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.