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WORK OF CONGRESS.
Mort Than Billion end a Half Appropriated
Five Hundred Million Charged to
the War With Spain.
The official statement of Represent
ative Joseph G. C'nnnnn of Illinois,
chairman of the house npproprlntlons
committee, summing tip the npproprln
tlons of the Ftfty-lil'th congress which
adjourned last Saturday, Is us follows:
"The npproprlntlons nmclc nt the ses
sion of congress Just dosed nmoiint
approximately to $ii;:i.6.-.M"0. nn1 show
nn apparent reduction of $21!,"u;i.000
under the nppropi intlons made lit tho
preceding session. This Is nltrlbtited
to the huge expenses occasioned by the
war with Spain that were provided
for during the preceding session.
"The entire appropriations made by
the Fifty-fifth countess nggrcgntr $1.
6,s90,mti.'.". of this sum $is'2,f.iS2.o:!s.47
Is directly i hai R' ille to our late war
with Spain or Inrlilent thereto. Deduc
ing this charge from the whole amount
of the npproprlntlons, the remainder,
$l,0S4.:!27.ti:',2.M, represents the ordinary
or normal nppropi -Intlons ninde by the
Fifty-fifth congress.
"The appropriations mnde by the
preceding congress, the Fifty-fourth,
amounted to JH.Otl.Mrt.liT.l.ltT. A com
parison shows nn Increase In ordinary
appropriations ninde by this congress
over those mnde by that congress, the
Fifty-fourth, of $:i'J,747,eoii, but this ap
parent Increase Is more thun accounted
for by Incrcnses under eight Items
alone, namely, for pensions, $4,000,000;
for the postal service, $16,000,000; for
rivers and harbors, IncludlnK work un
der contracts previously authorized,
j:t,tlOO.iwi; for new ships fon the nnvy,
$6,000,000; for beginning the work of tho
twelfth census, $1,000,000; for the Paris
exposition, $1,200,000; for new public
buildings, Including the building for
the department of Justice, and for site
and partial construction of the new
government printing office, about $500,
000, and for pnyment of Judgments
rendered against the government on
account of French spoliations and un
der the Bowman net. $:i,100,000.
"The very natural and necessary In
creases In public expenditures, on nc
count of the pension list, the growth
of the postal service in response to the
demands of commerce, the Improve
ment of the great water ways of the
country, and for Increase of the navy,
the construction of needed buildings
to accommodate the government serv
ice in the cities of the country, tho tak
ing of the census, the participation of
the nation In the great exposition to be
held at Paris next year, and the pny
ment of the French spoliation Judg
ments and Bowman act cases so long
considered by and pressed upon con
press, aggregate $39.900.000 more than
dlsslpntingthe entlreappnrent Incrense
In the ordinary aproprlatlons by this
congress over those madu by tho Fifty
fourth congress.
"In addition to the direct appropria
tions made at this session contracts
were authorized subject to future ap
propriations to be made by congress,
amounting to about $70,000,000. Of this
amount. $44,000,000 Is for additional
ships for the navy, $22.r,O0.0(tO Is for
work on rivers and harbors, and some
thing over $3,000,000 is for public build
ings. The contract system is of neces
sity nppllcd to the construction of new
warships, which require periods of
years for their construction.
"In the case of river and harbor Im
provements and the construction of
new warships experience has shown
that the authorization of contracts
tends materially to expedite and
cheapen the same,"
QUIET AT MANILA.
Americana Reinforced, and Art New Gaining
the Confidence of tha Natives.
The American soldiers at Manila are
growing restless for want of exercise
and are longing for a campaign
against the Insurgents. This is a good
indication that the natives are quiet
ing down and are growing accustomed
to Amerlrnn rule.
In the last two days there has been
a very noticeable change In Manila for
the better, probably due to the arrival
of reinforcements for the American
troops. Numbers of people are seen
upon the Ftreets, and the amount of
business transacted In the stores has
been marvelously Increased.
Outside the city there was desultory
firing last Monday, and at various
points the sharpshooters were most an
noying. At San Pedro Macatl the re
bels are very active, erecting entrench
ments In front of the portion occupied
by the Washington troops, although a
two-gun battery of the Sixth Artillery
repeatedly shelled them. The enemy
are fully alive to tho fact that Mausers
have a much longer range than the
Sprlngfields, and are continuously tak
ing "pot shots" in comparative safety.
Despite the heat, the health of tho
men in the trenches has improved re
markably. The maritime steamer El Cano has
arrived from Hollo with advices that
all Is quiet there and that business Is
brisk. The natives in the interior, the
steamer reports, are levying upon the
supplies In the hands of the natives
and seriously Interfering with the work
upon the plantations.
8chley Ahead cf Sampson.
Hear Admiral Sampson will hereafter
31p his flag to Rear Admiral Schley.
Schley, who was the other day carried
on the naval register as No. 6 in a list
of seven rear admirals, now stands No.
9 In a list of eighteen. Sampson, who
stood No. 4 Is now No. 11 on the list.
Roar Admlrul Schley will now be paid
at the rate of $7,500 a year and Hear
Admiral Sampson at the rate of $:,BO0
a ytar.
This difference of pay grows out of
the provisions of the personnel bill re
cently passed, by which the nine rear
admirals nt the top of the list are to
receive the pay of mujor-genurals of
tho army and the last nine rear ad
mirals the pay of brigadier-generals.
A C.ty Flooded.
The Kanawha valley, "W. Va was
visited Sunday by oneof the worst
Hoods In local history! Xfter several
days of heavy rainfall the Kanawha
river in an unprecedented short time
has covered almost the entire valley.
Charleston Is almost entirely under
water. Four feet surrounds the state
cupltul. The mayor and leading; citizens
have opened a relief station and are
distributing provisions and clothing
among the suffering.
Leaped to Death.
Fire destroyed the upper floors of a
tenement house on Tenth street. New
York last Tuesduy. Mary K. Prouty,
who became mad with fright, leaped
out of a five-story window and was
lnutantly killed. A dozen persons were
rescued with difficulty by firemen.
When Mrs. Prouty appeared at the
ledge of a fifth-story window, the
crowd on the street cried to her not to
Jump, but apparently she was so
frightened that ohe did not hear the
warning. With a set earn she leaped
far out and full on the pavement
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Admiral Dewey now receives $14,500
a year.
One thousand granite cutters are
striking at Qulncy, Mass,
Gold smelters have formed a trust.
A capital of $46,000,000 Is represented.
A Berlin professor clnlms to have
discovered a serum for the cure of
pneumonia.
The mother of former Vice-President
Stevenson riled at Pcorln, 111., last
Sunday, aged 90.
Nearly $.-,00,000 worth of property
was destroyed nt Holyokc, Mass., ISst
Wednesday night.
Kudynrd Kipling, the famous author
who has been very III In New York
City, Is recovering.
President McKlnley is contemplat
ing n trip through the south as soon
its congress adjourns.
The battleship Oregon, necompnnlod
by the collier Iris, snlled from Honolu
lu for Manlln Fcbrunry 20.
A case of small pox hns been discov
ered nt Cleveland tn an apartment
house containing 400 boarders.
The Covington (Ky.) postofTlop wns
robbed Wednesday night of stamps
and money amounting to $:0.000.
The rnllrnnris about Lendvlllo, Col.,
nre snowed In 20 feet high, nnd dyna
mite will be used to clenr the tracks.
William Warren Morrison, aged 17,
employed In a Boston printing oHlce,
has fallen heir to an estate of $20,0j0,
000. Sir F.dwnrd Pnsson, Conservative,
wns elected to l'nrllnment nt Hythe,
Knglnnd, to succeed General Edwards,
Conservative.
While ringing the church bell at
Chlltonvllle, Mass., Inst Sundny, Wm.
HoMe, the sexton, was struck by light
ning and killed.
Jennie Merrltt and Clnrn Myers,
both aged 21, are dead In Philadelphia
from burns received by pouring gaso
llne on n tardy fire.
Pnmucl Phillips nnd Geo. Hastings
hnve been Indicted at New York for
defrauding publishers out of $200,000
worth of advertising.
All the saloons of St. Louis were
closed by the police last Sunday ac
cording to law. Saloons In the suburbs
did a great business.
Cincinnati and other cities along the
Ohio river nre expecting and making
preparations for a Hood. The Ohio
river is rapidly rising.
William N. Coffey, a divinity student
of Des Moines, la., was sentenced to
the penitentiary for 2 years for
stealing $600 from a widow.
A New York syndicate hns purchas
ed the principal Havana cigar factor
ies. The capital stock of tho organi
zation amounts to $20,000,000.
Joseph Choate, United States am
bassador to Great Britain, arrived In
London Inst Thursday. He received
quite an ovation at Southampton,
Higher wnges have been granted to
more thnn 30,000 men In the eastern
states during the past few dnys. The
advances ranges from 6 to 20 per cent.
Twelve children were dropped from
the upper stories of a burning tene
ment nt New York lost Wednesday,
and were safely caught by policemen.
The president has approved ' the
Washington public library bill appro
priating $250,000 to buy a site for the
library to be donated by Andrew Car
negie. The oustnms receipts for February
were $ltj,!l:l,v00. the largest received
by the treasury since 1K03. In Febru
ary of that year they reached $16,836,-
ooo.
I'hyslclnns cannot save the life of
George White, of New York. He was
scratched a few days ago by a play
ful kitten and blood poisoning has set
In.
The Illinois legislature hns passed a
bill appropriating $9,000 for a statue
to Miss Frances 10. Wlllard. . This
statue Is to be placed In the National
capltol.
Blizzards continue In Colorado. It
is impossible to bury the dead. No
coal can be had and many families
about Leadville are living on bread
and water.
Major General Hutton, of the Cana
dian militia, said an army of 200.000
men was needed, Intimating that there
might be trouble with the United
States some day.
The barb-wire fence charged with
electricity has been placed about ths
pest house at Newport News. Va. The
board of health has had difficulty in
restraining patients.
The German editors of Chicago have
called a convention to declare the
sentiments of the German-Americans
on Kngllsh efforts to embroil the Unit
ed States and Germany.
Judge Seaman, In tho United States
circuit court at Chicago has decided In
the case of Shirley T. High that the In
heritance tax Imposed under the war
revenue act la constitutional.
Anna Schultz, the woman who mas
queraded as a man and committed a
series of burglaries at Chicago, con
fessed that she was taught to rob by
Eddie Stuart, a noted thief.
Statistic Just published show that the
number of Germans who emigrated
from the fatherland last year was 17,
173. This is the lowest number In
years and there has been a special de
crease In emigration to the United
States. In the emigration of skilled
mechanics, however, there has been an
Increaso of 7 per cent.
Charles H. Wlnslow, a newspaper
man of New York, who came to Den
ver three months ago, suffering with
consumption, was found frozen to
death In the old city cemetery last
Wednesday. He had removed every
particle of clothing and laid down In
the snow to await the end. He leaves
a wife and family at Syracuse, N. Y.
Italy's Requeet Refueed.
The tsung-le-yamen (Chinese for
eign office) hns returned to the Italian
charge d'affaires, Marquis Sulvago
Haggl, his dispatch containing the de
mand of the ltnllun government for a
lease of San Mun bay on the same
conditions as those under which Ger
many holds Kluo-Chou bay, accom
panying it with a letter declaring that
the Chinese government is unable to
grant the request.
Family Murdered.
A terrible murder was discovered in
Athelstone township, Clay Center,
Kan. A neighbor going to the home
of John Gilbert found Mrs. Gilbert and
her four children murdered. The boy
was years old and the three girls, 8,
E and 7 years respectively. The family
had not been seen since Tuesday. The
door was found locked and the hus
band missing.
Mar Troore lor Manila,
The secretary of war has Just order
ed the reinforcement of Gen. Otis, by
six regiments. These are the Sixth ar
tillery, now on the Atlantic coast; the
Sixth Infantry, at San Antonio; the
Ninth Infantry, at Madison barracks;
Thirteenth Infantry, In New York
tdute; Twenty-first Infantry, at Platts
burg, N. Y and the Sixteenth Infantry
at Fort Crook and neighboring posts
lu the middle West.
BEHEADED BY II VIOLENT CHE.
GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT. m
Tennessee Vie ted by a Terrific Wind Btorm
Lives Loit, Houses Demolished and
Crops Destroyed Miraculous Escape.
A cyclone which leveled residences,
killed nnd wounded Inhabitants nnd de
stroyed entile and crops, swept over a
portion of Tennessee Inst Monday,
tirent havoc was done In Madlsonvllle
and Monroe counties.
The cyclone, about 70 ynrds wide,
struck a portion of Madlsonvllle, kill
ing three persons, wounding ten or
twelve others and completely destroy
ing twelve or firteen houses and several
barns.
The killed are: Mr. and Mrs. Jnck
Moser, Kd. I.. Hetton.
The wounded: Miss Willie Krvln,
Miss Delia Mison, Mrs. It. 1.. Horton,
Mrs. I.. A. Itoblnson. Mr. L. A. llohln
son, Hubert Robinson, Miss Rodgers,
Mr. Moser, Prof. Charles Kelly.
The Hot ton nnd Itoblnson residences
are both complete wrecks, not one tim
ber being left above another on the
foundations. The escape of the Inmntes
of these two houses, eight In the llor
ton and three In the Itoblnson family,
seems miraculous, some of them b.lng
blown a distance of a hundred yards,
yet escaping, In some cases, without n
scrntch.
W. F. Ervln's residence had one end
torn awny: Dillon Rodger's house Is
almost a wreck; Krsklno Lowry's resi
dence moved the dlf-nce of ten feet
nnd was almost wrenched out of shnpe;
Telephone nnd telegraph wires nre
blown down and all communication
shut off.
The storm swept everything In Its
path. It wns accompanied by a ter
rific ronr. Frightened inhabitants
rushed for their cellars and places of
snfety. In the country great damngj
wns done to orchards and crops by the
wind and hall. It Is reported that
further casualties resulted In outlying
rural districts, but no particulars can
be obtnlned.
The most frightful feature of the
tornado was the manner In which Jack
Moser met his death. He was hurled
by the wind's force from his house a
distance of 700 yards, until his progress
was Impeded by a wire fence which
completely severed his head from the
body. The remains were found In that
condition by the rescuing party, which
did faithful work after the storm hnd
subsided. The 12-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Moser was In their home with
them, but he was unhurt.
In addition to the loss of life and ths
destruction of residence property,
bnrns were swept away and stock was
killed. The wood-working plant of J.
H. Burleson was damaged together
with Its contents. The property da
maged Is not secured by storm In
surance, and is believed to be a total
loss.
It is believed that Miss Rodgers,
who Is reported ns seriously injured,
may die, her body having been lacerat
ed by broken glass. She was also
bruised nnd Injured Internally.
Upper East Tennessee points report a
heavy windstorm, accompanied by ter-
miu rains, i ne rnins Old untold dam
age to crops in thnt section, and It Is
conservatively estimated that this tor
nado, coupled with the recent freeze
nnd bad weather, will mean a loss of
$1,000,000 to farmers In that section.
AN INSANE MILLIONAIRE.
Pelted Bilk Hata With Silver Dollars Asalata
Bankrupt Sporta.
Buying silk hats at Hot Springs,
Ark., and then pelting them with silver
dollars which were gathered up by
street urchins, Is one of the antics
which Kugene Peters, a wealthy busi
ness man of Washington has been In
dulging In. He also gave banquets
and purchased Jewelry ror the guests.
All broken down sports and gamblers
were furnished with a good supply of
money. Next he secured a license and
married Clara Louise Mackey. From
Hot Springs he went to New Orleans
where friends argued with him to go
home. This he would not do unless
furnished with a private car for him
self and bride. After arriving at Wash
ington he threatened several members
of his family with a revolver, and
Wednesday he was locked up on an In
sanity charge.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
The Filipinos claim to hold 600 Ame
rican prisoners.
Admiral Dewey now hopes that the
American people will Btop writing to
him.
There are now 48,000 men in the
Cuban army to share In the $3,0i)0,000
given them.
Smallpox prevails among our troops
at Manila but not to an alarming ex
tent. The men have already been vac
cinated four times.
Mall advices to San Francisco tell of
the occupation of the Islund of Guam
by Commander Taussig of the Ben
nington, February 1.
Cubans believe that the planting of
Gen. Lee's flag staff four metres deep
into the ground is a sign of permanent
American occupation.
Dewey raised his flag as a full ad
miral on board of the olympla and was
saluted by the foreign warships and
the forts at Manila.
Gen. Maximo Gomez has requested
that the American army of occupation
be reduced to 10,000 men, and that 10,
000 Cubans be retained in the govern
ment service.
Economical methods of the Cuban
government has thrown many men out
of work at Santiago. The papers are
now advising the idle Cubans to be
come bandits.
A court-martial has been ordered by
Gen. Gomes to try the Cuban soldiers
who were arrested by the Americans
while stealing at the Toledo sugar es
tate, near Havana.
General Miller has been ordered to
quarter his troops in Hollo In the cus
tom house or other public buildings
and authorized to make the necessary
changes ut a cost not to exceed $40,000,
the same to be met from the public,
revenues collected In Hollo.
The outposts beyond San Pedro Ma
catl, near Manila, were fired upon by
the rebels from the walls of the Guad
eloupe Church. A gunboat advanced
800 yards beyond the lines and cleared
away the enemy with Catlings. No
casualties are reported.
The rebels at Malabon fired upon
the cruiser Callao from the Jungle last
Tuesday while Admiral Dewey was
visiting the Monadnock. Three shells
were dropped by the monitor Into the
Malabon church, demolishing the
structure and killing a number of
rebels who were Inside.
A factory at Malolos, Philippine Is
lands, is reported to be running day
and night to supply ommi" dtlon for
the Insurgents. The Ignc nce of the
natives Is shown by thr act that they
have collected empty j,,rlngneld shells
and are refilling them. Over $.000 of
these cartridges have been discovered
In houses in Pandacan by an officer of
tha Washington volunteers.
FORTY BODIES RECOVERED.
An Explosion Brings Rain From tht Heavsna
At Toulon Franca.
The naval powder mngnzlne of La
Ooubran, between La Seyne nnd Tou
lon, in the depnrtment of Var, South
ern France, exploded nt 2:30 o'clock
Mondny nnrnlng. Mnny of the soldiers
on duty nt the magazine were killed
nnd a number of the Inhabitants of the
surrounding district, tho buildings in
which were razed, also fell victims.
Forty corpses hnve alt-endy been re
covered. The cause of the explosion is
not known.
Fifty thousnnd kilogrammes of
black powder exploded. It looks as
though a volennlc eruption hnd oc
curred, the country being swept nl
most bnre within n rndlus of two
miles, houses destroyed, trees over
turned nnd distorted, fields devastated
nnd covered with stones nnd blnck
dust.
Some of the stones are enormous,
fine weighing i"0 kilogrammes fell In
the suburb of Pone tie Las. Signs of
the explosion nre evident In nil the su
burbs of Toulon nnd In the city Itself.
Kven nt St. Jeun tie Vnr, tlve miles
distant, windows were shattered and
doors battered In.
Of the seven sentries, four were
killed outright nnd the others severely
Injured, the Corporal being literally
senlped nnd the scalp overhanging his
fnce like a veil.
It Is Impossible U nscertnln accur
ately the number killed, but It Is be
lieved thnt no fewer thnn a hundred
were Injured. Although It was a clenr
night, the explosion wns so terrlllc ns
to produce n slight rainfall.
It Is now believed that the explosion
originated In chemical decomposition
In smokeless powder. There Is no sug
gestion of foul play.
Roth the Government nnd municipal
authorities nre forwarding relief funds.
M. Loekroy, Minister of Marine, hns
telegraphed 10,000 francs toward the
mnlntenanee of the families of the
victims, and public subscriptions have
been opened here.
The bodies found were terribly mu
tilated. Sixteen were discovered In the
rocks near the shore, nnd It Is feared
others were precipitated Into th sea,
A vehicle moving along a rood nenr
the sea was lifted bodily Into tho wa
ter by the force of the explosion, two
of Its occupants being drowned.
LAND 8LIDE CAUSES A WRECK.
Three Trains Crash Into Another Two Men
Killed.
A series of wrecks near Huntingdon,
Pa., Sundny morning resulted In two
deaths and the serious Injury of two
men.
At Ardenhelm, where the wrecks oc
curred, Is a Inrge cut, nnd the henvy
rains loosened tho soli of the embank
ment nnd a Inrge section fell, obstruct
ing three tracks.
A westbound freight train ran Into
the mnss of enrth nnd rock nnd a num
ber of cars were wrecked, blockading
the westbound pnsenger track. Just
ns the freight cars were piling up on
the passenger track the newspaper
special, composed of baggage, express
nnd pnssenger ronehes, tlnshed Into
the piled up rrelght enrs. 'i no engine
of the pnssenger train wns completely
demolished, also two bnggnge cars and
one express car.
These were killed: Robert MoCtit
cheon, engineer of the passenger train,
f0 years old, of Hnrrlsburg; .CI. C.
Trostle. fireman of pnssenger ' train,
aged 28 years, of Hnrrlsburg. The In
jured nre: F. F. Nnunman, Hnrrls
burg, bnggngemaster, tnken to Hunt
ingdon: J n cob Matler, Hnrrlsburg, ex
press messenger, both seriously In
jured. Just after the express dashed into
the wrecked freight train an east
bound freight, going at a high rate of
speed, crashed Into the two wrecks,
and the scene presented was one of the
worst ever seen on the line of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
A FEMALE BANDIT.
Relieves a Drummsr of Money and Jewelry at
tha Point ofs Pistol.
Thomns Feldrlch, a notion drummer,
while riding along a lonely mountain
road near Newsome Gap, Va., was held
up by a girl bandit last Thursday,
who faced him with two pistols. Feld
rlch says her eyes were covered by a
.nnsk, but she smiled at him while
making him stand and deliver. He
tried to Joke her out of the notion of
robbing him, and once attempted to
draw his revolver, but the nervous
Angering of her two pistols told him
that It was no Joke.
He gave her $65, a gold watch, a dia
mond stud and a pair of diamond
sleeve buttons. He hoped to get the
drop on her as he drew away, but she
rode her horse behind him a few paces
warning him that it he looked back It
would cost him his life.
Baron Herechell Dead.
Baron Farrcr Herschell, one of tho
commissioners from Great Britain on
the High Joint Commission In session
at Washington to adjust differences
between the United States nnd Cana
da, died quite suddenly Wednesday
at the Shoreham hotel, where he had
been confined to his bed for several
weeks with a broken bone, caused by
a fall on the slippery sidewalk.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
. Sccretnry of War Alger snld that the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment will be
started home from Manila In about
six weeks.
Funeral services over the body of
Lord Herschell were held In Washing
ton. The body will be taken to Kng
land by the British cruiser Talbot.
The fifty-fifth, congress adjourned
after an all-night session Saturday at
noon. The House wound up with the
members roaring patriotic books and
popular ditties. The river and harbor
bill was passed.
Among the naval cadets appointed
by President McKlnley were the son
of Captain Grldley, of the Olympln;
the brother of Knslgn Worth Ilagley
and Unman Delgnan, one of the Mer
rlinac crew.
The army reorganization bill has
passed the house. It already has pass
ed the senate. The president will sign
It and there will be no extra session.
The bill provides for an army of 100,000
men limited In service to July, 1901.
A bill was passed appropriating $5,
000 for the Investigation of leprosy in
this country under a board to be se
lected by the surgeon-general. Mr.
Corliss (Republican. Mich.), stated
that there were about 300 cases In the
United States.
In the House Wednesday a Joint re
solution was "passed allowing foreign
governments which would make ex
hibits at the Philadelphia Commercial
exposition next year to bring Into this
country foreign laborers to prepure
exhibits.
The Senate has passed a bill estab
lishing a branch home of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
at Castle Plnckney, In Charleston har
bor, B. C, for the use of disabled of
ficers and enlisted men of the volun
teer army and navy of the United
States.
FORMING PUNS FOR THE NEW ARMY.
CUBAN RECRUITS.
Oen. Oomes's Plan of Furnishing Soldiers From
Among His Men Approved at Wash
ingtonNew Enlistments.
Perretnry Alger Is Inclined to look
with favor on the suggestion thnt tho
nrmy tnnlntnlned by the I'nlted Stutes
In Cuba shnll be recruited from among
the natives, ns proposed by Hen. llnttn s
In his recent conference with MaJ.
(len. Brooke, the military commnnder
of the Island. He snld he would be
glad If this could be done, provided
conditions respecting their qunllflea
cntlons, etc., were satisfactory to the
American government.
The war depnrtment ofllclals gencr
nlly believe tho president will nvnll
himself of the discretion Imposed In
him by the new nt my law nnd recruit
some of the 35.000 volunteers provided
for In Cubit and Porto Rleo, thus re
lieving the government from the fur
ther necessity of sending Amet leans
Into Culm and nt the same time yield
ing to the pride of the natives, who
prefer that the tnllltnry branch shnll
bp recruited from th -lr own national
ity. Such n step nlso would offer oppor
tunity for work to mnny of the Cubans
who nre now without any visible
menns of support. Gen. Gomez' propo
sition. It Is said, hns not been officially
comtnunlcnted to tho authorities here.
A great dial of hard work will be re
quired of the war depnrtment In
changing the army establishment ns
contemplnted by the bill which has
Just become n law. Kspeclnlly will
this be the rnse In the adjutant-general's
ofllee, which will supervise the
muster out of the existing volunteer
nrmy nnd the recruiting nnd muster
In of the 35.000 men for the new volun
teer branch, together with such re
cruiting ns will be necessnry to bring
the regular establishment up to Its re
quired strength.
The present volunteer regiments will
be formally mustered out of tho serv
ice, but the expectntlon Is thnt mnny
of the men, after paying a visit to
their homes, will again enlist, so thnt
this branch will hnve for Its nucleus
much of the present element compos
ing It. Some of the orgnnlssntlons may
determine to go In bodily, but the un
derstanding Is thnt eneh mnn will be
free to exercise his own will as to re
mnlnlng In other words, there Is to be
nothing snvorlng of conscription.
The newly-recruited volunteers will
not hnve stnte designations, but will
be cnlled volunteer regiments of In
fnntry nnd rnvnlry respectively, or
ganizations In ench arm of the service
being numbered from one up. The
colonels are to be appointed by the
president.
Large numbers of soldiers who en
listed In the regttlnr nrmy at the be
ginning of the war with Spnln took
ndvnntnge of that privilege which per
mitted their discharge niter Hostilities
hntl censed, and the estimate Is made
thnt probably four to five hundred Is
a fnlr average of those who left eacdi
regiment. Reports received nt the adjutant-general's
office show, however,
that n good percentage of them have
re-enllsted for the full term of nrmy
service. At their discharge they re
ceived certnln pny, travel nnd other
nllownnces. and hnvlng spent their
money nnd hnd a rest nnd visit to
their homes are ngntn satislled to en
list. HE LOVED ANOTHER.
Chicago Butcher Pushes His Wife Into the
Lake.
Albert Recker. the Chlengo butcher,
who hns been In custody a week on
suspicion of hnvlng murdered his first
wife, Teresn Becker, broke down
Thursday night under the long-continued
cross-questions of the police
and mnde a complete confession.
"I killed her on Jnnunry 27," said
Becker, defiantly. "We were walking
on the Randolph street vluduct and
begnn qunrrellng. I beenme nngry
nnd threw her Into the lake. Then I
went home."
The love of another woman, which
prompted Recker to kill Teresn Keek
er, was apparently tho cause of the
butcher's confession.
PUBLIC TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
The Oovcrnment Wiehcs ths Proceedings to be
Open to Everybody,
a vote of IBB to 123, adopted the prin
ciple of the trial revision bill.
Tho Minister of Justice, Lebret, ap
pealed earnestly for the passage of the
measure, advancing as an Inducement
that the proceedings before the entire
Court of Cassation would be public
and conducted on the same lines aa or
dinary trials. He added that he had
not from the outset believed It possible
to quash the conviction of Dreyfus
without a retrlnl.
Premier Dupuy said he knew his
duty. The bill, the Premier pointed
out, did not diminish the safeguards
of the accused. The government wish
ed the whole evidence to be known to
everybody, nnd, therefore, it would be
printed In Its entirety. He did not
know what the final verdict would be;
but the speaker ardently wished to
make it such as would be respected by
everybody who was not a fool or an Ir
reconcilable. She Had a Crew of Thirty.
Captain Wllllnm Corkum, of the fish
ing schooner Mondego, which arrived
nt Gloucester. Mass., from a llshlng
trip, Wednesday, brought news tha
the overdue steamer Moravia, Captain
Ferguson, which sailed from Hamburg
for Boston January 18, was wrecked on
tho northeast bar of Sable Island
about Fcbruury 12.
The steamer cnrrled n cargo of gen
eral merchandise ninlnly for Roston
firms. Both vessels and cargo were In
sured. She hud a crew of about 30.
The Moravia was an Iron vessel of 2,
417 tons register, built at Ulusgow In
1883.
CABLE FLASHES.
Germany has rcnew'ed negotiations
for the purchase of the Carolines. ,
Two thousand Spanish deserters are
now assembled on the French frontier.
They have Joined the Carlisle.
Baron Von Duelow, Germany's
minister of foreign affairs says there
are no German warships at Manila.
He expects German subjects will find
security under American rule at Ma
nila. Monday evening a carboy of benzine
exploded In a third-class carriage on
the lino to Dwlnsk, 'south of St. Pe
tersburg. The carriage was burned,
six women and a man were killed and
sixteen others were Injured.
General Toral, who commanded the
rtpunlsh troops at Santlugo de Cuba,
has been arrested and Imprisoned, pre
vious to being tried by courtmartlal
on the charge of capitulation to Gen
eral Shatter at that place on July 14
last.
Quoen Victoria departs Thursday for
the RJvlern. Her private yacht will be
convoyed by eight fast torpedo boat
' CHEAPER ARMOR PLATE
1 1 Manufacturers Will Not Yield to $300 a Toa
Then the Secretary of the Navy ia te
Construct a Covernmsnt Plant.
The senate Insists nn paying not
more thnn $:W0 a ton for nrmor plate.
If this price Is not acceded to by the
Iron mnnufneturers then the govern
ment Is to construct Its own armor
mnklng plant.
The serrctnry of the navy wag
ntithorlzed. In the event of the refusal
of the armor plate compnnles to sup
ply nrmor nt $:I00 n ton, to proceed to
tho construction nf an nrmor factory
to cost Jl.riOO.OOO and placing In the
secretary's control $2,000,000 wltH which
to operate the government plant. Tho
fight for these amendments to the'
nnvul bill was led by Mr. Tillman (S.
C), Inst Wednesday, who made a
r'harncterlstlcnlly sensntlonnl speech.
Mr. Tillman offered th" amendment
reducing the price of nrmor. He de
clared millions of dollnrs were being
squandered by the government in
feathering the nests of the armor trust
and he felt thnt the Sennte nnd coun
try ought to know "what kind of a
steal was going on." He proposed ns
nn nltetnntlve propos!tlon tn establish
n Government nrmor plnnt so that the
t'nlted Stntes could say to the nrmor
trust that If It did nt supply armor
at n proper price the Government
would manufacture Its own armor. Ho
said It whs perfectly evident thnt the
Pennsylvania armor plnnts hnd a
"pull, whntever thnt might mean" In
the other House of Congress, nnd were
able to hold up the price of armor.
Mr. Tillman favored th doing of the
work by the Government, even nt nn
Increased price, for then labor nnd not
cnpltnl would receive the benellts.
"Why," he demnnded, "are we to
yield to these nrmor thleves.these rob
bers? Are we to permit these peopla
to order us to stand and deliver? I
hnve deemed It my duty to protest
ngnlnst these methods, and therefore
hnve offered my amendment reducing
the price to $:I00 a ton."
Mr. Chnndler (Hep., N. II.,) said thn
Cnrnegle nnd Bethlehem fnctorlea
were In combination, nnd together In
combination with European manufac
turers. They were making desperate
efforts to hold up the price of armor,
and thn device had been resorted to of
bringing forward a new armor, which
they maintained could not be manu
factured for less than $545 a ton. He
did not propose to be led away from,
his opinions by any such statements.
He did not believe that It would cost
$100 a ton more to make the Krupp
armor thnn to mnko the Hnrveylzed
nrmor. He would rather wnlt, before
purchasing more nrmor, for another
careful Investigation of the whole ar
mor plnte question.
Mr. Tillman's amendment was
adopted, 34 tn 26.
SCHLEY AGAIN HONORED.
The Hero ol Santiago Recelveaa Medal From the
Feople of Maryland. -
Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott Schley
received Wednesday from the people
of his native stnte, a superb testlmon
Inl of the esteem In which he Is held
by the people of Maryland and of their
appreclntion nf his services to the
country during the late war with
Spnln. Incidentally he wns cheered by
Hssembled thousnnds ns he rode
through the streets of Rnltlmore, and
nt night 400 of the representative men
of the city and State gathered to wit
ness the presentation of the testimon
ial nnd Join In a banquet given In his
honor.
The testimonial proper took the form
of n mngnlllcent medal of gold and dia
monds i.f great Intrinsic worth and re
splendent beauty, the gift of Mary
land, presented In the name of the
stnte, by Governor Lloyd Lowndes.
Admiral Schley, accompanied by
Mrs. Schley and General Miles, and
escorted by a reception committee, ar
rived from Washington and drove In
an open carriage from Camden station
to the Rennert Hotel. The streets
through which the carriage passed
were lined with people, and cheer after
cheer wns given to both the hero of
Santiago nml the general of the army.
The medal which whs presented to
Admiral Schley contains 320 diamonds
and required two months for Its mak
ing. ;
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Ths Hero ol Manila Honored With tha Highest
Rank In ths Navy.
President McKlnley has signed the
bill creating the rank of admiral In
the navy. The office Is Intended for
George Dewey, commanding the East
ern squudron.
The promotion of Dewey to the posi
tion of admiral revives a grade In our
navy which has not existed for many
years. He will be not only senior, by
two grades, to the rear admirals, but
he will be correspondingly senior to
the highest ranking officers of the
army. This gives him a military
prestige which Is Important.
His Increase of salary to $13,500 la
not one which means much to the offi
cer who will be the senior naval com
mander In the Asiatic, for it . will
thrust upon him added social duties
and obligations equal in cost to his
additional compensation. He will at
once secure a new uniform, resorting
probably In his case to the facilities on
board the Olympla of adjusting the
decorations and Insignia of his old
uniform to the new rank title.
It Is doubtful It Dewey will be able
to display the flag which goes with his
grade, for it Is hardly possible the
lockers of the Olympla contain the em
blem of which there has been no need
of mulling use for so many years.
Eevers Test (or Army Beet
An object lesson in canned meats
prepared by the court and served to
the non-commissioned men who testi
fied ut Wednesday's hearing was a
surprising feature of the court of in
quiry. The court had prepared eight
plates of beef, fresh beef, canned beef
that had been to Cuba and back, and
canned beef fresh from the factory.
Four plates were prepared hot in a
stew, and four cold as they came from
the cans, the fresh beef being boiled to
make It resemble the others.
The court succeeded In getting an
expression of opinion from each of the
men. An army surgeon. Dr. Rowden,
kept tally on the guesses of the men
and changed the positions of tha plates
after each witness hud left the room.
The result of this record will be rev
served till Dr. Rowden testifies, prob
ably some time next week.
Beaten by Lobbyists.
Drs. Thomas and Rllus Eastman,
two prominent physicians, of Indiana
polls, were lobbying fur a bill In tha
house Tuesday night and made so
much nolce that they were requested
by the doorkeeper, John Hutson, to
prest-'rvo better order. A wordy de
bute followed and before the door
keeper could realize it he was attack
ed and a tierce tight ensued. The door
keeper was frightfully Injured. The
doctors ntuy be lined or imprisoned, er
both.