HI Mm FIGHTING
Preparing For va Aggressive Cam
paign Against Filipinos,
WHO ARE BUILDING DEFENSES.
Meantime the Civil Member of the
riilltpptuen Commission Are Await
ing the Arrival or Ei-MlulsterIouby
ll. rore Proceeding With Their Work.
Manila. March 7. The two civil mem
bers of the United States Philippine com
mission, who arrived here Saturday uf-
ttrnoon from Bong Kong ou th United
State! cruiser Baltimore, landed vaster
day. ami arc now Installed in qusrters
especially provided for then on the Ma
late water front. While awaiting the
arrival of Colonel Charles Oenliy, for
mer United States minister to China,
l lie other civil member of the commision.
taejr will devote their time to sightseeing
iiini letting famUiat with local condl-
li.ms. i'ntil Colonel Denby arrives the
1 1 H llllaalnn will he incomplete and can
.1.. nothing otlit iallv.
lie troops which arrived on Saturday
Hi the Unit I States transport Senator
, i those that arrived Sunday on the
.sport Ohio have disembarked, and all
preparations arc being made to pro
d with an aggressivs campaign before
c wet season sets in.
th
The rebels, anticipating the American
iiilvance. lire busy in throwing ni de
fenses in every direction, and it is report
ed that they are levying men and sup
plies ill every province. As a result
great dissatisfaction prevails among
tribes Originally unfriendly to the Tn
islos, particularly among the locnnoa,
who assert their desire to assist in con
quering the Tagalot, if furnished with
arms.
The rebels have been concentrating in
the vicinity of the reservoir. Yesterday
a pntrol of Company G, Second Oregon
volunteers, was taken in ambush. Two
men were wounded, hut the Oregouians
held their ground under a heavy lire un
til the remainder of the company, assist
nl by two companies of the First Ne
braska regiment, flanked the enemy,
killing 30 and WOUUdlng several more.
Two battalions Of the Twentieth regu
lar infantry have reinforced General
Hale's brigade.
All the native huts have been destroy
ed at Mnriquina, and the country there
is pretty well cleared, but the rebels are
returning in small bodies. Apparently
they have secured n new supply of
imokeleSS powder recently, as there has
heen a noticeable difference during the
last few days.
The Spanish commissioners who are
endeavoring to secure the release of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of Aguin-
ildo have returned to Mains to offer i?'J.-
fMIO.IKK) for their release. As Acuinaldo
has been demanding $7,000,000. it is not
likely that their mission will be success
ful. EUROPEAN JEALOUSY.
Fear the Effect or Our Growing Com
merce on Their Markets.
Washington, March 7. An example of
European economic hostility to the Uni
ted States is furnished in a report to
the state department by Consul Haehr.
from Kehl. Austria. The report reviews
a lecture of Dr. Alexnnd Pies, a Vien
nese authority on political economy. Ir.
Pees, in calling attention to American
commercial competition, assumes that
"the United States has taken Cuba and
intends to have the enormous quantity
of sugar it needs supplied by the home
product and that grown in Cuba." Fur
ther, he calls attention to the fact that
"the United States makes the enlarge
ment of its balance of trade the funda
mental principle of its commercial policy,
and in this its government acts with
groat boldness." He says that America
already exports to Europe goods valued
at $14)00,000,000, against which they
import only about $000,000.0110. At this
rate. Dr. Peel says, they will be a most
threatening actor in the commercial life
of Europe when in seven years, as he
calculates, they will have established
their sugar production on a basis to rob
Europe of ail its American sugar trade.
The lecturer cites numerous other in
stances of American encroachment in
paper, iron, cottonseed oil and leather,
concluding that the countries of Europe
in the near future will have to form a
coalition to protect themselves against
"outside competition."
Consul Haehr says that similar senti
ments nre frequently uttered by promi
nent men and officials of Austro-Hiin-gary
and are published there by the
press, as well as in Germany,
Nobleman Charged With Theft.
Winnipeg, Man.. March 7. -The Win
nipeg police have arrested Vaticlcy
Alexandroviche Pudinsky. a ltussian
nobleman, who is wanted abroad for
theft of 27,000 rubles from n railway
company in 1S!M. Pudinsky came to
New York with his plunder, where lie
was known for some time as Karl Tay
lor, lie then removed to Mattawa. Ont..
where he assumed the name of Karl Hus
sell. His means becoming exhausted, he
sought friends here, arriving ou Sunday.
He will fight extradition.
The I. lent, mints Apportionment.
Washington, March 7. The war de
partment has made tin announcement of
the apportionment of 101 second lieuten
ants created by the army reorganization
bill among the various states and terri
tories. In addition there nre 'JO np
pointmcutK at large. The apportionment
is on the basis of population and gives
Pennsylvania 5; New Jersey, 2; Dela
ware, 1; Maryland, 2; New York, 5;
Ohio, 4; West Virginia, '2: North Caro
lina, 3: Soutn Carolina 2 and Virginia 8.
To Transport Lord Horse-hell's Ilody.
New York, March i. Tin
British
cruiser Taltiot, i ommnmier ualtle, ar
rived yesterday from Bermuda. The
Talbot was ordered here by the British
government to transport the body of
Lord Iierschell to Knglnnd. The vessel
hnd been ordered here previous to the
offer of our government to transport the
body, and the offer was gratefully de
clined. Utility Couple Will Die Together,
Ottawa, Ont., March 7. Lord Minto.
the governor general, signed an order
in council yesterday for the execution of
Cordelia Viau l'oirier and Samuel Purs
low, her paramour, convicted of the mur
der of isadore Porier, the husband of
the woman. The two will be hanged at
St. Schoiaatique, Que., on Friday next.
DEWEY'S NEW HONOR.
It Make Him Outrank All the Gen
erals of the Army.
Washington, March 4. The news of
confirmation by the senate of Qsotfa
Pewey aa admiral of the navy and of
Elwell S. Otis as major general by bre
vet in the regular army was promptly
cabled to those two officials at Manila
yesterday, with the congratulations of
the proa l(ltBl and Secretaries Long and
Alger.
The special act making Pewey ad
miral of the navy increases his emolu
ments from $8,000 to $i:t,IHMl per au
Um. It is said that he will outrank anv
Offlcer ill the United States army, the
fact being that the rear admirals, of
'whom there will be 18, will rank with
the major generals, who are the highest
agjeera at present ill the army.
As the naval nominations were scut
in yesterday they were based on the
standing of the officers in the old regis
ter, and no account was taken of the
effect of action or non-action on the par"
of the senate on the many naval nomi
nations then iM-nding before that bod' .
Thus in the list of rear admirals suh-
mitted, IS in number. Scbl y stands two
numbers in advance of Sampson. This
is precisely his relative position on tin
existing register, though had the sen
ate confirmed the nominations of the
two ofllcers to be rear admirals as they
wen- specially submitted by the presi
dent Sampson would stand two numbers
ahead of Schley. The recommendation
of the president, however, was not fol
lowed and both are rear admirals, with
Schley two numbers in advance.
IMPRISONED ON THE RAIL
A Supply of Pood Secured For tile
snoviioiui4i Pnaaengoiai
Cheyenne, Wyo March 7. All trains
on the Wyoming division of the Union
Pacific are again tied up. The truck
was opened up Sunday, but another
wind, accompanied by light snow, re
newed the blockade. Sol a -wheel is
turning today on the division. A dis
patch friiin Superintendent Unshaeh, in
charge of the snowbound passenger
train on the Cheyenne and Northern,
says he lias kilted a steer from the rang"
and obtained a supply of Hour, thereby
supplying the Imprisoned passengers
with ample food until a relief train can
reach them. The relief train which
started out Sunday returned yesterday,
having opened the truck i!0 miles, and
went out again with a linger force of
shovelers.
Four passengers who left the train on
foot tit Iron Mountain on Friday reached
here yesterday, having suffered severely
in Saturday night's blizzard, in which
they wandered from the track ami nearly
perished. All were badly frostbitten.
The temperature is low here today, and
stock is having a hard time of it.
Masked Robbers Secure $2. .MIO.
QagerstOWn, Md.. March 7.- Five
masked robbers entered the house of
Miss Eliza Waltz, an aged maiden lady,
near Cavctown, along the Western Mary
land railroad, about seven miles from
this city, at 1 o'clock in the morning, se
curing j'J.iVM) in cash, and escaped. Miss
Waltz and a boy named Holtzinan, aged
0 years, were the only persons in the
house. The robbers broke in the door
with a fence rail and tied the bands o(
Miss Waltz and the boy in their beds',
A bolster wus placed over the lady's
bend to prevent her from making a noise
or seeing. The robbers ransacked the
rooms, cutting open the beds with knives
in their search for the money, which
was finally found In a bureau drawer.
Wholesale Murderer Confesses.
Emporia, Kan., March John Gil
bert in his cell in the county jail, con
fessed to brutally murdering his wife
and four small children near Enterprise,
Kan., on Tuesday last. Gilbert said he
Waa badly in debt and had been trying
to leave Enterprise for a long time. He
could not take his family, he said, ami
offered his wife a divorce. "She kept
nagging me about the children." said
Gilbert, "and throwing them up to me."
When asked why he committed the awful
crime Gilbert said: "I don't know: it
seemed like I just couldn't help it after
seeing the baby there on the bed."
Volunteer Ofllcers Want to Remain.
Washington, March 7. Secretary Al
itor was fairly overrun yesterday by con
gressional callers, nearly every oue of
whom bad one or more candidates for ap
pointment in the regular or volunteer
army under the terms of the reorganiza
tion act. It is a safe estimate that 7."
per cent of the officers in the present
volunteer army are anxious to remain
In the service. The secretary said that
he had no! yet been able to muke uny
selections for appointment
senator Jones' Serious Illness.
Washington, March 7. After improv
ing steadily for about ten days Senator
3, K. Jones, of Arkansas, yesterday af
ternoon had a severe recurrence of his
trouble, the paroxysm lasting something
over an hour. Today he is resting easily
und is free from pain. His physician at
tributes yesterday's attack to the sena
tor's exerting himself in trying to attend
lo some pressing mutters, and has is
sued positive instructions that no one
shall be allowed to see him for an in
definite period.
Ambnssuilor ( lionte nt Windsor.
London, March 7. The United States
nmbassador. Joseph II. Choate, anil Mis.
Cboata proceeded yesterday afternoon
to Windsor, where they dined, and last
night slept nt the castle. Koyal carriage;:
awaited Mr. Choate and his party at
Windsor station and conveyed them to
the custle, where Lord Salisbury intro
duced Mr. Choate to the queen, while the
Marchioness of Salisbury presented Mrs.
Choate.
Three Perished 111 I'rulrle Fire.
San Antonio. Tex., March 7. Pralrio
fires are burning in I'ueces, Starr and j
I iMival counties. It has not rained in this
section for more than six months, ami
the grass burns like tinder. Fires are
burning at half a dozen points along tin
Texas-Mexican road between Laredo
nnd Corpus Christi. Near AfUilare
William Oliver, a ranch foreman, and
two laborers were surrounded by the
flames und all three perished.
tJerninnWnrshlpH to Knrorcon neiniuid
Berlin, March 7. The German
scboolship Charlotte and Stosch have
arrived at Tangier, Morocco, to enforce
Ihc demands made for the payment of
sn indemnity to the German victims of
the Moroccan outrages. The sultan has
railed to act on the agreements arrived
at in the matter.
T.io Ohio at Cir.cinr.ati Shows a
Fifty -six Fool Stage.
FBBEZING INCRES1"3 DISTRESS,
In Weal vtminiu'scnpitni. Though the
Waters Are Kcccdliig, T!tere Ih M nc-ti
Snfrertuat Prom bnok of food ni
fuel Few Kntniit i Reported,
Cincinnati. March 7. -Fifty-six feel is
the stage of the Ohio river it this point.
Tliis is beyond till expectati ns warrant'
ed by the information at I md Sunday
night. The rainfall in the United sec
tion of the Ohio watershed south and
east of the Ohio river was much greater
than any one expected. Tin- rale of rise
at this point is about three inches per 1
hour. This rate has been maintained I
for more than 24 hours.
Reports from above show that the
Monongahcla and Allegheny an- sta
tionary. At Brownsville ami Morgan
town, near the headwaters of the Monon
gahcla. where the great supply came
from to make the Mood in that river, the
waters are falling, with 17 feet at Mr
gantown and nearly feet at Browns
ville. At Wheeling the stage is 'Jii feet. Fur
ther down the river at Parkersburg, W.
Va.. the river is stationary. At Gal
llnolts it is 47 foot, ami rising slowly, i
' At Portsmouth it is 54 feel and 10 inch
' es, and rising two inches an hour. Tak
ing the Portsmouth stage as an Indies-
' t ioii in connection with the condition "i
the river at points above up to Parkers
burg the indications are thai the max- j
Imum stage reached at Cincinnati will I
I be oil and possibly 00 feet, provided the '
1 floods are not Increased by lurther rain
I fall.
Damage by flood in the cities on the
1 Ohio so far reported are slight. At
Huntington. W. Va.. where th stage Is I
I -' j feet, two barges of coal ere sunk j
in the Gnyan and thousands 01 saw logs
were washed away. At Pi tsmoiltll
cellars ami factories are flooded on Front
street, w hile on Mill, East Front and I
j Jackson streets ninny people have been
I driven from their dwellings, Very lit
i tie interference with business has been I
I experienced, The stage in the lower j
' Ohio is such that no more coal will go
away from the fleets In harbor at Lonls-
, ville until the flood recedes.
At Cincinnati the business men in the
lowlands are removing their goods from
cellars. No dwellings have been dis
turbed except two tenement quarters.
Should the river reach ."ill or ! feet
some business houses near the river
will have to remove their goods to the
second story. No railroads al that stage
will be prevented from running regular
trains.
Till" WOES OK CHAHLK8TOW.
Preening Tempo rat nre tnoronaea the
goffering in Went Virginia's Cnpttal.
Charleston, W. Va., March 7. Al
though the Hoods have receded slowly,
the largest portion of the city is still
under wnter. Heavy snow fell yesterday ;
afternoon and last night, and with it
came freezing temperature. There will
be probably much suffering on account
Of the cold weather. Several hundred
families nre still quartered in the state
house, city hall, court house and other
public buildings.
The supply of eonl was about ex
hausted yesterday, and all the coal yards
are under water. The highest stage 1
reached here was ll.''." feet, which is1
1 inches less thau the flood of H'.)'.
disturbances Sunday and yesterday. The
diatrubances Sunday and yesterday. The
mayor has ordered all saloons closed, but
the city is in total darkness at night and
practically al the mercy of the criminal
classes of wbSCH and negroes.
Tin- Flood in the James Rtrer.
Richmond, Va., March 7. - The flood
in the James river at this point has con
tinned to rise until the water has cross
ed Main street at Seventeenth, prevent
ing the running of cars on the Main
street line at a second point, the line
having already been broken by the
freshet at a point between the city proper
and Fulton, The wharves at Rockett'a
nre submerged and many stores and
dwellings in the lower part of the city
are flooded. There is some fear that the
city gas supply will Is- cut off. Th"
water is now believed to he at about its
highest point.
roue Flood Victims In Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky., March 7. The swollen
Streams in Kentucky are causing great
damage, especially to farmers. The Ken
tucky river is rising rapidly, nnd much
of the bottom land is already inundated.
All the tributary streams nre badly
swollen. Besides the damage to prop
erty several casualties have resulted. J,
W. Cordon was drowned neur Frank
fort while trying to ford Stoney creek.
William Abshlre, near Richmond, Ja
cob Swing, at Owing Station, and Neal
Carter, near Mount Sterling, lost their
lives in a hkc manner.
One Flood Victim at PlttsbUrgji
Pittsburg. March 7. At midnight the
record at Paris Island dam was 10.4,
and falling. All danger of flood in this
vicinity has passed. The only fatality
reported as attributable to the high
water is the drowning of Joseph Moore,
a roller In Lockhart's mill. While view
ing the flood from n raft lie fell in and
was quickly carried away by the swift
current.
Confederate Daughters Protest.
Savannah, 5a.. March 7. The local
chapter Ot the Daughters of the Con
federacy, which is the original chapter of
the organization, yesterday adopted reso
lutiotis strongly protesting n gainst Presi
dent UcKinley's suggestion respecting
the fetieral en re of Confederate graves.
The resolutions declare! "With full ap
preciation of the impulse expressed, we
shrink instinctively with bushed ami
liory sorrow from yielding the slightest
assent. The graves of the Confederate
dead are our pilgrim shrines. Only
reverent hands should lay memorials
over their consecrated dust."
Italian Minister Suulis Chlnn.
Pekin, March 7. Owing to the insult
ing manner in w hich the Chinese govern
ment lias refused I he request of the Lil
ian government for a lease of Ssn-Mun
bay. province of Che Kiang, as a coal
ing station und naval base. Signor Mar
tlnOj the Italian minister, declines to
sold direct communication with the
.sung-li-ynmen.
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ZTWWWtmT ' Philippine IgTanSa-
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, Mar eh 1.
Tile increase in stool workers' wages
is general throughout the country.
New York's court of appeals sustained
the validity 01 the union cigariuaUers"
label.
A tornado struck Yazoo City, Miss.,
doing great damage and killing two per
sons. The steamer Moravia was wrecked off
Sable island, N. S., and probably all
hands are lost.
Jesse James, son of the noted outlaw,
was acquitted of a charge of train roh
1 bery at Kansas City. Mo.
George Fred Williams was chosen as
the Massachusetts member of the Demo
cratic national committee.
A relief expedition will probably be
sent from Norway to the Arctic regions
to search for Walter Wollnuin's expe
dition, President McKluley signed the reso
lution of congress making Oscar Dleg
nan. of the Mcrriinuc crew, a cadet a:
Annapolis.
Thursday, March
Prior CueSteS has been elected pre-:
deni of Uruguay.
Fears of disaster from the ice gnryos
j in the Busquehanns river are disappear
! ing.
The national house agreed 10 the sell
i ate's increased army bill, and a spiviul
i session is averted.
i
I Senor Sagasta and
the
entire ;
esignatiti
niso
4 to
cabinet tendered their r
the queen regent.
Uoland I!. MolinctlX
was iudi
r of Mrs.
New York for the muni
vdl
by poison sen) through
Lord iierschell, one
commissioners from (It
the mall
r the joint
'al Brh in
bi.'i
died
suddenly at Washington, aged III.
Pope Leo underwent a surgical o; ."ii
lion at the Vatican in Itome yeste lav
A large cyst was removed. Slid his lloli
ness is doing well.
Albert Becker, a middle-aged Cliicivu
nutciier. con lessen mat tie i.uieii n,iis
Wife for love of 1 1 year old Ada S .l
terlein, whom he quickly married,
Friday. March
Six regiments of regulars have been
ordered to Manila to reinforce tleue-al
Otis.
Boston authorities have started in to
exterminate the English sparrow.
Congressman John W. t'ratlford, of
Texas, died in Washington, aged Itll.
Germany has removed the embargo on
our southern fruits, like oranges, lemon
and raisins.
The American gunboat Wheeling, now
al Victoria, B. '.. has been ordered to
proceed to Manila.
The naval bill passed by congress will
necessitate the mustering out of !t,00)l
sailors, making our naval lon e 15.000,
Cecil Rhodes, the eminent Briton, pre
diets that within a century all of the
American hemisphere excepting Canada
will be under the L'uitcd States Hag.
Saturday. MnroU I.
BllVtla, the Conservative leader, re
places Sagasta as Spanish premier.
Wages of 100,000 to 110,000 working
men i.i various sections have been ad
vanced. Steps to Combine the entire woolen ill
dustry of the country, under $50,000,000
capital, nre perfecting.
Kilwnnl Celled, awaiting examination
ns to his sanity in u Brooklyn prison,
thrust a tack in each eye, causing total
blindness.
Congress adjourned
at noon today.
having passed all the
bills and all measures
big appropriation
necessary to pre-
vent an extra session.
The crew of the wrecked steamer Mo-
ravin was landed at Halifax. Only one:
man, Second Officer Brenton, w as lost, I
having frozen to death while reaching
shore.
Admiral Montejo, who yielded to Ad
miral Dewey at Manila, the commander
of the Oavlte arsenal and General I. in
arcs are in prison in Spain, to be tried
by court martial.
Monday, fob. II.
Queen Marie Henrietta of Belgium la
reported dying at llrnssels.
The pensions of ex ministers have been
stricken off Spain's pension list.
The national senate refused I infirm j
Congressman Barrows as congressional
librarian.
China refused the demand of the Ital
ian government fur a coaling station at I
Snn-Mun bay. for which Italy wanted
to pay 80,000.
A tornado which swept over Madison- I
ville and Monroe counties. Tenn., killed
Mr. nnd Mrs. Moser and K. L, Elorton j
at Madlaonvllle.
The naval powder magazine at La '
GoUDran, near Toulon, Trance, exploded.
Half I hundred were killed and much
property destroyed.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
Ah ftellecred by Dciillngs In Philadel
phia mill HuliliiKiro.
Philadelphia. March 6. Flour wchk:
winter Hupcrtlnc. It. 3602. 50; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, 13.10493.10; city mills, extra.
2.7.Vn3. Itye flour scarce and firm at 13.80
per burrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat slow: No. 2 red, March, !btt"AW .
Corn dull: No. 2 mixed, spot, M493t14c :
No. 3 yellow, for local trade, 41c. Ostl
quiet and steady: No. 2 white, 3t!3li',4c. ;
No. 2 white, clipped. KMOI70. Hay llrm.
choice timothy, $11 for large bales. Beef j
firm: beef hams. 3U.SO0U, Pork dull;
family, 1134911.30, Lard steady; western
st. anied. J5.Cj. Duller llrm; western
creamery. UHOIOe.; do. factory, 12'i14fec.: !
Burins, 20c; imitation creamery, tSVMI
17'i:c.; New York dairy. 144J13tyC.; do.
creamery. lSHOMO.! fancy Pennsylvania1
prints Jobbing at 2225c. ; do. wholesale, j
21c. Chceso llrm; large, white and col- j
or. d. llVic; small do.. ISiiCI light skims.
RftOIKe.! part do., "ViS'vc: full do.. 4'
Oc. Eggs steady: New 1 orh and Penu-
sylvnnla, 24c.; western, fresh, 24c; south-
cm. 23'm24c Potatoes steady : New York,
j $1.2yu2; Ix)ng Island, 31.30493.3S; Jersey :
I sweetrf, tl.7ri'u 2.7:1. Tallow quiet; city.
4 o-KWitsc. : country, 4,'o i1 -c Cottonseed
oil quiet; prime crude. 21iiJc: do. yellow,
; WHJgnjll. Cabbage steadier at 344910 per
' ltm.
I Haltlmore, March C Klour dull; WSSt
ern sunerllne, $2.2.".f2.(;0; western, extra, '
; 32.GIWI3; western, family, 33.33(93,61; win
ter wheat, patent, j:!.7Mi4; spring do. do.,
i B.nt4.U; do. do., straight, .'I.G53.8J.
; Wheat weak and lower; No. 2 red. spot
! and month, 75Vi754c. ; April, "fill 7G',ic ;
Hay, 7tlVsC. ; steamer No. 2 red. 72',fo72Vi.c. ;
southern, by sample, 7(Ki7Cc.; southern, '
' on grnde. 72,,a75VC. Corn weak and low-
I er; mixed, snot und month, StfiSSc; '
April. 3SVIiQi38)ic.; May, WAc. steamer
mixed. Mtf'Mc. ; southern, white, Viit
j 41c; do. yellow, 40(ff41c Oats steady; No.
, 2 white, IKIO.; No. 2 mixed. 33V434c. Rye !
, steady: No. 2 nearby, 30lg3WiU. j do. west
ern, 2;.. Hay steady; No. 1 timothy,
I lutftUe,
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T kSSL.- at "rm;
) T"'
rmr
'ii
Eft
Authorized the Expenditure of Over
a Billio.i aad a Half.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER'S PROTEST.
Mr. Dookery, ltauklng Democratic
Member of the Appropriations Com
mittee, Charges Kxtruviigance Ks
cccdlnir "Billion Iiollur ConarreKs."
Washington, March 0. The official
statement of Representative Joseph ti.
Cannon, of Illinois, the chairman of the
bouse appropriation committee, sum
ming up the appropriations of the Fifty
fifth congress, shows an aggregate ap
propriation by the entire congress of $1,
5ttU,R00,016, and for the session just
clos
til..
a pi
Cha
A
Jits!
I a total of $073,058,400, with Hil
ly for contracts subject to future
iprlntlona amounting to $70,000,000,
rmau Cannon's statement pro, 's:
propriationa made at the session
closed show an apparent reduction
of $210.1
1 3,000 under the appropriations
i made ai
the preceding session, lid
IS
tributable
to
111
the large expenses ne
wer with Spain, that
i isioncd by
were provtd
d for
iluiing tin
preceding
ses.-ii u.
'I'll ' entire Appropriations aggregnti
$1.f WI.NOO,01t!.28. ot ibis sum $i.S2,
5ti2.0N3.47 is directly chargeable to n:ir
Isl war with Spain or incident thereto.
Deducting this charge from the whole
si otinl of the appropriations, the re
i under. $l,084,:t27,(i32.Hl, represents
i ie ordinary or normal appropriations
: nde hv the Fifty tilth congress.
The npproprinlons mad ' by the pre
ceding congress, the Fifty-fourth,
amounted to $1.044.580,'27.'1.M7, A com
parison shows an Increuse in ordinary
appropriations miidu by ibis congress
over th is, made by tli.it congress of
$30,7 IT.i int. bill ibis apparent lucres"
i nan aceouiileil r. r to men
IM'S
For
under eight Items alone, namely:
pensions. ,f 1. 1 Mil i.i 'i in-, for the postal
vice, $111,000.1100; rnr rivers and
bors. las lulling v orh under con
previously .r tlmmed, 1,1(00,000
new ships fot too navy. $0,000,001
Im
for
beginning the work of I be twelfth it'n
sus. KLlHH.1,000; ir the Paris exposition,
$1,200,000; for x public buildings, in-
cludtiii; the buildings for the department
of justice ami for the nltc and partial
const ruction of the new government
printing oltlce, nbnnl $5,000.110, and for
pa incuts of j it
the governmeii
spoil: t ions und
$,1.11)0.000.
Mr. I kery.
Deiiioemi Ic me
Rlileilts re li lei d
mi account of
under the Bowl
ar.i-t
111 act
of Missouri, the ;
iber of the house
Hiking
nppru
lowing
view :
all its
I pnat ions eoiuiniM
statement, giving
1 "The congress
e, made the fol
the Democratic
asily surpasses
predecessors in the stupendous aggregate
I of its appropriations. It was thought
that the Pifty-flrat congress, commonly
known as the "billion dollar congress,"
! had, in point of cvtrnvagance of appro
priations, touched a limit which would
not he reached, or at least surpassed.
; by any of its successors. This congress.
, however, has far exceeded the appalling
1 total of appropriations then made, and it
! will be remembered that the billion dol
lar congress was followed b overwhelm-
I ing disaster to the Republican party.
"Confronted with It war With Spain.
I resulting the imposition of additional
taxation, it is obvious that rigid economy
should have been applied in all other
j directions in the expenditure of public
money. The people were willing III meet
, all the demands upon the national trens-
nry made necessary by I In Spanish war.
but it is fair to presume thai I hey ex
pected their representatives, in view of
cheerful dispositions inaiiifesteil lo meel
these added burdens, to limit the or
dinary appropriations to the necessities
ot a wise aim economical administration.
These expectations have mil been re
allltcd,
"The result is an actual deficiency In
current revenues, amounting on the fi i- t
of this month to $IHM0,ri3-t..'i0, This do
Bclency. as show n by a recent conserva
tive estimate by Chairman Cannon, of
the appropriations committee, will pro'
ably reach $150,000,000 en the 110th of
June next.
"Ii is impossible to estimate ivith ill)
solute accuracy the treasury deficiency
for the coming fiscal year. The secretary
of the treasury, in his annual report,
made in December Inst, estlmnted ii a
about $1(1,000,000, but it is now apparent
thai it will not be less than $100, 1,000.
It is almost certain, therefore that the
government will be compelled during the
calendar year 1000 to face an actual
treasury deficiency. The $402,000.01 Mi
of income arising from the sale of bonds
under this administration and that of
President Cleveland will then have been
exhausted and the treasury will pass
from the condition of a borrowed sur
plus to an actual deficit. Such a condl
tlon must be met cither by increased
taxation, by the issue of treasury cer
tificates or by an additional bond issue.
"Notwithstanding this deplorable
treaaurv condition, which has been call
I ed over nnd over again to the attention
of congress and the country, appropria
tions have been made which in man
j cases have not been warranted by the
i interests of the public service, or which,
, if proper in themselves, should have been
postponed until the national Income
should be ample to meet all ils liabilities
without the necessity of bond issues.
"The time has come to reform tin
scale of national expenditures. The
reckless improvidence of the outgoing
Congress will at least serve the good pur
pose of arousing the pie and Of inns
ing them to send representatives to the
national capital who will reduce the bur
dens imposed by riotous appropriations."
it r. Kipling's Little Daughter Dead,
New York. March 7. Josephine Kip
ling, the ! year-old daughter of Rudyard
Kipling, and the oldest of his three child
ren, died yesterday from pneumonia.
The child's death took place nt the home
of Miss Julie Dfl Forsct in this city. Miss
Ie Forest is u friend of the KlplingS,
ami Josephine had lieen taken to her
home so that she could he nursed apart
from her father. Mr. Kipling, who is
recovering, has not yet been informed of
the death of his child.
Policeman Suspected of .Murder.
New York. March 7. Policeman V. J.
Schlnmp is susHeted of having mur
dered Undertaker Henry Knaus at the
hitter's shop last week. The officer has
not been arrested, however, but it is
claimed that there is damaging evidence
against him, and he is kept under sur-t'ei'lance.
-v., .oumem. i u u, iUU uaun. . ine case ma witn
No' 2 whlt'' 8008 over t0 the next tcrm of l reaching
1 tor -orial. nrices fo
PENNSYLVANIA INVESTIGATORS.
House I'aaaea General Koonti'it Wll
Enlarging the Commit let.
Harrishurg, March 7. The bull of the
house of representatives was crowded
with spectators last evening in anticipa
tion of a renewal of last Friday's cone.
Speaker Parr called the house to order
shortly after 8 o'clock and turn amend
thai the first order of business ,. u r
port i
wet-'
Pf a
from committees. Sevc- i ' lis
reported, after whl h a nrabe
iirttpriatioii bill' were latre.Iurod
i
i Mr. wonts, of hon".
i. resolution calling for t'.ie
of
tip
tei
po'lllll'Clli
the i mil ill
of bribery
age of the
house.
I our additional rar
e to investigate Ibe i
:. connection with
MeCarrell jury hilt
i resolutions provid
rue
tile
Messrs. uoberi i. loiing oi llogn am
Randall of Chester (RepublicuusJ and
Pixon of Flk and Fow of 1'hilai i i lb
(Democrats) "are hereby appointed ad
dltional members of the committee with
instructions to hear such testimony a
may be offered pursuant to said r--sr,!u
tions."
There was a lengthy discussion, dur
ing which Mr. Koonts criticised the rose
bit ions which i he committee had adopted
and Insisted that if the Inquiry wat con
ducted along these lines there woulfi bi
no investigation. If the accused verc
given 12 hours' notice to appear before
the committee he would have ample tiiw
to get to Canada or to leave his country
for his country's good. lie dec. i in
that these resolutions be set aside by tlw
committee, and that the investigation l
conducted properly ami legally.
Alter a number of amendments n.'if
been voted down the Koonts resoluriom
were adopted. A resolution placing Jotti
l. Itrookc on the investigating commit
tec In place of Mr. Skinner, resigned
was dei lan d out of order on the ground
thai the appoint Ill belonged to lb-
speaker under the original resolution.
I'he resllll of the joint ballot . i ,
ntor, from the thirty-fifth to the
first, was as follow::
sen
rly
::. 7. 98, 39. n. n
It, s Quay 86 x t tw i.i II n
Qeorge A. .links., to sa 74 5ri 9
John Dslsell II Is 11 1! I
John Stewart ? H 7 i
C. W. Stone 4 4 4 4 t f
Qeorge i". iiuff.... t; 7 7 sua
B. A. Irvln 5 4 4 i
P. A. D. With in r . 1' i Z 0
Alvln Murkle I l i i
Charles Tubbi 'J I I I I
Frank M. Utter ... 2 2 i 2
diaries B. Rice.... (1110 4)
U. A. llrow I 11 10
Total 1D8 "ti 163 Z' Xr
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
llarrisburg, March I. -Coventor Stone
yesterday tendered 1. T. Watson, !
Pittsburg, the appointment of justice e?
the supreme court of Pennsylvania, tofiP
the vacancy caused by the death g"
Judge Henry W. Williams, of Wellabora
llollidaysburg, Pa., March 7.Tbt
puddlers employed In the Portage irot
works, ai Duncanavllle, have been grant
ed an increase of i.'.ri cents per Ion. AS
other employees are allowed n III ps
cent Increase in wages. This admins
in wages affects S00 men.
Wllkesbarrc, Pa., March t Monn
Kittle, aged Hi. of Plymouth, died yes
terday from a gunshot w ound received o
Thursday while out hunting. A COmpSS
ion named Reynolds was playing will
the gun, when it was accidentally tlis
charged. The full charge entered Kit
tie's stomach.
Bradford, Pa., Mann tl. Thomai
Nolan. IS yqars old, sou of u well knewa
oil producer, was shot in the back lino
probably fatally wounded w hile trying la
effect an entrance Into the house of fnrra
er Senator liowis lOtnery, The Emery
family is out of town. The shooting u-fu
done by J, M Houghton, whs was
guarding the place,
Huntingdon, Pn March fl. The find
section of the fast newspaper train, die
bere ill 7 o'clock, was wrecked one mils
cast nf Ibis place yesterday morning bi
a landslide which resulted from Sat
onlay's heavy rainfall. Engineer Rouen
MeClltcllill and Piremnn J. C. Trove.
both of llarrisburg, were Inst nut ly kill
ed. They were caught under the debris
of the demolished engine UcCutcMtfk
body was burned beyond recognition
Wllkeshnrre, Pn., March (I. The Sim
quel
banna river rose rap, illy ye-n-rjaj
and in the ttftertm
I banks hetu Port
ii ovcnln
iwkley am
bet ween
i the ivesl
ed Vta
Pmm
' iJ'Aew
!r ut
louth. The lo w lands
bane and Plymouth
the river are entirely
ml
g il nd ih
run. At Sotrth
living on the-
I street cars are Itunble Ii
i Wilkesbarre the i pl
i low lands were eoiniM'lled to
itctbcb
homes. Soic
whu
n
innlned in rbeh
.tnent I ml re tw
bouses until Ih'
st
taken away III bnntii.
Pittsburg, March 7. The coal minrrt
ami operators' committees of the litii
burg district met in joint convention yo
terdsy with the expectation of setflisc
the wage scab- for the coining year, big
after a session lasting until nearly mid
night nothing was accomplished, nnd ad
jounfment was had until Friday next
The tWO shies disagreed on every QUCS
lion brought up. The operators' p.
ecntlve committee left for Harrisburg
Inst night to enter protest against, the
employes' liability bill now before tbe
legislature.
Allentown, Pa., March 4. In a lii I
jealousy last night Crntik Kramer,
hostler nt the Cedarville hotel, three
miles west ot Allentown, shot and in
Itnntiy killed Maggie Good, a I'd year
old servant at the hotel. He also shot
Owen Kern, the proprietor, in the bead
and abdomen, and Kern may die.
Kranae also shot Mrs. Owen Kern, wife
of the hotel keeper, the bullet piercing
her left arm. Kriiuse then fled to hir
brother's house, a mile away, win re In
wus arrested two hours later, i' mfldt
no resistance, but asked to he h lliged al
once. lie was almost helplessly tlrnnt
when arrested, having drank nesri I
quart of whisky. He is 'Jl years old, am
single.
llarrisburg, March 4. -The first ma
terial change in the senatorial content
Occurred on yesterday's jolul ballot,
when three members who have been Vol
Ing for Senator Quay shifted to the anti
Quay column. These are the on'. , .oies
Mr. Quay has lost since the balloting
began, and his managers claim il will
not materially affect the situation. The
members who changed their votes si
Representatives Nathan 0. Mackey of
Lackawanna ami McClcllnn Ilersh nVi
Leslie Yates of Philadelphia. Mr. Mn!t
ey .hanged to to Superior Court Judge
Charles E. Rice, of WUkssbarre; Mr
Hersh went to Colonel George '. IIn?C.
of Greensburg, and Mr. Yules voted tar
Peter A. It. Wideuer. ms'
their minors, in
an agreement
I?
the hope , t
on migggl
for thia vn.r