PASSES HIE SENATE. IT WILL BE NEUTRAL. President Civ.n E.-tcep:io:lnt Power t Urt.tfd Et;te WW rur:b.iie $915.0:0 Shnrei at $130 Each New lljard ol Director.. The Senate last Saturday vipn-i1 the Nicaragua til-nil bill by a vote of 18 to 8. The Nicaragua 'imnl Mil. nsi It 1 nss ed, continues the mime of the Mari time Canal Company- It provides for the Issuance of l.ooO.oci) shores of stock of lieu earn. The Cntisil company Is roiiulred to call In nil the Block Issued except that held by the Nicaragua nnd Costa. Itlcnn governments. The ci.ir.pnny Is also required to redeem nmi ciincel nil bonds ami scrip heretofore tnl by the compuny ami to Satisfy nil cash liabilities. To enable the company to comply with this requirement. T11 usury war rants to the amount or fS.iXMi.onil nre authorized, with n proviso that only no much of the amount shall be pnbl ns shnll he required to pay the actual cash value of the rights, privileges, frnnchlHcH nnc property at the time of the payment, the value to be determ ined by commissioner to be appointed by the president. This being done, the secretary of the Treasury Is nuthorlx ed to subscribe for l:':V00i) shares of the company's stock for the government of the I'nlted states. The present members of the Hoard of Directors nre then to resinn and a board of seven Is to be appointed In their stead, con sisting f Ave on behalf of the I'nlted States and one each on behalf of Nica ragua and t'ostn Uica. The directors on behalf of the I'nlt ed States are to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. No two of them nre to be residents of any one State, and no person who has heretofore been Interested In the canal company Is to be appointed to this of fice. They nro also prohibited from be ing Interested In contracts on the en nui, Knch of the directors, except the president, Is to receive 11 salary of $5, 000 a year, and the president Is 1 1 have Ifi.OOO. All traveling expenses nre to be paid. Annual rep. its nre required. There Is a provision against declar ing a dividend except upon the net earnings. The company Is authorized to contract for the 1 ompb-tlon of the canal within six year. The payments are restricted to So.Ohrt.ooi) annually. The canal Is to be law enough "for the use of the largest sen-going ves sels nt a cost not to exceed the estimate of the engineers nnd not to exceed Hiri.dOO.Onn," This n mount Is made a permanent appropriation for the work, to be used 11s occasion may require. The bill Rives the government n lien upon the property to secure the repay ment of t moneys advanced, nnd the President is empowered to declare for feiture of the property to the I'nlted States with'oit the necessity of Judicial or other nscei tnlnment. Thereafter, full title Is to rest In the government of the United Slates. The president Is authorized to sus pend payment nt any time. The Presi dent Is also authorized to secure any change In or modification of the terms of the concession, either from the con cessionaires or from Nicaragua anil Costa IS lea. In case of failure In such negotia tion, the President Is also empowered to negotiate for another route across the Isthmus. The neutrality of the rn nal Is guaranteed, but the right to protect It ngnlnst interruption of busi ness between the Atlantic am) Pnclllc coasts of the 1'nlt" d Stairs Is reserved. CORPSE KNOCKED OVERBOARD. Storm nt Sea Suddenly Terminates a Funeral Service. The Cunarder Campania. which docked at New York a few days ago passed through n series of gales In the voyuge across from Liverpool. The Feus during the trip rose mountains high nnd swept the big stenmer from stem to stern. Whin the vessel was two days out an old woman named Ingerborg An derson, who was on her way to her non-ln-law nt (lulesburg, 111., died sud denly from apoplexy. Purser Orahum was assigned to the solemn duty of of ficiating at the mid-ocean funeral. The ship was brought to a standstill while the purser was ending the burlnl service. ISol'oic he bad finished a huge sea broke over the vessel, which knocked Purser Graham ncross the coflln and can-led the corpse over board with U. The purser hud a liar row escape. While the llnrr was tossing during a storm a little girl named llelma Ma rlea Julian was knocked down by n aca In the steerage doorway and her skull was fractuied at the base. Sur Keon Francis Vernon' was unable to uave tho child's life nnd the Injured girl died threo days later. Her body was also burled at sea. Pleasure Seekers Drowned. Tho government steumer Pansy re ported at Mobile, Aln finding on Bre on Island a purt of the stern of the naphtha launch Paul Jones; also a yawl boat with bow smashed and other small urtlcles from the launch. The condition of the wreckage tends to show that the naphtha tank blew up and tore the bout to pieces. No bodies were found. The launch had the following plens-ure-seckcrs on board: Joseph Hrlnk man. Louisville; Miss Florence Tag gart, daughter of Major Taggart. In dianapolis; Miss Margerle Woodland, duughter of George Woodland, vice president Prairie State bank, Chicago; Col. Harry Yocum, St. L011U; Miss Florence Yocum. his daughter. The crew consisted of ttiree men whoso names arc unknown. Health Conditions in London. Judging from the official returns I-ondon Jur.t now'mlght be successfully boomed us a winter health resort. In fluenxa has reluxed Its grip and the total number of deaths last week was only 1.&6S. being over 100 dally below the overage rute of mortality and be ing 10 per thousand below the normal rate of the past decade. Revenuen Pay Expeniei. All the expenses of the Island of .Cuba for January, provincial and mu nicipal, will be met out of the cus toms receipts. There will be no at tempt to collect other taxes to meet the ilrst month's pay roll. It Is pos sible that the expenses for February will be provided for In the same way. Injured at a Bryan Meeting. William J. Bryan spoke at Denver last Wednesday night to an audience that numbered S.00U people and densely crowded the auditorium, while a vast throng struggled to get Inside. In the crush a panic was started. A dozen women fainted, five persons sustained fractures of limbs und a score were severely bruised. A Mexican bank clerk has been ar rested at New Orleans. He la charged with forging checks to the amount of $70,000. TERSE TELEGRAMS. The Massachusetts legislature has returned Henry Cabot Lodge to the senate. A rush to the Atlln gold fields In Northern British Colmlila has com menced. The store of A. .1. Cnmmeyer nt New York was burned Inst Wednesday. Loss. fTf.il.iHii), Ocn. Hhafter has Inken rommnnd nt San Francisco, and (len. Merrlam goes to Denver. The Holiday Dry floods Co. of Balti more has railed. Assets, Ulli'.tioO: lia bilities, L'7i,ooo. Five small boys were drowned nt Hi ronton. in last Wednesday. Their sled went through the Ice. Frank Fngnn, of New Castle. Pn., returned front the Klondike with $:!."0, ooo. as n result of two year's work. Mal tha Hughes Cannon, member of the 1't.ih legislature received a vote last week for I'nlted Slates senator. Pt-trolt Is arranging for nn exposi tion In I001. An association with a cnpltal of 11.000,000 has been formed. In the wreck of File llyer No. 8 nt South Bend. Pit., Inst week, liremnn John J. J. Fely, of Oswego, was killed. Illinois legislature lias thanked Miss Helen (lould for the part she took In the war In the way of aiding sick sol diers. The bank of Arthur, Hi., was dyna mited and burglarized of M.000 or $:. 000 by six masked men, who escaped on n handcar. Laboring men In the I'nlted States are warned to give the Philippines a wide berth as they could not possibly compete with the nntlves. Spenkcr Wright of the California legislature is nccused of selling Ills vote for senator. He now sues the San Francisco Call for J.V),ooo. Jotisp llntllcld was sentenced to the penitentiary for life nt Prestonburg. 1 Ky last Tuesday. He had nturdertd the children of Kandolph McCoy. Three soldHrs of the Ninth Ohio (colored) regiment were before u Charleston, S. C police Judge for starting a row In a dive in that city. Three years ago Mrs. Itobert Invls of Martinsville, Ind., lost her voice. A severe attack of the grip n few days ago restored to her the power of speech. Si M i ll nn 11 were killed In n battle between the Kddy family, of Virginia. and the Uaniscy family, of Teiir.e.'see, which r.ne long been engaged 111 11 feud. (iov. P.oosevelt has refused to rein state to citizenship n man who served a term In prison In connection with the Cravesend election frauds of John Y. McKanc. The whirlpool r. phis of Niagara Falls may be utlllzi d In the near future as a power station. It is expected to develop ;;.'i.0oo horse power and will cost l!,00o,000. The Cnnadlan government has de cided not to Interfere In the case of Henderson und Hip three Indians un der sentence of death at Dawson. They will be hanged In March. Miners nnd operators In convention at Pltlshurg hove, agreed the 8 hours shall constitute n day's work In the mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana next year. The Illuminating and nntural gns nnd electric lighting plants of South ern Indiana and Ohio are to be consoli dated under the laws of New Jersey, with a cnpltal of $00,000,000. It was stated that ex-Oovernor Hastings of Pennsylvania, Is to be given the directorship of the bureau of American republics, made vacant by the death of Joseph P. Smith. (low Dan W. Jones. Attorncy-l!en-cral Jeff Davis, Secretary of State A. c. Hull, State Treasurer Thomus K. Little und State Auditor Clayton were inaugurated at Little Bock, Ark. Gov. Boost velt of New York recent ly said something about the impurities of beef furnished American soldiers, lie has now In his possession a biter from Gen. Lagnn In which he Is called a liar nnd scoundrel. Bear Admiral Schley was presented with a Jeweled sword 111 Carnegie Music Hall, New York, last week by brother members of the Boyal Arcan um. Supreme Begent lOdson M. Cchryver of Baltimore made the pres entation. An analysis by Prof. F. W. Clarke, chemist of tho I'nlted States geologic al survey, supported the testimony of Major W. H. Daly, of Pittsburg, as to the presence of boric and salicylic acids In the preserved meat on the transport Panama. The first assistant poslmusler-gen-1 ral has Issued an order Increasing the salaries of all the regular free de livery carriers who provide their own horses or other modes of conveyance from MoO to S400 per annum, begin ning January 1 last. Bills were Introduced In the Illlnuls legislature to repeal the fifty-year street railway franchise law and limit the franchises to" twenty-year terms, the city to have the privilege of pur chasing nt a fair valuation at the ex piration of the franchise. The grand Jury at Canton, O., has returned a true bill ngainst Mrs. Annie 10. George for murdering George D. Saxton. brother of Mrs. William Mc Klnley, last October. The Indictment Is for the Ilrst degree, the penalty of whloh Is death by electrocution. Frank M. Dorsey, formerly cashier of the failed First National bank of Ponca, Neb., na found guilty In the federal court at Omaha on thirteen counts, charging him with nuiklng tulse reports to the comptroller, mis appropriation of the bank's funds and other irregularities. In a crowded street car at St. Louis, Tuesday, on board of which was a pollcemnn, three men robbed W. H, Snider, resident manager of the Na tional Fire Insurance Company, of a Jewel case contulnlng between $3,000 und $4,000 worth of Jewelry and es caped with the booty. Majorities In the Legislature equi valent to an election as Senator were received by Chauncey M. Pepew, R., New York; Francis Marlon Cockrell, D., Missouri: Albert J. Beverldge. R., Indiana; Julius C. Burrows, R., Mich igan; Henry Cabot Lodge, H., Massa chusetts; and Cushman K. Davis, Minnesota. The ferryboat Niagara, on the Nla gura river, with 19 people, on board, becumo Imbedded In an ice tloe, and was swept toward the falls. The up per decks of the craft were torn off by a collision with the International bridge, but It succeeded In reuching shore before It was caught In the rapids above the fulls. Protest Against Crowded Street Can. The question of overcrowding street curs bus become as acuto In London us In American cities and the authori ties have decided upon heroic measures The curious spectacle was presented this week of street cars loaded with city men being held up and raided one after another by bodies of police, who ulso took the names and addresses of the passengers standing, with the view of taking proceedings against the company. AGAINST EXPANSION. A Meetlnn Held In New York at Which Reno t.om Favoring Philippine Independ ence Are Adopted. A meeting for the purpose i.f nrous Ing the public sentiment against th policy of Imperialism and entangling foreign alliances was held In New York city 11 few days ngo. The meet ing was Attended by n grent crowd. The vice-presidents Included Abrntn H. Hewitt. William H. Hornblower, Sam uel Gompers, president or the Americ an Federation of Lnbor; John M. Par sons, general master workman of tho K. of L.; Daniel Hattis. president i f the Stnte federation of labor. Communications were rend from ex Presldent Cleveland, Colonel Wllllnm J. Bryan and Bishop Henry C. Potter regretting their Inability to be pres ent. Mr. Cleveland snld: "1 ntn so op posed to the expansionist craze now allllctlng our body politic tbnt any 01 gnnlratlon formed In opposition to It hns my hearty sympathy nnd approv al." Mr. Bryan said that lie was fully In sympathy with every effort put forth to save the nation from the danger.! of Imperialism. Bishop Potter wrote; "The purposes of the meeting have my hearty ap proval nnd I should be glad If I had time to say how strongly I reel that the policy of Imperialism or expansion, In any such sense ns proposed nt present, threatens equally the moral Integrity of the nation nnd the condition on which Its prospeilty has hitherto rest ed." Itesolutlons were ndopted declaring: That the full discharge of our ob ligations to the Inhabitants of the Phil ippines requires that we should with out delay belli them to secure In their domestic nH'alrs, Ilrst, order nnd then liberty, nnd thnt we are absolutely nnd unqualifiedly opposed to the nnnixa tlon of the 1'lilllnplno Islands ns n per manent portion of the National d i mnlii. That we ore unalterably opposed, to the abandonment by this Bepubile of the American Ideal of National growth In favor of the tOiiropenn Ideal of col onial conquest: we unreservedly sub scribe to the theory that Government derives all Its Just powers from the consent of the governed and to the theory that there should be 110 taxa tion without representation, and we believe, moreover, that such theoiles ore wholly applicable to the Inhabit ants of all the places abandoned by Spain ns the result of the late war. That neither the Government nor the people of the I'nlted States have In curred nny responsibility or obligation ns to the result of the recent war with Spnln which requires nny departure from, or abandonment of. the policies nnd principles laid down for the guid ance of the Republic by Washington In his farewell address to the Amer ican people. That we nre opposed therefore to the lien that the peace-loving ami fre people of the republic, w ho are en gaged In the grand tnsk, ns yet un completed, of developing their natural resources nnd of establishing upon a t'.rm basis their own theory of govern ment, by, of and for the people, should now or under nny conceivable circum stances enter upon nny nlllnnce with nny Kuropenn power, the result of which might be to embroil us In Eu ropean controversies In which our real Interests are not concerned. Tbnt we place on record our high appreciation and sincere thanks f r the conspicuous service rendered to the American people by Senators Hoar, Hale, Mnson nnd Wellington In pre venting the new and dnngerous policy through the Senate of the I'nlted States without proper nnd ndequute discussion, and we commend to nil citizens of this Hi 'public the high sesnse of public duty und enlightened patriotism which have characterized the action of the stnntnrs In resisting Innovations on our system of govern ment that are pregnant with demoral ization and disaster. Hesoivi'd, That copies of these reso lutions be sent to tho President of the I'nlted Slates, to tho members of the cabinet and of both houses of Con gress. VILLAGES DESTROYED. Dwellings in Southern Gree:e Overturned by an Earthqilnlie. A strong seismic disturbance was felt o few days ugo throughout the Peloponnesus, the southern part of the kingdom of Greece, especially In the ruuthwi stern departments of the pen insula. All the houses In the town of Phllluliu, In the department of Mes senlu, on tho Ionian const, have been damaged, and the inhabitants are now tumping out in the suburbs. Two villages in tho vicinity of Phll l.i tra were completely destroyed, many people being slightly Injured. The vil lages of Kypnrlssu, and Stas) wire ul so practically destroyed, though It Is not known as yet whether there were uny victims there. Much damage to property was done at Nuvnrlno, a seaport six miles north of Modon, whose harbor witnessed the victory of the English, French and Busslun fleets over those of tho Turks and Kgyptluns In 1SJ7, and considera ble loss Is reported from ('ultimata, capital of the department of Messeniu, nenr the head of the gulf of Koron. The shock was felt severely In the district of .ante, capital of the loniun Island of that nume, but there was no loss of life or property there. Muny slighter shocks occurred Monday, and tho people at numerous towns and vil lages are afraid to return to their houses. Direct Cable to Germany. There Is a movement on foot to con struct a direct cable between Germany and America. The Initiative has buen taken by Felton & OullWaum, of Mud helm, near the Rhine. This Is one i f the largest concerns of tho Rhine pro vinces, and they have suoceeded In In teresting all of the Cologne bankers and the big Ludwig Locw syndicate, of Berlin. Arrangements are now be ing made for the forming of a German-American cable company, with a capital of $10,000,000, and It is believed that the direct cable will ba construct ed before the beginning of the twen tieth century. Cubam Have Work Hut Complain, Twelve sugar estates In Mantunzus province, Cuba, have resumed opera tions. , Complaint Is inudo thut the wages of the employes is much less than before the wur. The laborers re fuso to accept tho reduction, demand ing a dollar a day in sliver. There are 15,000 destitute persons In the province. Those who desire to return to agri cultural lubor find It impossible to ob tain oxen and tools, Government contractors on float Island, near Han Francisco a few days ago unearthed 8 skeletons. None was less than sis feet and a half in length. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Hotiiie. The following bills wete Introduced In the house Inst Wednesday. By NIs bt, of Allegheny, requiring nil deeds nnd other conveyances of real estnte to be registered- In the olllce of the Count v Commissioners before being recorded In the olllce of the Recorder of Deeds. By McFnrlnne, of Allegheny, appro priating MiMMMI to the Western Penn sylvania Hitmnup Assoclntlon; also $!).0'io to the meillcnl and sin gli al de partment of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital nt Pittsburg. Among the bills Introduced In thp House Thursdny were: By Robinson, of Allegheny, repealing- the act of May :il. I:i7. relating to nssessments of municipal Improvements: repealing the nets of June 4 nnd 7, 18!)", relating to public Improvements. By Nisbet, of Allegheny, regulating the granting of State certificates to public school tenchein. In the House Friday Spenker Furr announced the appointment of Henry Hnhn or Phllndelphlu. ns Ills clerk. Also the following: Chaplain W. G. Grlsslnger, Dnuphln; flremnn on Hour, Charles Hnzlebarth, Allegheny; fire man In bnsement. William H. Jones, Dauphin: jnnltor or cont room. John Cake. Philadelphia: Janitors or com mittee rooms. M. W. Oliver, Allegheny; Charles Kllensteln, Forest: II. W. Hastings, Alleghioiy; F, ..I. Tntlle. Ti oga; Jtintors of basements, Benjamin Adalre, Perry: Bepse F.vnns. Alle gheny; W. (). Blngemnn, Northumberland. Senate, The Pennte confirmed tne nomina tion of W. W. Grelst. of Lnncnstpr. tor secretary of state last Wednesdny. John P. Elkln was conllrmed for nt torne.wgcneral, but not until some bit ter remarks reflecting upon his post record had been Indulged In. Senator l'linn. if Pittsburg, rebelled against a decision of LIut.-Gov. Gobln. who presided nt t!ie Joint session, nnd wns sustp.li.ed by 1: members a majority of both houses. The senator's action vns based upon n ruling to the effect that an appeal from the decision or the i.hiilr was not In order. The Joint ballot ror senator Wednes day showed no change from the fig ures of Tuesday. A bill wss Intro duced In the senate by Mitchell, of Brnilloid, appropriating; $!!i0,ooo ror nn additional hospital for the Insane In the northern district of Pennsylvania. The Senatorial deadlock was as tight Thursdny as on the previous da v. Senator (Juay had lit votes out of IMS. one less than he had on the Ilrst Joint ballot. Senator Martin Introduced n bill for ballot reform. In regard to the mcas lii e Senator Martin says: "Perhnps the most important and noticeable Innovation Is the abolition of thepiirtycoltimnn and the circle. All candidates for the several offices will be arranged In groups, tinder the de signation of the olllce, and the voter will have to mark n cross opposite the name of every candidate nt his choice. "Believing that the best Interests of the people of the Sate nt large are not served by n law which permits a few men In one locality to nominate n full ticket which must be printed upon the ballots to be voted In every county, I have provided that bodies of citizens naming Stale candidates by nomina tion papers must have such papers signed by voters from every county In the Commonwealth. Friday Senator Quay wns still IS votes short or election. There were 210 votes polled, and or these the sena tor received Hi!. There had been no break In the lines or the nntl-Quny Republicans or thp Democrats. The only change In the vote was Mr. Mar tin, of Mercer, who changed from Mr. Dnlzell to Mr. Tubbs. There were 42 absentees at Friday's session, nenrly nil of them being paired. Mr. Dnlzell fell three votes behind Ills vote of Thursday nnd Mr. Bice one vut". GERMAN CONSUL EJECTED. Britiih and American Kcprcaentatives Act To Esther in Samoa Warships Needed. owing to the trouble ut Samoa, glowing out of the election of a suc cessor to the late King Miilieloa, three British warships will proceed there and one American wurship will start for the Islands from Honolulu. Further particulars regarding the flisturhnncci nt Sainoii show Mnlaafa's followers numbered about ii.ooo men, mill that the adherents of Mnlietou Tanus were only about 1,000 In num ber. There was two hours' lighting between the rlvn! forces, during which several of tho warriors were decap itated. The American consul issued a pro clamation claiming that the Berlin treaty bail the same effect as a law of congress and that an insult to the supremo court of Samoa is therefore equivalent to an Itisult to the govern tni nt ut Wuslilngtou. All parties at Apia unite In condemn ing the German cunsul for the lighting which hus tuken place between the rival kings. It Is pointed out that In vlolutlon of all agreements, the con sul accompanied Mutunftt's forces when tho claimant Invaded the town nnd encouraged the opposition to Mal ic ton Tanus. When the British and American con suls were Informed as to the situation they adjourned the court und locked the building. The German consul then demanded the keys, which were re fused him. He then broke open the doors, removed tho locks and replaced I hem with others. He nfterwards brought the German municipal presi dent Into the chamber and the latter went upon the balcony and shouted to the British and American murines as sembled on the squure: "I nin tho supreme court; I am the chief Justice." A Scotchman named Mackle there upon climbed upon top of the build ing and hoisted the Samoan flag, whllu tho British and American consuls and a number of marines Invaded the building, forced tho doors open and punned the Germun consul Into the street. Then the two consuls formally and legally opened tho court and Issued a warning against any further Interfer ence with Its Jurisdiction, threatening to arrest and Imprison anyone at tempting to do so. The navy department at Washington prepared orders for the cruiser Phila delphia to proceed to Samoa at once to represent the I'nlted States' interests there. The inhabitants of the Andaman Islands nre suld to be the smallest race of people in the world. The aver ago height of a full-grown Andaman Is leis thun four feet, and the anthro pological exports who recent y visited them round but few thut weighed over 7S pounds. In London there Is a ludy, Miss Pen man, who hus control over more thun COO conductors In the employ of tho London Tramways Compuny, Limited. Hho Is tho only woman In Fngland who occupies the position of superin tendent of tramway conductors. The pearl oyster begins to" produce pearls when it is sis or seven years old. FIFTY-FIFTH C0NGRESS. Houae. FORTY-FIFTH DAY. The committee on Interstate nnd for eign commerce hnd the right-of-way In the House to-day, and a bill to grant the Pmillc Cable Company a subsidy of $100,000 a year for 20 ypurs for the construction nnd operation of n rnhle caused n spirited debnte w hich consumed most of the day. The oppo sition was bended by Mr. Corliss (Rep., Mich.), who advocated the construc tion of a Government cable. No con clusion was reached and It goes over liidellnltelv. FORTY-SIXTH DAY. The House decided the Brown-Swnn-son contested election case from the Firth Virginia election district In fa vor of the silting member, Mr. Swan son, a Democrat. The postofflce ap propriation bill was then taken up. Two amendments were ndopted, strik ing out of the bill th" appropriation of $171,000 for the fast Southern mnll nnd JL'VOOO for special mnll facilities from Kansas City to Newton. Kan. This appropriation for the Southern mnll bus been fought nnnunlly tor six or seven years, but has always been re tained. The Increase In the appropria tion for the pneiimnlle tube service from $:'2.'i,0(i0 to $.100,000 wns knocked out. FORTY-SFVENTH DAY. During the debate on a private bill to refer to the Court of Claims the claim of Cramp & Sons, the Philadel phia shipbuilders, for damages from the Government Tor delny Incident to the building or the warships Now York, Massachusetts, Indiana and Columbia, due to the failure of the Government to deliver nrmor plnte nnd other ma terials for these ships on time, Lewis, tnejnber from Washington, get tile floor. He mnde the bill the text for a general attack unon army and navy contractors, whom he charged with being traitors for taking advantage of the necessities of the Government In tlnio of stress. Simpson, the Kansas Populist, followed along the same lines, nnd Grosvenor undertook to rebuke them both. Senate. FORTY-FIFTH DAY. The renture or Wednesday's session of the Senate was a speech delivered by Bacon, of Georgia, In support of his resolution declaring thnt the I'nlted Stntes would not assume sovereignty over the Philippine Islands. Union Is one of the orators of the Senate, and ns he gave himself free rein, he spoke strongly nnd effectively. Following Mr. Bacon's speech the- Ni caragua Canal bill was taken up nnd remained under discussion until 6 o'clock. Amendment nfter ninendment was voted down, nnd until the Inst minute It seemed likely thnt n vote on the measure would be renched this ev ening; but Just ns a llnnl vote was nbotit to be called for, Allison exploded n bomb under the bill by offering nn amendment providing that the Secretin's- of the Treasury should liisue bonds to raise money with which to construct the cnnnl. The friends of the measure then con sented to nn adjournment. FORTY-SIXTH DAY. The Senate listened to discussion tif the policy of expansion, and Turner (Pop., Wash.) delivered a carefully prepared speech nn the Vest resolu tion. The speech, for the most part, was a constitutional argument. In which Turner took Issue with Senator Piatt and Senator Forttker on their ifcent utterances. TIip Nicaragua Canal bill wos under consideration nearly three hours. Af ter much debate, a substitute present ed by Morgan ror the bond amendment offered by Allison, wns adopted. It provides thnt the Secretary of the Treasury shall not rny "ut for work on the cnnul more than $20,000,(00 dur ing any llscnl yenr. Knrnest efforts were made to amend the men sure In other particulars, but nil failed. FORTY-SF.VF.NTH DAY. In the Sennte a notable speech was delivered by Mr. Nelson (Rep., Minn.) In opposition to Mr. Vest's nntl-expin-slon resolution. When Admiral Dewey arrived nt Manila, he snld the Island ers were In n stnte of practical slavery under the dominion of Spain. Aguln nldo hnd nbnndoned them, on the pay ment to him by Spnln of $s0l.o 10. 11.1 maintained thnt to-dny the Philippines were rightly In the control or the Chief executive of this country. Our duty Is to protect the Filipinos from the treachery and despotism that threaten them. Consideration of the Nicaragua can nl bill was resumed. Mr. Klklns, (f West Virginia, while favoring n canal constructed by the I'nlted States, wns opposed to the I'nited States going Into partnership with a corporation. Such a partnership hud proved disastrous In the case of the Puclllc railroads. Mr. Tillman, of South Corallnn, declared that the whole canal "scheme" was purely speculative, nnd had for lis main Idea pulling out of the treasury $'1,000,000. NEWgT CLE ANnNGS. Ta!e yoni' militarjc ertl'e In ar aistty nsuruesn uVoiarsd undiioeewrul. Tbn WI1U0 Star Linn tsamr OcSnntn, tliefisfgivit ship ever built, was lntinuhed a few duys ago tit Hurlkud A WollPft yurd, Belfast, Ireland. Tin) Town Council of Thornton, Ind., has adopted nn ordinance forbidding parsons from "Hning-np" at the clo.e of cliuroli services as It In review. The aggregate vnlue of New York City property exempt fronr taxation In 11)0, not including that owned by elty, Htate, and Nation, is placed ut f'JC, 162,500. There l.i a movement nraong the philan thropic women of Jloston to found 11 wom an's hotel on tin) nil ill a lines ns the Mills Hotel for worklngmon In New York. The Mlolilgnn House of Representatives has appointed a committee to Investigate the expenditure of State funds In equip ping the militia for the Hpnuisu wnr. There is so little sleknoss among the United Mutes troops In Havsua thut twenty womeu nurses out of the one hundred orig inally employed have been dismissed. The Northeastern Iliillrond Company, of England, hns Just distributed tlOOO In prizes to the keepers of sixty small station as awards for aeutueas und good tuste. The nredlt of the elty of Hnvnnit, Cuba, is good und Its bouds are above par, but It luu considerable floating IndHbtHdiiass and its resource have tmeu budly crippled. In Michigan the fishermen are making vigorous protests against the law wliluli Axes t ho olosml season for lulling lu the grout lukes from October U'J to December 15. Tho law passed by the New York Legis lature In 180(1 providing for 11 special Jury In certain crluiiunl cane in New York City was declared constitutional by tu C'jurt of Appeals. Every fire Insiirauou company doing busi ness In Kentucky bus been Indicted in tlm State Flscul Court ut Frankfort for con spiring to tlx riitui nnd prevent eoinpeti tlou under tliBKtittuto prohlbitlut; the lor nitttlou of a pool or trust. It Is iinuouucud that theQermnn Govern ment expects to be able to Introduce a bill In the uext session of the 1'russhiu Diet for the oonstructlou ol a cinml suitable for large stetttnsliips betweeu Berlin ul.d Htut tin, practically making llorllu it suuporli towu. It takes a crocodile $0 seconds to turn completely round. ' THE MARKETS. riTTSHUIHI. Crnln. f lour snd reed. WHEAT No. lredl 71r f No. U red fill 7n ( OUN No. 1 yellow, enr 41 42 No. 2 yellow, shelled 89 40 Mixed enr 87 88 OATH No. a white 83 84 No. 8 white 88 84 II V K No. I ns 04 H.Olil- Winter patent 40:) 4 10 Fniiey straight wlntur .1 (11 8 75 live Hour 8 40 8 60 HA V No. 1 timothy I) 00 2!) Clever, No. 1 7 79 8 2i tP.Kli-No. 1 white mid., ton.. 11 00 10 60 Jlrown middlings.. IS 25 13 75 Urnn, bulk 8 (Kl IS 60 B'lilAW Wheat 6 75 BOO 'bit 6 00 8 25 BKK.Im Clover. GO lbs, 2 50 8 00 Timothy, prime 1 20 1 40 Dnlry rrnrinets, BtTTF.lt Klglu creamery..... 20 21 Ohio creamery 17 18 Fancy country roll 18 14 CIIKIK Ohio, new 10 II New York, new 11 12 Fruits anil Vegetable, DKANF MnaVut 15 18 l'Oi A IOi jS FniievWhlte.'tl bit 40 45 PA IIHAtlE I'er 100 bends . . . . 4 00 6 00 ONIONS Cholceyellow, V ba 60 65 Poultry, Ktr. CHICKENS IVr pair, smniL . . 51rti 55 TI'llKEVS Per lb II " 12 F.OU8 I'a. snd Ohio, frefh.... 18 19 CIHtlNJIATI. rt.orrt s iiv s so WHEAT No. 2 red 71 72 II YE No. 2 67 69 COHN Mixed 8 OATS . 28 E'lOH 16 IlLi i Kit -Ohio creamery .. iO PnlLAIlKLHIlIA. FLOP II 8 50 8 76 WHEAT No. 2 red 75 76 COHN- No. 2 mixed 41 42 OATH -No. 2 white 85 llL'TTKH Cremnery, extra 19 HUUH l'einisylviiiiln firsts ' liO new YoitK. FLOP!! Patents 8 85 4 15 W HEAT No. 2 red 7 ,80 COHN-No. 2 44 45 OATS White Western 85 IllT'lEH-Crenmery 14 19 LOOS State of 1'enn 18 19 i.lVt STOCK. Central Stork Ysrtls, lust Liberty, tm, CATTLE. Prime. PiOOto 1400 lbs 6 20 5 85 Ootid, VAX) to IHiiO lbs 6 04 6 IS Tidy, 1000 to 1150 lbs 4 70 4 90 Fsir light steers, 1100 to 1000 lbs 3 SO 4 40 loin nion, 700 to 900 lbs 8 40 8 70 Boos. Medium 0 80 8 85 Heavy 8 75 1 81 Houghs and stags 3 15 8 40 sueep. ' Prime, 95 to 101 lbs 4 49 4 CO (loud, 85 to CO lbs 4 25 4 H ) Fnlr, 70 to M) Ilis 8 HO 4 10 Common 2 75 8 25 Veal Calves. . .'. fi 00 7 00 LAMBS. Springer, extra 4 6 25 5 CO hprlnger, good to choice 6 0.)" 5 25 Common to fair 4 2) 6 16 Extra yearling, light 4 85 4 50 Oiind to choice yeurlings. 4 25 4 85 Med In in 4 00 4 5 Common 8 25 4 10 REVlEWoTYrUDL Iron snd Steal Industries Kefuae Orders In creased Exports- -Qood Prices Prevailing. It. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade reports as follows for last week: A new year rarely opens brilliantly. Too inntiy traders have to wait for the demand, which in winter comes slow ly. The industries resist fairly well the tendency to unlimited expansion, which some have to meet. Specula tion lu products is gaining but little, while storks, an enormous volume of business, results In continually higher prices. Dllliculties between holders of materials and manufacturers con tinue to hinder In some Industries and In some may prove seriously embar rassing, but the activity Is on the whole unsurpassed hitherto, und the volume of tralllc is beyond all expec tations. In some branches consumption Is running beyond the producing capac ity, hut In others It Is hindered by doubts about the future supplies and prices of materials. The woolen manufacture Is still waiting with only a moderate demand for goods us yet. The production Is large, and considerably larger than In recent years, but does not nearly ap proach the capacity of the mills. Sales of wools for the past three week at the three centers of the east ern market have been lrl.4H5.ll00 pounds; against 2,:U2,070 pounds last year, and prices of domestic fleece are lower, with present demand running largely to quarter and half blood, and Australian cross-bred. Hut there is not enourjh change In material or In demand for goods to encourage heavy buying by manufactures!! as yet. Ths cotton manufacturer has a large demand for goods, but raw cot ton has so rapidly advanced that pos sible buyers apprehend a fall, and there Is hesitation In the purchases st staples. The silk manufacturer knowing; many threats of Its Interference and disputes about duties seems to be making steady progress The Iron and steel manufacture leads nil others In the volume of new business. While production Is much the largest ever known, many of tho works are withdrawing all quotations or naming prohibitory prices in order to check orders which they can not nil for months to come, and do not want to accept at current prices. The number of such works Is rapidly In creasing as the heuvy demand for materials covers many months' capa city. Ilesrmer pis a shade higher at $10 90 with sales of 25,000 'tons at Pitts burg, and' there Is something like a famine In gray forge with sales at $0 75, although one sale at $9 96 in the valley Is reported. While finished products are In very great demand, especially for car building and spe cial works at the West, thu week shows no advance In prices, excepting ."0 cents per ton lu steel rails at tho Knst. These conditions favor continuance of the extruoi dlnury foreign trade, which resulted In tho greatest bul iince in favor of this country evei known. January this year indicates u similar excess of "exports over Im ports, nnd while wheat exports have increased every month since lust Au gust, they have been In three wocks 1 5,078,07 bushels, Hour included, from both coasts, ugulnst ll,809,9ii2 bushels last year. Corn exports have been unite up to last y-r's unprecedented cord, amounting to 9.5ii9,tiU!l bushels, against 9.70. isu bushels for threii weeks of January last year, although prices have declined about half a cent. The contest between speculat ors in wheat ut the West and at the East hns held prices fairly steady with an advance of only an eighth for the week. l'allures for the week have been 249 In the I'r.lted States, agulnst 374 last year, and 22 In Canada, against 63 laat year.
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