'om Franco to tho United Stutcs. EXPLOSION OF POWDER MAGAZINE An Awful Accident in , Vicinity of Toulon, France. MANY PERSONS KILLED Forty Corpses Have Been Recovered and It Is Believed That One Hun dred Have Been Injured Houses Destroyed, Tree3 Overturned, Fields Devastated and Covered with Stones Soldiers Guarding the Magazine Are Mangled hi a Shocking Manner. " Toulon, March 5. The naxal powder magazine of La Goubran, between La Seyne and Toulon, In the department of Var, southern Fiance, exploded at half-past two o'clock this morning. All of the soldiers on dm at the maguzlnis were killed; and a number of inhab itants of the. surrounding district, the buildings in which were rized, also fell victims. Forty corpses have already been recovered. Fifty thousand kilogrammes of black powder exploded. It looks as though a volcanic eruption had occurred, the country being swept almost bare with in a radius of two miles, houses de stroyed, trtes overturned and distort ed, fields deastated and covered with stones nnd Impalpable black dust. Some of the stones are enormous. One welghlnp 50 kilogrammes fell in the Buburb of Pont de Las. Signs of the explosion are evident in all the fciil'urbs of Toulon and in the city Itself. Even at S'. Jeans de Var, ilve n.iles distant, windows were shattered and dcors battered In. Four Sentries Killed. Later reports sow that of the :-rn sentries, four ivere killed outright and (thers seveifly injured, the orpornl being literalh scalped and the scalp overhanging his face like a veil. A largo number of soldier" are now employed In clearing away the debris but Ihe work Is very difficult. It is impossible to tisceitciln accurate ly the number killed but It Is believed that no tcwf.r than a huncb-ecl were in jured. Although It was a cleat night the explosion Wf.s so terrihe: as to produce a slight rainfall. Fortunately the neighboring maga zines eseaped. It is now believed that the explosion originated in chemical de composition In smokeless powder. Ther Is no suggestion of foul play. Today the whole city Is In mourning, flags are at half mast, the theaters are diap"d and the casinos closed. Both the trwrnnvnt and municipal authorities are forwarding relief funds M. Lockroy, minister of inaiiiie, ha telegraphed bt.ilnft francs toward the maintenance o' the families of the vie tims and a public subscription has be.-n opened here. Four of the inlmed have succumbed to their injuries. It is believed that fifteen are still burlid In the debris. All the bodies found or recovered nr. terribly mutili.ted. Sixteen were found in the rocks near the slore, and it is feared that others were preelpltated Into the sea. A vehicle moving along a rotid near the sea was lifted bodily Into the water by the force of v explosion, two ot its occupants being drowned. The scene at the village of La Gou beran was appalling. The cries of the wounded were agonizing, and the peo ple were almost ft antic. Telegrams from Nice sav the explo sion was distinctly felt there. WOOL TRUST NEXT. The Concerns of Philadelphia Con template Amalgamation. Philadelphia, Muroh 5, It seems to bo generally anticipated in manufacturing circles In this city that the amalgama tion of n number of the larger woolen manufacturing concerns of this city Into a larger company Is a matter ol tho near future. This is expected to follow as a result ot the recent forma tion In New York of the American Woolen association. All the wool manufacturers ap proached on the question observed t strict reticence on the subject. Som of the wool dealers, however, who are In close touch with tho manufacturers, Intimated that the woolen goods mar ket had been In a very unsatisfactory condition for nmo time past and If there wero any movement on foot look ing to a consolidation of Interests It was duo to this cause. Methods In vogue, it was said, had placed the manufac turer at the mercy of the buyer, and trade agreements had proved of llttla bnetlt to tho former. Bled to Death. Philadelphia. March 5. John McLaugh lin. 11 years, bled to death today as a result of an accidental knlfo wound In tho shoulder, which severed an artery. Chester Elsie, colored, aged 14 years, was taken Into custodv pending an Investi gation. Tho boys had been fencing with their pocket knives. Delaware Republicans Act. Wilmington, Del., March 5. A party of Union Republican fssemblymen left hero for Washington today to confer with members of the national Uepubllcan com mittee nnd other Republican loaders, on tho senatorial deadlock in tho state, -H--H-H-H"H tt mtM-H-M-f - WEATHER FORECAST. t- t Washington, March 5. Forecast -f 4- for Monday: For eastern Pennsyl. f vanla, fair till Tuesday night; cold- -f -f or Monday; diminishing northwest- -f erly winds, -f -M- t -H- -f -H- S ,
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