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.
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