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DAYS WORK
IN CONGRESS
The House Removes All Possibility
ot An Extra Session bu Action
on Armu Bill.
THE ONLY SENSATION
Mr. Hall, of Iowa. Admit? That He
Has Money in a Philippines Devel
opment Company Sundry Civil
Appiopilntion Bill Occupies the
Greater Portion of a Long, Tile
some Service in the Senate.
B) Ivilutbe Mli Iron Nir Woeljled I'r i
Washington. March l.Tho house ie
moved nil possibility of mi extra ses
irin today by toneutilng In tin- senate
iiicndiucnts to tin- unity appropria
tion bill The vote rtood lM-lBl. It
viis ii strict paily vote, tilth the ex
i option of .Mi. McCall, nf Massachu
p'ts. Mi Loud, of Cullfoinl.i,. .Mr
TMHroll. of Now Voile, nnd Mr. Mnnii,
of 1 llintttr-. who voted with the Demo
unt Mr, Cooper, of Wisconsin, tin
weied piesent and was not p.iliod.
The bill now goe to the president
The house wns In ought to a ote by .1
special oidor proposed by the co.n
mitlee on ntlc". which peitnltted an
hour's debate on a side. The Demo
1 rntb .ittempted to filibuster, but hy
weie overwhelmed The debate wuk
not especially nolevioithy. The Philip
pine and Cuban amendments were de
fended by the Itepubllc.ins and availed
bv the Democrat The only exciting
incident occtuied at the close of thi
debate, when Mr. Hull, of Iowa. Mhos
name had been connected with a luni-i-r
and developing company In thi
TMilHplpnes. finnkb acknowledged that
In had Invested money In It. He said
It was a legitimate entetprlse which
urn not looking for government fa
urf. subsequently when lie Until
tint the company would not nave iu
m steel money In It had Iliyan been
deeded, llie Uiinocralp leeicd and
hi' eel find shouted that It v.as he
i.mse If Iian had been 'looted thi"
I'blllplpncK would not have Jiecn evx
plolleil. Mi .entx. of Ohio, challenged Mr.
Hull's right to vote, but Mr. Hull Mitnl
iijc, The dual confeience icpoit upon
ilii Hull. in (ippiopilatlon Mil w.iii
ndopied and n number of minor hills
weic put thinugh the final stages. The
lonferencp report on the St. Louis ex
position bill, which agieed to Sunjav
losing, was. agieed to and the bill
was sent back to conference. A mo
tion to concur In Dip Ohailslon expo
sition amendment v as defeated, S
IV I
The 1 menu" ruttcr service bill v.ns
wiletiacked early In the day bv a nl
01 the house.
In the Senate.
Dining the greater pint of n long and
tliosoine session of the senate today
the sundry civil nppioprlatlon bill was
under consideration. An Intel ostium
and at times lively Mebate was pre-
Ipltated In the Hist two hoins of 1)10
session on u resolution to dlschaige
the committee on Interstate commerce
fiom consideration of the hill inquir
ing railroad companies to make de
tailed Investigations of nil accidents
Involving loss of life on thcii linos and
1 eport (o the InlPi state commerce rom
mifsUon. No action was taken. The
old question as to the leclamatlon of
P'lblle lands In the arid and spml-.irhl
sections of the country was biougbt
up. but the eftoit to attach an omend
ment to the ineiisuio appiopilatliii;
nione.v for the work was defeated. The
bills appropi luting r.i0,000 foi the
Buffalo TVin-Americnn o position,
J'.Ooo.CO" for the St. l.ouls Louisiana
ruichose exposition, and $.'".0,000 for
the Chai lesion, S. ('.. Infi state nnd
West Indian oxposlilon, woie attached
to the bill as lldeis
Evening; Session.
The senate took .1 1 press 110m 10
to S.lo AH ot the public galleries
wcie tluongtd with spectutots wh'ti
tlio body icconvencd this evening.
Hundreds of stiangeis in the city to
attend the Inaugural coieinonles wen
among the spectators.
Mi Morgan offeicd an amendment
to the suiidiy civil bill .uithni l.ln"
the president to acquit e trom Nicar
agua and t'osin Illea teultory suf
ficient for the const! in Hon or the
Nicaragua canal, and uppioprlatlng
110,000.000 for the pm pose.
Mr. Allison nude the pulut .f oulei
against the amendment that It was
general legislation. '.Mr Morgan In
tended that all the legislation which
had ever bean seemed on the canal
had been accomplished In connection
with appiopilatlon bills, He said $1.
1100,000 had nlieady born spent In con
nection with tho canal Tim piolocols
with Nlcaiagna and Costa Klcu would
lapse unless something wus done.
Mr. Allison's point ot nidur was sus
talncd. Mr. Moigan usked unanimous
consent tlr.it the amendment go on
the hill, but Mr. Lodge ("Muss ) oh.
Jected. Mr. Moigan then nddiessed
the senate upon his amendment. Ho
said ha wan inn sinpilsid at an oh
Jeetlon coming trom Mi. Lodge, as he
declared the, Massachusetts senator
consistently and unlfotmly opposed the
canal legislation.
Mr. Morgan declared his belief that
the piesldent or the United States
ns In favor of his amendment, and
he challenged any Itopubllcan senator
to declaic that the picsldenl opposed
It. Tho Alabama senator Insisted that
lis was lighting for the honor of the
piesldent and tho people of tho United
Slates to enable tho piesldent to cairy
Into effect ou agreements with Nleai-
gun, and Costa Illca.
Mr. Daniel (Va,), having Interposed
to Justify non-action until wo hear
from Great Urltuln, Mr. Morgan sulci:
"When lo ou expect to hear 110m
Gieat Hrltaln?"
"The senator knows as" much about
that us I do," he replied. "Hut I think
that having negotiated with a eo-part-ncr
In such 11 mutter as this. It would
not be becoming In the United States
to bieak off the negotiations while the
two parties nre consulting about It."
The ote on tho appeal from tho
chair's decision thnt the amendment
was not In order lesulted In sustaining
the chair's decision ."C to 16.
Mr. Hoar moved to leconsldcr the
committee amendment appropriating
$100,000 to Pliable the sectetary of war
to begin the construction of a memo
1 Jul bildgo neross the Potomac river tit
the Washington observatory giounds
to 11 point on the Virginia side, As the
bridge was to be the giaudesl of Its
kind In the wot hi to live u. thousand
years he said It would be the pait
of wisdom to pioceed carefully and
thoughtfully with the piojecl.
The senate dually agieed to the
memoilal bridge project limiting the
cost of the bildge to J.I.OOO.OOO, $100,000
to be immediately available.
An attempt lo sectlie n vole on the
sundry civil bill disclosed Hip absence
of a quorum and the seigeant-iil-aim-was
directed to In lug In abseiileps
At 1.1," a quotum appealed nnd the
sundiy civil bill was passed. The .sen
ate went Into executive session and
shortl aflci adjourned
CUBANS EMBARRASSED
AT SENATE'S ACTION
Seuot Capote, Piesldent of the Cuban
Constitutional Convention, Con
sults Gen. Wood nnd Re
ceives Good Advice.
Ky bvlutiif Will' licm 'jIio jiiutiU I'icn
Havana. Maich L Senor Capote,
president of the Cuban constitutional
convention, culled upon Coventor Oen
eial Wood this morning and Informed
him that the convention felt Ifelf In
on embarrassing position, owing to tho
ote In the United States senates He
K.ild the delesratcs bad not decided
whether to continue the sessions or to
dissolve.
Oeneinl Wood advised Iitm to urge
the convention not to take anv lash
action, but to complete Its work as
oilglnally outlined, dt.iwltig up the
electoral law.
This afternoon the delegates held an
Info) mat meeting, and after some dis
cussion agieed to wait until congicss
had acted on the Cuban amendment.
TI12 full text of the amendment was
received bv Oeneial Wood Tuesday
night and was given th" following
morning to Honor Tamnya. rlnlrnun of
the relations committee, Kenoi Tn
mayo said at the time Hint (he iom
inltlee hud leached Its 1 onclusloiif, but
be was tnged to withhold announce
ment ot thoe conclusions until the
pioposed amendment nnd ben eon
sldeied. in older to avoid the possi
bility of radical changes of opinion,
if the amendment should be adopted.
The convention, nevertheless. Insisted
upon announcing Us view publicly and
Immediately befote pi eventing them to
(ieneral Wood, who did not mclvn
thc.ni In ofllelal fonn until tweiH.v-four
bouts later.
The conseivallve tluiitnl ieel lu.it
tills act, coupled with the rnuvcnilon
Ignoilng the views of the executive
dcpaitmetit nl Washington, has pl.ac.il
the Cubans In mi unenviable Unlit
s-evetal delegates, on healing this
evening that congicss had ndopied the
amendment, said this would not affort
tho attitude of the convention, a.i Uh
iiicmbcib would not agree to thi
scheme of leluions suggested in tin
amendment
FATAL BLAZE "
AT ROCHESTER
Two Peisons Polish in a File Thnt
Destioyes a Big Brick Stiuc-
tuie Nnirow escapes.
11; l.uhidu Mat (turn llif i 1 itml l'r"
Kocheslcr. N. V Miitih 1. In u Hie
this noon, which chstroyed the Le.uy
dye woiks, a llve-stoiy brick stiuetuie
at the comer of Piatt and .Mill streets,
two lives weic lost, one man was prob
ably fatally Injured and ten other pet
sops weie 11101 e 01 less suilutisiv hint.
The dead:
Two utildentltled bodies, 11 man and
a boy, both binned bryoiid lecognltlou
and their Identity will be dllllcult to
establish,
Uiank Udell, hiothci-ln-law of the
v Ice-picsldent of the Seneca Cameia
company, was piobihly fatally lnjuud
In lumping fiom the lotnth htmv.
The otheis most scilouIy injuied
weie Udwaid Thels. AVIIIInm lloevink,
David W. Allen, I Conrad, Lieutenant
Kelccy Mm tin of the hoso company,
Mtuy Vincent, Itajmond Iteli oni anil
1'ieileilek Case.
The upper lloor ot the building was
occupied by the Seneca t'ameia com
pany, who emplojcd n foice of about
twenlv-llve men nnd women. The flie
stalled hi the thiid floor and Is sup.
posed to have been caused by en ex
plosion of chemicals Moied on that
llooi, i the outbieuk of the Pre,
wend was sent to Uildgefouls muchinn
shop, ncioss the wuj, nnd ten or
twelve of the employes set mid sev
eial luavy pieces of canvas and ran
to the scene of U10 flic.
They weie In time to catch two
men, ''ase mid Com ad, who Jumped
Ironi the fourth story, but a thiid, Mr.
Udell, inlcsed the canvass and was
piobably tu tally Injuied.
In (he loom in which the the -unted
theio weie between two and three
dozen persons. It was impossible for
all to ciape and twenty-foui persons
are said to hnvo made their escape In
that way. The loss on the building
will be $!1000. on apparatus. $:i,000,
well eoveietl by Insurance. The loss ot
tho Seneca Camera ronipanj Is f 10,
000, with no Instil ancc.
Bookkeeper Anested.
Oy Kxchuhc Wire from TI19 AuoclsteJ I'm.
l'ltttlmrir, March l.-IUnk I.xamliir Slack liiil
O. II. Prlillr, inilhldiul liookkceper cf tlic Ihlnl
Sjtlonjl lunk ot 1 1,1s rllt, anrstnl todjy for an
allrjcwl iliortjjf In liU uccnunti of W.OUO.
&0MI0 wui allcnwul Kltmrd on bail peieliin,' a
inorp coiti)klr iianilmtlos of tki booU.
EVACUATION
OP CHINA
The Government Orders More
United States Troops From tlic
Gltu of Pekin.
REDUCTION IN FORCES
Geneial Chaffee's Legation Guaid to
Bo Cut Down to Two Campanies of
Infnntry Pticlflc Policy Adopted
to Tempt the Chinese Comt to Re
turn to the Impel ial Capital.
lb Kxilmne Ultc frctn Ilio vo lalcil l'f,
WashhiRton, Maich I 'arijng out
the policy lnuuguinted by the statu de
partment when It changed its lnllltni.v
foice In China to a legation guatd, lh
war department hits sent oideis lo
tieneral Chaffee lo still fuilher uditco
his force.
The geneial has undei his ciiuinand
alsiut 1.S00 men, composed ot Hie Ninth
Infantij. Tioops I, K, , and M. of the
SKth United Slates cavahv and llat
tery !-', or the Plfth artllh vy. Although
nominally 11 legation guaid, Ceueial
rhnft'ee's foice Is of rather foimldable
offensive quantity
Not being dcslious of letalnlng an
unnecessary meince to the I'hlnese
couit, and In order to hold out Inditee
monts for Its eaily leturn to I'ekln,
the TTnlted Slntes government some
time ngo determined upon 11 Author
icduetlon of the Ainciiean loice nnd
the orders went forward. Consider
able dlscietlon was left to Ceueial
Chaffee in the selection of the ttoons
to lemaln, and It Is ussuined at the de
partment that the Pekin dispatches
announcing that thev consist of two
companies of the Ninth Infnntiy under
Major Itobeifon Is coriecl.
If tho other poweis lepiesented at
I'ekln can be Induced to follow this
policy, It Is hoped that a long step win
have been taken towiud the tcstorallon
ot uoimal conditions at Pekin
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Ketnil Business Has Been Good Ex
cept for Slow Movement
In Dry Goods.
Ilj I vrlilMto Wire firm Tlic V-m'uli-l hr.i
New York. Maich L 15. is. Hun fc
Co.'s Weeklv Itevlew of Tuide tomoi
iow will Fll'
.lohblng tinde in guueiiew, hardware
and Iron specialties has fuither gained
In volume In the east since our last te
poit and letnll business Jus been good
except feu a slow movement of some
details of diy goods, nolnbly clothing
01 which dealeis fun they must cnnv
01 ei iimiRiiallv huge smeks. In the
west nnd southwest, boviever. the sea
son has been s.itlslnt toiv. The gieat
ist iiiduslrlill coinbliiiitlon ever at
lunged, that piovldlng for the union
of the l.uge steel Inieicsts. has not
dlreetl' alfei ted business as vet and
may not do so, othciwlse than bv le
movlng some eif the compeiltlou fiom
tho indiistiy.
Nomlnul quotations of item and steel
aie misleading. Ace 01 dins to pub
lished lists It appeals that while pig
lion has steadily advanced lor nianv
weeks. Utile change has occur! ed In
tlnlshed pioducts. This disci epanc.v is
due to the figures fUeil bj the Mil Ions
pools nnd associations, hut at which It
Is impossible to socuie piompt dellv
cites. Actual business is done at ac
tive advances over these pi lees, billets
selling at $.'t nt flushing, or nioie
than a dollar above the noimal uite,
while plnte. iMIP un( Htitiettii.il
shapes aie only nvailnble when special
lei ins are offered Hven on distant do
llvoilcs mills aie asking higher llguies
and eveiy line or steel pioductlon at
J'lttsbuig has nlteail covered full enn
tiacts for the next, two months, while
theie is a geneial feeling that ma
leiial advances will occur hefoie May
1 Hesseiuer pig Iron sold this week n't
$1.".L'." and giey lorge at $10, pi Ices that
have not been equalled since e.uly In
August. Coke piodiiPtlon Is euoimoiis
nnd I'onnellsvllle pi Ices at Inst show
a definite advance. Fuither Inciease
anneal s In sales of wool at the llueo
chlel eastern maikets. 8,810,500 pounds
changing hands for the week against
S,r.2S.500 In the pievlous week A jeai
ago total tiausactlons weic less ihan
half the piescnt week's opeiatlons.
Theie Is still no lenson lo believe thnt
the heav buying icsults fiom better
conditions nl the mills, as oideis fni
goods do not appieclably expand, ex
cept In a few speelnl lines. If innnu
faetuiers weie bidding for law 11111
teilal hugely, the decline In pi Ices
would be checked, but the nveiage on
Match 1 was tho lowesj since June,
lKOf. Shipments of boots and shoes
Ironi Huston wete 87.OJ0 cases, against
M,fi7." in the week piecedlng
Trude for cotton and lotion Industry
Is unsatisfactory. Oinlu matkets aie
III inly maintained. Domestic crop con.
dltluns are eiuouiaglng und the best
oxplnnotlon of stiength Is found In At
lantic cNports during Febiiuuv o
wheat flout Included, tiinouiitliig to
10.3tS.'J01 bushels, against 7.fil ."J last
eai, nnd 14,70,02 bushels of coin,
against U724.6J. In ll'OO.
Commeielal falluies In Kcbiiiaiy
were 1,024 In number and $11,2S7,2I1 In
amount, compared with 1,21.' In Jauu
iuy, with llabllltleH of $11,220,811.
It Is worthy of note that neaily a
thiid of the liabilities In maniifactui
Ing failures were due to a single bank
niptcy of n lullway conti actor, while
not one of the 757 finding defaulters
amounted to ns much us $100,000.
Porto Blco Battalion.
Vf Evluilve Wirj from Tin AvocUtrd I'rMt.
Knit Motnw, Minli I, flif uttamir lUnllni
iitrhoil lirre tliU aflrmooii wltli tlic I'oiln llku
battalion on board lo particlpjtr In the Iiijiiku,
ration paradr,
ADDICKS GAINS VOTES.
A Number Sufllcient to Break the
Deadlock Still Lacking.
U lcluittF Wirt from lhe- Avocltl PrfH.
Dover, Del., March 1. John Hdvvnrd
Addleks today tecelved 22 votes for
United States senator for the four
year tenn. lie seemed the voles of
llepiesentallves Hllclieu und Hobeit
son, the two liidepeiulent Hepubllcans
of Wilmington. Theie was no sur
prise when these two men cast their
votes for Mr. Addleks. as It has been
expected for some tlm Hint they would
ultimately cast their ballots in Ids
favoi. The iPHilt of the ballot Mr the
lout year term was
SnuWhiit, Democial, 2J; Addleks.
union Republican, 22: lt hauls, regu
lar Republican. 7. Nceessaiy lo c holce
27 The constllutlouiil leim vole wus
as follows- Kenny, Democial, 2T: Ad
dleks III. Dllpout, rpgubii Itepubllcan,
!, Illgglns legulai Itepuhllcan. 4. Hob
eilson and Hllclieu voted for Colonel
Dtipout on the long term ballot
COMMANDER TILLEY
RESCUES A CANNIBAL
A Wild Man fiom the Solomon Isl
ands Now Belongs to the
Cievv of the Abnicnba.
lit I ulnii War frem llu Av-omjIiJ I'ics
Wiislilnglon. Maich 1. Cinumnnder
Tllle.v. the naval governor of Tullull.i,
1 epulis to tin- navy department undei
date of Auckland, l'ebiiiaiy 1, that as
1111 a t of hiimaultv he has added a
cannibal to lite new on the United
Statep steamship Abaicnba. He gives
an Intel estlng nuirattve "of how he
1 utile lo give succor and sbcltci to the
stiangei
"1 have the hiinoi," sts Coiuinander
Tllley. "lo tepoit that T have nit board
the Alutenba for piotectlon a Solo
mon Island native who was found In
the woods of Tutulta, wh"ie he had
been a fugitive for iiioih than twelve
eais The man Is a savage, Is very
black and does not speak any language
which any pet son on board the Abat
enba can omit inland
"Tin uugh .111 Intel pi eter at Apli I
kaiucd liom him that he was hi ought
fiom the Solomon Islands to woil;
on the tieiniiiu plantation In fpolu a
long time ago, that he was badly
tu ate d. and thai he and two com
panions 1 .in awns and got ovei to T11
luiln on .1 1 aft Theie they Heel to the
woods and )im.iiU"l av outeasts The
two companions aie dead. The state
ment of tho manager of the Oeiman
plantation Is th it these men lan away
over twelve iiih ago. and that In
dues inn wi.'U ,hls rran itinned
The t-'anionn a vtlves assert that this
man has killed some of their people,
but I baldly believe this, althoiuh he
nun have done so when be was haul
pushed bj them At nuv i.it. the Sj
moans weic tiyiug to kill hint, nnd I
took him on bo.ud ship to save his
llle Hi" people aie cannibals, and
be does not wish to 1 etui 11 home foi
fear that after ills long absence he has
been foi gotten and will be hilled and
eaten He Is vei v Industrious and use
ful on hoaid ship doing willingly all
kinds of menial wotk I have Issued
a tatioii to lit ii and ic-commendcd that
lie be allowed to i main on bo.ud some
esvel of the nni until he can talc
cue of himself At pi cent In Is a
peiftit savage und unable to Ink. eaie
of himself on shun anvwluie. He
is ahum 4"i .veins o age and I- tat
tooed all ovei lib- fin lie Is peilei tlv
11 actable and ,;ooil-iiatured now. and
Is Hked bv the in who have given
him his cloth s
MORE FILIPINOS
HAVE YIELDED
Lieut. Desque Captuies Twenty-One
Rebel Offleeis and 120 Bolo
men nt Iiocoln.
ft lAilutn. Ml i( fiom ll .i iliir'il.lVsc
.Manila .Miilib t Yu WMV.nn., 1 eliol
otll(ei.s and 1 '0 hulomen suitendeied
to xaellleiiant iiesiiie. 01 the 1 01 tj -seventh
Untied States volunteer infan
tiv at the town of Iroeoin, In Alba
piovinic.
The Uedeialists aie seiiiilllL' iniinv
now inembeiii for ihelr parly In La-
giina pi o nice east or .viuniui.
The piomoteis of the Conseivntlvo
pin tv have published a long addict
to Judge Tuft, piesldent of the Ameil
can Philippine commission vwltten In
lloweiy and fulsome language, the gist
of which si cms to be oMiiipsid In
the following imiaginph
"We court ss to neing dlstinci fiom
some of those men who nie to.opeint
Ing with the Ameilcnii goveinmeiit for
peace. In that paitieuhir which lefeis
lo the maintenance against icstiie
tlons ami es.ii lions of our piomanuuo
which jilaces the maintenance ot peace
subject lo 11 compliance with the con
ditions uhk n would icnci to ,1 point
whence tin 10 Is no outlet. We believe
theie Is 110 belter means ol perpetuat
ing i than an absolute and uncondi
tional adhesion as voungi r biotheis
and .is conditions niav admit, this
toiintiv enn be lulsed to the level of
Its iispliallnns. blessing the hand which
stienlbened It and kissing Hie hand,
IT It so deseives. Unit cut asunder the
last oid of Us dependency and thus
iiinveillns It Into Its own equal "
END OT WAR NEAR.
tl I vIumip Mlir fiom i lie Viiitlatrit 'k.
Loudon. Mirdi 1 I lie Il.ilh (huiililo ,jm
il iiiuIciXuikIs Dill in vinr of I lie pipoi liil ui
lilnlci of IiVjioi.i1 I.011I llollu, ( lio mllUiiy 1111
tliorbioH I. ue aliridi MD-prruldl coiitraitt wllh
KOIIlll of tlO 111 MIS for UJr Mlppllf
Steamship Ai rivals.
Ily rjclii.be Mre hem "Hi Atcoclitcd I'rut.
e ml. Maicli I -Airbed: 1'jtrlclj, llmi
buiB, lloiilouno and ri;iiiouU) tlrainl, !'(
liith. I.lifrpuol, Ti ne, Napli'H and dfiicu; hot.
I cr chin, lloilfnljiii, f'olinulila, Ilmnliuriii 1 1 1 it -epb,
fih-gow. lnihn Sailed. Vlr.iu.Mpoe,
Scnnlon Knocked Out.
Ilj- Kiiluthp Ulrp fiom Hip kUIci l'ifk
Hot iS'ilnn, Nrk., Vljrih 1. In I In- II4I1I ln.
I w 01 11 Pan Ciccdon nnd Jim Soanlon, clu Ull'r
wj4 l.iu.i kid nut In tlio foiirlli loiind
WILL FIGHT IT
IN THE COURTS
Fllnnlte's Prcnare to Defend Them
selves nfjalnst the Operation
0! the Ripper Clause.
CONTEST MAY BEGIN
AT ANY TIME NOW
Governor Stone Went Away foi Four
Days Without Signing the Bill but
It Will Likely Be Given Executive
Appioval Befoie Tuesday Night
When the Next Session of the Sen
ate Will Be Held Ballot Refoim
Is Next in Older Insui gents At
tempt to Bring Up the Kentor Bill
by Taking It fiom the Committee's
Hands nnd a Lot of Intel csttng
Filibustering Results.
Si ci u1 luxii 1 flail ('crif.pondiiit
llni 1 lulling, March 1. Cloveinoi Stone
went to Philadelphia this mottling lo
lemaln two ela, and thence he will
go to Washington to altend the In
auguiatlon. He did not sign the "tip
pet" befoie going. This, however. Is
pot causing the f 1 lends of the ine.i
uie uny serious alarm, although there
Is Just a possibility his excellency will
not sign It he might possibly chop
dead. It Is understood that when Hip
senate ie-convenes Tuesday night It
will receive a message fiom the ex
ecutive mansion to the effect that the
ineusuie has iccelved his appioval.
Theie was some talk of the neces
sity of the senate continuing the ap
pointments, of lccouleis. but this has
died out, us a tesult of opinions fiom
iicoguleil authorities, that such eon
llimatlon was not necesniy. 11 Is
foitituale foi Hie "Itlppeilles" that
this Is the case, ns a two-thlids vote
is 1 oeiuli oil 011 confirmations
Tho first light to pi event the opeia
tlon ot the "ripper" will bo pieclpi
citled when I'le appointed toeotdom of
1'ittsbuig and Allegheny attempt to
excielso the eltillos of tho new odlee.
:Muois DIebl and Wman will refute
to lPtlic. and then will follow a test of
onstitutionnllt of the "lippei" clause,
.lust how It will be conducted Is not
.vet definitely known. Tho pioh.ihllltlcs
aie that injunction proceedings will lie
icsotted to.
Controller l.owls, of l'lttsbutg, It Is
said. Is dIpoed to iPcognl7P the io
colder as the legal executive, but he
will withhold any lccogulllon that en
tails llablit.v on himself in a pecuniary
way.
Will Recognize the Recoider.
In Allegheny, wlieic Director of the
Depal line lit of Public Sufetv John It.
Millphv is to be iciordei, the whole
eitv government will be against tho
111.001. Mr W.vmnn, just as it is at
pit'seut, and the most he will be able
to do to nssiMl his claim Is lo keep
possession of the books, seal and the
like which aie kept In the major's
otllce. All bauds decline that foice Is
not to be ipsoitpd to In any event.
Senator Kllnn saj.s that the "lippei"
will be attacked in the couit at once
and Hint the assault will be carried to
tlio Supicmo 1 oui t of the United States
If neeessnij.
The Kllnnltes have engaged John O.
.lolrtislou, the leader of the Philadel
phia bai. to take chai go of the legal
light against the "rippei " Mi John
ston, It Is said, has demanded a te
talnpr of $10,000. The councils pto.
pose 10 pass a lesolutlou directing the
Jildlcliiv committee to engage him.
with a view of making the city stancl
the costs or the fight
The "Ulppeilles" will be lepionlPd
bv Attorney W. H Hodgeis, who
diaftPd the Minhlbrouner bill: D T.
Watson and John MeCIeave. three of
the most eminent nttoinnys lu Pltts
bmg. The ifconbiw to) Sei anion and Plas
hing have not as vet been selected. U
Is lepoitcd heie that Maior Molr is lo
be the appointee for Sciantou. but no
one man lu paiticular is mentioned
nunc prominently than another for the
I'iltsbuii; appointment. The nominees
will llkelj bo known befoie the end of
UPt week
Ballot Refoim Next.
Killed refoim Is now billed lo be
tno Mioject of uppennofl lonrein on
Capitol Hill. The fight will be between
tin levivcd Keator bill, which Is tlio
Austialiau system pine nnd simple,
and the Poclit bill, which Is the Aus
tialiau sjstem. with the elide ic
talncd, lo make sti. night voting con
venient, and piovlslon-t against 0110
candidate leeelvlng nioie thin onn
uomlnatinii 01 a paily Mltliotit n state
nrhnulKntlnu having n special cb't-lg-natlon
on the th lift
.Senator Qua) has not. iif has been
claimed, condeinneil the Kocht bill All
he has said Is that II Is not his mc.is
me. M the time he gave this ex
picsslou he had not seen the hill and
knew nothing ot Its muke-up. It Is
?lgnlllcuul, though, that ho bus not
yet been Induced by the supporteis of
the Focht bill, who are numbeied
among his close political friendei to
comet out lu favoi of tlio measure
Senator Quay hufe gone to Washing
ton nnd n stoiy Is piftvnlent to the
Ufpct thut ho has summoned Colonel
Cluliey thither to confer with him on
the subject of ballot icfoiin. The
fact that Henulor Quay has deflated
lilmteir willing to suppoit any iircopt
iblo nieisuie, even though It comes
from tho Democrats, leaves the oigan-
(Wliueil on Vile i )
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indication Today.
QCNKHALLY fAW.
1 fJcnctil-Fllnnllfn Mill Appfjl lo tlic Out.
Moir t'nltcd SUtM Troopv Ordrcil from
rhlnt.
I'onirrrMioiial I'roreeiilng
Vrlrrana in the Inaugural I'jitdr,
2 fifiieral t'jruondile Pfparlmcnl
5 Oneral-l'llmiltr Mill Vpr'jl lo the. (titli
(Concluded ) "
l'dllorlal
weekly Letter em iluhkipjl Vnjli,
6 I.ocjI S-ii Id and Pcithnil
One W'onnn's Vlw c.
Scientific full I
ii L01 jt-lljnqucl In )lcinor of si, pii,l.
SiTinlnn JlainiH at loulavilte.
7 1irnl-Mi-l Dcilli bv A'ploxl.itl.ni
llninoin of .1 Sillliim'iil of the Silk .strike
S Local Went Si'taiilon ami Stiliiirliaii.
D Ceneial- Vocllie.ufoin IVimwhanlj
I'IiuiicIjI jnd Conimeiclj)
10 I.01 jl -si'und litlil on nil Ideal IImc' I It l.
11 I ocul- Religion Veua of Hie Week
Sundav School Icvton tor Toniormn,
I.' W1I ee of lli. M'oild of Libel
t'ooi Planet Vol AHenod bi Hipper I eala-
Utioii
llieiliicil N"e jnd Notes
ERNEST HECHT'S
DRAMATIC STORY
He States Thnt Mis. Foster Com
mitted Suicide He Lacked the
Neive to Follow Her.
Cy F xilti.be Mire (torn Hi" uciaid 1'ien
Sviacuse, Muieh J Hrnest Heeht.
who Is on trill here or the minder of
Mir, Foster, nan on tltp wHiipss stand
today and totd a eliamntle story of thp
affair, which oeeuncd about a year
ago. The woman was found dead In
her room fiom morphine poisoning nnd
cbloioform, and Heeht was in n semi
conscious state. Ills stoiy, when he
iccoveted, was that Mi, Fostei had
pcisundcd him to commit suicide with
her and that he bad not completed his
pnit of the continet thiough the fall
111 c of the drug to have the expected
effect. After rplatlng today a cotiver
sitlon with Mis. Uostei. In which she
said she wus facing both disgrace and
destitution, and lu w hlch she suggested
the raticide of both, he said
"She said she would make all ar
langcments for the double suicide I
tried to dUsimde her. but tn vain
She kissed me good nlehl and s ibl,
'"io o wcrk toniioiniv and keep ooi."
I was mlsei nblt. I loved Iipi niitiv
than nlijoti'. nnd Iif-" without hot
would bo miserable. I thought It ujip
betfpi to die ihnn live without her.
"At noon I called. She led me to the
fiont 100111 and nald 'This Is whcie
we are going lo die said, 'Why
should we elle'." and she aiisweied, 'He
eause It Is better so I tetuincd later
and asked her to go to the theatie.
She nnsvvpicd, 'Thnest, I will never
leave these looms alive.' I went out
and bought something to cat and a
lose. She said, 'Have oti come to
stay'." I said, 'Yes,' and she kissed me
I told her 11 was hard tor me to die.
'Why must I go'" I asked, 'llecause I
go,' she answered. Then she said, 'I
suppose vou want our pound of llesh "
and I icplled, 'No. 1 got excited nnd
"aid, 'I'll be damned If I die until jou
give me a good leason'
'Then occuued huch a scene us no
man ever witnessed All the furies In
hell could no' equal her denunciation
of me and bei agonizing cries and
walling Dually she quieted and hug
ged and klsed me. She said' 'Aie you
icuily ' and 1 lesponded. 'Ye.' Then
she s.ituiated a handkeichlef with
cbloiofoim, and, pouring e u nintphlne
pills containing twenty-four laln.-,,
took the m, handing me the vial to
take Hip test and I did so. She lay
down, placed the- hanilkPichlrf over
bei month and nosr, and 1 bpcamo
hilf cla?ed I tiled lo write p let-
toi to my brother and ipent the night
In ngnnv. t fell of bei face and
found It cold, T placed the red lose
upon bei In east anil waited. In the
morning the police came and I was ai
lested "
SMALL POX AT PITTSBURG
An Epidemic Among' the Negioes at
Sceneiy Hill Victims Es
cape to Other Towns,
Hi I- 1 ) 1 - Wire (10111 Hie --OiiiiiJ fnw
I'lttsbuig. March I. Theie Is nn epi
demle of smallpox among the negioes
at Scpiipi-v Hill, neat Washington, li
and ber,uie of tho fact that a number
of men suffering with the disease have
escaped to adjacent towns, feats of a
destine live spieud of the plague Is ex
piessed by the cnmmunltv
S. Cupnils, nf Columbia?, O, has had
einploved at Sceneiy I 111) foi some time
negioPh to the nil in hoi of 200, sinking
1 out sbarts lni James W. Dliuoith ,fc
Co. About .lunuuiy 1(1 ritnjamlii Shei
iiuin, who said he escaped uunt.intlue
at Cumbeiland, lutioduced smallpox to
the 1, imp and In 11 short while many of
the blacks weie stile ken. Toda.v there
ai i eighteen casts In all stages nf the
disease miariintiiifd in a small shanty
near the ennui. Kliteen 01 twenty
cases ihiapul befoie the health olll.
ceis had grasped tin situation and
went to oilier places, some e onilng as
far as this city. Tin state boaid of
health has taken tin mnttei In hand
and hopes aie enterinlned that tho dis
ease will be icmflne.,1 to Its uicient
quattci and soon statnpjd out.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
fij Kulmtie Whe fro 11 TIi or U'rd l'i-s
WaeliliiBloii, JLucli 1 -Moid n letebed -t
tliv atatu d(iartincii( tod 15 Hut Mr. .Minandt-r
Wood, of l'lliiujhaiilj. ioiiju) at Kiel, (,rnnan.i,
died today of parab.la, Jlr. Mood w appoint,
od coniul at Mel In Oolobu, Jii"
Iltrlln, Mareli 1 -Ken llieodne on lliuler,
prriildent of the Ilunder Her Induslilellrn (Mann
l(turer' Iuitne), and one of the fnirniW't of
Ciinian initiilcriUI, It dead
THE VETERANS
COMPROMISE
Dispute Over Matter ol Precedence
in InauQiiral Parade Has
Been Settled.
A CONFERENCE IS HELD
Secietnry Root, Geneial Francis A.
Oreone and Geneinl Sickles Ar
lAiiirc n Piogiammc Difficulty Av
laiiBed by Request of the Presi
dent Veterans Will Torm Hon
oiaiy Escoit. v , lrf
flv rxiliMitt Mire roni 'the Awoilated rre
Washington. M,nich 1. The dispute
between tho Inaugural committee anil
the war veteians over the matter of
precedence In the parade Monday re
sulted today In a compromise under
which the veterans will take- part In
a certain extent in tho ceremonies.
At a conference between Secretary
Root, fienerul Kiancla A. Greene, grand
maishal of the parade, and OneraA
Daniel I". Sickles, It was decided that
the local and Isltlug Ut and Army vet
erans shall form tho honorary e'scorc
to the piesldent from the white houses
to the capltol on tho 4th of Marnh.
The fuither conclusion was leached
that the vetoratiB will not participate
In the afternoon parade on the return
fiom the capltol to the whlto Iiousp
but after the procession has paused
through the court of honor they will
be reviewed by the president.
Theie has been considerable conti o
versv for several days as to the par
the Grand Army veterans would tnkei
In President McKlnley's Inauguration
and until the developments of today It
was thought thnt the eteram would
decline to participate nt all. Accord
ing to the orlglnnl programme they
weie detailed to bring up the rear of
Hip military grand division of the p.i
lade. They lefused to accept this po
sition and General Gteene theieupon
requusted that a detail of twenty men
from each Grand Army of thp Republli)
post foi in tli" honorary escort to the
president. Th!f amendment was like
wise lefused. In view of this situa
tion tlio president delegated Secrctaiy
Hoot to expiess to General Green and
General Sickles his desire thnt the dif
ficulties bo agreeably adlusted nnd th
outcome has been ns stated.
The college men Invited tn partici
pate In the innuguial parade have been
asignpil to form tho first brigade of
the thiid division of the civic section
of the pageant
The luiiugiiinl rowd has begun to ar
rive and .sightseers weie very much in
evidence on the stieets today The
flisl of thp gov ci limit to arrive reached
heie tonight In the person of Governor
Karnes, of Oklahoma, who, with a
delegation fiom the territory, nie hpre
with the double pin pose of participat
ing In the Innuguial ePiemoulcs and
uiglng the claims ot the territory tu
statehood
TAMMANY DENOUNCED.
Newly Oignnlzed Democtncy of New!
Yoik City Adopts Resolutions.
Br Pxchnbe Mire from Hie Ai.oclited 1'rrti
-N'pw York. Mm oh 1 A meeting ol!
the newly organized city Democracy
was held tonight, at which resolution
wete adopted condemning Tammany
leadeis for the alleged dispensing oC
public tnlronage to the demorall7atlou
of legitimate business Interests .nut
requesting District Attorney rhllblm
to asceitftln If sin h action comes with
in the scope of the criminal code, and,
If IL doeg, to bring the offenders tiv
lustlce. A committee of fifteen wasj
appointed to comer with other 01
ganizatlons and ultizeiiH generally who
aie opposed to the city ot New York:
being Imptonetly 1 tiled.
' DE WET OVER THE RIVER. "
Two Hundred Pilsonois Havo Been
Token by Kltchenei.
Ily I ulmhe Wire from The Aoelatrd Tre
Umdon, Mnich 2 The war ofllce has
lecelved the following from Lord
Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Maich I-
"Do Wet has been foicred notth over
the Oi align river and Is now clear of
Cape Colony. Two hundred prisoneis
luivo been tnkfii, otheis who wets
straggleis, being eaptuied.
"Highly men of Klti hener's ilglittncr
scouts weic attacked bv superior
nuinbeis nnd, after a piolonged tight,
and sustaining twenty casualties, sur
rendeied." Slininokln Colliery Tied Up.
lie I'xcludiv Wlie htiii I lie Vn-ioclated I're.j
Mijinol.iii, MjhIi 1 -Twihfl hundred mni nut
loin niipn;Li l I lu shamoMii Coal eompJiij
NiUlle lolllerv unit on id like todaj, hceiiKe
llie unipiini. Iliu " . Uiletl to paj limn m
j (perilled llnu elinliv illriiiuon The enl
beij l foiniilfteb I ml up. The ronipjp h.i
mlfed lu pi) llie ctiidoix tcnionow. Th.
Iril rri "ill not iiM.nie ttml. unlll llie emu
pjn; fnllilb lu rnnil-
lion Woiks Destioyed.
0,1 Rxenulve Mile fiom 'Hie Aiioclaltil 1'ien
Pnlcn. f. Much I -Hi" it the lui ot
VlilluliU ben cm It tiln diilrojed the wji
liuiie and JliilCMlili loom WjUlilnJM l'dard
Caleiiiaii. eiloinl. wan Imineil la d'lli l.ov,
ijj),ijiW, paill) Imiired.
Consul to Giooce.
Il.i l.tclunie Wlro lulu T lie luotlaled Tien
Washington, Muli I I "rank W. laikwn o
I'fKilbjhanla, iui (oil i iioiuliuleil hy the pie 1
dml to ba coniul jt I'UiIjs (Jreece
1
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4- WEATHER FORECAST.
4.
-f MjhliiBton. SIjicIi I Foreran f.n -
f Saluidaj and simdji l.ailcin IViuwil f
f wiili I Initial l.i f.li Mtutd.li; loner
-t- tnnpiralure In nmllirrn portion; Ireili i
f tn lnik west lo ii"rthwrt ulmb Sun
f- daj , fair. -IHtttfttflHf
tft