OVER I BILLION IffUME WORK OF CONGRESS. Matter of Great Importance Yet to Bt Settled Before Adjournment $600,000,000 De voted to War Expense. In a few days the Fifty-fifth session of Congress will adjourn, leaving President Mckinley and his advisor to decldo the Philippine question as they will. All tnlk of nn extra session has now been dispelled ns It Is believed thru nn Increase In the rogulnr army will be provided for before adjourn ment. An eventful period In the eountry a history Is covered by the work of the Fifty-fifth congress, drawing to a close. It hns been a period of stirring and dramatic action, with questions of ast miignlttide constantly engaging attention, forming nn epoch alongside those other American epochs, the re volution and the civil war. Incidentally It may be mentioned thnt, based on estimates, the total ap propriations for the congress not In cluding the four appropriation bills left over by the former congress would be approximately ll.KOO.WO.noo, of which amount approximately $nn, noo.noo Is for war expenses or Incident to the army and navy. This congress has declared war against a foreign foe, and the treaty making branch has participated In ratifying the treaty by which that war was terminated. It hns provided a great volunteer army, hns enlarged the regular army and hns expanded the navy to meet war emergencies and new conditions. The tariff has been revised, first by the Dlngley law and then by the war revenue act; a bond Issue known as the war loan has been provided. Rut far-reaching as these war meas ures are. the congress hns had time also to enact other legislation which, tinder ordinary circumstances, would make Its session memorable. This In cludes the annexation of Hawaii: the rejection by the senate of the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, negotiated by President Cleveland: the enactment of a nation al bankruptcy law; provision for tnk lng the twelfth census: reorganization of the personnel of the navy. To this list may yet be added other Important subjects still pending, Including the Nicaragua canal, the Increase of the regular army, the antl-scnlplng meas ure, the Hawaiian bill and the pro posed encouragement of American shipping. Some of the most Important general measures are In the final legislative stages, and It will not be until the last hours arrive thnt the success or failure of these measures will be determined definitely. The house will devote practically all of the closing week of the session tothe appropriation bills and conference re ports, and the prospects are thnt every minute of the time will be required to get them through before noon on March 4. All other legislation will go by the board, with the possible con spicuous exception of the senate com promise army reorganisation bill. The present congress began its work In extra session almost simultaneously with the present administration, and Its great work was the Dlngley protec tive tariff law, approved by the presi dent on July 24. BLOCKED BY SNOW. Laborer Strike for an Increase of Wage Before Clearing the Tracks. A fierce snowstorm hns been raging In the mountains about Denver for the past few days, completely blockading some of the rnllrond lines. The In habitants of llreckenrldge, Kokomo, Dillon nnd other points In that vicini ty, ns well as hundreds of miners liv ing In cabins in the surrounding moun tains, are in a condition thnt Is rapid ly becoming desperate. Stock Is al ready starving In the towns nnd food supplies running very low. It Is be lieved isolated miners have already starved to death. Thursday loo nhovelers on the Mid land struck for nn Increase of wages from $1.75 to $3 per day. They walked eight miles to Loadvllle In elxht hours. Parts of the line have not been open for weeks, Snow Is reported to be ten to sixteen feet deep on n level In Northwest Colorado. Steamboat Springs is entirely cut off. the stago roud being Impassable. FOUR MORE SURVEYORS. Members of the Bulger!' Crew Picked Up From an Open Boat. The British steamship Victoria ar rived at Baltimore Thursday with four of the crew of the missing Hamburg American liner Bulgaria Second Ma in O. Scharges, Quartermasters Carl Lud tke and John Schulx, and Seaman Wil liam Starke. They were picked up from an open boat three and a half hours after they had been cast adrift February 6. These, with the 25 women and children who were picked up by the tank Bteamer Weehawken and landed In Ponta del Oada, Asore Is lands, a week ago, are all that ha.ve been heard from of the crew of 89 men and 41 passengers which the Bul garia had aboard when she sailed from New York for Bremen January 28. BETWEEN COO WHEELS. P.ttsburj Mlllman Meets Frightful Death Head Crushed Off. Edward Brown, aged 23 years, a col ored laborer, employed at the Black Diamond steel works at PittRburg, nut a frightful death In the mill Thursday morning. He fell from a small plat form, on which he hud evidently been sleeping, nnd dropped between a pair of revolving cogwheel'. Ills head wtis completely crushed off. Nobody saw the accident, and It wus not discovered until some time later, when one of the engineers, passir.g the machinery, found Brown's head less body lying alongside the cog wheel. Part of the head was on the other side, and portions were still re volving In the cogs. The wheels wero covered with blood. Knights Are to Blame.1 Anton Samuelson, of Chicago, whom friends say was driven Insane as a re sult of the ceremony incident to his Initiation Into the Knights of Pythias, died Sunday night at the Detention hospital. Dr. Hunter says Eamuelaon was af flicted with acuta mania. Mrs. Samuelson threatens to sue the Knights of Pythias order for heavy damages because of. her husband's death. Thaw ng With Elictrlcity. Itockford, 111. has been thawing fro zen water mains for the past few days ' by the application of eluctrlclty, the experiment proving highly successful. The first test was made at the home of Mayor Brown, where a 200 foot service pipe, which was frozen solidly, was thawed In 17 minutes. The olty has decided to thaw all the frozen mains in this manner, a foroa nf xlectrlolans commencing work 1 TERSE TELEGRAMS' William J. Dlehl was last Tuesday elected mayor of Pittsburg. Samuel H. Ashbrldge was Tuesday elected mayor of Philadelphia. Htilbert Taft, of Cincinnati, was elected editor of the Yale literary mnguzlne. Rumor says thnt Chnrles Hoyt. the playwright has broken down, mentally and physically. The cruiser Yosemlte will sail from the Norfolk navy yard In a few days with 220 men for Dewey's licet. Robert J. Bnrdette, the humorist. Is soon to wed Mrs. P. C. Raker, a wealthy widow of Pnsadena, Cal. Robert Wilson, aged 17, was cut In two by a crane at the Schoen Steel works, Allegheny, Pa., last Monday. The New York senate has passed a bill making It a misdemeanor to use the national llag for advertising pur poses, Jfssc James, Jr., was Identified by one of the passengers ns the leader of the bandits In the late Leeds train robbery In Missouri. Gov. Thomas of Colorado urges the legislature to pass laws preventing the consummation of the contem plated smeller combine. Colonel Conger, formerly of Akron, O., nnd for years a member of the Re publican National committee, died at Des Moines, la., aged 61. J. Plerpont Morgan, the New York Capitalist, will bear the expense of In stalling electric lights in St. Pnul's cathedral, London, at a cost of $25,000. State Senator Vernon H. Burke and Judge Dellenbnugh were found guilty at Cleveland of hnvlng extorted 110,000 from "Jane Doe" In the Manning di vorce case. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 23 years of age, Is now occupying his first position of trust. A few days ago he was elect ed a director on the Delaware, Lacka wana Railroad. Rev. Henry Robert Dnvls. of Olivet, Mich., who had been settling the es tate of his father, was found dead in his bedroom Tuesday, heart disease being the supposed cause. Thirteen Cherokee Indians have bound themselves by oath, under pen alty of death, not to marry outside the Cherokee race. The movement Is spreading among the red-skins. Arbuckle Bros. Tuesday reduced their price for granulated sugar 1-18 of a cent per pound. This Is the lowest price that hns been made by any In terest since the sugar war began. George P. Baer, president of the Rending, Pa., Iron Company, has or dered a voluntary advance of Its 2,000 employees beginning March 1. The amount has not yet been determined. Mrs. Clara Waehter, of Lewlston, Md., Is In Jail at Frederick charged by her husband with smothering their son and concealing his remains lu a trunk. She was once In an Insane asylum. Because Bhe was afraid to return to the home of her parents from whom she had taken $15, Mary Klesel, of Pittsburg, last Thursday committed suicide by drinking a half pint of car bolic acid. A young womnn of Llgonler, Ta., was exhibiting a Jeweled revolver to her f 1 lend Harry Carpenter a few days ugo. As usual the pistol was discharged and the young man Is now carrying a bullet in his body. President Seth Low. of Columbia College, New York, said In a speech at Philadelphia on the occasion of Wash ington's birthday, "that the war de partment during the recent strife lacked genius and efficiency." The expert at work on Havana fin ances will report to Gen. Ludlow that the city Is able to carry a debt of $25. 000,000. The present debt Is $12,500,000. The margin will provide a sufficient sum for a sewering and paving sys tem. Attorney General Monnett, of Ohio, filed suits to oust tho Pennsylvania and the Clnelnnntl, Hamilton & Day ton railroads, from the State. He chargei them with having violated their franchises by forming a pool. To bid farewell to Ambassador Jos. II. Choate a Inrgo, majority of the members of the bar association gath ered at their clubhouse at New York Tuesday night. Mr. Choate was greet ed with applause. About 1.000 men shook hnnds with him In an hour. A formula to reclaim the millions of tons of coal dust hitherto deemed little better than waste, has been discovered by a Chlcngoan. Tlie atoms of bitumen and anthracite aro to be packed to gether in miniature bricks. A factory has already been constructed to do It. Erwln Convey nnd his wife quarrel ed over breakfast being lnte, at Guth rie, Ok. Mrs. Covey struck her hus band with a wrench and Covey fired both charges of a shotgun Into his wife's body, killing her instantly. He allowed the body to lie where it fell and worked about the place until ar rested. The Isabella Oold Mining company of Colorado Springs has again opened bonanza ore, this time In the Buena Vista shaft at the tenth level. Reports nf assays showing $70,000 a ton art freely circulated. Both In Its charac ter and extent the new body eclipses the December and January strikes In the company's mines. Mayor Qumcy of Boston proposes that the city shall build a municipal crematory In which to Incinerate paupers, criminals, and others whose burial devolves unpon the city. The Idea Is to do away altogether with th potters' field. It Is asserted that the city could cremate bodies at a cost of $1 each, while it costs $3 to dig a grave. General Nelson A. Miles has filed ex ceptions to the commissioners' report of the sale of the property of the Wer ner Printing Company of Akron, O. Ho bad a claim against the company for 125,000, which the commissioners refused to allow. It published the general's book, and he alleges that the work was not dune according to con tract. "It has been a difficult year. We are Innded on a new field. The Stars and btrlpes are planted to-night In a place where they never have been before on Washington's birthday. They never have been taken down from where they had been planted but once before, and they never will be again." Thus spoke Secretary of War, Alger, at Detroit a few nights ago. Thirty Spaniards arrived In New York Monday on the Cunard liner Urn brla. Most of the men are laborers and are able to read and write. All of them are going to different mining towns In the West. They were held for Investigation whether they came here to work under contract. The Im migration authorities say that since the close of the war with Spain the Im migration from that country has in creased 100 per cent. Benjamin Haywood Dead. After an illness which began three years ago, Benjamin J. Haywood, ex State treasurer of Pennsylvania, died at Sharon, Pa., Thursday morning at the Carver House, his wife and some of his most Intimate acquaintances be ing at his bedside at the time. His end was peaceful. He had been troubled with valvular disease of the heart. Overwork had much to do with bis tat 1Udm, iwM comuLii n FOR LOCATING THE FOE. The Hero of Santiago Cannot Understand Why the Commander In Chief Should Now Criticise Hi Conduct. Admiral W. 8. Schley, who until this time hns remained quiet as to the part he took In the battle off Santiago last July, Is now compelled to come to his own defence. The charge of dis obedience to orders has elicited from him tho following statement The admiral says his orders from Sampson May 19, were to blockade Clenfuegos, which he proceeded to do. At 3:40 o'clock. May 24, for the first time, he learned definitely that the Spanish fleet was not at Clenfuegos. Within two hours he started for Santi ago. What possible gr nind of crlt 0 s ,'' he says, "adverse to me there can be In all this I do not see. I was on the spot acting under orders which gave me entire discretion, and yet clothed me with the responsibility of going to Santiago only after I was satisfied that the fleet was not at Clenfuegos." Hequotes from thodlspntch ofSamp son of May 20, In which the latter says Schley should "hold his fleet off Clen fuegos. . . I am of the opinion that the beat chnnce to capture the Spanish ships will be to hold Clenfuegos and Havana with tho force we can mus ter. . . . Until we, then, receive more positive Information we shall continue to hold Havana and Clenfuegos." As to the slow progress toward San tiago on account of the Engle, he states that she was a part of the force which Admiral Sampson had seen fit to send him, and he had no right to abandon her. Speaking of "the retrogade move ments." which the Becretry adopting the language of Admiral Snmpson, characterizes as "reprehensible con duct,"Admlral Schley says that In 42 years of service "never was such lan guage used to characterize conduct of mine, and I see no reason for It now." He says he was told by scouts com manded by such officers ns Slgsbee, Jewell and Wise that, although they had been off Santiago for a week, they had seen nothing of tho fleet, and knew nothing of Its movements or its whereabouts since It had left Curacao; nfter having been assured by Srgsbee that he did not believe It was In San tiago, and by the emphatic declaration of the pilot, Nunez, and knowing that as the sea and weather then were It would be Impossible to coal my squad ron off the port, I deemed It best to take the action I did, the final result of which was the location of the ene my's fleet In Santiago harbor." As to the battle of Santiago, the ad miral says the facts of that contest speak for themselves. He aBks the committee to contrast his reports and those of Snmpson containing refer ences to himself, and adds that "Sampson has never, to this day. In any manner or to any extent, intim ated to me any disapprobation, or made to me any criticism of my con duct of the flying squadron." ieiaiung tne events connecter! witn the battle of July 3, he says that at 8.4j a. m. of that day Admiral Samp son made signal from his flagship: "Disregard movements of the commander-in-chief," and he steamed eastward to Slboney. "This." says Admiral Schley, "left me the senior officer present, and nec essarily clothed mo with the respon sibility of the command." Continuing, he declared that when the enemy's vessels came out of the harbor signal was made from the Rrooklyn (his flagship) to the fleet to "clear ship for action." Then followed the signal "close action," and this by the signal "the enemy escaping to westward." In conclusion Admiral Schley con tends the turn of the Brooklyn In the battle of the 3d was "tho crucial and deciding feature of the combat and a decided advantage." Ho cites the fact that tho charts of the board of navi gators shows that the Brooklyn was nearest when It emerged from the har bor, nearest at every stage of the bat tle, and nearest the Colon when it sur rendered, and gives many confirma tory details of his flagship's active and effective participation In the bat tle. His last paragraph reads: "On May 31 I received a telegram from the commander-in-chief congra tulating me upon my success In locat ing and blockading the enemy's fleet at Santiago. If It wns worthy of com mendation at that time, I am at a loss to understand how It could have grown into reprehensible conduct, as suggested by Admiral Sampson In his letter of July 10, 1808, some six weeks later." Have No Regard for the Red Cross. In the post few weeks the Red Cross has been like a red Aug to the Manila Insurgents. Chaplain Pierce, of Gen. MacArthur's staff, testifies that he has been shot at by sharpshooters 60 times In the provisional hospital. Not an ambulance or a litter came which was not the signal for a shower of bullets. The surgeons of the hospital corns. who were giving aid to the Filipinos as well as to the American wounded, were a target for the sharpshooters. A wounded man who was being carried from the field was killed by insurgents concealed In a tree. The Red Cross people are now armed. Congratulation lor Laubet. Secretary Hay has sent the following cablegram to Ambassador Porter at Paris: "You will appropriately convey to President Loubet the president's most cordial congratulations on his election to the chief magistracy of the French republic and the sincere wishes of the government and people of the United States for the continual welfare of the French nation." German and English papers are well pleased with the election of M. Loubet as president of France. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. English banks at Manila observed Washington's birthday last Wednes day. General Gomes from Havana sent a message of profoundest gratitude to the United States for Its help In the late war. The Insurance companies refuse to entertain claims on account of the fires In Manila, claiming the Ameri cans are responsible. General Lee delivered a speech at a banquet held In a theater at Havana a few nights ago. The ubans were reassured by him that Independence would soon be theirs. Nebraska suldlers at Manila last Wednesday drove 300 Filipinos three miles to Pasig, killing many of them. Twenty dead rebels were found on the field. Only three Nebraskans were wounded. The Stars and Stripes were voluntar ily raised over Negros island by the In habitants after the capture of Hollo by the Americans under Uen. Miller, Four native commissioners arrived at Manila Tuesday to offer the allegiance of the Inhabitants and claim American protection. BEEF WAS GOOD. No Fault Found With the Million of Pounds laeued st Chlckamauga The army Board of Inquiry has re ceived the report of Major J. M. Arra smlth, late Commissary at Camp Thomas, Georgia, upon the character of tho rations Issued at that point. The report covers the rations supplied to the 77,000 soldiers mobilized at Chlcknmouga Park from May, 1898, to Jnnuary, 1S99, and Is as follows: "All stores unlit for sale or Issue were acted upon by a bnnrd of survey and In all cases were condemned prior to Issue to troops with the exception that In a few Instances damaged po tatoes nnd bacon were returned to the depot commissary nnd exchanged prior to condemnation. The 3.900 pounds of beef condemned and des troyed consisted of local beef pur chased In Chattanoogn. The refriger ated beef was sufficient In qunntlty and the depot commissary Inspected and Isued over 5.000,000 pounds of thts beef, and In a hot climate, without losing a pound, "Only 1112 pounds of canned beef were received here, and this amount wns sold to officers and men nf the command and gave entire sntlfnctlon. The greatest care was necessary for the preservation of vegetables In this climate, particularly nt about tho time that the supply of old potatoes was exhausted nnd the new potatoes were beginning to arrive. Fifty-four hun dred pounds of sugar were dnmsged by a heavy rainstorm. -The quality of the rations furnished was excellent and probably the best ever Issued to nn army of 60.000 men, with the excep tion of some potntoes and bacon that spoiled owing to nnturnl causes. Tak ing Into consideration that approxim ately 30.000 pounds nf subsistence stores were shipped here and Issued, the percentage of loss Is exceedingly small." FIREWORKS EXPODE. Boy Disobeyed Order and Two of Them Lose Their Live. Two boys were killed, another mor tally Injured nnd several others more or less seriously Injured by a terrlllo explosion a few days ago In one of the mixing rooms in a building of the Nordlnger-Charlton fireworks com pany, at Oranltevllle, S. I. The dead and mortally Injured are: Harry Morgan, aged 15 years, Chnrles Frohleln, aged 16 yenrs and Robert Dolnn, aged 16 yenrs, badly burned In the eyes and scalp blown off; other wise badly Injured. The boys were employed In charg ing cannon crackers and sky rockets. The explosion shook tho house ana buildings within a radius of half a mile from the factory. Charles indwell, the superintendent of the factory, said thnt the building had in It quantltltea of sulphur, salt peter nnd potassium chlorate. These were In packages of from 10 to 25 pounds each. He snld that the boys disobeyed the strictest of the rules when they went Into the mixing room to help themselves during the absence of the man In charge nf the building. The property loss to the company wns trilling, as the building was small and of Inexpensive construction. ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL. Senate Commute Favora Regular Army ol Sixty-five Thousand Men. The Senate committee on military affairs has reported a compromise army reorganization bill, which reads aa follows: "That to meet the present exigen cies of the military service the presi dent Is hereby authorized to maintain the regular army at a strength of not exceeding Bixty-flve thousand enlisted men, to be distributed amongst the several branches of the service atvoid Ing to the needs of each, and raise a force of not more than thirty-five thousand volunteer Infantry, ns he may determine, from the country at large under general law, or from the localities where their services may bo required with regard to citizenship or educational qualillcatlons, nnd to form the same Into not more thnn thirty regiments organized as Infantry regi ments of war strength In the regular army. Protest Against th Bombardment. General Otis has received news from Hollo In regard to the fire there. It was not the work of the natives, but was started by the American shells. When the attack commenced the Fili pinos and the foreign residents were endeavoring to persuudc General Lopes the commander, to submit, as Hollo was' not fortified and was therefore not in a position to resist the American attack.' The whole commercial quarter of Ho llo, It appears, was destroyed, with four-fifths of the rest of the town. Tho foreign residents subsequent ly met, protested against the bombard ment nnd resolved to put In claims for dnmages, which are placed as high as $5,000,000. It Is claimed the American ultimatum fixed 4 p. m. as the hour of bombardment, but thut It was begun at 11 a. m. Waiting for Transportation. According to a statement of Colonel Byrd, of the quartermaster's depart ment, there remain at Manila 2,000 of the 6,000 Spanish troops that were turned over to General Otis as a result of the surrender of thnt place. Of the 3.600 who have been returned to Spain, about half of them were taken back by the Spanish government, so that only about 1,800 have been repatriated so far at the expense of the United States. The remaining 2.000 he ex pects to leave Manila for Spain within the next two weeks. Beef Was Very Ancient. Adjutant Schaber, of the Eighth Ohio volunteers, who, during the Spanish war. handled large quantities of the canned beef provided for the soldiers, says that all the cans bore luhela with the figures 1898 printed on them. By soaking the cans these labels could be pulled off. showing an original wrapper with the date 1888, or some other equal ly ancient period marked on them. Mercy ior Volunteer. The acting secretary of war has set aside the sentences Imposed In the cases of Privates William Johnson, Silas Smith, Hartley Esque and Bar nard Sweeney, or the First West Vir ginia volunteer Infantry, convicted by court-martial at various points In Georgia of violation of the articles of war, owing to technical Irregulurltles. AT TBE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Judge Day has been appointed Judge In the Sixth United States Circuit at Ohio. The D. A. R. congress passed resolu tions calling on Congress to prevent polygamlats from holding public office. The Senate committee on privilege and elections decided that no case had been made against the seating of Sen ator M. Hanna, of Ohio. The Senate passed a, resolution ap propriating $250,000 for a site for the library Andrew Carnegie will donate to tho city of Washington. IT lit TORCH Of UDIB. MANILA AFLAME. Native Damag the Flre-Flghtlng Apparatus and the Property Loa la Enormeue- Several Insurgents Klllsd. s The rebels of the Philippines are now Uslg the torch of the Incendiary. Im mense damage has already been done by tho llam-s, not to the Americans but to the possessions of their own people. There was nn outbreak of Incendiar ism, accompanied by lighting, In Ma nila Thursday evening. The casual les were few, but the property loss Is inormous. The fire department hns experienced rent difficulty In lighting the flames, (wing to defective apparatus. It Is sported that the natives have damag Id the appnratus. There was some fighting In the streets during the night, but the Ante r'oans quickly quelled the uprising. A number of the Insurgents were killed and several American soldiers were wounded. A large market place was among the first to burn. Between six and seven hundred residences and business hous es have been destroyed. Fires were started at several points simultaneous ly, nnd sprendlng with great rapidity, resisted all efforts to control them. Hundreds of homeless nntlvis are huddled In the ntreets, making the patrol duty of the Americans very dif ficult. The enemy's shnrpshooters have been particularly active about Caloo can for the pnst few days. Special at tention wns paid to the three-gun bat tery near the railroad and the Im provement of the rebel marksmanship was very noticeable. The rebels fired Volleys at the battery, their bullets frequently skimming the tops of the sandbngs. A lieutenant of the Twen tieth Kansas volunteers and throe other men were slightly wounded. A man wus killed In the trenches Friday. The rebel battery has not been used since a shell from the United States double-turreted monitor Monadnock exploded over It Saturday. The enemy's Are was so hot during Friday night In the vicinity of the Hlggins house that the headquarters was removed to a church 400 yards In side the line. A few small fires have destroyed the native shacks In various parts of the city. The Twentieth Infantry Is being dis embarked from the transport Scandla. The regiment will be encamped on the water front at the former quarters of the Tennessee volunteers, temporarily. Gen. Otis Saturday cabled the war department as follows: Mnnlln, Feb. 25. "Scandla arrived last night. On ntgnts 21st and ZL'ti nnu yesterday morning Insurgents troops gained ac cess to outskirts of city behind our lines, Mnny In hiding and about 1,000 entrenched themselves. Completely routed yesterday, with loss of killed nnd wounded about Ron nnd 200 prison ers. Our loss very slight. City quiet; confidence restored; business pro gressing." Admiral Dewey has cabled the sec retary of the navy thnt the battleship Oregon should be sent to him Immed iately for political reasons. This Information came In the follow ing cablegram from General Otis: "Condition of affairs quiet, progress ing favorably. Anxiety need not bo felt In regnrd to. the situation. Will send smull body of troops to Cebu, where navy took quiet possession." Admiral Dewey later cnbled the same news. It Is the purpose of the admiral to establish the sovereignty of the United States, nt Cebu. the cap ital of Hie island, which Is a populous town of 35,000 Inhabitants. It Is not be lieved that any serious dlfllculy wilt attend this undertaking, as the In surrection has never gulncd any strength there. War department reports sny the Is land of Cebu Is the most Important province of the Vlsayas group, its area being 2,000 squnre miles npd Its popula tion more than n half million. Under the Spanish regime the capital was a city of considerable eommerclul und political Importance. President McKlnley Attends Mass. The president and cabinet, Oenernl Miles and many other army officers, members of the supreme court, gov ernment officials and the diplomatic corps, attended the solemn funeral mass for President Fnure at St. Mat thew's Catholic church Thursday morning. Cnrdinnl Gibbons and Arch bishop Mnrtlnellt participated' In the service. There was a catafalque sim ilar to the one In Notre Unras cathed ral, Paris, and over It Cardinal Gib bons preached a sermon, expressing American sympathy and good-will for France. In New York. Philadelphia and Chi cago the French colonies attended res quiem masses for President Faure. There were catafalques In each church representing the mortal remains' of the dead. CABLE FLASUES. The Czar of Russia Is said to be very HI. Baron de Reuter, who originated the great Reuter news service, died at Nice. The estate of the late Ferdinand James De Rothschild Is found to be valued at 1.488.128. Queen Victoria Is enjoying the best of health. Her eye-sight has Improved and her hearing Is acute. The EngllBh papers generally con demned the tactics of the Filipino reb els and predicted their defeat. A strong British force Is forming In Lower Egypt to meet the Khalifa, who is advancing nn Oindurman with a force of about 15,000 men. Trio authorities of France are dili gently searching for the conspirators In a plot to advance tho claims of Due d'Orleans the pretender. Cubans, residing at Mudrld, have re ceived Information thnt the rebellion In Cuba will be resumed as soon as the raining season begins. The police of Paris Friday morning seized 10,000 medals bearing the head of the Duke of Orleans and five moulds for striking them. They are Inscribed as follows: "I will only avenge my country's Insults. I will replace my country in the first rank of nations with the help of all true Frenchmen. A bill will be introduced into the house of commons compelling all rail roads in England to adopt automatic couplings after the American method. The Prince of Wales attended a re quiem mass for the repoae-of the soul of President Faure last Wednesday. The services were conducted In the French church at London. Oen. Linares, who was In command of the Spanish forces at Santiago at the time of the capitulation, has chal lenged Count D'Almenas to a duel on account of the attacks which the count muda upon him Monday and Tuesday In the senate In connection with hi ar raignment of the conduct of the Span ish generals enguged in the war in Cuba, LAST HONORS TO FAURE. mprssslr Funeral Service dt Notre Dam of the Late President Immense crowds witnessed the fun eral procession which last Thursday bore the remains of the late President Felix Faure from the Elysee palace to Notre Dame cathedral, and then to th Cemetery Pere la Chaise. Madame and Mademoiselle Faure did not take part In the procession or In the funeral ce remonies, though they heard mass at noon In the chapel of the Elysee. The hearse, drawn by six horse), each led by a footman, entered tha courtyard of the palace at o'clock. It was a magnificent car, with large, black plumes, and having a dome de corated with sliver stars. The hang ings, which were of sable velvet, bore on them escutcheons with the late) President Faure's Initials In each cor ner, and the car was hung with the) tricolors of France, tied with crape. Before the rntnfnlque were craped cushions, upon which lay the late pre sident's orders and decorations. The casket was placed on the funeral car In the presence of all the high civil and military officials, the procession was formed, and It emerged from the palace at 10.05 a. m headed by Gen. Zurllnden, the military governor of Pnrls. followed by the bearers of the wreaths from the late president's household and the legislature. Next came President Loubet, accompanied by the acting president of the senate, M. Chavenu. The procession proceed ed slowly toward the cathedral, the crowds reverently standing with bared heads as It passed. When the procession emerged upon the yunl de la Meglsserle, fronting part of the He de la Cite, the bells of Notre Dame began to toll, and when the eortrTe reached the square In front of the cathedral, otherwise the Place du Pnrvla Notre Dame, the bijlls burst Into a funeral peal, the troops present ed arms, and the casket was taken In to the cathedrnl and placed upon a cntafalque which was over 70 feet high, and surmounted by an Imposing canopy to the height of 130 feet, the whole being most elnborately draped and lighted up. Tho ceremony at the cathedral was most solemn and Im pressive. Cardinal Richard, the arch bishop of Pnrls, bearing a crucifix, awaited President Loubet and offered him holy water, and then conducted him to a front feat In the choir. Car dinal Itlchard sat facing President Loubet. and the choir was filled with archbishops, bishops and other prel ates. Low mass was celebrated, the , chanting nnd music being Impressive ' 111 their effect. Cnrdinnl Blchnrd then approached the casket, which was guarded by of ficers and surounded by the clergy, nnd pronounced the absolution to the strains nf the organ nnd the peal of the cathedral bells. The casket was then borne to the portal, accompanied by the clergy and replaced on the funeral car, nfter which the procession wended Its way to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, where It arrived at 8 o'clock. The gates and walls of the cemetery were draped with black and sliver, 111 the mnnner adopted at tne places. The wreaths were depolsted at the foot of the wall and the casket was laid on a cntafalque at the en trance of tho cemetery. Eulogistic speeches were delivered by Senator Chnveau. M. Deschanel, Premier Du puy, M. Lockroy and M. Oulllan. The troops then defiled before the cata falque. KISSED THE BRIDE. Hobson Takes Part in a Wedding Ceremony la Japan. A letter from C. B. Harris, who Is Consul In Nagasaki, Japan, describes a wedding which took place ' In the Consulntc on January 25, at which Lieutenant Hobson, of Merrlmao fame, was present. The bride was Miss Jennie Prior, of Atlanta. Oa. She went to the Orient on the snmo steamer with Hobson, the Gallic, but the Lieutenant did not know of her mission until he met her and Mr. Allen In the Consulate just prior to the ceremony. Tho bridegroom Is a son of a mis sionary In China, nnd In honor of his nuptials the Consulate was decorated by Mr. Harris. Hobson enthusiastical ly kissed the bride after the marriage service. Cervers Takes No Kesroreibi ty. The committee of the Spanish Sen ate for the verification of credential' has examined Admiral Cervera, who had contended thnt he was entitled to sit In the senate. Inasmuch as criminal proceedings had not been taken against him. The admiral declared that if the loss of his squadron were a crime It must he attributed to the gov ernment, which sent him to the An tilles against his will. He told the committee that he wept on receiving congratulations upon his safe arrival at Santiago de Cuba, for he had fore seen disaster. El Correspondencla Mllltar estimates that 440,000.000 pesetas will be required to cover the cost of the last two wars In Cuba. Set Firs to Her Brother. Mrs. Lou Cook, who resides near Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Ala., left home the other day to go to the village store. She left a 2-year-old boy In charge of her 6-year-old daughter Lizzie. The baby cried for Its mo ther, and the girl after tiring of her efforts to quiet the little-one, deliber ately drew a brand from an open fire and set the babe's garments on fire. The mother heard the babe's screams as she was returning and hurried home, only to find its garments burned completely from Its body and the babe In the agony of death. She scolded the other child and asked how the babe came to be burned. The child said thut she had set It afire. The babe died. Preparing for s Revolution. The Duke of Orleans unexpectedly arrived at Brussels. It Is reported he considers the moment opportune for a monarchist attempt in France. He will consult with the leaders of hla party. Three millions of the duke's portraits, decorated with the trl-color, have arrived here and will be dis patched to France for distribution. eugar Bounty Granted. By a vote of 46 to 16, or four more thnn needed, the Minnesota senate Wednesday passed over the governor's veto the bill appropriating $20,000 to pay bounties earned under the beet sugar bounty law. Four Democrats voted with the Republicans in favor of the bill. It has already been passed In the house and becomes a law. Violent But Hero' Treatment, Charles F. Robertson, who was thought to be dying of pneumonia at Hartford, Conn., and who lost cons ciousness with his temperature at 107, Is on the high road to recovery due to radical treatment by his physicians. Robertson was stripped and placed on a bed of snow. Snow was heuped over him and he wus kept thus for halt an hour. Then the doctor hit him a blow In the face. Robertson opened his eye and spoke rationally. Ordinary treat ment of the disease has been resumed successfully.
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