f HE RIVAL ADMIRALS
fbe Na?al Controversy Growing
Out of the Spanish War.
SCCLSY'S REPLY TO CRITICISMS.
Hennot 1'nderstand How His Oon
4et. on Which lie Won Congrttu
kited, (''' nave Grown Into Rep-rvliwi-IMo
t oiului l" six Weeks Later
Washington, Fob. 21. Rear Admiral
W. S. Schley hnving boon granted per
mission to answer, the charges recently
pa,j,. against liim iu tho com muni cat ion
recently sent to tho sonuto. yesterday
Bltiili'd to tho committee on tin vii I ulTiiirs
oia statement, in which ho disclaims any
airpoM of controversy with the navy
jjyjUtuWt
Tin- admiral says his orders from
frnm Sampson on May 1!) were to block
,le Cienfuegos, which ho proceeded to
Jo. II had no knowledge that there
were uny insurgents about Cienfuegos
who were friendly until the Marblehend
arrivinl on the 24th. Kven had he hud
tbis knowledge on tho 33d of May, tho
mirf would have prevented communica
tion. his arrival ho sent Commodore
MiCnlla, of the Mnrlilehciid, nshore to
establish relations with the insurgents,
the result of which wns made known to
trim at 8:40 on May 21. Then, for the
tir.t time, ho learned definitely that the
Spanish fleet was not at Cienfuegos.
Within two hours he started for Ban
ting.i. "What possible ground of criti
cism." he says, "adverse to me, there
can be in all this, I do not see. I was
on the spot, acting under orders which
gave me entire discretion, and yet
clothed me with the responsibility of
going to Santiago only after I was satis
tioil the Hoot was not at Cienfuegos."
He quotes from tho dispatch of Samp
son of May 20, in which the latter says
Schley should "hold hii fleet off Cien
fuegos. If the Spanish ships have put
into Santiago they must come either to
Havana or oienfuegos to deliver the
munitions of war which they are said
to bring for use in Cuha. I am, there
fore, of the opinion that tho best chance
to capture these ships will he to hold the
two points, Cienfuegos and Havana,
with all the force wo can muster."
As to the slow progress toward San
tiago on account of the Kagle. he states
that she was a part of the force which
Admiral Sampson had seen fit to send
him. and he had no right to ahnndon her.
The weather was rough, and not much
better speed could have been kept up.
He had been ordered to proceed "cau
tiously." If, however, he had known
that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago
no consideration for the Kaglc or any
thing else would have prevented him
from getting there ait the earliest pos
ible moment.
Sinking of "the retrograde move
ments," which the secretary, adopting
the language of Admiral Sampson, char
acteriies as "reprehensible conduct,"
Admiral Sraley says that in 42 years'
service "never was mr& language nscd
to characterise conduct of mine, and
I sec no reason for it now."
As to the battle of Santiago, Admiral
Schley says the facte of that contest
peak for themselves. -Quoting from his
official report to Sampson, in which he
congratulated the commander of the
squadron aad said tho "victory vsoems
big enough for us oil," he asks the com
mittee to contrast his reports and those
f Sampson containing references to him
self. He continues:
"As to ull this criticism of my course
prior to the discovery by mo on Slay 21
of Cenera's Beet, whether from Admiral
Sampson or the department, none of it
has ever been made by either to me,
and I never hoard a word of it from any
one until after tho battle with that fleet.'
Admiral Schley quotes the depart
ment's dispatch of May 2!) in those
words: "The department looks to you ts
ascertain the fact of tho presence of
the enemy, and that the enemy, if in the
harbor of Santiago, does not leave with
out decisive action." Commenting upon
this the admiral says: "la obedience to
the above order I did ascertain the fact
that the enemy was at Santiago, and the
enemy did not leave without a decisive
conflict."
Detailing events connected with the
battle of July 3 he says at 8:45 of that
day Admiral Sampson made signal from
his flagship. "Disregard movements of
eommander-in-ehief," and stemmed east
ward to Slboney. "This," says Admiral
8chley,- "left me the senior officer pres
ent and necesaarily clothed me with the
responsibility of tho command." Con
tinuing he declares that when the
enemy's vessels came out of the harbor
a aignal was made from the Brooklyn
this flagship) to the fleet to "clear ship
for action." Then followed the signal
"close action," and this by the signal
"the enemy is escaping westward."
Ho says the Spanish fleet was coming
westward under high speed, and "chang
ing course more to westward brought the
Brooklyn heading eastward to meet it,
into a position where she would have
blanketed the fire of tho eastern vessel
of our force, now changing their courses
to tho westward, and between them and
he Spanish vessels. Instant decision
was necessary to avoid interfering in
any way or cutting off any of the fire of
our vessels, as would have occurred if
he had turned towards the Spanish
fleet, now approaching the Brooklyn.
Turning outward left the enemy's ships
unmasked by the Brooklyn and exposed
them to the concentrated fire of our
quadron."
At the final capture of the Colon at
1:15 p. m. the Brooklyn wns nearest, the
Oregon next nnd then the Texas and
Vixen. The New York arrived at 2:25
P. m., and the commander-in-chief as
sumed command of the squadron. Sig
nals were made from tho Brooklyn to
'he squadron until all signal halyards
were sot away, and then by army code.
In conclusion Admiral Schley contends
that the turn of the Brooklyn in the
battle was "the crucial and deciding
feature of the combat, and of decided
dvantage."
He says he made no report of his man
euver in his report of the battle, as its
effect upon the battle was never a ques
tion with him. His last paragraph reads:
"On May 31 I received a telegram from
the commander-in-chief congratulating
He upon my success in locating and
blockading the enemy's fleet at San
tiago. If it was worthy of commenda
tion at that time I am at a loss to under
Hand how it could have grown into
feprchensible conduct, as suggested by
11 Samnson in his letter of Juiv
MX WCtts later."
THE NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT.
M. Emtle I.oubet Succeeds the Lata
M. Fella Faure.
Paris, Feb. 20. As might have been
expected, the election of M. Loubet as
president of the republic, to succeed
the late M. Faure, has resulted In
some rioting. This would have re
sulted regardless of who had been
chosen, for the monarchists have fol
lowing enough to make trouble on the
slightest pretext. The election of Mr.
Loubet, however, gives general satis
faction. Only one ballot was taken,
there being R12 voteB east. Of these M.
Lovltet received 483, II Mellne 270, and
50 were scattering. President Loubet
has shown his desire to avoid radical
changes by retaining the Pupuy cabi
net In office.
Paris, Feb. 21. In the chamber of
deputies yesterday the premier, M.
Dupuy, asked tor a credit of 1(1,000
It KMILF. LOTJBBT.
francs to defray the expenses of the
obsequies of the Into President Felix
Kaure. M. Dejenate, Socialist, asked
i hut the obsequies be purely civil. M.
ltcjcanto's motion was rejected by a vote
of 114 to 08, and the credit was adopted
by 4isi to 42.
The demonstrations have entirely
ceased, perhaps only until after the fu
neral of M. Faure, but tho aspect is al
together more hopeful, and President
I.onbet's sent seems permanent. He
bus reaffirmed his intention to retain the
DuJKOy cabinet, u stop which tends to
remove the snspision that he in a Drey
fusard. uring the mouth of mourning
he will not attend any public ceremony.
CANADIANS GOING HOME.
JInt t oinmUsIovi Adjnarns to Meet
In Quebec Aug- '-
Washington, Keb. 21. The American
Canadian joint high commission, ufter
a session yesterday, adjourned to meet
at Quebec Aug. 2, unless tho chairmen
of the respective onmniissions ngree upon
another date. There wore several rea
sons which prompted yesterday's action.
It appears there wore serious differences
of opinion between them regarding the
important matter of the delimitation of
the Alaskan boundary. Then the time
for the meeting f the Canadian parlia
ment is overdue, and the Canadians are
anxious to return as soon as possible. i
also became apparent that there wat
little likelihood of the possibility of the
ratification by the United States senate
at its present session of any treaty
which might be framed, which also prob
ably figured in the decision to adjourn.
A dozen important questions were re
ferred to the commission for its con
sideration, ami the -commissioners assert
that substantial progress in the settle
ment uud adjustment of many of them
has beeu made. Probably those which
Lave given the most serions trouble and
frovod a stumbling Mock to it final
agreement on ull have been the two
relating to lumber and tho Alaskan
hundury question, in both of which the
Canadians have demanded concessions
which the Americans felt it would lie
prejudicial to tie best interests of the
United States to grant.
H was felt also that an adjournment
for a few mouths might result iu a
better prospect for harmony aud a dis
position on tho part of tho Canadians to
agree to propositions made to them from
the oommissioucrx on this side.
SPAIN'S TWENTY MILLIONS
Hous I'usses a Separate Vpppojn tat Ion
Hill For the Payment.
Washington, Feb. 21. A separate bill
appropriating $20,00(),000 for payment
to Spain under the provisions of the
treaty of Paris was passed yesterday
by the house under suspension of the
rales. Xo umondmout was in order and
an attempt to secure unanimous con
sent to offpr nn amendment declaratory
of our policy not permanently to annex
the islands wns objected to. Mr. Wheel
er, of Kentucky, upon whose point of
order the appropriation went out of the
sundry civil bill, made the only speech
iu open hostility to the measure, but
upon the roll cull 34 members 31 Demo
crats, two Populists and one Silver lle
publicnn voted against it. The vote
of 1! 13 members were cast for it. The
senate bill to reimburse tho governors
of stutes for expenses paid by the states
in organizing volunteers for service m
the war with Spnin lKfore their
muster iuto the service of the I'nited
States was also passed under suspension
of tho rules. The bill appropriating $500,
000 for the I'nn-American exposition to
be held st Ituffalo. N. Y in 1001, was
before the house on a motion to sus
pend the rules, but it was antagonized
by the chairman of the appropriations
committee, Mr. Cannon. Owing to tho
lateness of the hour u quorum had dis
appeared and advantage was taken of
this fact compelling an adjournment.
The bill will now go over until next
Saturday. -
Blgr Grain Klovator Destroyed by Fire
New York, Fob. 21. The grain eleva
tor Columbia, 00 foot high. 00 feat long
and r0 feet beam, said to be valued at
$200,000, was burned to tho water'-:
edge yesterday and is now lying a total
loss on tho Hoboken flats. The elevator
was preparing to unload into the White
Star freighter Cymric. A man on top
of the tower was oiling machinery, when
a journul became overheated and burn
ing oil and waste dropped down upon the
inflammable inner structure of the tower.
Tho flames spread instantly and furi
ously. The Columbia was cut from her
moorings uud permitted to drift into th"
stream, whore a fireboat pluyed upon
her until she wont aground in the flats.
Russians 9111 Three Hundred Chinese
Pekln, Feb. 20. A serious conflict has
taken place between the Russians and
Chinese at Talten-Wan, 300 of the lat
ter being killed. The conflict is said
to have originated In a question of
Begins the Snarl Over the Outcome
of the Late War.
"NOT A SINGLE GEKSBAL SHOT."
Count d'AlcmasCoinplittuH of the Gov
eminent's Ilelny In Kxceuttiiif Lead
rrs Who Cnpitiilatcd liluilco, Rivera
mill Uiii'tri In tend the Generals.
Madrid, Feb. 21. The eortes reas
sembled yesterday. The galleries in both
chambers were thronged with nu ex
pectant crowd. The senate was very
full, hardly n single general being absent.
Seuor Montero Rioa, president of the
senate, in opening the proceedings, pro
iiouuced a eulogy upon M. Inure, ami a
resolutions of condoleme with France
was adopted unanimously.
Sonor Sagasta, the premier, then pro
posed to refer the bill providing for the
cession of the Philippines to the I'nited
States to u special copiuiittcc, but this
the Conservatives protested against, do- I
during that the bill ought to be con
scientiously discussed, und Senor Sa
gust it withdrew his proposal.
Count d'Almetias then brought up the
question of the conduct of the generals
engaged in the war iu Cuba, declaring !
that General Prima do Rivera, General
Weyler, General Blanco, Admiral Cor
vera aud General I. mares had proved
failures. This declaration elicited much
applause from tho public galleries, iu j
COttsequence of which several of the
spectators were expelled from the cham
ber. Observing that he would deal with the
"shameful capitulation of Santiago,"
Count d'Almcuaa asked the bouse
whether he should proceed, and was an
swered with cries of "yes" and "uo," i
and u general uproar ensued. A repeti
tion of the query provoking still greater
tumult, Senor Sagasta rose aud de- j
fended the government aud its Bpanisu
peuco commission. The premier criti
cm-, I America's "unjustifiable conduct, ' '.
uud said that everything might be dis
cussed except the war, because the CSSes
Of the generals were still sub-judicc.
Count d'Alincuu resumed his attack
upon the generals, and complained that
"live months had elapsed aud not a I
single general hud been shot." This
gave rise to another tumult, aud Count
-d'Almcuas was called to order. Again
ho asked why the generals who capitu
lated had not beeu executed. It is quite
true, he declared, that the army is an
army of lions led by asses. Captain (ion
era I Blanco's administration in Cuba was
deplorable, he said, but he was not re
sponsible for tho surrender of Santiago.
Recriminations continued lietweon
Count d'Allncnnx sod Lieutenant Gen
eral Cerren, the minister of war, a ml
there was renewed disonler. General
Prime de Rivera arose and denounced
Count d'AlinouoM as "a coutcmptihle
(illuminator."
Heuerul Blanco followed, defending
the generals and accepting full respon
sibility for events in Cuba during his
command in the island. General Ilargos
denounced (.'omit d'Almenas as a calum-
ituitor.
After a promise ..n the part of Count!
d Almenas to produoe proofs of his ss
sort ions the senate sdjourncd.
Iu the chamber Senor Silvella, the;
leader of the Hissident Conservatives, i
moved u vote, signed by the Conservative
deputies, censuring the government foe
its Indifference to the country's troubles.
Senor Annix, in seconding tho motion,
denounced the ministry for accepting th
war through fear of the Carlists and de
clared that the country was uow suf
fering the roil SequenOBS Of the govern
ment's pUSsillanimlty. Ho proceeded to
detail tho luck of preparations aud of
war matrials and charged the govern
ment with responsibility for the sur
render of Santiago, which they ordered,
although the garrison there numbered
ii;t.tWt und there were sufficient provis
ions in thu place for three months. This
-declaration created a sensation.
Our Hecelpt- In the Philippine.
Washington, Feb. 21. The war de
partment Ims just received the first item
ized statement of receipts from all
sources of taxation in the Philippines
from the occupation of Manila by the
I'nited States forces, Aug. 13 last, to
Dec. 31. The total collections amounted
to IL819.818. Of this total $5.14,OH was
made up of funds seized by the Ameri
cans upon the capture of Manila. The
internal revenue receipts were $iM,704,
and the customs receipts $1,14L.V24.
General Plo Del Pilar Wounded.
Manila, Feb. 20. Scouts claim to
have seen General Plo del Pilar, who
commanded the rebels at Paco, with
his arm in n sling, directing the troops.
General Montenegro, the insurgent
commander-in-chief, is reported to be
personally conducting the movements
In front of General King's line at San
l'edro Macatl. The signal corps Is ar
ranging signals with the navy for fu
ture operations on the left.
Ineendlary Philippines IlebelH.
Manila, Keb. 21. The natives of the
village of Pa co made n hold uttompt lost
night to burn the quarters of the First
Washington volunteers by setting
nre
to the huts adjoining tho quarters in the
rear. Fortunately the wind changed ut
the moment the fire was discovered, and
the flumes spread in the opposite direc
tion, destroying fully 20 shacks and
houses opposite the ruins of the church.
The incendiaries escnM'd.
French Journalists' Heavy Sentence.
Qrenoble, France, Feb. 21. Max
Regis, the former mayor of Algiers and
editor of the Anti .luif. has been sen
tenced in ilefunlt to throe years' im
prisonment nnd to pay a lino of 1,000
francs for "press offenses and glorify
ing murder and pillage at meetings in
Algiers and Paris." M. Philippe, man
aging director of tho same paper, has
boon sentenced to eight years' imprison
ment and to pay a line of 100 francs.
Alarer's Trip to :uba and Porto Rico.
Now York, Keb. 21. Few alterations
will bo necessary on the United States
transport Berlin to provide for tho com
fort and convenience of Secretary Alger,
who will sail on her on a tour of in
spection to Ottba and Porto Hioo on
March (i. She will have no passengers
except Secretary Alger, a few of the
attaches of his office nnd several of his
friends, the party consisting of cbout a
dozen persons.
L USEE'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The Louisiana bayous are frosen over
for the first time since the civil war.
The Carllsts In Spain vigorously op
pose ratifying the peuce treaty.
Charles Sommers. Philadelphia's old
est letter carrier, was trosen to deaih
while on bis way to work, aged 62.
The governments of the United States
and Mexico have agreed uuon a new I
extradition treaty, which is retroactive.
Count Tolstoi, the Russian philoso
pher, declares the czar's disarmament
scheme as "only worthy of contempt
and derision."
Playing pi ker In a shanty near Moss
Grove, Pa., Juan Ferrlo accidentally
exploded a keg of powder. The shunt.
was destroyed and the players blown
In all directions, hut none were killed.
Thursday, Keb. IS,
Thirty persons froze to death In West
, Virginia during the blizzard.
President Zelnya. of Nicaragua, Issue:
... . . . ... i
a uocree declaring trie republic In a
atate of siege.
( .aims amounting to 123,34 have
been Bled on account of the destritc
tlon of the Maine.
Agonclllo, the Filipino envoy, now In
Montreal, declares the Filipinos will 1
never yield to the Americans.
Klre at the Brooklyn navy yard de
Btroyed machine shop No. 2S and cans- i
ed a loss to the government of over i
$1,000,000.
American troops at Hollo drove the
rebels through the town of J iro nnd
occupied the town, only four Ameri
cans being wounded.
The Americans at Havana t ommem- 1
orated the anniversary of the dest ruc
tion of the Maine by decorating thi 1
wreck and the graves of her heroes.
l i t i In. , Fob. 17.
A French senate eomn :ttee voted
five to four In favor of giving Dreyfus
u new trial.
M. Fells Faure. president of the
French republic, died suddenly of ap
oplexy In Paris last night.
F. k. Taft, of Newburyport, died at
the Home Market club's banquet to
President IfoKlnley in Boston.
John Hill, a rescued passenger of the I
Hulgurla, now ut Ponta Delgada, be
lieves the vessel sunk on the night of
Feb. 5.
The navy department failed in Its ef
forts to secure bids within the appro
priations for the proposed buildings ut
Annapolis.
Clarence Gross and Joseph Hill, col
ored drivers of Washington, were killed
by the Collapsing roof of the livery
stable where they were employed.
By a constitutional objection the 520,
000.000 appropriation for Spain was
knocked out of the sundry civil bill in
the house. A special bill will now be
necessary.
Saturday, Feb. IS,
The naval personnel bill has now
passed both branches of congress.
The Hrltlsh parliament will tic asked
to vote tl&0,00 to General Lord Kitch
ener. Our government hus Instructed Ad
miral Dewey to seize every Island In
tho Philippines.
The commission Investigating Gen-1
eral Mll'
'embalmed beef" charges
have begun their work at Washington. )
President McKlnley today returned 1
tn Washington from Boston, where he
spoke at the banquet of the Home Mar-
ket club.
Cracksmen ut Oberlin, 0 connected
a drill machine with tho railway elec
tric wire In front of a bank, drilled
open the safe, but got nothing for their
pains. They opened the wrong Bufe.
Monday, Feb. 10.
Senatorial deadlocks continue in Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Nebraska. Utah aud
California.
The recent cold snap in Nebraska hns
Caused u total failure of the wheat crop
in some sections.
Agonclllo, the Philippines agent, has
left Montreal for Europe, where he will
appeal to the governments,
The war department issues an argil
meat in favor of the Hull army bill as
against the Cockrell measure.
Relative! of Frank Pears, the Pitts
bulgUl1 executed in Honduras by order
of a military cotnmandaute, ask Presi
dent McKinley to demand satisfaction, i
UHrer, the cycling chumpinn, won the
six day race ut San Francisco, covering j
2,193 miles. Six others lieut the pre-'
vioiiH record.
Mrs. Charles Fahrcnkump. her two
little children and Sarah Under were
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas at the
Fahrenkamp home iu Philadelphia.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
Ax Itctlected by llenllnirn In Philadel
phia nnd llaltlmore.
Philadelphia. Keb, 20. Flour In limited
demand; winter superfine. t2.2Sfi2.50.
Pennsylvania roller, dour, IMO0S.IO; city
mills, extra. K.T.VnU. Rye Hour steady ut
t3.no per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat steady: No. 2 red, February, 7tViO
TSKc Corn quiet; No. 2 mixed. Febru
ary, WtftSsHe.; No- 2 yellow, for loeul
trade. 40'..'n41e. Oats dull; No. 2 white.
38o.: No. 2 white, clipped, SdVjc. Hay
quiet; choice timothy, tlG for large bales.
Beef firm; beef hams, tW.Wilt. Pork
easier; mess, t92.V(il0; family, tl2fjl2..'iO.
I Lnrd weak; western steamed, 15.45. But-
;CV""',U' . '
creamery, uHWISc. ; isev.- orK dairy, i i
4i21c; do. creamery. 16i22c; funcy Penn
sylvania prints jobbing at 251(2X0. ; do.
Wholesale. 24c. Cheese firm; lurge. white
and colored. KHeci small do., ll'.ill1,-..
lie ut skims, 8fi9c. ; part do.. 7ii8e.; full
do., Mile. Kggs steady; New York and
Pennsylvunlu, Mtitl,! western, fresh, 23c;
southern, 23c.
Baltimore, Feb. 20. Flour dull nnd un
changed. Wheat firm; No. 2 red. spot and
month, 75V76c ; March, 76H1i76V4c; May,
77$,e. ; steamer No. 2 red, 7244i73c.; south
ern, by sample, TlQTIMjOi I do. on grade,
73ii76c Corn steady; mixed, spot and
month. 38C3814c.; March. 3Ci36c; April.
3Hi'i'J''4c; steamer mixed, 37ii ,17i4,c. ; south
ern, white and yellow, 3iift39c. OaH
steady; No. 2 white, western, 37374c.;
No. 2 mixed do., 34iii35c. Rye steady:
No. 2 nearby, 60461c. ; No. 2 western, 63c.
Hay firm; No. 1 timothy, tlltSU.SO. Oram
freights quiet; steam to Liverpool, 2Vd.
February and March; Cork, for orders,
quarter, 3s. ld.!i:!h. 3Vid. Februury. Sugar
strong; line granulated, 5.08; coarse do.,
B.08. Butter steady; fancy creamery, 23fit
24c.; do. Imitation, lsfelSc.; do. ladle. Wii
18c.: good ladle, 13jl4c. ; store packed, 11
13c.; rolls, 12'ul3-. K.rgs firm at 20fr22c.
Cheese steady; large, 11'iillUe.; fancy
New York medium, Ufc&HVtc.; small,
ll'-.'ill-V. Lettuce at Jl.25dU.50 per bushel
box. Whisky at tl.3tk31.31 for finished
goods In carloads, tl.31fal.32 for Jobbing
lot.
General Miles Testifies Before the
Court of Inquiry.
HE MODIFIES ONE STATEMENT.
Instead ol Sai Intr "Pretense of Kx
pertment" Be Should Have Said On
ti e Theoay of an Kxpcrtmcnt" No
Intent Ion to Impute Ken nil to Any One
Washington, Feb. 21. The Miles court
e Inquiry yesterday made a good start
i i its work. General Nelson A. Miles
i ppeared as the lirst witness. He aud
three other army o Ulcers summoned a
witnesses were examined ami disposed ol
before the court closed its session. These
olli -ers were Lieutenant Colonel Van
11. -no, of the Thirteenth infantry,. Lieu-
let t ut Colonel Charles V, .Minor, of the
Si .th infantry, and Major Henry Jnck
SCtt, of the Third cavalry. General
Mies' testimony, of course, was the
feature of the day's proceedings,
General Miles appeared in fatigue uni
form, rather striking in contrast with
the display of scarfs, bullion and but
tons on the full dress uniforms of the
court. He submitted to the tinostloning
of Colonel Davis, recorder of the court,
with equanimity, except for a Hush of
n .iglcd Indignation and Irony when he
Informed the recorder that he was not
compelled to "report " to the commis
sary general of the army. This was in
reply to a question it to whether or not
In- had ret'orted to th untulsssry de
partment the fact thai complaints had
been made to him as to the quality of
meat being issued to the troops. j
As indicated by a letter ul Ihe adju
taut general, read by the recorder foi
the information of Ihe court, the scope
of the Inquiry was limited to Ihe iille
gatioas of General Miles before the war
commission ::s to Ihe quality of the army
beef, "and the mutter purporting to
have been furnished to the public press
by the same official." Only two Inter
views were called up by the court, the
first an interview with a New York .lour
mil representative early In the beef con-
trovers!-. In which General Miles was
i
i quoted as charging thai certain cheml
cola were used in the preservation of the
army meat, and another of the New
I York Herald, iiiiih r date of Feb. 1, COV-
ering about the same ground.
General Miles ns very slow nnd care
ful iu his replies to the recorder's ques
tions on this point. He culled attention
I to the fact Ihst iii both Instances he was
credited in the interviews with refusing
to answer certain questions, asd Insisted
I that these refusals should be given due
weight in considering the questions to
which he del reply, lie said in tin- case
of the interview of Feb, 1 that he had a
letter from the man who wrote the story
offering to swear that General Miles had
refused to Ih interviewed, and that the
whole story wss made up in the oftlce
from the writer's general knowledge of
the fsrts. Notwithstanding this, when
his final answer was asked as to the au
thenticity of the interview General Miles
did not specifically deny it. but merely
said it did not quite fairly represent his
own opinion of the case. The same qual
ified denial as to The Journal interview of
Dec. 23 was made, leaving the witness
on record as not assuming any responsi
bility for the newspaper statements, but
tacitly admitting that there wus a good
deal of them with which he agreed.
In answer to a question of Colonel
Davis, General Miles said he thought
his use of the words "pretense of experi
ment" was unfortunate, nnd he disclaim
ed any intention to Impute fraud to any
one. "As far as Indicating fraud," ho
said. "I wish to state that no such in
ference was Intended. It was perhaps
nn unfortunate expression, and had my
attention been culled to it I might have
amended it to say 'on the theory of on
experiment.' As a matter of fact, it was
an experiment, and a very costly one."
General Miles did not recollect whether
Dr. Daly's report wns volunteered or
whether he had been ordered to investi
gate aud report on the meat. It was
general talk among the officers at Ponce
that the refrigerator beef must have been
subjected to some chemical treatment to
make it keep for 72 hours. Pr. Daly's,
however, was the lirst official report.
I General Miles rend a lone summary of
list letters received by him at artny head
quarters, giving the various terms in
which the army moat w as characterized.
These included "embalmed," "decom
posed," "injected," "poisoned," "spoiled''
and the like.
The Pnelfle Cable Hill.
Washington. Keb, 21. Senator Krye
yesterday reporled from the committee
on foreign relations the amendment to
the sundry civil apiiropri.it ion bill for the
construction of a submarine cable iu the
Pacific ocean, as amended by the com
mittee. The amendments are numerous
and radical. Tho most important of
them increases the subsidy to be paid
every year for 20 years to $175,0X10 and
extends the time in wuicb the contract
ing company is to he given to complete
tho line to the Philippine Islands to .Ian.
1, 11KI2.
Duke of Orleans In Brussels.
Brussels, Keb. 21. Tho Duke of Or
leans has unexpectedly arrived here. It
is reported that he considers the moment
i opportune for a monarchist attempt in
France, lie will consult with the lead
ers of his parly here. Three millions
of the duke's portraits, decorated with
the tri color, have arrived here, and will
lie dispatched to France for distribu
tion. The Philadelphia Stranaiers,
Philadelphia, Keb. 21.--The coroner's
jury in the case of Mrs. Lawler, the
aged grocery store keeper who was
strangled iu her home on Tasker street
recently, returned u verdict yesterday.
William Turner is held as the murderer
and Samuel Dobson as an accessory.
Maine and Irene Henderson are held n-i
accessories after the fuct. All are col
ored. The Antl-ltoberts Resolution.
Washington, Keb. 21. The proposed
constitutional amendment against ad
mitting DOlygamlstJ to congress wns fa
vorably acted on yesterday by the house
committee on elections of president and
vice president.
Armour's Princely (.lit-..
Chicago, Feb. 21. -Mr. Philip I). Ar
mour has given JfT.IO.OOO more to the
endowment fund of the Armour Institute
f this city. This makes his total gift
o the institution (2,250,000.
FOUR PEOPLE ASPHYXIA 1 tti.
Mother, Two Children and a Visitor
Found Dead by Neighbors.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20. Mrs. Charles
Fnhrenkamp, aged 33 years, her two
rhildren. Florence and William, aged
respectively 10 and ! years, and a woman
niti'(l Sarah Itutler, aged a'. out ;C,
v found dead yoneriMy in i i "til
lii m . Fahrenkamp's home, iuo North
Fifty-secoud street The gas was
turned on und life hud npparen ly been
txtluct Tor two or three days. S 'Altered
Sbottl the Ural floi r were remnants of
clgai
ard
Th
door
trac
s und
whirl :
' be I
nelghl
e to
cigarettes
at'd
bottles.
v re found by
ii r. ho had fort cf
: h house. Mrs
i"i en
Fahren I her
..it wo-
C. The
of the
kamp waa lying on the floor
daughter nearby, The unkn.
man and the tiny were in bt I
I last heard from the Inmates
house w as on Thursday nigh'
i the piano was kept playing unci
hen
until a late
hour and the women were beard slii't
ing. On Friday morning Mrs. Wilson,
living next dour, was asked by Flor
ence to assist her In raising her mother
from the Boor, where the child said she
was sleeping. Mrs. Wilson told hot iio
was unable to do so, nnd suggested
that the child cover her mother and
allow her to continue sleeping, The
two women and the boy, it Is believed,
were tin n dead, and from the position
of the girl, who occupied another roi rn,
it Is thought that she was ovt n omt by
the gas while trying to lift her mother.
Mrs. Fahrenkamp's husband, who is
a traveling salesman for a New York
llrm. left home about a week ago on
business for his firm.
t
A PLUCKY POSTMASTER.
;iin of Baratlara to night.
Mortally Wounding; one.
Boston, I'a . Feb. 21. Wheu Mill trd
Hanser was made postmaster at Water
Gap about a year ago he threatened t
make it warm for the lirst liiir.-lir who
i entered his office, nnd yesterday morning
he niiiile good his vow. He shot and fa
tally wounded one of n gang of three
btirglari who had entered the postofflce
and tried to blow open the safe. About
1:10 a. in. Hanser, who lives next door
to tho postofflce, heard an explosion. Ho
jumped out of bed, grabbed his gun and
opened a window. On the pavement iu
front of the office stood n man. The fel
low started to run. The post master
called to him to hull, but the burglar
continued to run, and Ilauser tired. The
burglar fell to the pavement, mortally
wounded. His pals run to his assistance
and opened tire on the plucky postmaster.
Six shots were exchanged, and it is be
lieved that another Of the burglars was
hit. When the battle became too warm
for them the thieves picked up (heir In
jured companion and carried him about
160 feet. Then, at the wounded mini's
request, they dropped him in a snow
bank and fled. Tho wounded burglar
was carried to n physician's office and
there told that ho could not recover. lie
refused to give his name or address or
tho names of his companions. lie was
taken to the Scranton hospital. The
thieves did not secure any booty.
PENNSYLVANIA'S DEADLOCK.
The Struggle For the Hmmtnr-hlp
N Nearer n Conclusion.
Ilnrrisburg, Feb. 21. Only 14 votes
were cast for I'nited States senator at
yesterday's session of the joint assembly.
The result of the joint ballots, from the
twenty-fourth to the twenty-ninth, was
as follows:
24. 2D. H. 27. 2S. 29.
M. 8. Quny 17 HO 97 fC 10
George a. Jenks.. 2 4 74 45 4 4
John Dalsell n 0 0 12 1 0
John Btewurt 0 0 ' C n
C, W. Stone 0 Ii 5 4 0 0
George P, Huff.... 0 E 4 0 0
B. A. Irvln 0 0 0 3 00.
P. A. B. Wldcner.. n 0 l o -4
Alvln Marklc 0 0 110 6
(iinries Tubbs ii n 2 2 o t)
Frank M. Rlter.... 0 o 2 1 0 n
Charles IS, Rice... u 0 2 1 0 o
Q. A. Urow 0 0 110 1
Total 20 K Kt 13G II 1
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Wilkeshurre. Pa., Keb. 21, Frank
O'Donuell, an engineer on the Central
Uallroad of Sew Jersey, while leaning
out of the cab window, was strne!. bj
a telegraph pole uud had his skull badly
fractured, lie was brought to the hos
pital in this city, where he died with
out regaining consi iouanesS.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20. Luther Chap
in. the founder of the Seniisr Order of
United American Mechanics, died yes
terday at his home In this city, ugod 83
years, ills death was due to general
debility, ills organisation of the tirst
lodge followed the native American
riots of 184-1. He was the first state
councilor of Pennsylvania and the first
national councilor of the order.
Scranton, Pa.. Feb. 21. James liry
den, of Carbondale, and Charles Brady,
of North Scranton. trainmen on the
I tela ware aud Hudson railroad, were
killed yesterday, the former by being
squeezed between cars in the yard at
Carbondale nnd the latter by being run
down while walking on the tracks iu the
Scranton yards. Thomaa Qlencross, a
J miner of Duntuore, was killed jester
i day by a fall of rock at the Pennsylvania
Coal company a ah. : colliery,
Boston, Keb. 20. The trial of George
H. Stephens, late profesaorof Lafayetto
college, ended yesterday with a verdict of
guilty Of letting lire to Pardee Hull.
This was to revenge himself upon
President Warfleld for his dismissal
from the faculty, and he must now pay
the penalty. Stephens received the ver
dict apparently without surprise md
betrayed no feeling whatever over the
result. Today lie was sentenced by
Judge Scott to serve nine years at hard
labor and separate and solitary confine
merit in the Kastern penitentiary.
Now Castle, Pa., Feb. 18. The ap
parent shortage in city and echool ac
counts of John Blevlne, the murde c3
city treasurer, which is about tioa.
has caused the special auditing com
mittee of councils to determine nn a
more complete utidit of tho treasury
books, nn expert accountant to direct
the investigation. The Integrity Oi 'he
lead treasurer hud never been doubti 3,
and he was known ns "Honest John
Blevins." There is a growing belief
that the deficit and the murder are In
some way connected. It Is remem
bered that certain papers, the exact
nature of all of which is not known,
were removed from the vault by iu
.-nurderer. Many believe that notes
fivi-il &ui .(.in.- i.e. i ,iiii(jllb iio. e J' l-KTB.