U1BT HEWS H WASHINGTON. QUAY AND ALLISON. Beginning to Be Regard! Very kaoh In tbe Prosldental Raeo. Senator Quay la Mill receiving many en couraging reports. The Washington Htiir hM arrived at tho conclusion Hint Mr. (uay had liottnr be watched an A prominent candi date. It stated Tbiirilny evening! "Thn (Juny follower are ronlly hcglhlng to look enrucatly upon thn candidacy of their favorite, niid'tlin (hinting Politicians nroiind the cnpltol are frequently Induced to believe that yuny stands bp good a ehnnea ns any body, and return to their homes and no to work for III in. Of course, they do not do thin for low. (Jiiay la understood to be mnk Ing a still hunt search lor delegates In thn Houth and wherever else ho sci a chance to pick up stragglers." There Ik aeilve work being done hy the lieutenants of nil the i-nmliilnteii. Allison la cutting a IJukw Hun re In t!t Houth In delegate-getting tlmu nny of Ilia oppo nents hnve given him credit fur, and the hand of his trusted manage, (lenernl Clurkson, enn be seen In the manipulation of those nflnlrs, (teneml t'lnrkon la an old hand In attending to such matter, and the prohnhle result Is Hint Allison . will turn up nt Ht. 1 .011 Iff with a niui'h larger Tote thnn now Imnulned. (lenernl Clurkson's hend quarters nre In New York, hut he often puts In nn nppcurniico In Washington, and oon fers with the Allison mnnngcrft hero. They keep up with the sltuntloii thoroughly In every Htnto, nud nro lighting every Inch of ground. Much of the work for Allison In the Houth Is lieliuf done hy minor lende rs of the party. Heed and' MeKlnh-y long ngo gobbled np some ol the liiiportiiut lenders anil put them to work. Hecing the turn things art) taking In the Houth, many llcpuhliouiis eoina to Washington nvery day to try to eateh on to the Allison engine. Their services hnve leen accepted In nenrlv every liistnnce, mid they hnve hcen sent bnek Houth to work. When (lenernl Cliirkson Is not here to ar range mutters, Henntor (leer nnd (lenernl Henderson tiiko euro of the Allison Inter ests. LAWS FOR LABOR. The tight-Hour Bill and the Ex-Convlot Work Measure. The House Committee on Labor agreed to report favorably the bill to adjust the ao eounts of mechanics, laboreM and others under the eight-hour law, with nn amend ment providing tli.it the nuioiints found ilun thereunder shall Is) paid throiiKh Hie mull by check or In person to the elnimniits. The object of the amendment Is to se-uro to clnloinnts the full amounts thut mnvbe found due them nnd to prevent the transfer of the claims to ngents and others for a considera tion. A suli-eoiiiinlltoo imported favorably to th" full committee Iloprosentiitlvo Houtli wlek's bill to prevent the products of con vict labor being scut from one Htnto to an other. International Vail. The Government of the I'nlted Htntes and of nil other countries comprised In the Uni versal Postal Union, will begin weighing all Incoming nnd outgoing mulls May 1. The weighing n ill continue tor 4H dnys. This is done every throe years by all of the Ooverninents, ami on Us result depends tho amount of compensntlon given by overy country fcr the carriage of Its mulls In the territory of the others. After these figures are gathered, they will be multiplied by 13 to secure the weight for the 64 weeks of the year, nnd the reports then will bo exchanged by the respective governments. INSURGENTS GAINING. Many Village! and Flantationi Dostroyed by Them. Tho reopening of telegraphic communica tion with tho province of 1'lnnr del Mo brings (he first detailed information of affairs In hut province for several weeks, nnd It shows a condition little less than appalling. Tho rich Vuclto Abnjo tobacco ;dltrtet has been iut to the ton.li, nnil it Is reduced to a diwo nte wilderness. Whole towns have been ob literated unil reduced to ashes, nud their in habitant nro wandering belplesa and d'wti tuto. The villages and towns of CuhunoH, B ihla, llonilla, Hun Diego do Nuiicr,, Hnntn i;niz ue i,os t'lnos, j.os ruiucins, imo ileal de Han Diego and Hnu Diego do Los llnuua are reduced to ashes. All these were Import ant anil thriving centers of population and business. The Inst town which suceunilied to the In surgents' torch is Han Juan y Martinet. The tobacco irom tins town is lamous the world over. Hpanlsh troops found only debris and smoking ashes, and all around a seemingly limitless sea of lire. A hundred desolate families had taken refuge lu poor huts, and were waiting helplessly for assistance to save tliem from starvation. Tho adjoining town of Han Luis had a narrow escape from the same fate. The inhabitants bad tied when General Corell's troops forced the insur gents to evacuate the town. The news of the action of the United Htntes congress has penetrated to every Insurgent camp Willi In 30 miles ol Havana, and the Cuban patriots are wild with joy. They lie lieve that now cartridges and rifles will Im mediately become pliuitiful, and that expedi tions from the United Htntes will land dally. Buttles between tbe Hpuntsh soldiers and insurgents, with heavy losses to tbe latter, are reported from Hanta Cruz, l'ttiuiyrn, Cieufugos and Alqulmr. THE ST. LOUIS BALL. It Will Resembli That of Minnoapolli Very Closely. Tbe supervising architect of the Republi can national committee has adopted the plans for a convention hall as submitted bv the local architect. The building will be erected on the plot of ground Immediately south of the city hull on Chirk avenue, and between Twelfth and thirteenth streets. Tbe location is within tun minutes walk of lead lug hotels. The plans are in nearly all respects similar to the convention ball at Minneapolis in '1)2. Ample facilities will be provided for the newspaper and press representatives. couiinlUet'S and caucus rooms. Flans will be made public in a few days, and bids for tbe construction will be solicited. It is ex pected that tbe building will be ready lor occupancy as ouny as aune u Cnspl Resigns. Prime Minister Crisp! and tbe other mem bers of tbe Cabinet have been oom polled to I . I ... .. ..I . 1. .. . ... ... L.n..ln.. I .. mum iiuui uiuuv, win ii.i. . uuvujg u3U BU- nouueed In tbe Chamber of Deputies, amid a swne that oan fittingly be described as pan demonium. Tbe situation in Home Is so critical that tbe troops have been confined to their barracks, a measure of precaution that will enable them to be hastily dispatched to any part of tbe city should their services be necessary to quell Uie aislurbanoes. Holmsi Verdiot Affirmed. Tbe Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed tbe verdict of murder lu the first degree In the case of Herman W. Mudgct. alias IL II, Holmes, found guilty In tbe court of oyer and terminer of Philadelphia, of the murder of UenJ.unin r. PletseL The opinion which was delivered by Justioe W'llliuuis overrules all the assignments of earor and affirms tbe judgment of tba lower court. It holds thut no substantial error was pointed out and that us viueiiu muy sustains uie veraiot. TWO GANGS CAPTURED. Connterfelteri and 198,000 la Oreei Goods Taken la Chicago. Three green goods men and a satchel filled With new money amounting to (35,(100 were captured by postal Inspectors at Chicago There wore four men lu the party, one of whom escaped In the tuelen nt tho old Deln- avenun ware hotel, at Cottage drove and nmy-thlril street, when the raid was made. The names given by the captured men are Charles Herd, Alls-rt (Irny, Frank Hnilth. viiiiinin indiums, a ('lined mates deputy marshal nt lies Moines, lo.. was tho suppos ed countryman whom the sharpers were to vioiiniinn, and no nnd gone into the iiulldliig with (lrny,whom he knew as the "young Mr. Vogel." (Irny led his supposed victim through two connecting rooms, locking tho doors isdiind. J lie basis of the business was thn paying of (1,2110 for Cin.OUO for passable counterfeit money, nnd thn state right of Arkansas In the green goods business. In the Inner room was found "old Mr. Vogel," thn part played by Herd. An old dilapidated satchel was placed on the table and Its con tents of iacknges of good money shown, lllchnrds settled himself to talk oyer the sub Ject. There was a knock nt the door. Mell aril" recognized the signal of his friends nnd Placing his hands In his pockets he snlil: "Vou fellows have a scheme here to do mo up for money." At the same Instant there was a crash nnd the outer door gave way. Herd drew a revolver and lllchnrds drew his. The two sprang at each other, Herd gripping lllchnrds by the neck, nnd ench man pressing his revolver against the other's brenst. Deputy Marshal (Irey.who had brokedown the outer door, now sprang nunitist the In ner door, which gave way Is-fore him. He covered the enptured counterfeiters with his revolver, and Inspectors Mercer and Chris tian followed him Into the room. The struggle was soon over nnd the operators and money secured. Chief postal Inspector Htewnrt wns on the oiiUide. Ilefore entering the house he pinn ed Hnilth under arrest. The 'ourth man cs- nped. The postal Inspectors ran down their men through n letter which the swindlers had sent to Warren, Ark., on February 11, SPAIN'S DEFENSE. Tho Cuban Insurrection Not Considered a Government, A cnble message from Cnnovns Del Castillo, president of the council of mliilstersof Mpaln, Is ns follows: "The constitution of Hpnln provides that the sovereign shall not Intervene In polities except through tho responsible ministers. i noer i Me circumstances ner majesty, lire (jueen ltegeut, has ordered that I, being the chief of government, shall make answer. 'Nothing him transpired In Madrid ngnlnst the United Htntiw, for those who took part In the demonstration did pot In any manner pnss through the doom of the two buildings over whldi tho (lag of the United Htntes flouts, nor dhl they utter cries other ilinn that of "Viva Hpnln,'' The Amerlcnn consu late In llarcclonu Is under military guard. It Is not known from whence the slonn which broke n window was thrown nn Inslgultl ennt fact. Vet it would li Impossible to deny that the sentiment of disgust In Hpnln today Is unanimous and exceedingly deep seated, as imh-cd it has not I eon felt slneo the be ginning of the century. "It Is bused on tho proposal to recognbto the belligerency of a few Insurrectlonisto, who did nut fixedly possess a single foot of the ample territory of the Island of Cubni nor have other communication with tho sea than diverted ebon's, where, during tho night, they disembark their contraband artlch-si nor dure to attack any towns of Im portance; nor aeis'pt formal biittloi nor do anything more than lira estates and burn small settlements and assusHiuate Hpanlnrds. "Joined in the dbgust which this propo sition has excited Is Ihnt of seeing the truth so notoriously disowned, ns was shown In re cent deliates. Nothing Is eader to prove thnn that the HpanMi army scrupulously respects the rights of tho wounded ami of prisoners, nnd conducts war as humanely ns war has ever been conducted In America or Europe," THE SHIP CANAL. The Routs Reoommended in tho Report of the Consulting Engineers. A report that will be of inten'st to all in terested in tho Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal was made on the 3d at the meeting of the Provisional Committee by the board of consulting engineers. ino report opened with a statement of the vast Interchange of Commerce between the ore and agricultural regions of the Northwest and tho fuel and manufacturing areas of western Pennsylvania and Ohio. The report estimates lll,O0O.tHK) as the probable tonugo over the eniinl. The route recommended is as follows: The valley of the Ohio river from Davis Island dam to slackwater of Beaver river, K3.M miles; thence up the Heaver and Mahoning rivers, by slack water system, (ll.2o miles, to Nlles, O. ; thence by canal 8.74 miles to a plateau, 000 feet above tldcj thence 81. AS miles across this summit; thence descending to the level of the lake, 67J.HI1 foot above the tide, a distance of 1X55 miles, In order to accommodate vessels largo enough for the lnke trnlllc, the report recommends that the canal should bo IS feet deep, and tho locks 340 feet long nnd 45 feet wide. The estimated cost is 6!l.'),0o0,- uihi, including elect no lighting, me earn ings are estimated ut $3,1011,040 a yeuri cost of maintenance '25O,0(K, making an actual revenue of (2,0111,040, or 8.11 per cent on the investment. TWO UNDER ARREST. A Counterfeiters Outfit Found In an Indiana, Pa., Hotel. Monday evoulng an oflloer from the United States marshal's at Pittsburg, arrived at Indiana, Ta., and arrested James McDur nilt. proprietor of the Central Hotel, on a charge of making and passing counterfeit coin. A one-legged man, named MuKuno, of Dlxunvllle, a small town l'i mill's cast of Indiana was with McDcrmit, and ho was also taken In custody by tho officer. A search of the Central Hotel was made and a complete counterfeiter's outllt was found, together with a lot of counterfeit coin shine of it finished nud some In the rough. The outfit and coins were found In McKnue's room. For some time this towu has been flooded with counterfeit dollars and half' dollars, but It was not thought it was being made ut homo. 1 he coin was (ulrly good and would deceive most people- Half nu hour before bis arrest HcDormlt yurehosed a quantity of pure blocks of tin rom a plumber saying he wanted it for a friend in the oouutry. MoIVrmit formerly lived some eight miles east of town, and has been in possession ol the control Hotel only a year. lie hu a wife and several child ren. Italian Troops Fanio-Strioken. Furthor advices from the Italian head quarters in Abyssinia show that lurge bodies of troops who were supposed to have per ished in the rout of the Italian forces lust buuduv are now coming Into the Italian camp. The Hboans did not follow in pur suit of the retreating Italians. The troops attribute tbelr stnmpedo to the fact thut tho Askaris (native troops) under Gen Arl niondl, turned in tbe face of the enemy and rushed back upou their supports. Tba Abyssluluns followed them In such hot haste that they became uopeiessiy mingled witn the Italians, so that they all became packed lu a dellle, neither being able to deploy. The consequcuue was mat mere was a general panic among the Italian troops. Governor Oreenhslge Dead, Oov. Frederick Thomas Oreeiihulge, djed at Lowell, Mass., March 4. Hu was born In Clltheree, Engluiid. July 10, 1H43. He came to this oouutry with his father in 84. IKE lG LIGHTS Of ENGLUIID FAVOR ARBITRATION. This Method ol Settling tho Venetnela Queitlon Asked For. The demonstration at Queen's Hall, Lon don, March 8, In favor of permanent arbitra tion between thn United Htntes nud Orent llrltnln was disappointing from the point of view of tiumlwrs, the audience, which was not large, being mostly made up of women. Much enthusiasm was occasioned prior to tho arrival of thn speakers for the evening. when the girls who worn singing In the choir trooped npon the stage m batches which were arrayed alternately in sashes formed of the Union Jack and of tho Htnrs and Htrlpea, until a complete blending of the flogs of the two countries was eiTected. Intended to lie symbolic of International harmony, which the promoters of the meeting are seeking to establish. Ilefore the meeting opened the organ play ed "Hearts of Onk,'1 "Our Hhlps That Hull ed," "Columbia," and kindred airs. The choir also sang the well-known patriotic air, wiucn is lo some extent common to the two countries, one-half of the choir singing the words, "Uod Hnve the yueen," and the other half, "My Country "lis of Thee," simultaneously, the audience Joining In the dual nninein. Hlr James Htnnsfeld presided over the meeting, and he was supported by Mr. W. T. Hteud, Lady Henry Homerset, lit. Hon. a. j. .viuniieiin, naiiieni member ol raruu tneiit for Hheffleld; Prof, James Ilryee, lit. Hon. (leorgii Hhnw-Lcfevre, Mr. Hall ( nine, Itey. Hugh Price Hnghes, the lllshup of Itoehester nud others. Mr. Htend, ufter the opening of tho meet ing, read letters of sympathy with Us pur pose from Mr. A. J. Ilnlfour, First Lord of the Treasury; Mr. (iladHtoiie,Ut. Hon. Henry Asqiilth, Homo Hecrcinry In the late Liberal (lovernmeiit; Mr. Liibouchero, (leorge Meredith, the author; .Mr, Henry Norman, who went to Washington on behalf of tho Chronicle at the time the Venezuelan ques tion wns at its acute phase, and who wrote strongly from there In behalf of International arbitration, and many others. Mr. Ilnlfour wrote: ".My sympathy with the object ut th" meeting has been mure than once expressed In public, nnd I hope I need not emphasize it. 't here are. no doubt, ques tions that n nntlon could not permit to be settled bv nnv tribunal. Hut this argument is not against arbitration, but ngnlnst Its null and unconsidered use." Mr. (Hailstone wrote. "I mn glad that the discussion of arbitration Is to be separated from the Venezuelan question, upon which I do not bcl myself In Html and full possession of the facts that I should wish. My views on arbitration In place of war were gathered from the part I took lu the matter of the Al abama claims. 'I will only add Hint mv conviction and nud sentiment on the subject grow In strength from yeni to year, in proportion to ine growth oi tne monstrous nnil narniirous militarism, in regard to which I consider that England has to bear no small share of responsibility. " The lit. Hon. (leorge Meredith said: "Hlnee the benignant conclusion of tho greatest of civil wars, I have looked upon the Amerlcuu people as the loaders of ourclvlll.iitlon, ami. whatever may e said among them, i am not alarmed by the thought of their wanton ly, willingly or consentiiigly Hiking a step to shutter it.'f Mr. Henry Norman said In his letter: "The Americans nre practically unanimous for ar bitration on all public subjects. Overwhelm ingly a majority of the Uritlsh are the same. Only otllcial conservatism blocks tho way. Is tills the moment to pigeon-hole In the Foreign office a draft of a treaty of arbitra tion with the United HtuP's'i'" Hluulur letters were read from Herbert Hpeucer, Hohnan Hunt, Wilson llarn tt, the actor; William Watson, the poet; Viscount Peel, ex-hpeuker of the House of Commons; Leonard Courtney, Alma Tademn, (1. F. Watts, Dr. Parker and several bl-dcis. Tho reading of these letters elicited vigorous cheers from the audience. Hlr James Htnnsfeld, tho chairman. In his opening speech, said that If It were only for tho hearing of tho lettetH, the meeting would not have i ri In vain. The Venezuela ques tion, he thought, wiih n blessing lu disguise, because he believed that tho result would bo a treaty of arbitration. Mr. William It. Cromer, ex-meniber of Par liament, who visited Washington last year wit It a petition lu favor of Int. rnntlonal arbi tration, signed by the members of Parliament, related the history of the pri"sent movement. Mr. Hhaw-Lofovre moved a resolution in structing the chairman to sign a memorlul on behalf of the meeting to President Cleve land, thn Murquls of Salisbury uud Mr. Iiul four urging that the tlmo was opportune to conclude u treaty of arbitration. Mr. Hhaw-Lof"vre then uindo a speech on the history of the Alabama case and subse quent caw s of arbitration. referring to Amer ica's vigor In negotiating treaties containing arbitration clauses. Ho" urged the arbitra tion of the Venezuelan question without uny nwrvntlon whutever. The Illslioii of Itoehester seconded this motion, and Lady Henry Homerset supported it with an impassioucd denunciation of war between England nnd Amerlcn. Mr, Hull Calue, llov. Hugh Price Hughes and others spoke ou the resolution which was then car ried by acclamation The lit. Hon. A. J. Mundclla then moved a resolution, requesting the committee e con vened In a mooting to reconstitute Itself on a national basis, with a view to co-operate With tbe Washington movement. SPAIN 13 HUSTLING. Hsr Arsenal at Cadii li Being Worked to Its Full Capacity. The arsenal nt Cadiz Is being worked to its full capacity in the manufacture of guns, cartridges for artillery, etc, and the greatest activity prevnlls. The city of Dureolona is perfectly quiet. Meetings wore hejd at Valla lolld, Granada and Ovldio calling upou tbu government to adopt tbe most energetic measures. The governor of Valencia has apologized to the United States consul there for the hostile attitude ol the rioters in that city to ward tho consulate, which was attacked with stones nud other missiles. It is proposed in several towns that ad dresses bo signed thanking the British and French press for their expressions of sym pathy with Hpalu and bo banded to the con suls of those countries. Five Murderen Doomed. In the United Htntes Court at Fort Smith, Ark., Judge Parker pronounced tbe death sentence upon George Pearce, Webster Isaacs, John Pearce, Berry Foreman and Molliu King. Their execution Is sot tor Thursday, April 30. None of them showed any signs of emotion, and the only one who had any thing to say was Berry Foreman, Who simply denied his guilt. BRIEF MENTION. Tho Kentucky Legislature Is considering a bill to allow women all over the Htatu to vote for school trustees and also to bold the oflloe of school trustee. Every tobacco Jobber In the country,whlch In Chicago Includes the wholesale grocery houses, has boon advised by mull of a cut of three cents per pound In the price of one of tbe many briuids of plug tobuouo. Although much pressure is being brought to bear on members of Congress to induce them to have tbe Wisoonsiu statue of l'ero Marquette tukun.frorn Btutuary Hall, It is un likely thai any action of the sort will bo taken. CONGRESSIONAL, Summary of tht Most Important Meaiures Presented la Both Houses. SIXTI-SlXTfl DAT. The first presidential veto of this session of congress was overriden by tho house to-day by a vote ol It to 88 III more than th re quisite two-thirds. All the Itenublieana and 811 Democrats voted for the bill, while the votes to sustain tho president were nil cast by Democrats. The bill authorizes thn gov ernor nnd local oflb-ers of Arizona to lense the educational lands of the territory for school purpose. Th president's objeo tlnn to the bill wns that It did not give tho secretary of the Interior power to disapprove the leases and did not throw proper safe guards about the tlmlsr on the lands. In the house to-day itcprosentntlvs Hopkins of Illinois introduced a bill appropriating (500.000 for the establishment of a branch mint at Chicago. The house then went Into committee of the whole nnd resumed the consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. SIXTT-SXVXKTH DAT. The House today by a vote of 309 to 17 ex pressed In Its own way Its sympathy for Cuba and Its desire to recognise' the belliger ency of the revolutionist. The Henute reso lutions were Ignored and those from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs substi tuted. They were passed under a suspen sion of the rules, such suspension providing for but 80 minutes' debate. It wns by unani mous consent, however, ngreed that 8S min utes should lie granted each side. In the Hennte, a resolution was offered hy Mr. Call (Democrat, Florida), and referred! to the committee on foreign relations, re questing the President to deniaisl of the Hpnnish government an explanation of the Imprisonment of Gomez, editor of La Lueha, a Havana newspaper, to extort from him evidence ngnlnst Hniigullly, a naturalized citizen of tho United map's, nnd to demand of Hpnln that all American citizens who shall he captured by the Himiilsh forces shall be treated as prisoners of war, nnd lie accorded humane treatment, and to Inform tho Hpan lsh government that tbe United Htntes will Insist on this demand. SIXTI-ZIOHTn DAT. Tho House spent the entire dny In delisting tho amendment to the legislative appropria tion bill to abolish tho fee system In the cases of United Htntes district attorneys and marshals. The salarbs fixed by the amend ment range from (2.U00 to (fi.OOO. The amendment was Indorsed by almost every member of the Judiciary commltt'-e. It was argued tho amendment would reduce the ex'iises of the United Htntes Courts, which have doubled since 1H7R, at h-nst (300.0(10 for the first year, the result In stopping the per nicious padding of the business of the fed eral courts. Tho senate gave most of the day to the ngncuiiurni appropriation mil and passed that measure, carrying (3,204,000, without material umendtnent. Another hill passed during the day changes the limitations of fourth-class mail mutter so as to free postal service from bulky articles heretofore sent free by tho governmental dejiartments. surr-NixTn hat. Henntn. Tho senate committee on foreign reliitioiis discussed the house Cuhnn resolu tions this morning for nn hour and was un able to agree to the resolutions as passed by the house. Mr. Sherman Immediately on the assembling of the senate, reported the action of the oouimlttue and reporbsl that a confer ence bo asked. There was a division of sen timent in the oommlttis", tho majority hold ing that the house resolutions were not ns strong as the B"imto resolutions and that the language was In soma respects iimhlguous. This was charged esis-clally with reference to the second clntise of the house resolutions, wherein It Is stated thut "the only permanent solution of the contest, equally In the inter ests of Hpaln.ot the eopli! of Cuba and other nations would be in the establishment of a government by tbe choice of the people of Cuba." SEVRKTIETIl DAT. Henntor Gnlllnger, chairman of tho pen sions committee, Introduced in the senate several bills bearing upon the e'lislon laws. One of these provides that upon the consid eration of the application for a pension un der tho pension laws the fact that the appli cant was accepted and mustered Into service shall be accepted as satisfactory proof that he was of Bound body and mind. Of the other bills one empowers fourth-class post masters to administer oaths to pensioners. The senate conferees reported that they had agreed to accept the house resolutions on the Cuban question, and they wore made ospeclel order for Monday. Henntor Elklnsof West Virginia introduced in tlw senate a bill which is of national im portance. The measure provides for a dis criminating duty of 10 per cent, advalorum on all goods, wares and merchandise lrn- fiorted Into this country in vessels not be unglng to American citizens. SEVENTY-FlllHT DAT. The house passed the legislative appro priation bill which has been under consider ation a week. Most of the dny, however, was consumed in the consideration of the ameudment to abolish the fee system in the cases of United Stab's attorneys and mar shals. This umendtnent was perfected and adopted. the House men entered upon the consider ation of I ho post ofllco appropriation bill. The largest of the regular supply bills, which carries em.inj.iix. During the general do- bate Mr. Loud explained thut the bill did not urtioso to ubaudon the tnsiiectlon system Inaugurated by this administration but tbo terms of the bill cut oil the (orce employed by the first assistant postmaster-general and increased that of the regulur inspection force under tbe fourth assistant postuiusUT gcnural. A bill was passed to abolish the cash pay ment of pensions, the purposo of which wo to protect old veterans who squandered or were swindled out of the pensions on quar terly paydays. Checks will be sunt to their homes. The Metrlo Syitem. The Commlttoo on Coinage, Weights and Measures of tho Federal House of Ueprescn tatlvos has been considering a bill for tho adoption of the metric system of weights and measures, which, originating In France, has been adopted in many other oouutrii's. The bill proposes to make the system mandatory in ull otllcial Uanttaotious after July 1. ln'.if, and In private transactions after July 1, li'J'J. One of the great troubles about our present system Is thut we have so tuuuy words that do not express anything definite Wo havo three sorts of poumU, though two of them express tbe same weight, three sorts of ounces, a grout vurlcty of bushols when con sidered in connection witb their weight equivalent, several kinds of gallons, many Sorts of barrels, and so on. Then there are miles and leugucs that express different lengths in different countries, and so of feet. As to foreign weights and measures, it re quires an exiM'rt to convert them to their equivalents In the United Htabw. Httll it is very doubtful whether a change would be auoeptable to the people. After It was made we should hear no more of Inches, feet, furlongs or miles, but of milli metres, centimetres, decimetres, metres, de kamutros, hectometres and kilometres. In stead of acres, roods and perenes, we should have hectares, contares and ares. Instead gallons, quarts and pints, we should have litres, decilitres, dekalitres, etc. For weights we should have grams, dlkagrama, hecto grams, kilograms, etc. That this would cre ate confusion in the minds of many people Is Indisputable. Once familiar to the people. It would be very desirable, boeuuso It would express precisely the same thing In every In stance, uud would bo Intelligible at home and nbroad to everybody who hud devoted a Utile study to the subject. Italy and Abyssinia. The uoit tlmo the Italians fight In Africa, they should choose a mild-mannered mon arch like the British subject King I'rempch, i i Of LURED TO DEATH. Tho Italian Army Trapped and Cnt Down by Rhoant. The kingdom of Italy Is In a condition of excitement, grief snd anger almost beyond description. Words cannot adequately por tray the situation, for every dispatch receiv ed from the Massowah, aids to the gravity of the disaster to the Itallnn arms at Adown, Abyssinia. llie nrst news of Gen. Ilnrnterl s defeat to reach Home was to the effect that only 500 men were kllled.then Tuesday afternoon the numbers ran up to 8,000 killed with sixty pieces of artillery captured, and Wednesday morning's dispatches place the mimlmr of Italians killed nt the buttle of Adowa, and In the long, harrii'sing retreat which followed at 8,000, and it Is believed that not even these figures toll of the full extent of the dis aster. In these reports no mention Is made of the wounded, and there Is good reason to fear, basest on stories of recent Italian de feats by Abysslnlnns, that those who fell wounded during the retreat of over llfty nines, met a more horrible fate than thoee who wore killed on the spot. Throughout the night the garrison at Home was kept under arms and mounted patrols traversed the principal streets, 1 he masses, nowever, no noi s-em lo nave retired lo rest. J he streets were lined w th people until day break and after early morning every public place was crowded with excited men and women. A number of disturbances, which called for police Interference, occurred neunes iuy, and Hie indications are thut the neopie are assuming a most threatening attl :ude. iiotoiiivln home hut throughout Italy. Demonstrations against tho Crispl mlnl'ry. and even against the crown, are reported from a number of towns in the provinces, In spite of thn fact that the authorities are straining every nerve to suppress all alarm ing news. It is said that the government was aware on Tuesday of the full extent of the defent Inflicted on the Italians, but It was Judged to be dangerous to allow the startling Infor mation to reach the public suddenly, and so the report of the defeat was permitted to leak out: then the war office othViiils allowed It lo be "rumored" that 600 men were killed; after this came the report "that 8.000 sol diers hud fallen," and now It Is "admitted'' that 5,000 Italian troops were slain. "In ad dition to severe loss among the hntive troops" serving under the flog of Italy. I. nder these clrcumstnnccs, it is not aston ishing that the wildest kind of rumors nre In circulation, and that in some of the clubs the nutnls-rof killed and wounded Is placed nt IIJ.OW. Kxnggeruted as these figures may turn out to be, they show the stuto of the public mind. HELD THEIR OWN. Values Not so Very Much Afieeted by Cuba and B. and 0. The Cuban resolutions and tho appoint ment of receivers for tho Baltimore A Ohio were events of sufficient Importnnco to affect almost any genuine market, especially for se curities. It. therefore, argues either remark able strength of conditions or an entire want of life and genuineness in the market that the prices of the sixty most active railroad stocks, which averaged (4'J.74 per share February 1, have never fallen since that date lower than (40.30 nor risen above (ri0.H3 per share. The industries all report a slightly lower range of prices, except for Iron and steel products, and it Is noteworthy that while combinations In structural beams and wire and cut nulls are advancing prlci-s the quota tion for bessemer pig has fullen to (14.40 at Pittsburg, and southern No. a Is offered at (7. 7ft delivered at Birmingham, and billets sold at (1.70 nt Pittsburg. Tho bar combi nation, which raised pric-s not long ngo, finds an Increasing part of the business ab sorbed by outside works. The di tnand for no class of Iron products Is at this time brisk, but large structural business is expected In the spring, and there is still much hopeful ness uliout railroad orders, as earnings con tinue to improve. Hsculation In breadstuff's has not Isvri particularly active, nor has the change In prices been important. Western receipts of wheat were 2,81 1.3:13 bushels, against l,"-4,-l33 for the same week last year, having been In February 10,000.0114, against 4.419.440 last year. There is still on excess over the move ment of a year ago, though not so great as appeared III February. (In tbe other hand. Atlantic exports again fall behind tlio-e of Inst year, amounting for the week to 1.511, 816 bushels, flour included, ngaiust 1,hh0.44 lust year. With continuing large recced, corn remains substantially unchanged in price. Failures for tho week have been 2s5 in the United Htutes, against 234 loot year, and C4 in Canada, against M lust year. FORESTRY PROBLEMS. Exhaustive Report to bo Made by National Aoademy of Sciences. A scheme, of vast Importance to all persons Interested In the preservation of the forest lauds of tho United Htutes is outlined In a report of tho National Academy of Heiences to tho Secretury of the Interior, who had asked the academy to recommend a feasible and ooinjireheuslve forestry polli"y. The academy Las appointed a commission of no table scion tHt.t to make an investigation of tho forestry problem In all its phases, and Secretary Hoke Hmith will tako steps imme diately to afford all possible asslntance to the commission, and will recommend tocongr.-as the appropriation of (43,000 to cover actual expenses. The forestry problem has been a subject of deep consideration by many offi cials of tho government, and .special Interest lu tho problem has been taken by Secretary Hmith. Tho personnel of tbe com mission selected by tho academy to muke the Investigation and report is of unusual excel lence, its memls.rs comprising: Chairman, Prof. Chas. H. Hargcant. of Harvard; Alex ander Agu.slz, General Henry L. Abbott, an engineer and hydrogrupher, familiar with the western country; Prof. W m. H. Brewer, of Vale, who served on the geological sur veys of California; Arnold Hague, of tbo United Htutes geological survey, and GlUord Piuchot, agriculturist, Charleston. Caught at Work. Secret Service Agent George R. Braggs, raided the establishment of the Metropolitan Photo-Lithographing Company, on tne top floor of 46 Clinton place.. New ork,and cap tured an entire outllt for counterfeiting (2 silver certificates of the series of 191, with the Wlndom vignette. Two of the counter feiters, named Morris Goldstein and Charles Murruy, were found In the plajo and ar rested. The raid was the result of developments following Uie arrest of Charles A. Pacbin and Mrs. Henrietta Boltman, for passing some of the splrlous bills at Hoboken, N. J. All the members of tbe gang are now uqder arrest. Tot tho Horth Pole. Ilenry Lund, Consul of Noway and Swe den, at San Francisco, CaL, has received an otllcial communication from tbe Hwedlsh Minister at Washington coiling his atteutlon to tho fact thut Prof. Andre will stun In his balloon in July next to attempt to reach tbe North Pole. The purpose of the communica tion was to ask the good offices of Consul Lund in spreading tbo newt northward. H ured by thf TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Hevsn men were seriously inlu explosion of a boiler In tho Troy laundry vnieago. The export nf sheep from Ireland has beer falling off enormously, but there has bee; an Increase of cattle. The statistical returns of the varlons M"th ndlst bodies give 3f, 000,000 as the total in nnv bershlp throughout the world. I Charles W. Hertford, collector of faxes of Concord, Mass., was sentenced to five yarn. In prison for embezzling (14.000 tax funds. I W. E. Clark, nf Cleveland, O., has organ' Ized a company lo erect a largo refilling' works In California to refine California ollSik The number of deaths In London lad yeas I was 1M8M equal to an annual rate of Itf.jt lcr 1,000, tho population being about 4,3!r2, II. H. Holmes, otherwise known nt MndV gett Is doomed to die on tho scaffold Msy 7, his death warrant having been signed it wini eneet. Compressed air as a power has displaced! steam In three departments of the Pullman, Palace Car company's works, and will soon ne used throughout tne snos. Eastern bondholders of the Butte nnd I!oaV ton copper and sliver mining company, klon tana, have filed nn attachment on its prop- erty for (410,000, throwing 700 men out ol work. The Italian-Americans In Chicago hsvfc formed a committee to collect funds for the) : relief of the wounded and fami lies of the soldiers who lost their lives in tUd African conflict. Benjamin Llvcrman. who died In Minne apolis the other day at the age of OA, clulmed to lilt the first commercial traveler to go on the road In this country. Ho traveled for s Jewelry house. The Irish fishermen suffered severely from the violent storms of last yesri many llveg were lost, as well as a Inrgn numlr of boat. lb-turns of the salmon fishing show about an average yield. England proposes to raise a regiment of gentictneni there would lie plenty of recruit from the young men who failed to puts thai examination admitting to the military schools. Lord Wolscloy favor the plan. END OF A FIEND. Outlaw Etlinger, Defiant to tho Latt Ho ment, and Diet by His Own Hand. While attempting to arrest William L. EU linger at Woodward, l'a.,two men wero shotw one Instantly killed nnd the other so fatally Injured he may din at any minute. Wiiliam Etlinger, about 21 years old, who has hcen a wild character all his life, about a a year ago was Indicted for assault nud bat tery. II') gnvc onn lor court and smppeu tne country. Etlinger returned on the 6th, and Constable John Barrier was deputized to bring him to jail. 'I he constable took with him Frank Geiswhlte and a numiier ol fill r.ens (in arriving at Etlinger' s bouse they were warned not to enter. The doors wero locked, but soon were broken down with sledge hammers, and Barner entered. Etlin ger was upstnlrs.aud at once throw dynamite nt the constuble. This falling to explode, Etilnger shot Barner. (telswhlto, seeing the constable full dead, rushed In, only to receive two charges of buckshot at short range. He staggered out of the house fatally wounded and was car ried away by friends. The body of tho con stable was not recovered. Etilnger again barricaded tho doors and defied the posse of, citizens to arrest him. The facta were t'dei graphed to Hherl ff Condo. who ordered tha citizens to guard the house and shoot tho man if he attempted to eseaiie. In the meantime, the county commlsskriv' ers chartered a spotlul train, and the fJW riff n.-llh n lrt... r.iMaM of wnlLnrmiiil cltlvj.K loft at 6 o'clock that night for tbe some Ml tragedy. Woodward is seven miles frf,m the) nearest telegraph station. Just about noon Friday the last aft In the tragedy wns enacted, when the noted outlaw, who had. simile-handed, held at nav thei sheriff of Center eoilntv. two scores of armed A deputies and an infuriated mob of more than 1,000 angry citizens, himself performed the climax by sending two bullets Into his brain. This wns done after all hopes of escape had bei ii di-pelied, as he bad been driven front m.vi,, I.. II,. I.iil,.f r,f Ma h.ir. a... I r..r WARLIKE WORK. Tho Spaniards Do Not Intend to Bo Caught Napping. The cable dispatches which are being re ceived at Madrid from the United States are Inc reasing tbe feeling of Indignation which was aroused among tba masses when It he- lit be- J senaby i Insij II ' h nal 8 r..j came known that the United Htntes f favored the recognition of the Cuban I gents as belligerents, and the news;iap here confirm the report that a Hpanlsh i sotiadron. consisting of four cruisers i dispatch boot. Is to le sent to Cuba without delay. In addition Hpauish naval officers and marines are to be attached to the Hpan lsh mail lat, which are to be armed and equlpiied as auxiliary cruisers. Tbe greatest activity is being displayed in the government dock yards, and every preparation possible is being made by tbe naval and military for ces fur the most serious eventualities. It was announced that a number of Italian ship owners have offered In the event of war, to provide Hpaln with steamships to be used as privateers. t A number of students on Monday assemb led in front of the university with the inten tion of making a demonstration against the United Htutes, and their Intention was to mot the United Htutes legation. But the authori ties got wind of tbe affair, and a strong force of police was turned out. All the streets leading to tbe legation were blocked and tbe students were warned that rioting would be severely punl.-hed. "El Liberal" save it is Impossible to com pare the recognition of the secessionists with tbe Cubans, and In explaining this assertion remarks: 'Then America warmly congratu lated Spain as a noble and honest friend. Con we say the same to the Hvuate and Presi dent Cleveland'' The ' Herat do" says the president of the republic of Ecuador has aski-d the queen' regent of Spain to grant the Independence ol Cuba. Dispatches from Havana say tbe newtt papers of that city are unanimous in con demning the the action of the United States! sennte. It is added that the Liberals declare thut "Bandits cannot he belligerents." Uen eral Weyler advises the Inhabitants to be'f prudent. . ( RUSH P0R N0BTHIRM 00LD. An Unprecedented Number of Peopls Hust ling Toward Alaska. The steamship Topeka soiled from Fort Townaend, Wash., March 4. with the largest passenger list ever carried north, made a p of 300 miners for tbe gold Holds of Cooks inlet and Vukon country. Nearly as many more have engaged pa sage for a future trip. The steamship Alkl arrived and already her entire accommodation has becu spoken for. The rush to the north Is unprecedented. Tho City of Puebla, which snUed from bun Francisco, had on board a large party of miners, under oommaud of Captain John H. Johnson, bound for tbe gold mines Tud miles in tho interior of Alaska. Tbelr destination, is Forty Mile Birch ( rook, near Pyor settle ment, which they expect to reach lu My The party lojully equipped, t - issionsrles to bo Xxpsllod. A dispatch to Uie Berlin "Lokul Anxutger says that at Russia's request the porte intend, to expel from Asia Minor all English and Auionoaa niuuiouariej. v r
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