If.PI NEWS H WASHINGTON. IMPORTANT SUGAR DATA. Agricultural Department Innti Report on the Bngar Beet There Ik much Information for those Men tilbd with sugar Interests In a report Just lu etic! by the agricultural lfnrt incut on tin' sugar beet. In review ing the cost of manu facture, It ii Hint In 11:1 factories- report ing In Oerinnny, the menn not profit for ouch factory wa (. '12,2 IN fur tho past year. 'I h prl-'" reported paid (or beet I usually fictitious, tin-1 t grower owning tho facto ry nml referring to har In the general protits rather Hum to charge n high price for tlu beets. First class beets rarely tell for le than ti n ton. '1 lii Vi ti'rn H'-ft Sugar Company jf Wnt sonvlile, Cel., stated Hint In thn scii'son ls. vi the cost of manufacturing sugar from thn beet amounted tw.w) per ton of sugar. The i)'iiirtmi'tit hold now that th" hi'et ma chinery nnd the nioet economical processes, beet sugar can he made In this country nt a out ol Irom .1 to 4 ,-cnts per pound, when tin price of beet rior not exceed ! a ton. From reliable lntn It 1 stated Hint In F.urnpe the cost of erecting A fnetory with the most modern machinery of n enpaclty of nt least HOC tone of beet pur day III ahont Jno.lMHl. In this country, owing to (niveau ol poet of transportation nnd the tiltrtt-T prl.-e of hihor, the met probably wool. I he t Jfl.i'Oli. 1 he report discountenance! cheap manufacturing proeee and hold out no reasonable hope to dinner of successfully eetiil'llehlns a home lieet sugar fnetnry, hut predict 1 tint the eo-iperatlve factory method prnetlee.l In 1 urope. In which beet-growing termers hohl part or majority of the etoek, will evei tually come Into ueo here, of II, !J.HIH metric tone of beet delivered to the tierinan factor!)- In IHII3-W. there were 2,-H-9.IH4 tons itr-mn by shareholder, Seven beet sugar fiietorlee are now shown to be In operation In thle country and four others nre building or contemplating. The rate of increase In sugar eonsumptlon for twenlv-three years ha been 278 per cent in the riilto.l Stntcai 142 In France: lfi in oermnny; 10 7 In Austria, auil l0 In i:iif;laul. WORK ON THE TARIFF. The Biil Will bj Ready in About Two Weeki. The It 'publli an sub-committee of the Senate Fiunnoc committee expect to have the twin bill ready to report in about two weeks. Many of the schedules liavo received final attention, amonK them being ehemlenle and I'otton. The committee hue deemed it wis est to lenve the rnte on wool, sugar, hide, coal, lead ore, lumber and all the other Im portant subject until the simpler nintter can be determined. It I understood that many reduction In duties have been made. The disposition of the committee I to make a quite general reductlon.but this I found to be n task not easy to accomplish because of the Insistence of Senators upon having the strongest protection for the antcles lu which they are particularly Interested. SIMPSON IS OBSTREPEROUS. Insistt That Ha Will Blook Business Unt 1 Reed Give. In. Representative Jerry Simpson declares he will carry into effect hi threat to block any business which the House may attempt to do by unanimous consent before tho Speaker has appointed committee. He nyg lie will also call for a quorum to approve the journal each time the House mods. There Is no legislation for the House In proji-ot until the tnrilT or appropriation hi. I are returned to it by tho Semite, except the mall mailer of routine business which nre likely to arise, nud w hich have been con sidered n ntly by unanimous consent. Should additional measure for the relief of the sufferer by tho Mississippi Hoods be brought forward, Mr. Simpson proposes to 0 impel the presence of a quorum mid the action of a committee on them, Tho Demo crats do not intend to nbet Mr. Simpson in his obstiuctlvo tactics. Seed Distribution. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has initi ated a new system of seed distribution in his department. Ills aim is to diversify, so far at possible, the furm products of the coun try, and to this end he Is making n specialty of selecting new and vnlunbie seeds from nil parts of the world and putting them in the hands of farmers likely to uso them to ad vantage. He has begun thn work with sugar beets and leguminous plants of ull sorts While sugar beets are now widely cultivated In the Wct, the best seed nt present cornea from abroad. A large supply of these hlo,h crade seeds has been ordered and wiii be judiciously distributed, President Takst a Trip. President MeKlnley Mrs. McKlnley Mrs. Saxton, the Tresident s secretary, Mr, l'orter and Mrs. Torter. with Dr. Hates, the I'rosi dent'a physician, and Mrs. Hates, composed a vacation party that started Wednesday afternoon on the United Slates steamship Dispatch. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Booievslt, Cridler and Oen. Wheston Pill Tho Senate. Tbe Senate ha confirmed the following nominations: Theodore Ilooserelt, of New York, to be assistant secretary of tbo navy; Thomas W. I r idler, of West Virginia, to be third assistant secretary ot state; Feuton It. Mct'reery, of Michigan, to be secretary of the Vuited States locution, City ot Mexico; Capt. A. 8. t'rownhishleld, to be chief of the bureau of navigation, department of the navyi Alonr.o J. Tyler, to be collector of in ternal revenues for the Second district of Tennessee; Brig. (ten. Frank W iieatou. to be major general; Wllllnm O. Cassnrd, Mary land, to be chnpluiu in the navy; llev. I'. K, Walkley, Ohio, to be post chaplain; Capt, Hubert Craig, signal corps, to be major. HARBISON'! BIO MAJORITY. Chiosgo's Row Mayor Had 1,323 Mora Votei Than All Other Candidatsi. The mayoralty vote In Chicago complete U t followsi Carter U. Harrison, Democrat, 1 '4,828; J. M. Harlan, Independent, 117,072; V. C. Sears, Itepublican, 67, M5: W. Heslug, Huslness Administration candidate, 16,110: John Ulenibecki Socialist-Labor, IIM; H. U Tarmelee, rroblbitionls), 652; J. I. Vearue, Jr.. Independent, CM; F, Howard Ojlller: Independent, Hrt. Total, 207,4:14; . Harrison s plurality, 77,710; llumsuu ma Jjrity over all, 2,222. Complete returns Irom nil tho wards show the election of 2il Ueuiocratlo aldermen, six Itepublican uud Ave Independents, As a re sult the licuiocruts will have a majority ol l-bt over all In the next council. How Italia Parliament. Tha new Italian parliament was formally opened Monday morning by tbe king In per sou. Queen Margherita was also present, and 400 deputies aud 100 auuutora were lu attendance, but the Itepublican and Socialist deputies were absent. Tbe speech from the throne announced the Institution of a num. . ber of social and political reforms, and stat ed that the government was la full accord with all the other European powers In a de termination to maiutam tue peace oi U RELIEVING DISTRESS. Th President Recommendi Federal Aid For Sufferer! The Tresldent sent the following message to the Senate and tho lloiio of llej resentn tlves; To the Congress of the t'nlted States; Information which ha recently come to me from the governor of Arkansas, Missis sippi nnd 1,'itiMimn, mid from prominent citizen of these Suite nnd Tennessee, war rant the conclusion that wide-spread ills trees, involving the dcetrtictlnn of n large ntiiotint of property and los of human life, ha resulted from the Hood which have sub merged Hint section ot the country. These are stated, on reliable authority, to be the most destructive Hood that hare ever devas tated the Mississippi valley, the water being much higher tlinu tho highest stnge it hu reached before. Hi'tails of the extent of the ravage of the flood are given and the 1'rcehleiit says further: "l iiib'r the circumstance) Hie citizens of these State look for tho co-operation and support of the national government In re lieving tin1 pressing case of destitution, for food, clothing nnd shelter, which are beyond the reach vt local efforts. The authorities who hnve eominunlcated with the executive recognli-.e Hint their llrst and most energetic duty I to provide as far a poihle thn mean of caring for their own citizens; but nearly all of them agree in the opinion that, after their resources have been exhausted, a sum aggregating at least flMI.Oou. and possibly tIWXMWO will be required for Im mediate use. "l'recedi'iit are not wanting that In such emergencies ns this Congress hns taken prompt, generous nnd intelligent action, In volving theexpendlture of considerable sum of money, with satlstactorv result. In 1X74, MNi.nnn was iiproirlut'il, nnd In 1HH2, 1 15(1,0(1(1 was nls'o npproprlateil for relief In the sumo direction, besides large B'Jtni in other way. 1 he t il'lzen' llellef Committee of Mem phi, which ha tnkeu prompt action, hn Hlready cared for from li.fHMI to 7,IK)0 refugees from the flooded districts, and they nre still arriving In thnt city in large num bers dnlly. Supplies and provision have bwn sent to the various points in Arkansas and Mississippi by this committee, but tbe utmost that can be done by these efforts I to fmrtly relieve the most lieeiite eaes of uf crlng. No action hns yet been taken for the great majority of the inhabitants living In the Interior, whose condition hn already been described. "Voder these conditions, and having ex fried themselves to the fullest extent, the local authorities have reluctantly confessed their Inability to further cope with this dis tressing situation unaided by relief from the government. "It Iiiih, therefore, seemed to me that the representative of tho people should be promptly informed of the nature and extent ol the suffering and need of these stricken people, nnd I have communicated these facts in the hope and belief thnt the legislative branch of the government will promptly re. enforce tho work of the local authorities in the Slate named. WIl.l.IAM Mi K1N1.EV. Executive Maneion, April 7, im7. SEVENTEEN MISSING. Only 35 of 62 Penoni iu tht Burnod Hotel at Kuoxville Accounted For. The entire block between Vnlon nnd llescrvolr streets, on Hay street, Knoxvllle, Tenti.. with the exception of the Mcdliea building - the largest nnd handsomest block In the cltv was destroyed bv lire nt a loss estimated nt from 1,000,0(K to l,"HHJ,0(t. Of the M guests who were sleeping In the Hotel Knox when the lire broke out only llj hnve been accounted fur. The hotel reg ister was iii'Mtroveil. nud It will perhaps never be known how many lives wore. lost. Those known to have perHied in the name nre A. K. Week of l.ocke, N. Y., drummer: tl. W. Huberts, ot Pulaski, Tenii., lightning rod agent: I'.. A. Wllliums, Spring field, Mas., retired merchant. Telegram have been pouring In from dif ferent cities Inquiring about people sup posed to have beeii ill Kno.xvllle. The work o'f searching for the remain in the ruins was begun and the develonuu'iits alreadv indi cate Hint the list oi dead will bo lunch larger I than it was at llrst thought. t burred remain wore found In different localltie of thn ruin. Where one ot these bodies is supposed to have been cre mated were b und a number of pocket knives, shears, ru.ors, etc,, which leads to the belief thai Weeks, tho cutlery drummer for the llochester house, had attempted to carry out hi sample ease. til the Injured perhaps only one will die I. C. II. llogle, of loucsi.ee, a civil cugiueer. He Innaied llnmes. FEAR OF STARVATION. England Would B In a Bad Plight in Cast Of a War. Attention was called In tbe house of com mons by Henry Seton-Karr, Conservative, to tho wholly Inadequate production of food supplies in the Vuited Kingdom in relation to the large and Increasing population. Ho then announced that the dependence of the I'nited Kingdom upon foreign imports for the necessaries of life and the consequence which might arise therefrom In the event of war demand tbe serious attention of tbe gov ernment France, he pointed out, was self supporting, aud lliisslaand the Vuited states were able to make large exports. The drei buud, he continued, was practically self-supporting, Mr. Seton-Karr remarked that, should the harvest In America full and ltussia refuse to supply Ureat Urituln, the hitler's position would bo most serious. He proposed state granaries for keening sup piles. Several other members spoke on the subject, but no action was taken. EARTHQUAKE KILLS TWO HUNDRED. Tht Island of Formosa Shaken With Ter ribls Conssqusnoei. According to mall advices received by tbe steamer Km press of Japan, a severe earth- , quake occurred at Giruu, Foimosa, recently. Auoui auj nouses were roppicii over uuu about 2'ill persons were killed or badly lu I Jurwl. Tho mortality from earthquake is ! sttid to be increasing alarmingly of late in Formosa. An order will bo tuned to the effect thnt only earthquake proof houses may be erected within certain limits. General Fallerton'i Body. The body ol (teueral Joseph 8. Fu Uerton of St. Louis, wbo was killed In a railroad accident on tbe Ilnltlmore 4 Ohio road, near Oakland, Md., was fouud In the Voughio gheny river, eight miles below tbe bridge, where the accident occurreiU The body was found by' farmer wbo wa duck bunting. Tbe body was sent to Clilllioothe, O., lor burial. It was embalmed nt Oakland. A small army of men have beeu searching for the body ever since the accident. Fullorton was in the sleeper Ukraine, which went over the bank Into the river. Modoo Indians Starving. . Tberemuuntol tbe Modoo Indians, now living Id Modoo county, Cat., In the neigh borhood of tbe scene of Capt. Jack's treach ery and Oen. Cauby's death in 1H72, ure uow In n pitiuble condition, verging on actual stiirvutlon. In all there aro about 200 fam ilies of the tribe. The winter lias ,beeu severe one aud the iudlaus have been iiunble to obtaiu the necessities of life. It Is report ed that their number has been reduced one half this winter by death due to starvation and exposure, Tbe Indiana do not occupy reservation, aud at a consequence an np- Seal for aid caunol be made to the United tatee government. I LATEST HUGH INIEIIIGEKCL MASSACRE OF PRISONERS. Terrible Story of Fiendish Cruelty From tht Philippines. The American whaling bark, Charles Vi. Morgan, brings a story from Yokohama of a massacre at the southern island of (liiam, A Spanish vessel brought from the I'hlllppliic to that point 4"0 prisoner. Food wa scarce nnd tho guard small, mid tliolttur gent prisoner trb'd to i-icape. To discour age such attempt, Hie Spanish siddleia niniised themselves by llrlng Into the bur' . On the llrst night 7il prisoner were kill Ill" ',', .ml night Ml lot their lives, and the third 4.", mnklng 10 In all. Those who survive lire to be rhot by mar tial law later. They saved themselves for the time by making barricade of Hie bmlli s of their dead companion. The corpses were so riddled with bullets thnt the clothing on them was in tatters. VENEZUELA RATIFIES TREATY. Both Houiet of Congress Enthuiiaitioally In Itt Favor. The Congress of Venezuela has nnnnl mouely nud enthusiastically ratified the (liilana boundary arbitration treaty with Oreat llrltlan, which was negotiated by tho Vnlted State.. Themensiire was first rend In the House of Ilepresentative last Friday, when Senor Arai'gureii spoke eloquently In It favor. The second rending wa without Incident. It enmo up on third rending Monday, and af.er a speech by Senor llrlceno, the House voted for tin treaty iitintiiiiiotisly, and great cheering and enthusiastic demonstrations of gratitude to "I nele Sain." Hie treaty was tiliniilmoiisly rntllled by the Senate nlso. l'resldeut Crespo will sign It. BRIN0IN0 TURKEY TO BOOK. Tht President Will Send Ex-Seoretary Fos ter to Settle Ameriosn Claims. The adoption of a vigorous policy to e. euro from the Turkish government n settle ment of the clnlms preferred by the Vnlted States on account of the iliirtriictlon of American missionary property and mitriigss to American missionaries during the upris ing against the Armenians in the the fall of 1KW, Is being considered by the new ndiulii (strittlon nnd probably will be put into operation Boon, l'reeldent McKlnley pro gram contemplate the sending to Constanti nople of .lohii W. Foster, former Secretary of State, n a special envoy, with the rank of ambassador, to secure from the sultan tho payment of the claims nud n speedy trial of those American citizen against whom charges have been made by Turkish official. Thn I'resbleiit probably will send to Con gress n message recommending (hat authori ty be given him to comml-sioii n special am bassador to Turkey for this piirpase. The program meet the nppiovnl of leader in emigres of both parties. Claim amounting to 150,000 have been presented by Minister Terrell, on account of the damages done to the Euphrates college nt llurpuot, which I the properly of the Americnn board of foreign mission, to the Mil rash Theological seminary, nud the rel ilence of nn Americnn missionary nt Has quoy, a suburb of Constantinople licmon strances have beeu made on account of the treatment of llev. 11. 1'. Kunpp, an Ameri can mlsslonnry who was stationed ut Ititll. ami wn expelled from the Turkish empire on n charge of exciting Armenians to rebel lion. Fresh Outrsget Reporttd. The London 1 billy Chronicle publishes nn extract from a letter from an occasional cor respondent In Asia Minor declaring Hint 2, (100 person linvii perished by Moslem massa cre In Tokar, nnd Hint fresh outrage probably a devilish are expected. The Ka nildict reglmeut ha recently been moved, and, It I believed, going to Krberoiini. All along tbe Syrian coast has been placed guards i f Turkish soldiers to prevent the Armenian from escaping. Those nt Zei taun mi' ready to rise, and, the correspond ent says, war accniB inevitable. DONS ARE DESERTING. Doing Over to tht Inturgenti in Largo Numbers. A Havana dispatch says: liesertions aro still very numerous In the Hpnnlsh army. At Matanzas a company of 47 men have passed over to the Insurgenta on account of the scanty and poor food supply and non-payment of money due them. The authorities ure careful to prevent this news from being printed here, for tear thnt it mny influence tbe rest of the army to follow the same course. In Santa Clara provluce tho deser tions nre still tnoru numerous, lty orders from Mndrid, Wcylor 1 trying again to In duce the insurgents to accept the alleged re forms, and bus employed for that purpose Senor Marios Onrcin, ex-mayor of the town of Snncti Spiritus, Honor Onrcia, notwithstanding the 111 suc cess of his former proposals, indirectly made to Gomez by the correspondence of "IA Liberal," Senor Morot, baa again accepted the mission, nud has written to the Cubans in a pleading way asking their acceptance of the reforms. W cylor suggests to the Insur gents that after the present plan of reforms has been practically tried In the island, Spain will grant to Cuba morn liberal homo rule. He holds out the prospect, also, of n general amnesty, including the pardon of ull Cubans who are In the revolutionary ranks, nud who nre under charge before the Hpnn lsh tribunals for common offenses. He adds Hint lu the treaty of capitulation, the Insur gents will receive all tbe military honors, of u bellgerent army. It is positively known that, notwithstand ing nil the MMiii-olllcial Spanish news to the contrary, Oen. Oomea baa sternly rejected nil these proposals, nnd baa wnrned Senor Onrcia that if he ever falls into bis bauds he will be bunged as a traitor. Tbe sumo atti tude Is assumed by the Cuban Oovemment nt Ciiiniigucy. A committee from Oen Jim-iuex- Castellauos was dismissed by rresident CiMiero with the answer that, though the Cubans do not like to lilt real olllclal deputa tions, they will be obliged to arrest nud try bafore a drumhead courtmartiul nil who may in future enter the Cuban enmn with pro- fiosals for peuue not based upou the absolute udepcudeuce of tho island. FOREIGN PROTESTS. Germany, Italy and Holland Oppoioi tht Dlngley Bill. The Herman ambassador, the Italian am bassador aud the minister from the Nether lands to the United States, acting under In structions from their governments, have filed protests against the proposed legislation with the secretary of state, and these pro tests have buou forwarded by Hecrutury .Sher man to tho senate oommittee on llnanco. These protests, while couched In diplomatic language, plaiuly call ntteution to the effect which tbe proposed bill would have on the countries concerned in the event of itt puss age, Tliut of liarou von T'hlelmiinii, the Oerman ambassador, Is particularly forcible, amounting almost to a direct threat of re taliation by the Corinun government mjaliutt the Uulted State. . A Forlunt to tht Churoh. Ily the will of the late Winifred Martinet Baltimore, nearly, If not quite, l.(MH),0o0 It bequeathed to Catholic churches aud churl ties In Maryiund and Calllorula. Miss Martin was a teacher by profession, but Inherited large estate from ner bulf-brotber, John O. Downey, who ww (or three tqrmt Qoyernor ot California. DUN"S TRADE REVIEW. A Cheerful View of tht Situation -There Will B No Scarcity of Wheat. Out of off, oral failures with liabilities of (i(l.752,oCl In the llrst quarter, 74 bunking failures covered more than n llftli of the amount, f l'J,7l4.i;r1, and :),.'l4."i failures with liabilities of !lfi,!ll7,H!i2, or nearly three tilths, aro elassllled this week according to branches of boslne, leaving only 67 fail ures anil lis than a lll'li of the liabilities, l2,lli),(ll!l, In branches of manufacture or trane not specified. (Inly two of the thirteen tr illing classes and only four of thirteen trailing elas'.e show liabilities for the quar ter larger Hum lii"t year, and only live maun faetiiriiig nnd three 1 ru ling show larger average liabilities. For th" month of March only three iniitnitiicturlrg and font trading clii.i-a show larger amount than Inst year, nnd only two uiaiiiira"turiiig and live trading show n lurgi-r nvernge of liabilities. In al most every ease, nlso, It h shown Hint the liierciise i due to one or two exceptionally large fullur In that class. The return compared with those of three previous year disclose much improvement 11 1 rend y, nnd n bright prospect for more hereafter. A sudden cobnpse In the whent mnrket, exceeding it cent lu a dnv, appear to have 110 other cause than n belntcd perception thnt past acceptlou and estimate of yield and consumption, ofliclnl and other, have been misleading. Flood and other un favorable weather for seeding have no weight. Expectation of great scarcity nml high price burst like n bubble, nnd for n time the only support was the taking of pro Ills by speculator for a fall, itecelpts have not warranted hope of a great ndvatitnge, nor do they now warrant much expectation of decline. Western receipt are smaller Hum last year, nnd Atlantic: export not Inrge, though over 110 percent larger than a year ago. Corn receipt continue heavy and -xport for the week were :l,:!j:t,.l:l7 bushels ngnlnst 1.112,7111 bushels I11.1l year. The di'iuaiiil lor cotton good doe not In crease, although enlesof fair magnitude con tinue, but print cloth ure dull. Speciilntlon In wool has been checked by tho possibility that duties may take effect April 1, nml some largo shipments from nbrond have been coiiiit"rninnd' I, while trader hero are loss illsposcii to sell. Diil trading between deal ers make up more than half the sab of 12.7:1!', Kid pounds for tho week, nnd since sales In six weeks at three market have been 7i-. I'll, 1100 pound It is not Improbable that many mills have, n I claimed, n full yenr's supply. The demand for men' goods ha diminished, the first round of purchases hiiv lug bel li completed by ninny buyer with re. mils fairly encouraging nnd the demand for dress goo'ls, especially of tho lower grades, ha caused an ndvnnco of 5 per cent in some lines. 'i he Iron Industry I hampered by the con test between Mesnba ore (titcrcrd. which prevent ns yet nny settl ment of ore price nml leads many to expect further decline lu finished products. The Illinois ateel works, the I, nke lirle work nt Cleyi'liin.l and the woiksof Oliver Co. nnd lt ers A Co. nt l'lltsburgnre stopped by labor ilifliciilties, and some furnnces have stopped because the production of pig had outrun the demand lor uiiistieii pi inained unsold shed proiluct, and heavy stocks re- QUEEN OF THE NAVY. Mtdt Over 17 Knott in Hour, and Earned $200,000 Premiums. The battleship Iowa, the Inst ot the prcin-liim-hullt battleship of tho navy, earned for her builders, William Cramp It Hon.of I'liila delphln, 200,000 by making an average of 17 knots uu hour over tho regular govern ment course oft the Massachusetts coast, in the four hour' speed trial required by the government under the contract. The lown proved herself 10 bo superior to either the Jndliiiin or Massachusetts by A considerable fraction of a knot, and is the queen of the American navy, if not the most formidable battleship all. nit. Throughout thn trial the boat behaved ad mirably. The heavy turrits, placed well above the water line, gave ber a much greater roll than the Indiana or Massachu setts, but except for this she was much steadier than the other battleships. The Iowa is olllcially known a "sea-going battleship No. 1." '1 he contract for her con struction awarded February 11, 1h!i:i. The lonn I larger than thn Indiana In length, beam and deck measurement, but the disposition of the buttery Is the ame ex cept mat si arries four bt-lncb gun nud six 1-inch guns, and In r secondary battery Is 22 rapid lire and machine guns. The di mension Hre: Length on the loadwatr line, am) feet; extra breadth, 7H feet inches; molded depths, Hi) feet 4 inches; mean draught. 24 feet; displacement 011 normal draught, 11,3(10 tons; unit a lull coal capacity of 12,600 tons. CHICKAMAUGA COMMISSION. General Boynton Beoomst Chairman and Gen. Dufneld a Member. The reorganization of the Chickamaugn and Ibnttauooga National Turk Commission, necessitated by tho recent deuth ot Itt Chair man, Oeneral J. H. Fullerton, has been per fected by Secretary Alger. Oeneral Henry V. lloyntou.who has assisted the Commission in historical work, was transferred to full membership iu the Commission and unpoint ed ( luilrmun. Oeneral H. M. lmllluld was appointed to the vacancy caused by Oeneral lloyntou's promotion. The other members of the Commission are Oeneral A. 1', Stewart and Major F. I'.. Smith, 1'. H. A. The latter Is secretary. Oeneral lUlBleld, the new member, is a resi dent of Detroit. He was an active par ticipant in the battles of Chickamaugn and Chattanooga. He Is an officer ot the Society of tbe Army of tbe Cumberland nnd was Its orator on the occasion of the dedicntiou of the statue of 1'rcHideut Oarfleld in Washing ton. AN ALABAMA CYCLONE. Farmers Suffer Heavily From Wind and Bains. A cyclone passed over a portion ot I'ala county, Ala., leaving wreck uud disaster in It path. Many houses were demolished, A Mrs. 1'owera wa caught by the lulling tim bers ol ber home and died before she could be rescued. This is tbe only fatality report ed. For many miles the farmers are suffer ing everything they had was swept away by tbe wind or ruined by tbe torrents of ruin. Tbe citizens of Ozark have scut several wagon loads of supplies to those lu need. Big Oil Dividends. Standard Oil Trust certificates touched tbe highest price 011 record last week. They Sold at 24, 25 and 2'J4. No reason could be assigned for tbo sharp udvnuce beyond the reports of enormous prospective divi dends. The trust paid SB per cent iu the twelve months of last year. Iu three month of the preseut year It has paid 3V per cent, and tho report Las it that the dividends may much 100 per cent for the year. Innovation in English Law. In tbe House ot ('ominous Sir Kichard Webster, the attorney general, moved the second reading ol tliu law of evidence bill, euablii.g prisoners In criminal coses to testi fy lu their own behalf. He suld that the United Hiutes, Canada and Australia hud similar laws lu operation uud tliut they bud been fouud to work well lu all these coun tries. He regretted that fur tbe preseut lu government was obliged to exclude Ireland from tbe bouellts ot the act, owlug to the de lire that the measure should be as little con tentious as possible. Hut ba hoped, and the government hoped, that tbe law would be eventually extended to Ireland. The bill theu pasted Ita second reading by a vott a 210 to tl. DELUGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE GREATEST FLOOD KNOWN. land in Tht Delta It Unier Water Whiob Wat Never Reached Before. A din patch from Memphis, T"nn., says: The feature of tho Hood condition In the Mississippi delta I the gradual sprend of water over nn nn a thnt hitherto was never overllowed. The upper erevassa In Tunica county I 2.(10(1 feet wide, nml so great i the outpour that water from below Hie break Is being drawn up to mid hurled out over the fertile Talley through the crevasse. All the country east of the main Hue of Hie Yiikoo A Mississippi Valley road is Hooded, and In many places the wntcr has gone over the tracks, lining thn Ynr.no river. The fall In tbe main channel nt Helena, Oreenvlllo, Vieksbiirg and Arkansas City Is due to the lining up of the delta and the lower W hite river country. I he supreme question Is the duration of thn Hood. If the lower lever along Louisiana and soiltliea-t-ern Arknnn should hold, which it I be. liovod they will not do, the emptying of th- delta nud the St. Francis basin will lie slow. If they break mid the river continues to full at Cairo the upper St. Francis bnsiri and the delta will be clear of wnter by May 6. If this should prove true there will bo no difficulty in growing cotton. 'I ho situation on the Ynon-MlsUlf.i delta valley 1 crowing daily more desper ate. Fully 700 towns am under water and many more surrounded nnd cut eft. llie governor of .Mississippi telegraphed Secretary Alger tor nn appropriation of l()0,0IK from congress, which he says will close the crevasse, lu thnt state, give em ployment to afl the needy, and allow people to work In nil In .'ll'dnys. 'J he Missouri rlver l rlelng rapidly ngnln, having risen l.'l Inche nt St. Joseph, Mo., In the lnt 24 hours. The river I now 10 leet nbovn low water mark, nnd Indications are that It will continue to rise. Henry strulve and two son were drowned mar Frankfort, South llakota. This makes six deaths from drowning during the present overflow. The floods exceed anything ever witnessed there. The water In the river is 8 feet higher than the high) t watermark here tofore. There ha been great lost of stacked grain nnd slock. WORKS STARTING UP. Ftotoriet at Welliburg, W. Vt,, Enjoying a Boom. The Standard Olass factory at Wellsburg, W. 'n,, started up on lantern globe, after six month Idleness, nnd Nicboll A Mnt thews's press brick work will begin opera tions nt once. With the exception ot the l'nnhniidle window glass work, which failed eoine years ago.und whb'h the local improve ment association I taking step to get on Its feet again, all of Wellsburg Industrie lire In active operation with bright prospects ahead. A number of building nre in pro gres nnd there is a perceptible Improvement In business confidence, shared iu also by the farmer, one Instance of which was the sale nt Wellphnrg, to Horkbeimer Uros., of the wool clip of 1H!Mj of the llenll Jiros., consist ing of 10,000 pounds, the washed wool sell ing for 20 cents 11 pound nud the unwashed for 15 cent. The Cleveland and I'lttsburg railroad shops at Wellsville, O., huvn started up full blast. Some of the departments are work ing 10 hours n day and some nine hours. and It I given out that they will work sleadiiy all spring nnd summer. The Pioneer pottery is running lull, day und night, and cannot turn out ware fast enough to supply the de mand. Work nt the new mines of tbe Dlooming ton Conl oompany, near lieynoldsville, l'a., is being rapidly pushed forward. A large force of men is employed nnd a largo quan tity ol coal is shipped every dav. As the work open up more men will be taken on. The coal Is nil dug by pick mining and it Is not expected that any machine work will be done at these mines. Itusines i on the boom In Onrrett county, Md. The Oakland Coal nud Coke company has demand for more coal than it can mine and more coke thai) it can make. The brick plant I also running full time. The bnnkiug business nt Oakland hn increased .Ho per cent, over the eerresoonding period of last year. The Itlverlde Cotton Mills company, of Danville, Va., hnve given nn order for 17(1 new looms, which will make the ltlvcrsidc the largest cotton factory in the South. WILL NOT BE SHOT. Spanish Minister Talks of What will Be come tf Rivera Advices received by the Spanish minister at Washington state that Oeneral liuls Itlvern, who It lying wounded near Havana, is not In a serious condition and that hit wounds are not likely to prove fatui. Thn minUter says that at no time has tbe Hpnnlsh government nor Oeneral Weyler hail any Idea of shooting Itlvern, Tbe minister in clined to tbe belief thnt the man would not be shot, but shown, that much depended up on the conduct of the Cuban sympathisers In the United State. He declined to suy whether his reference was to tbe conduct of Oeneral Sanguliy, who Is now under arrest on suspicion, of aiding another UlibusrtelDg expedition, or to the proceedings in tbe sen ate, which might be regarded at tending to Inllnmu bad feeling. The minister has re ceived word tbnt 2.0HO of the insurgents In tbe l'hilippines bave offered to surrender. JUSTICE TO THE VETEBAHS. Storttary Wilten Shewing Them Evidence of "ii Regard. Secretary Wilson, of tbe agricultural de partment, It seeing to It that ex-Union sol diers under his jurisdiction get all tbe ad vantages that tbe civil service accords them. He Is reinstating them wherever they hnve been removed or reduced, uuleae for suffi cient cause, urd is preferring those with a war record lor promotion whenever possible. Among those upon whose cases he bus acted are Mr, l-'anuie N. Orcgory of Pennsylvania, widow nnd daughter of ex-L'uion soldiers, wbo hue been promoted from a 1,200 to a (1,400 clerkship, und Michael Muhauy, a l'ennsylvunla veteran, who bos beeu pro moted from a tlitiO messengership to be cup tuin ot the wutcb at 1 1,200 per uuuuin. SAVED FR0N A WRECK. Twelve Mtrinert Resoh Philadelphia After a Harrow Eseapt. Twelve shipwrecked muriuars from the Norwegian ship, i'riuce Frederick, reached Philadelphia on tbe Norwegian steamship Ourly, Irom I'ort Antonio, jumacin. The I'riuce Frederick was bound from Ulo Jan eiro, lirny.il, to Hhlp Island, Miss., to load lumber, and was in ballast ut the time of the accident. During u iquull early on the morn ing ot March 5, the vessel became uumuuuge utile, uud struck iu the darkness on the corul reots oil tbe coast ol Juiuuclu. liefore the break of day the vessel bud completely broken up, aud tbe crew made tbe shore by clinging to the rcmalus of tbe wreck. Capt. F.llcnseu secured passage to Montego bay on the British tcboouer Angler for himself uud crew, tluully uud reached Kiugstou, where they were cared tor by the Norwegiuu con sul. The consul scoured passage tut them to l'hlladelpblu on tbe Ourly. Revolt e Afrloans. Dispatches from Pretoria and Delagoa bay say that the whole of Oakland la lu opeu revolt. Tweuty-llva thousand natives have rebelled against toe 4 orluguet goveruouiut. MR. BRYAN IN WASHINGTON. Tht Dtfeattd Candidate Mestt Major MoKinley at tht Whlta Home. Wllllnm J. Drynn called on the President Tuesday. A score of Senators and Ileprn sentnlives were In the President's room when Mr. Ilryan entered, but Mr. McKlnley was busy talking to tome people, nml did not a first see bis late opponent. YVhen he reeojr nlzcd him they had a quiet chat, In which politic wn not touched upon. Sir. Ilryan remnrked upon the President's apparent good health, nnd Mr. McKlnley said that he had received a copy of Mr. llrynn s book, but had not had time to rend It. "There is no aw which compels you to road It," remarked Mr. llrynn. After a further exchange of courtesies and plensantries Mr. ilryan re tired. He expres-cd a desire to be shown through Hie W hite House, nnd Doorkeeper Dubois conducted him through the parlors and the conservatory. In the main corridor ho met Mr. McKlnley, who wns going out for a drive, and saluted her cordially. Mrs. McKlnley acknowledged the salute with a smile. Mr. Drynn drove from the White House to the Supreme court, where he appeared a one of the counsel for the State ot Nebraska In It appeal to determine the constitution ality of the State law fixing reasonable maxi mum rate for railroad transportation ot freight. He contended thnt there were but two kind of rates, reasonable und unreason able, and that If a f 'W corporations can secure a monopoly nnd not be governed by tho snme rules ns others the people nre the victims of the monopoly. He argued that the courts must calculate reasonable profits upon the nctiial cost of a railroad, and not upon the watered value of its stocks and bonds. He declared that the people who gave value to a railroad by using it were as much entitled to consideration ns those who contributed to build it, else there wni no equality for citizens before the courts. MORE TROUBLE FOR SPAIN. Thtrt it an Uprising Now on tht Iiland of Porto Rico. A dispatch from Havana says: News has been received here that nn uprising against the Spanish government ha occurred in the Island of Torto llico. It Is tald that the revolutionists number 500 well-armed men und thnt they ure divided Into bands, one operating near Yauco and the other near Adjiintii, the principal towns of two rich tobacco districts in the south of the island. The band near Adjiintn Is said to he well fortified In the mountains near that town. The revolutionists demand the absolute in dependence of Porto llica from Spain, ac. cording to the program of the Cuban revolu tionary party, which in each of it article ndrocatc the freedom of Spain's colony of Porto llico. The Spanish authorities deny that they have heard anything about the affair, though It is said that a dispatch ha been re ceived from Oen. Marin himself, the captain general ot Porto llico, telling of the uprising there. W lint Is positively known Is that the revo lutionary party in Porto Itico has been very active tor the past four months nnd that the people of Yauco und Ajtinta, tbe two place now announced ns being in revolt, hnve been enthusiastic supporters of revolution nnd op posed to the acceptance hy the autonomist party of the scheme of reforms lately offered to tbe Island by the government of Senor Cancvas. ANNA DICKINSON SANE. Verdict in Hor Favor in tht Ftmont Damsge Suit. Anna Dickinson has triumphed over her enemies und It cleared of the suspicion of insanity by a verdict In her favor returned by the jury. She sued (leorge It. Thompson, it. j on 11 s. lineman, 1'r. liiueon under wood, John Courtnght, Allen ICgglesou and Henry I'.rv.bn for $100,000 damages tor alleged assault nnd battery and false im prisonment, which resulted In ber Incarcera tion In a lunatic asylum on February 25,lrc.)l. The case has been 011 trial lu the I'nlteij States court at Scranton, Pa., bolero Judge Judge Achesoii since March 2:i,iiiul was given to the Jury Friday afternoon, a verdict fur the pluiutllT being returned. Eleotrio Rosd Must Fty. An Important decision was rendered by Judge Johnson, of Milwaukee, Wis, in the South Milwaukee crossing war between the Chicago and Northwestern rond and tho Milwaukee F.leetrio Hallway company. The court says that eleotrio conipnuiaa cannot make use of a country road us a right of way, where it is tbe intention to carry any thing but pusseugers, without paying dam ages to tbe abutting property boluers. Wsmen Can go to War. If thn State militia of Colorado ever fails of its complement ot men, the women can be expected to recruit the rank. Should they so iiesire they needu t wait rortneir Drotuert to come to tbe front. They can join the militia providing Oov. Adams signs tbe bill passed by the legislature. The governor sayt he will sign the bill. Wages Cut Notice ot a sweeping reduction In wnges was made at the iron mills of J. A. Wood at I. likens. Pa.: the Alan Wood company and J. Wood A liros' oompany at Conshoboekea. l'a. Fifty cents a ton Is knocked off pud dlersandlO per cent off other employes. A thousand band are affected. In Potts town the large l.esslg Iron mills suspended operations Thursday evening and Ihn men were paid oil. Relief For India. In execution of the act of Congress auth orizing the Secretary of the Navy to trans port contributions for the relief of the sillfer. lug poor of India, Secretary Long bus taken stops Immediately to procure a ship or steamer from tbe merchant marine. No naval vessel is available fur this purpose, so the choice will be made from, American merchant ships, a number ot which have been uttered. Rhode Island Elettion. lieturns received indicato that the llepub llcuu cuudidute for governor, Oeuerul F.lndiu Dyer, was given a plurality of more Hum 10.000 vote in the state election, while the plurality for Dennett, secretary of stale, and Clarke, general treasurer, ure over 11,000. The Itepiiblicnns huve a Inrge majority In both bouses of thn general assembly aud a majority of 07 iu the gruud committees. Four Children Browned. When the levee broke at Mouud Landing, Miss., a family consisting of a mother and six children were overtaken by the water uud before they could reach a place of safety four ol the children were drowued byihu furiously rushing current ard washed away almost lu the twiukllug of an eye. Who thesu people were was uoi icurnuu iu me coufusiou. LATE BREVETIES. A Ulg Four freight train was burned In Iudlaiiupoli iu consequence of tbu oxploniou iu a cur loaded witu whisky. Otto Cruushaw was seriously injured. , Tbe Pennsylvania Prohibition stuto execu tive eommltteu met ut Wllliaiiisport uud ar ranged lor the statu convention, to be held at Altooua on Juue H. llev. Dr. H. C. Swal low it suggested for stuto treasurer. Tbe Illinois Steel Company It filling the placet ol the 00 rail-straighteuera wbo walk ed out of tbe steel mill lust Thursday result lug lu tbe throwing out of etuploymeut ot 4,000 men. i
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