-W'-") ' I t- a- r J" .vr i. tibitne. cmtttom v THB ONLY SCRANTON PAPIiR. RbCHIVING THU COMPLIiTH NfcVJ SliKVICt: OH THB SOCIATEDJPRHSS, THB GRtiATHST N BVVS AGBNCY IN THB WOULD two . (F:; TNVO CENTS. i 's .:ns&s I5 H" ' t jWITION OF THE SURPLUS Secretary Gage Questioned Re- oardlnu the Gasn rtccumnla- fionfi In the Trea&iinj. REMEDIES SUGGESTED Jhe Reduction in Taxes Will. When It Becomes Operative, Partially or Wholly Cure the Present Tendency Townuls a Congestion in the Treasury. II) l.wln.iu up (inm Hi.' A'i.oiIjic.1 I'm". Washington, Mm eh SI. -Socictary .iiifji viij questioned loiluy ns to his ptobablo iicllon with respect tn tin t-Ush accumulation.-. Id the ticiisury hih! purtlculuity as In whether ho cm- tcillpllltei llll.vllll! Ililljil for 111" xlnK- ing fund. "Tin1 I'liunii.x would Hid1 to know." It wn.- i.iiitnl tu tin- solidary, "whether tin- u- ciiiuululliiu of money in (be ti n-.inv, uhli'li --ii-inv in In k'Oillg oil, will lint operate to till' ptojll dlce ill' gf nei . 1 business nil ii li -. Vmi" i-stliiinte is that tiled' v. Ill I)!' .1 sur plus of leci'lpls over evpeiidiunos tor 111- fl!iiil year ending Juno "it n-vt. of iboili avi.f iki.hu. Vn'ii stnlcuit nt puh-i-lied yc-tt rdny shows tliul sumo forty .llilllons ol tll.lt Slim itlieiiUy lias boon i e.i !!... This would indicate tluit within th'j ii".l three months forty million- more ot onh would be gnth Hi'l lulo tliu tio.'iMiry from the scn einl money market." The s-i i letniy "Thf estimates yon -pi-iik ol were made be fori the last ses sion of i mimes- ami have been modi II. 'il by i vent ii nil liy congressional iietlou. It i.- not now contemplated tint the vent's sin phis will ho over sl:;ty millions. A falling off In re i it?, or Inrgtr lilur.i.mcnts thnn have boon osthnu'ed Int. may also fur lliT modi I y the i ii Tt to which you point." Question: "Well, Mr. Soeiet.n-y, even then It n'l in.-, thin tin- e.ish holdings nf the ireiisiiry will bo Increased by some teculy millions beiwoou now and .In no ::a. Are you willing In state whether yon would or eould do any tiling lo rr-ieo sen-iiil affairs should they be inhersely alfected by the llo up of inoiicv In the treasury"? Tin secretary: "There aio only two me-Hod- open tu set surplus funds out of the tien"iiry vaults. One is to in eiense tioasiny deposits in n.itiontil bunk depositories; the other is lo buy t'nitcd Stat - bonds. The latter is mure consistent with government in terests than the former since in buy ing bonds interest on the public debt Is by so much stopped. The doiuriiuent, howevi r, would not t'oel .lu-qilleil In buying bonds other than those which will mature and become subject to pay ment within the not seven years. At a propel pric it would no doubt he willing to buy tin si- niul thus relieve the triasiiry from a surplus which ns you assume might under some condi tions be pr .jiulitiul lo enei.il business nilfiirs. No Bonds Should Be Bought. At the pre.-oril oimI rales lot the hlnu't boiuN. I don't llilnl; the sei-relnry would be justified m buylut,' bonds?. The .Is at the pib lohl an imestinent tetiiin of only l.il.! per icnt iho short Is, I .til per cent.; the throe per cents of i:n;. i.;;i per -. nt.. while the new two per ""nt,-- .it their piesent price yield .1 higher investment return, viz.: 1.715 per font. .Vow it is well Unowu .'mil an noknow-leilKod ji-.( (Hut a loiiK time f'overniiient bond. eeiytliiiiK' else Viofii" oiiiai Is worth relatively mote than a short time bond. Th present ili.'tparlty to Iho contrary, is, tlieiefore. llloKiwI If not ariKlelnl, .ttid nt tludr present price the sectetary will not huy them." Ouestlon"A.s an iiliernntlvo, would ymt not incivnso thn deposit of puhllo moneys with the hunks'.'" The secretary "No, that would uk Rrav.Ue In some ii.trllcuhus the Kltu .ltloti to which J have just referred. To iuulify ns deoosilories, Iho banks would have to buy and deposit bonds. The effect would he lo set up competi tion by the aid of the i-'overnnieiit ,'UMlUSI the KOVeinmellt III tile pillchase nt' the securities, already abuonnally liiSher. We are now ihUiuii'Iiu; townrd the jit'ilml of iho yi'iir when Hide is apt to he a money p!othoj:i, histeinl nf ft money siniclly. so I ilofri seu that il will do any puiiloiilitT liiitiu If money iteeuniulales in llie tre.iHiirj. "The reduction In taxes w)H. w lieu it Ij-ecomes upeiatlve, paitially or wholly euro the pieseui lendcm y tow.uil ii lonsohilou In t lie- tieiisiiiy. "To put the mutter lu n nut-hell, if It Uo a choice beiweei) hiiviiiji bonds nt un artlilclai nrlco and leiiiiit; funds ai.TU niu late In the lrensui. Um Inttep will occur, nor will Hi.. . i.-ti t m-il mi-Vel-tlse for olferliii-w of bonds, To do bo 1 Hin satHllcd would li irultless In niSllitli. If, llo.Vi'WI, the llep.lrlllKIIU can from time to time bin the slmi I bonds ut an investment lojn.zulil.' to the Inventor who buys (lie ip-w iwuir centt-, it will not liesftuU' iio so. fcliould the piesent nuirkut pilceiortlie ri? tw'us lunmlu lihutiL on did pu!int basis." Deserteis at Cape Coast Castle. By Lutu.-hc Whe doin tin W.oiijtdl I'kj. iC)8. 1'iOUl turn Cum.), Malt It lil.llirvi iiidrfd inon oi i,n Hiiiui, ,i ,Wrli:.ri KSl ircnt, irbu ilttcrtul at Kuni.il, nunlml annul ii Cap? Cei.t sstle mu all lmiut l.a Um i ii.n,il(J nlns i s u-ai i,ut Hit- iliM'tn will loot tli tMi, 0i. liuiulrtj and tviiilj iiu.i( it ie ditpattliil pom Aura In t ' ; fun lle (J to niiis lit irtf.ll leyds Tineatens Boycott. B) l.Mlusht Wir Je;m Tlia Aoiite.l I'uh. lainiloii, Aiil I. flic AmCflam toiirtpomieiit i (lie Pally M.i 1 1 &!: -r. Iiul, ji,j ,ia , 01. $ur )iiv n-nt i pihatf uotlbcatlou to Mr, 'UmbftUiu Mainlrif liitn ilmt a p.' vifttl icm. tiuititm p( Cuivpnn aii.l Auuilc'n iiwitlunt. iliuln In bnjiwlt trislbh isuvlt fjiUniallcjIt.-j nltss liidrptrdciiic i ;untij to the llofr." ; Jfjlrt riTZHUOH LEE TALKS. Gives Expressions ns to His Views on Cuba. By KmIihIic Wire bom riic Asocialoil tic. Oni.ilm, Xeb Mutch ill. OeniMitl Fitxlitiirli I.ee, for the llrst time Mince his rcllrenienl I'roin the tinny, has Riv en expir.i'ylon to Ills views with d'Btird to the future of rtibn. The occasion wtis iho Imnnuet kIvcii Iu Ills honof nt the Omaha club. Aflor referrliiK to Ills ei'vico ns I'onsul fteneriil niul in the at my In that Muml, lie said: ".Moie than over must then he un exercWe of piitilotlsm lu Its lilfjllesL sense by the citizens of the t'nltod States. "The Philippines nr ours by treaty and their fulute, so far ns this United States ! concerned, should be duly de termined by coiiKress nfter mid not be fore tin armed resistance to the au thority of the I'llltcd States has censed. The splendid exploit of FutiHton throws a brilliant light upon the eomlnit: palh of pOiKO. "Porto Itifo Is ours by ronrplept, while (,'tiba lias Its status lKd by the Teller resolution In the act declaring war npnlnst Kpniu. "t'ndei tluit resolution the ltilt'il States disclaims any Intention of exer clslntv soveieltjnly, Jurlsdlellon or con trol over the Island of Cuba, except for the p.icllleatlon theieof, and when that Is ncconipllsli'd the Koverninent of the Island should be turned over In Us own people. That solemn tleel.nittion Is blndhitr on our government and. In my opinion, ulll he and should be ris idly adh.M-'Hl lo. "The expemlitiiie of ireasure niul blood, the dead Anieilcan soldleis and sailors, the seonniplllral location ol the Island, the Inrse interests lpld by tie Amerlcins. Spanish, KukiIsIi. Oerniun, Ficneh and, Indeed, the Cubans tluni st'lves, demand that the Island should not only be pacllled but pu'iiiiuieiitly paf llled." FATAL FIRE ON THE GUNBOAT PETREL Lieutenant Commander Jesse Minis Roper Is Suffocated Twenty two Officers and Men Ate Prostrated. By livJn-e i" Wiir ruin "I ! A r.i j j t,l I'kh. Wnshltiffton, Jlarch at. The nay de partment, oaily this morning:, receiv ed ji cablegram from Admiral Korney. eonimander in chief of the Asiatic sta tion, kIvIiik a brief account of a lire in the snllroom of the puuhoat Potiel and of the death of the cominaiidiilK nllleer. Lieutenant Commander .lesso M litis lloper, as a result of an heioie effort to rescue the men below. The disputch also shows that twenty-two other oflieers and men were prostrated, but. all are recovering. Admiral Hemey's dispatch ! as fol lows: (.wite, Starch SI, '. l'ire ilfocri-il sail moin IMrel sevrn tiiif inoiiiinir, Uop'T imiiniinliiis. Alter kuIiik omc v.-cnt .-ipihi .istiin-r aihU'-. Atlempli-il rvrcniY men bclnw. Ik- -uffot itcrl, (luil at T.l.'i. Tivon'. iwo ollUirs nud inen cntlicly pruMiiitni. All lceociiiiii-. Tiro out Ilini.i!;e imniaLr-rfal. sen'i Kilcr. rrniain- l.y liult.ilo. (Mitiifdl ISciiiry The ilepartnient at once sent a tole srram lo .Mr. II. r Fay, the brother-in-law of .Lieutenant Commander Ho lier, at 715 Monmouth street. l.otiKWood, Maps., asking that he Inform Mrs, Koper of the news. The tollowinff ex pression of sympathy and appreciation lh also made: "Willi this sad news, the department sends to A!r.. Koper. deep sympathy in the preat loss she has sustained and the highest appreciation of the gallant ry and self-snrrillce with which Lieu tenant Commander Itoper save his life for his fellow men. It was a heioie death," The deceased ofllcer was hoi a in MIs soini and entered the naval set vice on .lime L'3, IMi.. Jle was promoted to the rank held by him at the time of his death on -March i!, Iiyi), nnd ordered to coiiimand the Petrel Nov. 1.1. 1M1'.. The Petrel was one f tlio vessels under Admiral Dewey nt the battle of Manila bay, when she was In clint-Re of Lit utenanl Comniandf.-r B. P, Vood. Tlia latter otllcer came homo shortly after and Lieutenant Commander lio per sin ceeiled him. The llulfalo, on which the leninlns will lie sent home, Is now used for the Iransptiiliillon of tioops ami Is about to l'oluin to the Fnlted States by way of the .Meditteranean, SALISBURY'S CONDITION. The English Premier Still Sulteilng from Results of Influenza. lb bit In-he Wite fimu 'llif i,ocljlPd l'i Loiuloii, Apill 1,--The folloivlui; liul lelin ri-surdluB' the condition f dm piviiih r was Ihsued lust vveiilm;: Loid Sulisbtiry was at linked with liilluctu.i, March W. The Illness hit inn the normal course and has been ulioiiilt.il by Hi" usual prostration, The tuiiiK-raluie, however, has been almost normal lor the last I wo thijs and his lottlshlp'i stretiKlh bus Iniptnved with hieieaboil power to taking rood. It Is hoped that lie will be able shortly to Km, iu ihaiifre to the south, which ho li.ul been eouleinptatlub at the tlm of the attack. (SlHU'.l) Douslns Powoll, II. U, Walker, ill. liio,iilos today of laud Salisbury Loudon. M .il Il nt the tsitience ..llclted the tnt'onnatlon thai ho was "Bolllntr on well and was uuicli sttongiir." Wage Inctease at Youngstowu. )y Krli-hr Wbf liom Ine AitmLUil IVei iuii;tui,ii, O,, JLith .;!. Thfi Wa-t liifiuve opiutoi, o the Jljlionlnv' illey line i.-icjitl bi Hit Ifiamuli u: Hi'; iiuiiko norkt-n by sunt. Int.' tlieiu (liu hivirast ot 20 iriiti. pr thy alnd Li. 'I lie im-.i wjul'l luio j,-oir on u ulUc at 0 u'llocl; t(iniuiiov i,ioiniiii' tin opiraton lnd iilu.i-il Pi ileiiMnti, Tiouble at Baiceloua, By Ktiliuht Wirj liom The AKciatfl Pmh. IlirtfU'iu, Jlarch St. 'twenty tliouwml psuoin P4iticliit('. bne lotlay in an 4iiti-chric.il demon, uliadt'ii In tin Plii Did loro. A lJige rioatl mn.;d tlw .It'.tuil (vlltttt. Klnlly h pcll.-o ilijotrd ard dlpfraei U dtawiMtratorr, In Jmlni tcnl. yCZ STRIKE RUINS MARSEILLES The Once Thrivinrr' French Gltu Is Gomoletelu Pe'raluzed bu a Lona Season ot Idleness. FIGHT FOR EIGHT HOURS The Masters Dfie to Discuss tho Mutter Which the Strikeis Con sider the Ciuc! i Point in he Dis pute QuantitWs of Goods Rotting on the Docks An Iudu&Uial Ll of 25,000,01") Ftnncs Comine'f'n i at a Stnnth'ti.! ' lly i:ilu-it' W.'e i on P.lils, Mm eli llif .-"( i.ax.1 l'i. I. The hpposltloty newspapers assei l thai the ludifpohi tlon of M. Valdei:h-Uosseiiii, tlu- pi. ntler. Is illnlnnml le. with a view im ' rivoiilbif. nee.iiniui iivtmr Pi ,.sideil f.u... bet to Toulon April 10. The theon i- i tliul the iitctiiler. nwiiiK' to the j.,0v linitv of Minsellles to Toulon, fe;.1'). ibe , Miusellles stilliors. who are liio.i- at the dil'usul of Hit1 Kovernmei j , Mlppoit them iu the it cent M ,, mU;ht oiwinliio a hostile demons, , lion, either in Toulon or at. some toim alons the route. Meanwhib' the situation has nru been eliatiKt'd as a lesult of the o.nnf-i.'nce lietwften the pieinler nnd music to iIjv. The masleiM persist in the i re tusal ti dlseiifs a day of elfiht b-iurs. which has all alone been reRnulcri i-e the stiikers as the i.ruelnl point in tiei dispute. In spite of the incieusiiiR nuinlxr of flee (lockers now working', qiiae'iti of perishable sroods lie rottlnrc n thf dfichs. Twenty-one sKarneis are awaitlnK tllscharRO. The Reneral strike, -while il lasted, and the continual suspension of mo-.t tlcck woik. hod an enonuus Iniury to the commerce and indiii'tiy of Mnr sellles. The losses. The caleulalions show an industilal loss of some 23,000,000 francs, while the men have lost moi than J.ooo.OoO fianes in wages. A curiou. illustration of the bittur lli ss wlileli the stiike has onRontlered Ivtweeii the men and I he masters Is seen in the fact that the strikers in strutted their delegates to ;ivf; for mal notification to the minister of lratulK in the ll seed trade, ptiinthi, out the oil seeds were Imported iu h.iK.t which the custom house olllclals have not been In the habit of opening-, with the result that articles nthject to a much higher import duty are suiuk gled in the hags. The commerce of Marseilles is for the time being- almost at a complete stand still. Foodstuffs, whlth ine largely im ported, .'lie now scanc. The pi Ices of sugar, coffee, Hour and other neeessary artieles have doubled. V number of fuetnjlps have been obliged to close. These conditions, added lo the serious damage clone by the tloodf; and halls, have thrown the entire population into deep misery. Tho storekeepers and merchants intend to appeal to the gov ernment to remit tho taxes for the flrsl three months of the year. At strike meetings held last evening and attended by about .1,000 dockers ami eoal heavers, It was decided lo continue the strike null! the masters concede an eight-hour day. At a later meeting some U0 dock foil men. who had not hitherto inliicd the strike, decided to refuse to con tinue lo work with ili 1mm o vised dock hands until the demands of the striker. were conceded. This will pnia lyze dock work, as Inexperienced laboi-ei-s cannot woik without, foremen. The strikers' union has promised to support tho foremen against any enn-seciuonco.-! of their fiction when woik Is resumed. HENDRIC HUDSON HOTEL FIRE. Largest One on the Banks of the Hudson Consumed by Fire. By Kxi lu-hp Wini from "1 Iio Aaiidtnl 1'nn, New Toik, March ill. The n,v that the walls had to be pulled down, near Vnnkers, was burned early to day. Th" building was to have been i ufl.v for o eupanoy on May I nud pnrt of the fiirnlshlim-s hail been put In. The cost of the .structure and luinlsh Ings was Si.lOuw and the building- was so thoioughly daniiigtd bv iho (he lletulrlc Hudson hulc-l nt Pail; Kill, There Is said to bo ample lusiiianee lo cover tin loss, Thr building Is aM In 1i-i, been til" IfUftesl lioli'l on Ihe Hudson ind sionrl on- th top of a hill Sin f, et above the water, ft was of stone and In It I; nnd had been lavishly dec-mated. BOABDINO HOUSE BURNED, John O'Donnell, a Victim of Flumes. Dan Sullivan Seveiely Injured, fly littlcalvf Win lutii Tlie W bint l'ri' Wilkes. Harrf. Mnieh ill. lly the up. filing of u I. imp hi the boarding house til' John Cioiiinn, at iieorgetown, a. Milan h of tills, city, ,i l o'clock this niornlne, ill's house was set on tire. The hoaiders all sucieeilvd lu making their escapes with the exception of John O'nonnoll, aged in. who wan burned to dentil, and U.iu sSulllvau, who received hums on the face and upper portion of tin- iwl icnlch may result fatiilb EARTHQUAKE IN EAST. Distinct Shocks Felt iu Odessa, Rome, Padua and Florence. By hMliube Mire Irian Ihe A(rljtfil fum, Odessa, March iSl.Thls city expeil-(nc-ed toduy u distinct slusinlc tllslin-li-ance. Home, April 1. .V alljht einth'iuuke shock was felt yesterday In Henevoto. About the same time seismic Instru ments showed signs of dlsttii'iianen In Knnio, Padua, rinifiicr ainl Catania, MUNICIPAL LEAOUE MEETS AT ROCHESTER Coming- Session to Be One of Un usual Importance tit I'liliiMir Win finut 'flic AtstitUInd Prft.' I'hllailelphla, March ill. The sev enth annual nn-etlng of the Nnlloniil Munlclptil Leagite and the ninth con ference for good elly government will ho held at Hochesler. X. Y.. on May . ! and 10. Tlih: year's sessltn will be ol more than usual importance, not only alunu for the suhjeets that will come uji for discussion, hid for the promi nence of the gentlemen who will par ticipate. A subject of Impoitnnee'w'lll he the report of the committee on uni form municipal accounting. The re-" port will be presented by Kilwnnl"'i Hartwell, city statistician of Huston. The subject will he discussed hy Prof. .1. V. .Tenlia, of t'ornell. who will speak on the conditions of muii1tdp.il accoiirif'.' Ine nnd slathttei as they exist In America' Hr. K. w. Ileinli as they are lu Croat Ihltalu, and Dr. John A. Fnlr ble as Ihej are In Clonllnelilid Kuropo. Set'retui.v i 'Union lingers Woodruff, of this city, s-ociotaiy of the league, will prcent a repoit on "A Ye.u's Municipal Activities." and President Thomas M. lioun, of Lehigh t'nlver-ll-. will piesent a lepoifon "tnstrue tlnn In Miiiiloip.il Oovemment In Anieilcan Kdueatioiuil lnslltutloiis," Among olheis who will piesent im pels or ilellvei addresses are: P. L Fulton, ol Allegheny, lion. John Mc Vienr. ol' U -s Moines: Charles II. I Spohr. asi-oelale editor of the Outlook. New Yolk: Pi of John H. Flnley. of Pilucolon: J. M lloislmanii. of Meblb'- burg, tieimany: t'harles li. Monioe, of WI-t:oiisn: J. S. MeLiiln. of .Mlnneapo-II-. 1C. Kul Inn Cutting-, of New York; Stair lleyt and William Itltchle, of J Chit ago: Charles Xogle. of St. Louis: .liiliii f. Moot., oi tuition; . a. noiui l.aite. of H-illimore' W. AY. Howe, of New fit leans, and fleibeil 1!, Ames, of Mom i onl. FUNST0N APPOINTED BRIGADIER GENERAL General Wheaton Promoted to Be Major General, and Colonel Jacob Smith a Brigndier. fit i;iln-ie Wo" freiri 'llic oiinl'tl Pw. Washington, Maich 111, The folloiv ins Impiirtani army appointments were announced a l the while house, tonight: To be major general Pulled States army, liiigadlor (JeiiPial Lloyd Whea ton, vict Miles, promoted lieutenant gelluial. To he biigndier gtvieiais In the regu lar nnnv. f'oloml Jueob II. Snii-.h, Seventeenth Pulled Stales Infantry, brigadier genera! volunteers, vice Dag gett, retired: Hrigadler General Fred erick Kunston, Pnitecl States volun teers, vice Wheaton. promoted. The annouiicenieiU of these appolnt mont!' was made after a conference be tween the president. Secretary Root ami Adjutant Oeaeral Corbin. The chief Interest centered in the selection of General Kunston after his gallant exploit In captuiing Agulnaldo. Following the announcement, General Coibln sent the following lo General Mat-Arthur: W.i-Jiinition, Jl.iieli ID. Te M.u iI1-im. Manila: Tie lolliiuing .ii'.Miilinu;t-i nuilo: WIipjioii, iiujtn ?mi.d; Sioilii .mil riinaon, (r Ig.itlicr ;niiml-. srtutio.v ci w.u join1, mi in con- Vtiit"l.tlon-. lo .ill. Coibiti As to Aguintildo iheie weie no new developments today concerning bis case. The situation in the Philippines Is of such a nature that II is consld eicd probable that lO.oiill men will be all that will be needed In the islands. While no decision will be leaehrd at present in legard to Ihe matter It Is legal tied as pi aha hie that not mora than 70,000 men will he enlisted for tho regular army, instead of the tOO.ono au thorized by consres, STBIKE THREATENED. Lahoriiifj; Men at Trenton Will Fight for Eight Hours. lit I m lu.it i Mire fii.iu 'III" AxnriKcil l'n. Trenton, X, J., March ill. A g'eneinl strike ol all the men belonging to the different trades unions tu Tninton Is expected to bo inauguialcd hero to nun row. The men are striking for un eight-hour day at the same wages they have heivtofon! been lecelvlng for a nlliu-hoilr day. The inoti gave notice some time ago that thpy would ask to have a change go into effect' April t. The iiinstter masons and other bullil- is have decided to deny the men'.s de mand. The men held meetings last night ami Unlay, and have decided lo go oni on sirlid) tomorrow morning. A limit Mil) to l.Ooti men are concerned, DEATHS OF A DAY, j,i l.i. In. iin Wat lit.ui Hit V-, ulrd Hi.. Vo Soil,, MjiiIi 11, -Sell (illnioie, fomiflly nip-flntiii'li'iit nt ible IihIiiii llmi n lu; itt'Uit nt Nw lull, niul nia-tu.ii '! tin' t'liittvl Sljlrt I md nllUe .tt lli.iiuiiik, N. p , .Imini, l'ir.ii.nl, Miiil"if 'idniliibli illoii, tllftl ol vjluilur ilfoa.s i Ii, It.ul nt lil- hum- u. IUIMuu, V. 'I.. I" ii.i. l'nll.fl'l.t.n. Math .11 -"S'.uht-" WilllJiii Mr Mnlt-i, i lei.il IMii.o 1. tit pollliolni who n .s f.n iiimo llun fnilv .tutm lei .in Ininri-t(i4 i ',nl j( It' In IliU file Ana !( natur- lus l iei.it i.nnlliar in iiriiv ftcltciii. nf Up tuiintiy inililii ll:i la. I tlii ce ilct.iti(-, dinl ltlit limit I'niiiplli-allcn ol iIIm.imi, lit I "V jf art. nf Ja, b .nud in bvlli I In- IbnltJii niul Chi! w.io l'liilultliliii, Jlil'li ill.--.Itmph Vcili'I, .in t. men'ltii' ei Uif Icd-laimo and .i ivjI ot.t(p iv M.t.r w. ilil. tilt, wu inuml tlf..d at hi. liom. t'lli.i. iK.il'i u tint' lo lif.Ht til-riiv. Mi. ukil, win) mvi W jfinv if aia, to 4 Hum lit l Hi" tu li-u-c ei nprerciitithm tunu JT"i tu 157i. I'jiI-. Aidl I. - Vib' llcitiiu, tuif ol tlo li.lilliie cli.b I' ot t. M.n-,1 Mi?il3li-n, litftl ,M' iviOjv. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON MAY GO TO VENEZUELA. It) l.ulume U'lie from Tltc 'Ot.l(ilvil riJ. sat. .Uuii. I'. It., Manli hl.-'llic NtntU AtUiitn .ij'l.idinll. IttJI Atlinii.d r.iliulur oiiini.iliilinv, jiihel ofl S.1H Jum Un evtiilnir. lira l'uill huu.i ipulnl suviir tn,cl 1'iicj., Chief l!"Jt. .it.iin .1, t', Mib.nililbi. ildheinl the null, rfiitl II c Miujiiuiii Ijv lu all iilht, pioitftlln: lo. il.iy lor (iihbm l-lind., whfrc onbo. art" ii-pnn-il by Ailiiih.il i'jrrpilui dlirdlnu: Dip miu-l- It'll in 1(0 bi I 'IK 111 1.111 tvjuu BIRTHS THE NESOUTH Goloiini Mosbu Bcl'fives That the South Will In Tlire B RIcliBr Than the North. AS TO TO; R MB PROBLEM The Former Confcd8rftte Haider Who Believes That bery Wft Wrong Now Ha Faitr Future of the Negio Bid-m01 Likely to Become the Bu nking Onter of the Country -The "Bolid South" Be longs to the T"l.tical Post. IV IWiiiu Wm roil "I lie Auoclsttd I'kii. New Yoik, M ircli 31. In its I'otth oomliiK Issue, I,fiUe's Weekly will pi hit. it paper hy IT il'Uiel John S. Mosby, Ihe fHinotis Cfiiif ilernte raider, on the "Dawn of fie l!al South," In which be says; . "Tin- id l j,iuth Is just a Its birth, Th Kt'owtb -r this child of the tui tion ttitt.s be ki Ktual, but iii tha end the south vvi-1 Le far ilcher and moit! powerful tb,,u the norlh. In the days to come i In sou-Ii will Income ilu. dimi Innnt sn Hon ' the country. Without the wai of' vePhsiou the south count lave never booed lo attain the tutmo thai Is iuiu .'-rtu'it. Slaveiy wis a groat Ineiihu. paralyzing- national energy. IJy n,.ollshlng this wrong our war bon.-titU'f' every stale south i the Mason ami. lhxon lino. The negroes are pro.i i ing more, as freemen, than they o' (5 d is slaves: and the great mi:s.3 ,-if iie people are va'l l.tte: otf today than they weie under tin. old anle-benur.i.ysteui. 'Soc'ally. as well as industrially, tl.. abolition of slavery was highly lien -I'.eial in lis r 'suits lo the rr,r.::ses. tcr sruvery was n great wtong a;itl no .-oiii-inunlty can exist In the highest stale of happiness when its system is based on a wrong. "These are the soundest reasons for asserting that the negroes' status is bound to Improve. While they are not as near to ef'iialli,' with white people ns they were under the system of slav ery they are ceitaln to bo absorbed by Immigration, and iu this engulfnient they will disappear.. This is the natu ral and wisest solution of what we now call the 'rt'vi ptoblem.' Future of Richmond. "Richmond Is the city most likely to becopie, hi time, tho hanking centre and commercial headquarters of this country and therefore of the world. The days of that famous old city as a political capital ate past, hut Its el isor as the central point of manufac luio for the whole south and from there for ill" world nt large is just, be ginning. "While great forces have been work ing for the change. Industrially espe cially, the political change is hardly less marked. Tt Is well nigh folly to day to speak of the 'solid south." That, by this way. was a phrase of iny own invention. When Hayes became the Republican candidate for piesldent. I urged, In a l"ttei f August. IS76) that It was better for some southern men lo support him because. If he were elected his administration must neces sarily rest on whatever supported it. It was better for the southern people to divide between the pailles so that no matter which side won, there would b? men friendly to southern people who would control its southern policy. This contention is fully readied today and fne 'solid south' belongs wholly id the political past." MANOHURIAN CONVENTION. Will Be Ratified Between China and Russia This Month. lly I'Mln-lvit Wire bum Tim A.H.Mlnl I'nw Umilnn. April l,--"Tlieie ia lenson lo believe," says the St. PeteishuiKr enr loHpondent nf Illegally Mail, "that the Manohurlan convention between Rus sia, anil China will bo rutlued lu April." The Yokohama correspondent of the Dally .Mall, who records various indi c'litlout of preparations for war on tho pait of Japan, says: "Interviews havo appeared with prominent stutesmeii, all 'breathing Ihe w-ur spirit and ex. pressing the general opinion that It is Impossible to allow Russia a t'rt-o hand lu Manchuria, 'rills' Is the gravest cilsts iu the point of view of Japan since her war with China." FIGHTING IN NEJD DISTRICT. The King of Arabia and Sheiks of of Kowet Have Tiouule. II) i:cludr Who Hum lli ,.." iatotl lir. t'outuntinoplu, Mm eh :s I. --Purl her lighting' If reported to have occuried In the .S't-Jtl district of Aiabla, between the Sheiks fit Kowel, fill the I'etslai) gulf, and lllii ihislild, Ihe self-styled "king of Aiabiu." The river .Murlua has owitlowed and caused disastrous Hoods hi thn province of Adrinnuoplo. I'Jlghl vil lages and twenty mills have been ie sttoyeil, and It Is believed tluit sosvnil es have been hut. A stiong eatlbiiliike shoe), n felt lieu today. James Anwyl Dead, By UMiiu-h Whe rom 'Ibe Swcjutid I'u-n WilletolUirv, Milili il - Jaii.i Vtiw!. . (Il - -nt, l tltW tilt, not li'iimi ilc.nl nt lad t, lifit di,fjo lid. i.iofiilns, jurd JI. IU j uiiL m tit- U-st hi'.otwi Wcl.iii inntr lu Ilu. .eilicii ot die l-tt, Uo tool. p.nl iu ait V.'e'sii cj.iedilinil. el' uli.'i' lli.pt rl lie. i .ti") " dio nit lend l i-tc-J I l.il lifld .it Atlamii I'ln l.ol iniiiiiri n n eid ( lizrr. Bulgaiians Invade Macedonia. U. Wfuiir Wiio irmu I'lu VmucMKil l'n. C oiuu utlnoilc Mjr.-ii II.- ibln' tic id J b:nU4 uy tlut biml of l.lj ti ..in IWItJiu cifle-iM'iei lo Iiivjo MjCfilonlj iif.ir PJiim.ibili MjiiIi iT niul r-iine bill) to'iiltil vtiili lie l)iu muu lrieb.. l,n .-I Hit' llul;.nhl' urn KPI'u Kill) llif ellifl, Ib-il TIIK NEWS THIS MORNINti. Weather Indlctllont 1'nday: FAIHl BRISK WINDS. CfntrilMtnlK hi Scnwtiou. P'crvlaty Cagf ThIkI of tli Stnpbi.. Coloiirf Vftsby anil tho etv Hoiilb. Kffert of I he Slilke in MiMflllt ItHiend Call indite llfpirMitrlll, Lcrilltcortfiiiihltlnii of thf r.ltr (iinmtitn(. I'UItorUI ,'nt niul Otninent .1 I.OP11- Itf v. Ii. C. r. llnbbittm on lite VfliiRhuti um. Jlttitlon ot Soiiii Mill of Hi' Himii B t.ceal W'rft Sitiintoii ami Subiidun. 7 flfiiirrul N'oithp-dciii I'cniijjb.inlj. 'flic SlatkrlP, S liocitl lihe Xttt ul tin- I11d11.sui.1l Hut lil. 1'ortr.ili 11! lion. Alfieil tl.Miti llunc in Tonrt Horn. Hi: PRINCE KRAP0TKIN ON ANARCHISM The Rusnian Nobleman Speaks Be fore an Exithuslnstic Audience in New York City. lly i:tlu.itp iVhi- from 'II, ,, i.ile.l IVcm New V01 It, Match 11. Print e ICrap otliln, 11 member of the reigning family of Uussifi, from which country he is an exile, owing to his advocacy of social ist doctrines, and who has coin" U lids country in behalf of Russia's oppress, ed. lectin oil Ion large and enthusiastic audience at the (iriinu" Cent ml Palace this evening. Ills subject was anarch ism: its philosophy nnd Ideal. Prlne iCrapolhiu contended thai the philoso phy of the twentieth century would be the philosophy of umiifhlsm and Ihe prevailing tendency nf the greatest movtneuts of this century would dif fer radically ft 0111 those of the curly part of the last inn years when nearly all movements were toward an increase in the power of slate. The inereris.- of power on the part of the Individual and the masses, he declared, was the most needful thing for the lelief of the la boring classes. "We have on all spies nf us." he s-aid, "beautiful cities, and mugiiltleent palaces and specimens of nielillecttire, that have h'-en rrenU'd through the labor of the musses, yet they hnve no part In their enjoyment. One bundled years ago a lifetime was needed in which to amass even moderate wealth, now human genius has made possible a system of pi eduction that permits the amassing of enormous fortunes in a length r.t !!rae so -tiiort a1 not In have been dreamed of. even at th. begin ning nf the last century." "liy -what right," tho speaker in (.mired, "did any man presume to say that he owned this line of railroad and that enormous manufacturing Indus try, and through such ownership was worth a specific sum? The masses, the laboring class, eieated the values of the properties, and yet owned no part of them. Those who have by th.'lr efforts, their application and the use of their intellects, been the means of cre ating these prop-iities are in icality persecuted by those to whom tlfe laws of the state prant titles of ownership," INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK ON WILLIAM A Suspicion That the Empeior Was Also Shot at When Hit by a Piece of Iron. By Kdith Wiie from flin Aoc1(n) i'ftfu Kerlhi. March .11. There is the high est authority for the statement that the Investigation Into the causes of the n thick 011 Kmperor William hy Diet rich Wleland In Ihemen has not yet been ((included, but Is still being vig orously pushed. The imperial court at I.eipslc, which alone can try cases of high treason, has sent two olllclals lo r.ivmen to assist in the Investigation, which Is now directed chlelly with a view to clearing up llnee points not yet explained, namely, what foinpany Wleland tegularly freciunnieil before the attempt, whether he received or ders from plotters, partlculaily an archists, socialists or anglophobes, to carry out Ihe crime, also what hns become of the suspicious individual. who were seen near him Just before II was uiiidii 11 ml wluil weapon was used hy Wleland. Kvlduucit tending 10 lluow light upon these points has beep accumulated, hut it Is too slight to tlud an indictment. It Is believed Wleland actually llneiv a piece of iron, as wa at Ihst alleg.d, or some one ilred a shot from an air iiiln Is still uiiuuswo.ed lo the satisfac tion of the auchurillo).. I'hupfror William Inclines to lib' air rllle theory. Ills phyHlclaus Inclln- lo the belief that a piece of Iron was thrown. The eiiipeior Is also convinced I hat Wleland was a tool, and lu (his coiiNlctlon he I sustained lv his en lounige THE LOGAN STATUE. Airnngements for the Ceremonies Attending' the Unveiling. It., bvlml't Mae how I lie "iiultil 1'rn.f IVatjhliigioii. .M.iKh :tl,---Ari'uiigf; llltillttt 1'or ihe coieiuollles attending the unveiling uf tliu Matiu of (leiicral John A. r.ofan in In.vu clivle, April !, have been completed b Colonel Theodore A. Hlngliani. superintendent of puhllo buildings niul giuuiaK. Chi account of ihe ft w retftihir (loops available lor use In contbruttun wltli the unveiling r-i-i oiiioiilofr. only a piovisloual regiment of ihe District National guard?, under C'IoiimI M. Kniiiirll Ciell; a llshl hat itry of artllleiy an I two companies of 1. 1111 hies will participate. Colonel linen, titer will be In coiiumind of thn mill lury. Muuy vol cian nisunUatlon. t 111 lake part u the eeienioute, ami II Is ex peetcd delegations will be present from the "och'ty of the Aiuiy of the "tn-U'-ssce, the Arm;' of the Cumbetland an 1 th" l.nyal l.eplon SENSATION AT MANILA Frauds Said to Have Been Dis covered in the Gomniitaartj Department. IMMENSE STORES STOLEN Although the Investigation Hart Scarcely Begun, Thousand of Sacks of Flour and Other Govern ment Supplies Have Been Found iu the Hands of Unauthorized Per sons New Scandals Are Develop ing Daily. By KtrliiMii' Wirt finin 1 he .WorUled I'imi. Manila, March 31.- Interest in tho' capture and fate of Agulnaldo is well night overshadowed in 'Manila by sen sational developments present and prospective, of frauds In the commix ary deprtnienl. How widely these extend litis not vet been ascertained, but enough Is already known to Justify the belief that they are far-reaclilng. t'aptaiu Frederick .1. Harrows, ot tliu Thirtieth volunteer Infantry, quarter master of the department of Southern -I.1170H, together with seven commis sary sergeants, several civilian clerks,, a prominent government contractor, the assistant manager of the Hotel Orlenle. the proprietors of three of the largest bakeries In Manila, a number of .storekeepers and other peraons, have boon arrested. The investigation has scaicely begun, but tlioiis.iiidr of sacks of flour, a quantity of bacon and wagon loads or other goods, all bearing government marks, have been found In the pos session of unauthorized persons. It is alleged that the contractor in question, wiio has been doing- a. busi ness appioxlmnlliig tlOO.flOu per month, has spent huge sums In entertaining ofllceis. A prominent commissary officer Is accused of lending a scandalously im moral life. It is asserted that largo quantities of stoics have been lost or stolen in transit, and also that then is a shoi lage in the commissary de pot. New Scandals Dally. Now j-caiidalu are dovr'tjphiff. daily. Illicit transactions have been traced. t hack to June. 1900, and 't is possible that there an; others of earlier date. The exorbitant tariff on provision-!,., makes suiroptitlous sale of ronimls-J saiy supplies Immensely profitable. It is undei stood that other United States office! a may be arrested. ,Iiieu- tenant Philip IC. Sweet, of tho .Fony sixth volunteer infantry, is, prosecuting the investigation, iindyv-tWe direction of Colonel Wilder, chief or police. Agulnaldo continue:- to express him self as pleased with and impressed hy the courteous treatment accorded him hy General MaeArthur. "I am a priso ner," said he today, "hut Iain treated like a guest." Washington. Match ;:i. It was said at both the while house and war de part nient tonight that absolutely noth ing had been received by the govern ment ic.g-ardlng the alleged uneni thing of ciooked work on the pari of the army tiuartennasteis and others iu I.u isou "and th" arrest of a number of pet sous in anil about the army lor steal ing properly of the government or re ceiving stolen government property Genoial Corbin said, fiirthermoiv, thai, the government bad no intimation of any sort that such developments mlglii be expected, lie was Inclined, for thin reason, to think the frauds again' t tin government could baldly ho so serious as teported, though admitting ibis ooinlon was basCil wholly mi the lack of adices fiom the government. Cap-i tain Ranows, ho said, was not ,w-'J regular quaricriuuster for soutierii.'J Luzon, and must, have been sicllM quartermaster there at the time of tl" arrests. SUICIDE OF MRS. WELCH. " Burns Herself to Death with C' Oil. Bv l;vi'luie Uiic .10111 'I lie Avsnialct p,f? Hyincuse, March .11. A special lo the I'osl-Standard from Canastota, says Las. I night William Welch and hi wile .Mary quarreled. This noon the woman, brooding over her trouble, sni uiateil her clothes with coul oil, and going out of Ihe house to avoid settlmr lire to it, applied 11 match to her dress IViopIo i tuning from church dlscovere 1 her burned almost beyond recognition, but still conscious. They carried her to the house, 'hut physicians eould do nulliing, Neighbors then gathered at. the bedside and sang hymns until Mm. Welch died. Although Iho flesh was burned fiom her face, she feebly Jolnee in the singing until sln lost emmctou liess. , Steamship Ai rivals. Uy r.-i-ihni.-t Wlru liom 1 In- .U.ocUled Pun. Ni , Vmi., M.-nli ;i. nhfdl 1.1 Uifhifiiie, lemi ll.inc: lli.tb-iil.tiii. Itiil11nl.ini uml Hon Injnei ItuUuiii, II unburn: and lloiilogiir, lhm. N Ihi.-S -lulled! f'i.1.11 Vil"rce, Now Vorfc vi ritnoiHi ji.'I riioibi.iiii'. hoiilliimptoii Arrher IvfialiiBtiin, NVtv Von- an Antttt-ipj llidito4, ii"i- Vmi.' icr Iiu'iikh (.nitJ I'll a procfciMd) sdh-il: Wfnidiilil'd flioiil Aiitnorp), ytv Vorf, i'ucini'iii .-.ni'-ii t-.e Vurl, fiu (I10111 Uvcrpool), Seventeen Cases of Plague. P) l.xclumc Wlie fruiu 'l. AtsoiUtrd Prci C'jpe '(onii. MjiiIi ;i.smciiti'fii flesh ca of the buboiib pliuiir. I0.11 Ktnoprin ami lhlr (ceil uoloitstl, wen- i if" Ijll.v lepormJ lodiy, '-- -(' t WEATHER FORECAST. -- 4. watliingion. Mi lib l.Krcl for 4 1 11. li-lli IVi.i'..iti.iniai 1"jU- Moii'lay; 4- 4 In 1,1. ..ml in -.il.lt Mull 4 nbitb, Tiusljt I til --4-f-t-ttfff-ftJ r. '& L "4 : .a i u j"m 1,1 m "!i "4 f'l fi al .H . I - ':$ mm mAmmM If!.
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