ARE FORCED TO IAT HUMAN FLESH. STARVING CHINESE. Famine In Two Ptputous Province! ol China Cause Scenes ol Savagery Ctepe Failure tor Several tears. Reports received from Singan l'' n'l agree that. tin.' famine ill provinces of Shansi and Shensl is one of (he wors( in the history of China. All Information on tin- subject is necessarily from C'lii ucsc sources nml is liagmcntary, but tin stones are all to tin- same elicit, picturing a condition ol all.urs that is calculated to arouse thi' sympathy of thf worlil lor the stricken people. It in estimate I that two thirds ol thi' people an- witti oilt sutlicictil I il or Ihe means of ob taining it. 1 1"' weather is bitterly cold uml tint adds to llir misery ami starv.t lion. 'I here is htllr Ind ill cither prov ince, anil tin- people are tearing out :hc wooilwork of then houses to obtain fuel to keep themselves warm. Oxcit, horses, ilogs ami other annuals used by tin- tanners to anl them in their work in ordinary turns have practically all hccii sacrificed lo salisiy hunger. For three years the crops have been failuics in liolh provinces. There win more or less famine in previous sea sons, and the people were in poverty when the winter began. Their condi tion has since been growing steadily worse. I. liters slate that cannibalism is practiccil now to a considerable ex tent. Parents, driven insane by warn and the cries of their children, for food, which they are unable to provide, kill the little ones rather than listen to their cries of distress and see their suf ferings. While the famine is said to be worst in Shansi, it is almost as bad in Slicu-i, which is particularly interesting now be cause it is in that province that the court has taken refuge. The court is literally surrounded by these horrors. It is little wonder that the emperor and dowager empress are ready to sacrili.'e almost rvcrythittK l bring about con ditions that will enable them tu return to t'ekin. MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP. Woman's Throat Cul Whit Rotting on a Couch With Her Children. Mrs. Rosa Unit, a pretty Italian wo man, of Pittsburg;, Pa., was murdered Wednesday alternoon while sleeping- on a couch in her parlor. Lying on the couch with Mrs. Itotl were two of her children, a little girl, y years old, and a baby boy, aged about ij months. The positive identity of the murderer or murderers is not known, but suspi cion points to "Fred" Hott. the dead woman's husband, and to his cousin, named "Jim" Hull. This clue was fur nished by the little daughter of the mur dered woman, who was awakened by a noise in the room only to sec "Jim' Hott, with a burning match in his hand, bending over the prostrate body of t'lc dead woman. She started up in alarm, when the man with frightened visatin, ran hastily out of the room and disap peared over the hill at the back of the house, lie is still at large, as is als.i the husband of the dcad woman, and every effort is being made to locate them. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Driver and Toant Dltappoar Aftor 700 Quartt of Nltro-Glycorino Explodes. Dy an explosion of 700 quarts of ni troglycerine at the magazine of the Gas Belt Torpedo Company, four miles northeast of Alexandria, Inil., Sunday, Perry Tort, a carrier for the company, with his team of horses, the wagon and the magazine were blown to atoms, not a vestige of either having been foiiiij after the accident. A hole IS feet deep and 40 feet wide was left where the magazine had stood. Windows were generally shattered in Alexandria and the report was distinct ly heard at Kokomo, Muncie, Marion and F.llwood. Heavy Snow In France. The southeast of France is covered with a heavy fall of snow and communi cation is interrupted. The street rail road service has ceased. At Valence the roof of a freight station was crush ed in by the snow jind three persons were killed and eight wounded. The snow is 00 centimetres deep. AN OLD LAW REVIVED. Stale ol Texas May Sell) Gufley's Oil Gusher Under Iti Provision. 1 The question whether the State shall retain tlie oil lands for the school fund has been raised and is in controversy. The law specifics that such land must be defined as mineral land before it can be retained. Opinion among the State officials is divided. If the question is decided in favor of the Commonwealtn the oil from 'the great GurTey gusher, near Beaumont, owned by GufTey .t Galey, of Pittsburg, may become the property of the State of Texas. State Land Commissioner Charles Rogan claims that the public free school land act, passed by the Legislature in 188,1, contains a provision that all' oil miner als found pn school lands on and after the passage of that law shall belong to the State. Nearly all the lands in that section of East Texas, which is embrac ed in the new oil field, belonged to this school fund and have since been sold. Wolves Killing Sheep. Berrien county, Mich., has a pack of wolves that are destroying sheep by the hundreds, -and the hunters are making an effort to rid that part of the State of the beasts. ' 1 Gull. Reports have arrived from Bombay of a sanguinary battle near Koweit on the Persian gulf, between the Sheikhs of Koweit and Binrashid, who calls himself king of Arabir Binrashid had 30,000 men. partially armed with rirles, while the Sheikhs hud Binrashid marched on Koweit and the Sheikhs advanced to meet him. The battle which was fought by night tasted from sunset until dawn. Binra shid charged repeatedly, but he was completely routed by the Sheikhs, who c jred s great quantity ol booty. LATEST NEWS NOTES. A case of bubonic til ague has been diagnosed at Cardiff, Wales. The on-day term of the Puerto Klein house of delegates has adjourned. Several cases of leprosy have bren discovered in a family in Mersobtirg, Prussian saxony. Over 2,000 persons were injured in the funeral crushes In London, and two persons fell dead. As a result of a lamp explosion In Milwaukre, Wis., five children were smothered lo death. Irirc destroved nearly all the business houses of Tolotio, III., entailing losses estimated at $100,000. Tom Childs, of Phoenix. Ariz., a wealthy cattleman, killed Miguel l.asado in a duel with pistols. The Mexican troops have defeated the Maya Indians, indicting a loss of over li o killed and wounded. Inward (I. Wiles, ex lax collector of Hudson, Mass., is under arrest, charged with bring $0,000 short. Maj. John I.. Ilittiuger, of Si. Joseph, Mo., consul general at Montreal, denies that he is about to resign. Imperfect organization of miners in Cinttal Pennsylvania district is making tumble for Pitt-dmrg operators. Former United Stales Senator David II. Hill says he will decline the Demo cratic nomination for President. The total receipts from customs in Cuba during nyxi were $io,oM-t.,y(i, an increase of $1,2.10,113 over Ht)a The lower llosise of the Tennessee Legislature aJopted a resolution ex pressing sympathy with the lloers. Over 4,000 silk workers arc on strike nt Scranton, Pa. The majority of strik ers are girls tinder 10 years of age. The New York State board of health adopted a resolution condemning ihe sanitary condition of Sing Sing prison. Memorial post, G. A. K., of Cleveland, )., has received formal application from Senator M. A. Manna for membershi;i. Lighted! of the rebellious Creek In dians, including Chief Crazy Snake, have been landed in jail at Muskogee, J. 1. The will of Mrs. Vaughn Marquis, of Ashland, Wis., disposes of an estate valued at half a million dollars to char ily. At Springfield. 111., a bill appropriat ing $75.01x1 for the Slate to be represent ed at the llulTalo exposition passed the 1 louse. The premier will ask the Storthing to vole 20,000 kroner in order to relieve the storm-ruined districts in Northern Norway. A bill has just been introduced int.) the Minnesota Legislature prohibiting the marriage of women mote than 45 years old. In the Illinois Senate a bill was intro duced making it a misdemeanor to sell or bring into the State any cigarettes or cigarette paper. 1C, II. Ilarriman has secured Union Pacific railroad for cousolidaton with the Southern Pacific, making road 15, ix 'o miles long. The St. Louis municipal assembly passed a bill to issue $5,000,000 of ,V4 per cent, bonds in siid of the World's exposition in 100,1. Kcv. Dr. W. A. Martin, of New York, president of the Imperial university lit Peking, will return to China about the middle of February. News hns conic to the effect that the republics of Costa Rica and Nicaragua again have a iiiarrel which may possi bly result in hostilities. The Norwegian steamship Fortima has sailed from Philadelphia for Europe, carrying a cargo of railroad rolling stock valued at $jjo,8So. Sir Cavendish Boyle has been ap pointed governor of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Henry McCallum, ap pointed governor of Natal. John P. Mason, 48 years old, default ing clerk of the Continental National bank, New York, committed suicide, shouting himself in the head. A detachment of the Forty-fourth in fantry under Lieutenant Ilcckcr was ambushed by Filipinos, losing six dead, two missing and tour wounded. On conviction of selling their votes, 2t men have been disfranchised by the circuit court at Crawfordsville, Ind for periods ranging from IJ to 20 years. Charles D. Pierce, consul general of the Orange Free State, gives out a statement that the. Boers have 25,000 well-equipped men in the field and can carry on the war indefinitely. The statement is published that Miss Helen Gould has given $400,000 for the land', building and equipment of a home tor a naval branch of the Y. M. C. A. The father of Fred Alexander, who was burned at the stake in Leavenworth, Kas on January 15, is taking legal ad vice about suing the city and county. James S. Harlan, of Chicago, attor ney general for the island of Puerto kico, has taken the oath of office. He wilMeave for Puerto Rico on February 33. The Iowa supreme court decided that the biennial election amendment to the State constitution was not legally adopt ed and there will be an election next fall. It is reported that Lord Kitchener wishes to send 10,000 Boer prisoners to India.- He proposes to locate them :n the state of Nilgira, province of Oassa. Bengal. The Snake Indians have become o peaceful that the United States cavalry will not be sent against them. L.ra.y Snake, the chief, will probably be tried for treason. Joseph Swope, a smelter in the Unit ed States mint, has been arrested, charg ed with stealing abrascd subsidiary coin. He was held in $1,000 bail for further hearing. The committee of creditors of the Josiah Morris bank, Montgomery, Ala.,' which recently suspended, reports the total assets to be $1,506,841 and liabili ties $1,335. 23 J. A bronze memorial tablet in honor of Pontiac, the famous Indian chief, was unveiled with ' appropriate ceremonies by the Daughters of the American Rev olution of St. Louis, Mo. Independent Northern Colorado coal mines, employing nearly 300 men, whin have been on strike, resumed operations with an increase of 10 cents a ton (of mining, eight hours' work day ond bi weekly payday. WARNS THE COUNTRY. Mllllonalio Russell Sage Save Consolidations Like the $280,000,000 Southern and Union Paclflo Deal Art Menace. Russell Sage, thr great milloiiaire fi nancier, declares there is great danger to tne country in the big railroad deals, such 'as the recent $250,000,000 pur chase ol the Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific railroad, because they vested so much power in the hands of a few men. Mr. Sage snys: "The Pacific deal is a gigantic com bination in which the 12 or l J men j i the board of control get absolute con trol of more than 25.000 miles of rail road, and a practical monopoly of all lines leading to the Pacific. "Such combinations of concentrated capital are sure to arouse the people, and the people once aroused are mora powerful than this railroad combination or any other that might be formed. I re gard It as dangerous to have such great combinations. "It is right and proper thai the cap italist who invests his money in rail roads or other great enterprises should be assured of a reasonable and fair re turn, it is right that railroads should have an agreement not to cut rales be low a fair profit making figure, but this has been done in conventions, in meet ings and not in the stilling ol compc tition. "You will find in the end, that this deal will excite distrust, arouse resent ment and resort to retaliatory measures. The people, the state legislatures and eventually the national congress will act. Farmers will consider themselves injured by rates, states will inaugurate legislation ami there will be deep hos tility to combined capital. I still own interests in the Union Pacific but I dis approve of such vast combinations." BIG BAIL FOR NLELY. Accused Cuban Postofflce Official Must 0e posit a Huge Cash Forfeit. The military government of Havana will demand a cash bond from C. F. W. Neely, the alleged defaulter. What the amount will be has not been stated, as Ncely's lawyer absolutely refuses lo de posit cash, fearing that it will be seized. The charges will aggregate an em bezzlement of over $iik),ooo. with the possibility of the amount being male tially increased. The judge of the court of first instance is Inclined to hold that Neely is guilty of stealing surcharged stamps to the amount of $,on,ouo; and, as the question of bail at present re its with him, the cash to be deposited would exceed that figure. The counsel for the government are confident of convincing Neely, apart from the stamp burning incident. W, II. Reeves, who will probably be thp star witness for the government and who has been undergoing almost daily examinations by the postofficc inspectors lor a month, asserts that the whole method of Ncely's alleged stealings had been revealed under promise of immunity- VEhZUbLAN REBELLION.' Scvoral Hundred Soldiers Killod and Many Woundod In Bloody Battle. A rebellion has broken out in the eastern part of Venezuela. Already there has been severe fighting, and the government troops have been defeated in several places. The rebels have captured Guirin and Irapa, ports on the Gulf of l'arin, and the town of Cartipano, on . the north coast. The losses on both sides are es timated at several hundred killed. The rebels arc commanded by Gens. Juliana Costa and Juunichas Colrica. In an engagement at Los Ceunas, near Irapa, the government forces had 275 killed and wounded. It is reported that 11 women, who were with the troop.i, were slain. Reports from Caracas say that a prom inent general has revolted as a result of an order from President Castro that cer tain prominent citizens should be shot for giving aid to the insurgents. The situation in the interior of the country is said to be grave. The report is revived that Colombia is helping the insurgents. REBELLION BREAKING UP. Many Luzon Filipinos Took the Oath ol Al legiance Sunday. Reports from Southern Luzon say there is much disaffection in the insur gent camps. A thousand persons swo.-e allegiance to the United States at Mala bon Sunday. Caillc's camp, near San Antonio, was attacked by a detachment of the Fifteenth infantry. The insur gents escaped, but a score of houses were destroyed. Detachments of the Fourth infantry and Fourth and Sixrh cavalry, with a platoon of marines, have captured 140 insurgents and Ladrones in Lavite province. Twenty wire repairers were attacked recently south of San Pablo by 300 in surgents. 1 wo Americans were wound ed and one was captured, but was sub' sequently rescued by reinforcements of the forty-ninth regiment, one native was killed, seven were wounded and sev eral were captured. Gen. Funston reports that practically all the organized insurrectionists in his district have been dispersed, with the exception of disconnected bands in the mountains. Coal lor Foreign ShlpmenL ' Probably the largest order for coal ever taken fo shipment through a sin gle purchaser has just been consummat ed by the Monongahela River Consoli dated Coal and Coke Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., selling to a New Or leans agent and shipper 200 coalboats, averaging 25,000 bushels of coal each, which is for export trade. The total amount of 5.000, am bushels was taken at a orice one cent a bushel higher than the average prevailing price of last year in the .New Orleans market Ihe coal is all to be sent to that point, thence to be rtshipped on ocean. vessel 1 DARING CRUSADE. Four Saloon Wrecked at Anlhony, Kansas, by Women Mrs. Nation Organizes Band ol Raiders. At Anthony, Kas., a lintul of fifteen W. C. T. U. women, headed by Mrs. Sheriff, of Danville, Kas., Wednesday completely wrecked the fixtures in four liipior "joints," smashing plate glass windows and mirrors and turning many gallons of Inpior into the gutters. The women, who are of Ihe best fam ilies in Anthony, were accompanied by their husbands and sons or brothers, who assured them protection. No :tr- rrsts were made and the band will, it is said start out on a tour of destruction through Harper county, which is pro line ol saloons. Mrs. Carrie Nation has organized a baud of 40 women to follow her leader ship and assist in wiping out "joints.' it was organized at a mass meeting lor women called bv Mrs. Nation and pre sided over by her at the Topcka Pres byterian church. Fvery seal in Ihe house was occupied. After a short talk Mrs. Nation railed for volunteers, and 40 women signed a paper which pledges them to follow Mrs. Nation wherever she may lead and do her biding at a moment t notice. Mrs. Nation 111 nouiiieil thnt they will proceed regard less id the W. C. T. U., but will give warning before resorting to violence. ARE DE8TH0YIN0 MINES. Boers Become Riotous In Bekiburg District Peace Envoys Shot. Telegrams from Cape Town say: The lloer attack on the Itoksburg mines re sulted in damages amounting to .L.loo,- 000. Thr commissioner at Kroonsfad reports that Andries Wessels, one of the peace envoys, was shot al Klipfontein ly orders of General DeWet. Morgan Daal, who was another of the two lloer peace envoys, and who accompanied Andries Wessels, was shot near Lindley. General Kitchener, telegraphing from Pretoria under date of Thursday, says: "De Wet's force crossed the Itloeui. fontein-l.ailybraud line near jsrnelspoorl but Hamilton's men were unable to get in touch with them. French engaged about 2,(KXJ of the enemy at Wilgc val ley. The enemy retired with four kill ed and nine wounded. Our casualties were one killed and seven wounded. Knox reports that he engaged DeWet's forces south of Welcome. Thefe was continuous fighting for some hours. Five lloers were buried. They remov ed many of their casualties in carts. Our casualties were one officer killed and one. man killed and l.t wounded." Four or five hundred lloers recently evaded the Hritish patrols, reached He noni and attempted to destroy t!ie mines. Some fighting resulted and '.he lloers were driven olT, carrying away most of their wounded nnd leaving two wounded behind them. The Hritish cap tured three prisoners. BIG MENAGERIE CREMATED. Animals Valued at $400, 0C0 Die In Fltmes. Few of Collection 8avcd. With pitiful screams of fright an l groans of intense pain, the 75 or more animals of all descriptions confined .11 cages at Frank C, linstock's zoo; which was in winter iptarters in the old Cyclo raina building in llaltimorc, Md., were roasted or burned to death Wednesday night. The fire probably originated from a badly-insulated elec tric light wire outside the building. The llatnes spread so rapidly that it was im possible to rescue the helpless animals, and with the exception of one elepliaiu. one camel, two donkeys and a pack of Hounds, the entire herd was lost. Mr. linstock estimates his loss on an imals at about $400,000. The building count protialiiy be duplicated lor Jl ma or $20,000. PENSIONS IN TENNESSEE. Tho Stale Proposes to Assist Both Norlhern and Southern Veterans. A bill to amend the pension laws so as to care for all indigent and disabled Tennessee soldiers, whether in the fed eral or confederate armies, has been in troduced in the State Senate. The bill grants a pension of $8.3.1 per montn to every confederate or federal veteran over 70 years old, regardless whether or not their disabilities are from wounds or diseases contracted while in the service. Tennessee has for many years pen- sionca at ine ngures named ait confed erate veterans and the bill introduced H regarded as a happy sign that the war feeling has passed or is rapidly passing away. CABLE FLASHES. Eight new German warships will be completed and placed in commission this year. Field Marshal Count Gourko di.;d Tuesday on his estate at Scharow, near Iver, Russia. Count Tolstoi, the eminent Russian novelist and social reformer, is again seriously ill. The Argentine Republic has offered a large tract of fertile land to Japan if it will send her 20,000 immigrants. "Tho Jamaican government and pubis: are much concerned about Americin inaotion in the case of the reciprocity treaty. Five subordinate post officers have been arrested at Ohligs-on-the-Rhine, charged with embezzlement. All have confessed. Two native bands have suspended payment in Bahia, Brazil. The local press ascribes the difficulty to the finan cial policy of the government. Prof. A. Slaby, of the Berlin techni cal school, predicts that electricity will soon be produced directly from coal without the intervention of steam pow er. The French torpedo boat No. 24 sank within a mile of the Havre harbor, as the result of a boiler explosion. All the crew were lost, with the exception of two. The Russian minister of finance, M. de Witte, denies reports of intended Russian loans, particularly the $50,000, 000 loan said to nave been arranged with a syndicate of American insurance companies. USE III L EXPORTS. RAPID GROWTH. The Sale ol Crude and Manulaolurlng Metal Show a Surprising Gain In Ihe Last Dsoade. Mineral products, crude and manufac tured, have become in recent years a very important feature of the domestic exports of (he United States. Of ihe $l,.s03,22Hmrt exports of domestic prod ucts. Including gold and silver, in the yenr loixi, $4.1(1,227,477, In value were composed of mineral products. 'I h.n 2H per cent, ol the total domestic IX ports originated beneath Ihe surface ol the earth. 'I he exports of iron and steel amounted, in pio, in round terms, to $t.to,oon,ooo; mineral oils of all classes to $75,000,000; copper to nearly $'i,ooo, noo; coal and coke over $.( .1,000,000; paraffin mote than $M,mm,ooo; phos phates more than $i, 000,000, while the gold production exported amounted I 1 S2.7H7.52.I. and Ihe silver lo $50,272, or. In iron and steel manufactures the exportation of lKof amounted to but $27.ixxi,t.t4, and in njoo they were, ex clusive of iron ore, $i2i.i.i,4Ho, or near ly five times as much in 1000 at a dec ade earlier. Of copper I lit- exportalious of if! were $5,o.fH,.os, and in lyoo, $5H, HH,5j), or nearly 10 limes as much as in iKjo, a decade earlier. Of mineral oils the exportation of iKot were $52, 270.04.I. and in 1000, $7 (.40.1.707, an in crease of about 50 per cent. Of coal and coke the exports of tUxi were $7.277,(2, and in lotxi, $22,KK,,. o7, or about three times as much as i.i iHiki; and of phosphates the expor(s of iHijo were $,KK,4., and in loix) $5,217, 500, or about three times as much as a decade earlier. Taking ihe entire group of minerals, metals anil the manufactures thereof, exclusive of gold and silver, th.! total for iHijo was $t.'.''.l.,)55, and in Pfoo. $.(24,167,21, or more ilian (line limes as much as in iKjo; while of gold and domestic product exported in lMx) amounted to $20154.1111, and in Hjoo ' $52.7K7,5j,i, and of silver the exports of 1H011 were $t(i,(X(H, 1H0, and (hose of i'io $51). 2721 H. ')'he value of metals, min erals and Ihe products thereof exported in lotxi, exclusive of gold and silver, shows an increase of 21H per rent, over lHx, and including gold and silver an increase of 210 per cent., while Ihe total domestic exports, including gold and silver, showed during the same time an increase of but 77 per cent. ARMOUR'S FAMILY GLTS ALL. The Widow and Son f fch Receive Hall el $15,000,000., The will of the lale P. D. Armour dii poscs of an estate valued al $is,0'X),ooo, according to statements made in an ap plication for letters testamentary filed in the probate court at Chicago, by Malvina H, Armour, widow of deceased, nnd J. Ogden Armour, his son. Mrs. Armour and J. Ogden Armour arc 111.1 le executrix and executor, and arc naui'd as legatees, each receiving one-half of the estate. Of Ihe testator's wealth $14,000,000 is in personal properly and $100,000 in realty. P. I). Armour and Lester Ar mour, grandchildren of tin' testator by his son, P. D. Armour, Jr., upon at taining the age of 25. shall each rcrTze $i.ooo,(xjo, half of this from Malvina P.. Armour, their grandmother, and half from J. Ogden Armour, their uncle. At .to years each is to receive a similar amount from grandmother and uncle. VIGILANCE COMMITTEE FORMED. Ohio River Towns In Ind'ana VYarrin With Worthless Nrgroes. Cities and towns along the Ohio river have begun a crusade against ncgroci. The trouble dales back to the lynching of negroes at Rockport anil Iloonville for the. murder of Simmons. The Kv ansvillc (Ind.) board of safety has ord ered the police to arrest all strange ne groes and bring them before the police judge. If they cannot give any reason for being here they will be sentenced to the rock pile. It is estimated there are 2,000 colored men in that city who refuse to work, spent their time in the low saloons and live the best they can. On election day they are in the market for the highest bidder. In some towns no negro is permitted to remain. Vigi lance committees have been appoint;! at Grand View. Enterprise, Tell City and Leavenworth, Ind. CASHIER LOCKED IN VAULT. Robber Then Rifled the Kansas City Cfflce of Ihe Standard Oil Compiny The Standard Oil Company's Kansas City office was robbed Monday after noon of $700. The robber was unmask ed, and is described at a young man with the appearance of a laborer. The office was in charge of W. Irwi:i, the cashier, wdio was making up his ac counts. At the command to throw up his hands he looked up to see himself facing a six-shooter. Irwin was told t) get into the big vault and he did so. The robber shut the door and then helo cd himself to all the cash in sight. About six years ago this same office was robbed of $Hao by one man in much the same manner that this robbery took place. The police caught the thief, but no money ever was recovered. The Surplus for January. The receipts of the government from all sources during January, iqoi, were $47,520,286, a decrease, as compared with the corresponding" month last year, of about $41)2.000. The expendi tures for the month were $40,100,707. which leaves the surplus for the month $7,411,000. Mexicans Using Machine Cuns. Mexican troops escorting laborers engaged in opening roads in the south ern part of the peninsula of Yucatan were desperately attacked by 1.000 rebel Indians, who were only driven off by the employment of machine gnns, which were effectively used. Oil Struck la Iowa. Oit has been discovered near Sioux City, la., in such quantities that a big oil company of Ohio has determined to lease thousands of acres of land, drill wells and erect a refinery in this city. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Doings ol Ihe National law Maker at With. Inglon Ship Subsidy BCI, ana Postal Appropriation Bill an Hand. Army Bill Passed. It . umI. ,.1 . ... .. .1.. c.... .2... ws ,1,1 t tne uviin(c nwyi ed the army reorganisation bill Thurn .1.... i- .1.. ti ... ., . .. . my. in me nouse (lie agricultural ap propriation bill was taken up and art H.ttltflfllllflll tlrlitilfl Im II.. liM for larmrrs' bulletins to $50,000. Southern War Claim Paid, Friday a resolution was presented ',n the Senate authorizing the Appointment of a committee to impure into the ne cessity of special pension legislation, In (he House a bill was passed to pay war claim from the South for $.4.vH0 under the Bowman act. Tubes and Ship. Ihe House spent the day wrangling over the postofficc appropriation bill without any action being taken, while the Senate devoted the entire day in arguing the ship subsidy bill. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL The President signed the army reor ganization bill Saturday, nnd it is now a lav. T'he House committee on public buildings has prepared a bill asking Congress for an appropriation of $7,. 000,000 for a temple or the supreme court. The war department Intends, if pr.'C licable, to disinter the remains of all officer and soldiers now buried in the Philippines and bring them to the Unit ed States. The President sent a message fo Congress recommending an appropria tion of $100,000 for the payment of .he claim of Spain for Sibutu and Cagayan islands in the Philippine archipelago. The President has sent a message to J ongrrs renewing in reeiiiiinieniiaiion of the last session that Congress make provision for indemnity to the families of ihe two victims of die Tallulah (La.) lynching. Brig. Gens. James F. Wade anil Will iam Ludlow will be relieved of their present duties and ordered to San Fran cisco in time to sail on the first trans port from that port after March I for Manila, for duty in the Philippines. Rear Admiral Albrrt Kant has been placed on the, retired list on account of age. He has had a long and distin guished career, of which nearly 18 years was spent at sea. He distinguished himself during the Samoan troubles about two years ago. In conversation with the President Speaker Henderson was told that legis lation must be passed fur the Philip pines; that the Cuban constitution must be considered and approved by Con gress and that the ship subsidy nil! must be passed or an extra sessn n of Congress would be called. SENT TO PRISON. McAiliter, Death and Campball Must Sorve 30 Yetrs Each at Hard Labor Korr Oots t S Yoars. At Paterson, N. J., Judge Dixon im posed sentences aggregating 105 years' imprisonment upon the murderers of .laimie llosscheiter, the mill girl, by the administration of chloral. Waller C McMlistcr, William A. Death and A 1 drew J. Campbell, convicted of murder in the serond degree, were each given .to years, and George J. Kerr, who pleaded non vult contendre to a charge of assault, was given 15 years. The sentences were the maximum. The terms of service of the prisoner may be very materially reduced by good behavior. It is possible for McAllister, Campbell and Death to reduce their sentences to 20 years each, and for Kerr to reduce his 15-ycar sentence to II years. Judge Dixon, addressing the thres prisoners, said: "You stand convicted of murder in the second degree. Had you been found guilty of murder in the first degree the punishment would have been death, but the leniency of the jury in the exercise of their lawful authority saved you from the gallows. We must administer laws as they are. - It is true j tiiese sentences will destroy your lives, I obliterating every prospect of an hon lOrable existence among the people. The j court cannot make any distinction, but I must sentence you for this crime. I "I trust the fearful consequences from I this crime will help young men and women 01 this community ana point out to them that they cannot hope to secure happiness outside of virtue and honor. The sentence of the cosirt is that each of you be imprisoned in the Stale pris on at Trenton at hard labor for a term of 30 years." MAN C0KQUERS ELEMENTS. Ita'lan Artilleryman Ab! to Preveal Hail dorms by Canonnading. United States Consul Covert at Lyons, France, has informed the state depart ment at Washington that the congress of delegates held at Padua, Italy, to con sider the question of firing cannon at clouds to prevent the devastation of hail among the wine growers of France and Italy, has adjourned. The reports pre sented to the congress by wine growers were all in favor of the efficacy of the use 01 cannon. By an almost unanimous vote it resolved that the firing of cannon ped the movement of hurricane' the lightning and thunder ceasei rain or melted snow immediate! to fall, and that the clouds pasi wnen attacked Dy tne storm i Sallibury May Re lire. 11 is simcu iu uiutiai circles inw Salisbury, believing that his workV with Victoria's reign, will retire, and after a decent interval Arthurs. Balfour will succeed him as prime ister. Mr. Balfour is the gover in the house of commop" joyed the closest rel.-w' Salisbury. He was S. secretary when the mar.. tary ol foreign attain, 1 r
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