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Railway Franchise.
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A SURPRISE GIVEN TO ALL
The Obnoxious Ordinance Sent to Harri.
son’s Comm it -e in the City Hall. The.
Opponents of lhe EIcusnre Adjourn to
Jan. 4 Viiieu Fight “'ill Go to the Le
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‘LlLd. tin-ii ‘..-. ends, the city council last
night, by a vote of 32 to 31, relegated
all fifty—veal" franchises to the scrap
heap, r . there they will remain.
Mr. Yerkes is completely knocked
out, and fer the first time in his life
be sustains :1 defeat.
The feeling: of the members of the
council who have been working for
these measures, were shown in their
faces, but after the meeting was over
they had no . 'ng to say.
The fifty-year franchise ordinance
was introduced in the council two
weks ago and referred to the joint com-
mittee on streets and alleys, which
was distinctly favorable to its pas-
sage.
A. week ago it was taken from that
committee and given to the committee
on railroads, which also was favora-
blc.
Last night it was taken from the
committee on railroads andgiven to
the committee on city hall—a. commit-
tee which w'. 5 never known to have a
meeting.
As it happens, eleven of the thirteen
men of the city hall committee are
warm friends and supporters of Mayor
Harrison, and they will see that the
ordinance dies a peaceful death and
gets a. decent burial.
This great victory of the party head—
ed by the mayor, against the street
railway companies, was a distinct sur-
prise to everyone.
IVhen the mayor began :the fight he
counted on twenty—three aldermen to
stand by him, which was enough to
prevent the passage of the ordinance
over his veto.
He gave it out that he would not
approve any franchise ordinance until
the Allen law was repealed, because it.
had no provision in it for compensa-
tion, and stipulated that a five-cent
fare should be collected for twenty
years.
In addition to that, he was against
fifty-year franchises anyhow. and
thought twenty year franchises suffi-
cient, at the end of which time the
city should buy the railroads and run
them. .
It was the intention of the alderman
who represented the street railroad in-
terests in the council to introduce '1
twenty-seven year ordinance. but the
swiftness of the proceedings took their
_br ath away and carried them off their
feet.
They did not have a chance to do
anything. for. to their surprise. they
were in the actual minority, something
the ,mayor never dreamed could come
to pass.
To clinch the victory and make it un-
equivocal, the honest men in the coun-
cil voted to adjourn until January 4,
the day after the legislature meets.
The first duty of that body will be to
repeal the Allen law, as a majority of
its members are pledged to this, and
then interest will center in the law that
:s to take its place.
THE DREYFUS CASE.
A Stabment in the Fret ch Clnmber.
Paris, Dec. 20.—There was a repeti-
tion Monday afternoon of the now fa-
'miliar scenes in the Chamber of Dep—
u-ti es.
M. Lasles. anti-Semite, interpellated-
the government on the subject of the
alleged indiscretions of the Brisson
ministry in the Dreyfus affair.
He accused the ex—premzier, M. Brls
son. of violating the constitution, and
violently attacked the court of cassa-
tion, whose president, M. Loews, he
said. was a brother of a German ofl'l-
cial.
The speech was accompanied by
uproar and protests.
The “minister of war. M. de Frey—
clnrt. replied that he did not desire to
appear as wishing to influence the do-
cis‘r:n of the court'of cassation. But
while willing to submit to the court
all the official documents in his pos-
sossio.. he was absolutely determined
not to submit the secret documents in
the case, which he pointed out. con—
tained papers affecting the security of
the nation. ‘
He said that if the House did not
approve of his attitude he was willing
to resign. - '
M. Lasies said he thought that under
the circumstances the revision of th:
Dreyfus trial was only a comedy, and
be thanked M. de Freyclnet for fur-
nishing official confirmation of the re-
port that the secret documents so fre-
quently referred to really existed.
He then withdrew his .interpellation.
Pay for Insurgents and Cubans.
New York, Dec. 20.~—In the urgent
deficiency bill is this clause as it pas-
sed the House:
“For emergency fund and
unforeseen emergencies constantly
arising, $3,000,000."
The Senate reaffirmed the appropria~
tion with the addition of the words,
“to be expended at the discretion of
the president."
The specific object of the appropria»
tion is not stated.
The war department already is at
work on the president‘s plans. Fili-
pinos and Cubans are 'to be paid for
the. time they served as allies of the.
United States in the war with Spain.
They must consent to be dllsarmed and
disbanded when they are paid, just as
American troops are mustered out.
Official information gathered by the
war department indicates that the fund
will be amply sufficient. There are
about twelve thousand Filipinos under
arms, and one million dollars will be
more than enough 'to pay them, even at
the rate allowed United States volun-
teers.
The Cubans to be paid are supposed
to number about 20,000. ,
Both Cubans and Filipinos now un»
der arms will according to the advices
received, accept the offer of the Uflltfd
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to meet ,
forged steel was necessary
A FAMOUS FLAG RAISING.
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How New Orleans Celebrates the Anniver-
sary of he Louisiana Purchase.
New :‘rlcans, La., Dec. 20.——Thc
ninety-fifth anniversary of the raising
of the American flag .in this city it
one of special interest this year, for
the entire \Vest is already preparing
for a monster celebration of the com-
ing centennial of the Louisiana pur-
chase.
In fact early in January Governor
Stephens of Missouri will address the
governors of all the states formed out
of the Louisiana Purchase and ask
them to name delegates to a conven-
tion in St. Louis at which the time
and place of a world’s fair in honor
of the centennial will be arranged.
The flag which was raised in New
Orlean. ninety—five years ago had
seventeen stars and seventeen stripes.
one for each of the states then in the
Union. It "as not until 1812 that the
flag of thirteen stripes was declared
the national emblem.
The Louisiana Purchase was the
work of two famous men, Robert Liv-
ingston, who represented us at Paris.
and Charles Pinckncy, who worked for
the purchase of the territory at Ma-
drid.
The price paid for this vast territory.
extending from the Mississippi to the
Rocky Mountains, and from the Gulf
of Mexico to British America, 115
$15,000,000. The story of the explora—
tion and conquest of the vast territory
of Louisiana is one of the most pict-
uresque and fascinating chapters in
the world’s history. Three nations-—
Spain, France and England—had a
share in it, Spain being the earliest
participant, but France having the
largest part.
The region to which the name Lou-
isiana was given changed its dimen—
sions several times since that historic
day in 1602, when, at the mOuth of the
Mississippi. La Salle took formal pos-
session of the country drained by that
river, and called it by‘the name of his
sovereign, Louis XIV of France. The
name- has for several years been re-
stricted to a single state of the Union.
In 1803, when Louisiana was bought
from France, the name covered virtu—
ally all the territory between the Mis—
siss-ippi and Rocky Mountains, with a
minute fragment on the east side of
the river near its mouth. It had this
extent for the preceding forty years,
or since the end of the war in which
France was driven off the mainland of
the American continent, when France’s
possessions east of the Mississippi
went to England, and those west of
the river were transferred to Spain.
Under La Salle's delimitation Louisi-
ana comprised the entire Mississippi
valley, and extended from the Alleghe-
n-ies to the Rocky Mountains.
Both the eastern and western sec-
tions of Louisiana often changed mas-
ters in the centuries which elapsed
since its discovery. The eastern half
belonged in turn to France. England
and the United States. The western
half was successively French, Spanish,
French again, and American. Louisi-
ana. has been under more flags and
has had greater mutations of political
fortune than any other part of the
United States.
CAST STEEL GUNS.
Coming Test of Accuracy. Prejudice to
Overcome.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.—The war
department has ordered that the trial
of the new eight-inch cast steel gun at
Sandy Hook be pushed to completion.
A second series of firings will be con—
ducted‘ during the early part of the
coming week.
In Thursday’s test Dr. Gatling’s gun
demonstrated its ability to withstand
the regular service pressure demand-
ed of sea coast guns.
It is now proposed to determine the
degree of accuracy of the new weap-
on.
In all three hundred rounds will be
fired. >
In ordnance circles it is said that it’
the cast steel up is accepted it will
affect many large and costly plants
now engaged in the manufacture of
built up guns.
In consequence the new weapon will
have considerable prejudice to over—
come.
The main significance attached to
Thursday’s test is the ability shown
to produce a grade of cast steel of such
splendid resisting powers as that in
Dr. Gatline's gun. _
It was only a few years ago that
in com-
mercial fittings wherever extraordin—
ary strains were to be expected.
In New York city the builders of the
engines of «the late armored cruislr
Maine, the N. F. Palmer, 2‘.. Com-
pany, Wcl‘e compelled, as late as 1591
to reject an entire set of cast steel
columns because of weakness. Re-
course was had 'to forged steel in-
gets.
The development of high grade (last
steel has nowhere been so remarkable
in the last five years as in the United
States. In th.s respect Arnerlcans have
distanced English competitors.
The fact that thirty—seven pounds
pressure to the square inch were dew-l—
oped in Dr. Gatling’s cast steel gun is
not in itself remarkable. But it is re—
markable that a weapon made of cast
steel will withstand such a pressure.
The Antarctic Expedition.
Hobart, Tasmania. Dec. 20.-—-Captaln
Borchgrevink's expedition has started
from here for the Antarctic regions.
BITS OF N EWS.
The United States supreme court has
Adjourned until. June 3.
Wireless telegraphy has been suc-
cessfully introduced in the city of San
Francisco.
The Morning Courier of Syracuscghas
been consolidated with the Evening
Telegram of that city.
For the year ending July :‘..l 1393, the
sum of $16,028,801 was expendid by .lie
board cf education in New York city.
The exports from the United States
during the eleven months ending with
November passed the billion dollar
line.
Theodore Heine, an artist, has been
sentenced alt Leipsic, Germany, to si.;
,‘months’ imprisonment for caricaturing
Emperor William. ..
Fire Monday, in the Kenyon paper
mill, New Process rawhide mill—and
I—Iotallng‘s stone hill], at Baldwinsville.
_'N. Y.. (:ruscd a total loss of seventy-'
fiye thousand dollars.
Enthusfr.it.l' ally Greeted By the
Laban People.
ESCORT CF WAR VBTBBA i8
The Day “Ins Dark and Rainy but that
Did Not' Interfere with the Arrnngw
ments. tetiew of Troops Under (ion.
Vlilrbn’s a' om m and.
‘Macon, (‘21., Dec. lid—President I\ C'-
Kinley aw few miles outside of
Macon ,\""<‘l;‘l‘d:’.y morning for the last
day of s itseeing and entertainment
on his southern tour.
The special train was run off on. a
siding at 6.30 o’clock, where it star-ed
to allow the presidential party time to
get breakfast.
Macon was reached at 8.30 o'clock.
under a cloudy sky, threatening; 1‘}. in.
The party lost General Lawton here.
He left for Huntsville to take tempo-
rary command of General W'hecler’s
‘nq
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.corps, pending the latter’s attendance
at Congress.
Rain be, to fall shortly"
president’s train had drawn
depot
The rain vas not allowed to affect
the programl'ne arranged for the prcsl~
dent’s stay. He was met by Judge
Sp-eer, Senator Bacon and Major Han-
son of the committee, and by Major
General Wilson and some of his staff.
All of them boarded the train for the
purpose of receiving the president.
The party was then escorted to ca."-
riagcs through two lines of Confeder-
ate veterans, who stood with bared
heads while the guests of the city
passed by.
Immediately outside the depot and
reaching far up the street were drawn
up six troops of the Seventh Cavalry.
a troop of which fell in before the
president’s carriage as a guard of
honor.
The visitors drove about through tl.n
town, while the citizens yelled anvil
cheered enthusiastically, and then to
the reviewing stand, past which the
troops of General \Vilson’s command
immediately began to march.
Gen. W'ilson entered the stand with
the president. Brigadier General Gor—
don commanded the troops for the pur-
pose of review.
Under him were the Third Volunteer
Engineers, Second Ohio Volunteers.
the negro regiments—the Seventh Vol—
unteers. the Tenth Immunes and the
Third North Carolina—the Sixth Vir—
ginia and the six troops of the Sev—
enth Cavalry.
The negro troops were the first that
had been seen on review by the presi-
dent on the tour, and they elicited
much praise from the reviewing stand.
Following the review, Judge Speer in-
troduced the president, who spoke to
the vast crowd in the street.
His speech was often interrupted by
applause.
A. short drive through some of the
principal streets of the city followed.
after ‘
into the
The party passed the Confederate
monument, on whose pedestal had
been placed a wreath of flowers er.—
closing the words of that sentence of.
the president's now famous speech at
Atlanta referring to the care of the
Confederate graves.
The same words. engrossed on parch—
ment. were presented to the president
by the Confederate 'Veterans’ Associ-
ation as a memorial of his visit.
The special train was boarded before
noon and pulled out immediately after-
ward for Augusta, where the president
made a three hour visit and reviewed
the troops under General Young at
Camp McKenzie.
Gen. Brooke‘s Staff Complete.
“'ashington, D. C., Dec. 20.—General
John R. Brooke has completed his
staff with the selection of his chief of
engineers and judg advocate ger—
eral.
Brigadier General George R. ErnsT
will be chief of engineers and besides
will perform the duties of inspector
general of the military division of Cu~
ba.
He will be General Brooke‘s princi-
pal advisory officer.
The judge advocate. general of thr-
division of Cuba will be Lieutenan‘:
Colonel Edgar S. Dudley, United State:-
Volunteers.
He is an assistant judge advocate
general in the volunteer service of the
United States. '
In one of General Brooke's India's
campaigns Colonel Dudley was his
chief quartermaster.
The \Vz-r Inquiry.
Va. Dec. 20.—Ex-Governm
Beaver of Pennsylvania and Dr. P. 9.
Connor of Cincinnati, members of tl‘
war investigating commission, left O'r
Point yesterday for 'Washington.
While at Old Point they made a closu-
inspection of the Josiah Simpson Hos
pital, there are 700 sick sol-
diers.
Many questions were asked and thv
sick men's testimony may go before-
the commission. .
It is said that Messrs. Connor and
Beaver will return later and investi-
gate the landing recently of sick men,
scantily clad, from the transport Ber-
lin.
They came from the hospitals at S'zn
Juan and Santiago. ,
Norfolk.
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Grip Epidemic in New York.
New York. Dec. 20.—The Board v'
Health, in a brief statement issued 1);:
Commissioner J. B. Cosby. yesterday
recognized the grip as epidemic, for
the first time since the epidemic of
April, 1891. when, in a single month.
507 deaths from influenza were report-
ed. '
There has been nothing significant in
the from day to day vital statistics to
lead to this step. It was taken upon
reports from various sources, after a
consultation of the chiefs of depart-
ments.
A Boston Bank to Close.
Dos-ton, vc. 20.——-l-‘.~’:r a vote of 8,310
wt of ‘e i:“"l’~“"l’d shares, the stock-
ho‘t'lr-H ill: National Revere Bank
«r' xi a. ) iri . noiuntary liquidation
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DDiNGS IN CONGRESS.
Mason Intrrduccs a
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”Wausliirgt‘n, D. C., Dec. 20.-Sertator
Mason of Illinois yesterday introduced
in the Ser to a resolution directing the
committee on agriculture to inquire ii -
to certain legislation pending before
the G rman reichstag calculated to
prohibit the importation into Germany
of American sausages and other meat
products, anddirectihg the committee,
should :the legislation become to
report immediately a bill to require
the inspect-Min of sugars, meats, wines
and other products which are imported
into this county from Germany.
The resolution went over until to-
iciclistag.
le- v},
a“.
day. It is as follows:
“I‘Vhereas, It has come to the at-
tention of the people of the United
States that there is pending in the.
German reichstag legislation which is
calculated and intended to prohibit the
exportation of American sausages and
other meat products, into Germany, be
it. therefore,
“tesoivcd. That the committee of
agriculture be herewith instructed to
inquire into such legislation, and if
the same becomes a law, that said
committee are instructed to report
forthwith a bill to require the inspec—
tion of sugars, mealts, wines and all
other food products which are im-
ported into this country from the em-
pire of Germany.”
The agr'cultural appropriation bill
reported contains a retaliatory clause,
authorizing the secretary of agricult—
ure to inspect imported articles dan-
gerous to health. and authorizing the
of the treasury to exclude
'. such articles.
. to a large number of articles impor
The restriction is designed to ap
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ted
from foreign countries.
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Hons-u: of Bepreson'ativcs.
\Vashingi‘cn. D. C., Dec. 20.—-Mr. I‘al-
ley, Democrat of Texas, the. leader of
the. minority in the House of Refre-
senta'tives. at the. opening of yester—
day's session, offered the following res—
olution for reference to the committee
on rules:
Resolved. That the. committee on
judiciary be and it is hereby instruct-
ed to ascertain and report to this
House:
(1) ‘fhcfher any members of this
House have accepted any office under
the United States; and
(2) Whether the acceptance of such
office under the United States had va—
cated the seat of the member accept-
ing it.
A special order was adopted setting .
aside January 5 for the consideration
of bills reported by the judiciary com-
mittee.
Yesterday being suspension day, Mr.
VVanger. Republican of Pennsylvania,
moved the passage under a suspension
of the rules of the bill for the Phila-
delphia exposition of American pro-
ducts and manufactures in 1899.
The bill was passed by a" vote of 14?.
to 70.
Praise for Rear-Adlniral Dewey.
Seattle. IVash., Dec. 20.——Comman-
der I. Mori. who is on his way to San
Francisco to take charge of the new
Japanese cruiser Chitose. says that
the policy of expansion which has ap-
parently been adopted by the United
States receives the most cordial sup-
port of the Japanese, from sentimental
and commercial reasons.
Commander Mori places Rear Admiu
ral Dewey in the same class with Ad—
mirals Ito, and Nelson. “He is not
only a great naval officer,” said he,
“but a general and a statesman.” He
did not know Rear Admiral Dewey
.personally, but he saw the result of
his work. having arrived at Manila in
command of the cruiser Naniwa to look
out for Japanese interests there.
Commander Mord thinks a. considera~
ble portion of the future Japanese con-
tracts for warships will be let ' to
American firms.
One of the principal reasons for this.
aside from the supenior workmanship.
will be because the United States is
near to the home country, so that the
vessels can be taken across the Pacific
without a long voyage through- the.
Suez canal or around the Cape of Good
Hope.
{rim Cemetery for Caracas.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 20.—American
manufacturers will soon be asked to
submit bids for the construction of an
iron grave yard at Caracas, Venezue—
la.
The plans are now being prepared
in the office of a Philadelphia archi-
tect.
The cemetery
for 25,000 bodies. ,
The existing system of interment in
Caracas has been unsatisfactory for
many years. -
An exhibit of structural ironwork in
‘be warehouse of the American Manu-
f'acturers' Association in Caracas sug-
sr—sted a. cemetery built entirely of
iron.
A syndicate in which American capl-
tel is interested was formed to build
will have a capacity
“he grave yard. and the success of the'
project is said to be assured.
Caugh' Smolfing Cigarettes.
,Meriden. N. H., Dec. 20.—Four girl
students at the Kimball Female Semi-
nary havo been expelled for smoking
cigarettes.
This town is a Shaker settlement of
four hundred inhabitants and Shaker
lifscipllne is strict.
The offence was committed last
Thursday evening in the dormitory of
' lthe seminary.
The smoke ~permeated the stuffed
doors and window cracks, and before
the revellers were aware of it. Pro—
fessor W. H. Cummings, principal of
the school, had opened the door and
was among them. .
Miss Etta B. Moore, the preceptress
of the school. arrived on the scene and
ordered the girls to take their clothes
and go.
Spain ‘Wekilu: a firm-1i: [.oun.
Paris, Dec. lB.—-The rise in securi-
ties on the L‘ourse Saturday was due
to the rumor that negotiations are in
progress for a loanto Spain of one
billion francs (about two hundred mi‘-
lion dollars), based on the tobacco
monopoly.
French X"¢yl'iil"vi:t'.‘ "1‘ bill.
Auckland. New Zewxnnd. Dec. ‘20.—
The steamship Ovarian, which awn-9;.
Hare yestvzw. .-,- ill-:r-gs nr‘ws that‘tbe-
French are awaiting with E:"‘.9t energy
in fortifyrng the island of ‘ahlti. ‘ a
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Human,
The Sagasta Cabinet. It Is Said.
_Will Resign To-day.
CORTES READY TO DISSOLVE
Probable Com position of the NcwllIinistry.
Senor IlI-outero Rios Suggested for Pro—
mier. The Minister of “’ar Thinks the
Army Should be Increased to 140,000.
Madrid, Doc. ELM—It is semi—officially
announced that- the Spanish ministers
will place their resignations in the
hands of he queen regent to—day.
The frienljis of both Premier Sagasta
and Senor Montero Rios declare that
the two men are in full accord on all
questions of. policy. .
The most discussed solution of the
crisis is a Sagasta ministry, to include
among its members Concral "chler,
Senor Romero y Robledo anod Senor
Canalejas y Mendez; a Montero Rios
ministry. comprising representatives
of the different groups of the major-
ity, or a Martinez de Campos ministry.
including Senor Silvela and other Con-
servatives.
In the event of the first or the last
the Cortes will be dissolved.
The conference Sunday between Se—
nor Montero Rios president of the Spa-
nish peace commission, and the queen
regent. lasted more than an hour.
The returned president. of the Span-
ish peace commission had some volu-
minous documents with him. sui‘lposed
to relate to the peace negotiations. On
leaving the palace he refused to make
any communication to the press.
A newspaper, representing Senor Ga-
mazo. leader of the dissenting Liber-
als, declares itself in favor of a cabi-
net heeded by Senor Monte-re Rios.
General Correo, the minister of war,
is quoted as saying that it will be
necessary to raise the effective force
of the army to 140,000 men, owing to
the Carlist agitation. ~
This will entail a credit of twenty
million pesetas, about four million dol—
lars.
The general commanding the. north-
ern army has proclaimed the closure
from to-m‘y of all the Carlist clubs
and societies in his district.
The Chippcwas’ Timber.
W’ashington, D. C., Dec. 20.»——Special
Indian Agent Jenkins, in a report just
submitted to Commissioner of Indian
Affairs Jones on the investigation of
the timber operations on the Chippe-
wa reservation in Minnesota. makes
some statements radically differing
with those in other reports.
He says that during the last fiscal
year 43,910,946 feet of reservation pine
timber cut and banked there were sold
at an average of $4.78 per thousand.
There were thirty—two camps in oper-
ation, and there was 88 1~3 per cent.
of the. wages due the laborers in the
camps after settlement.
On the diminished reservation. the
special agent says, there were 22,262,950
feet out and banked, sold at $4.96 per
thousand, and the laborers were paid
of the amount due to
them on the settlement.
He says that the trouble was in the
management of the camps and in the
system itself. -
Hero Hubson Oscnlated.
Chicago. Dec. 20.——After his address
for the benefit of the Army and Navy
League at Auditorium, Assistant
Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson
Hobson kissed 163 women and girls.
most of them pretty ones, in thirty-six
minutes.
General McNulta, president of the
Naval Reserve Association, announced
after Hobson’s address “that those who
wished to do so could meet him on the
stage, and a rush followed.
Mrs. Thomas Duerson Knight, a
ex-Governor Towne of
North Carolina, and a distant relative
of I-Iobson, was Ithe first woman to
feel the pressure of his 0ft_kissed lips
at Sunday night's osculatorydemon-
stration. '
Her sister. Mary Towne, came next,
and after thev had broken the ice, it
was easy for the women 'in the crowd
to follow.
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Was Engaged to Van Buren.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.——Mrs.
Mary Tutt Throckmorton, who, in her
early life, was a leader in society here,
died last night from accidentally in-
haling illuminating gas. She was 88
years old.
In the beginning of Andrew Jack—
son’s second term, as president, Mrs.
Throckmorton, then Miss Tutt, made
her debut in the executive mansion.
Martin Van Buren was one of her ad-
mirers, and her reported engagement
to him was a society rumor of the
capital.
Major Charles B. Throckmorton, re-v
tired. her only son, arrived from New
York. .
‘hi I Army Bill.
Washington. D. C., Dec. 20.—The
House committee on military affairs
took up the Hull bitl on 'the reorganiza-
tion of the army Monday morning and
approved the first ten sections.
The first section, relating to the or-
ganizaxtion of the general officers.
which provides for one lieutenant gen-
eral, was agreed to without a dissent-
ing vote.
Gus Tank’s Eight-h Vio‘im.
New York, Dec. 20.—Timothy Dunn
of. No. 171 India street, Greenpoint, who
was injured in the gas tank collapse
last week, died at Bellevue Hospital
Monday morning.
This makes the eighth death.
other cases in Bellevue Hospital
improving.
The
are
Hiccoughing in Death.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 20.-- ...
sentative—elect James G. Conway 01
Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex county,
is gradually hiccoughing to death.
Soon after his election he had dropsy
'of the heart and now has been seized
with hiccoughs.
Prv‘. I a re to Receive Prue. Iclesiaa.
Paris, Dec. 20.——The Figaro says that
President Faure will receive President
Iglesias of Costa Rica at the Elysee to.
day. . .
Iglesias, the.pa.per‘_ days, will remain
1n the city three days. p
Greene stands the best
)
eoosevsL‘r SLATE MAKle.
0f the Twenty Candidates for Canal Sup-
erinte' :"-nt, reene heads.
Oyster Ray, L. L, Dec. 2 ‘-.-—Covernor-
elect Roosevelt ztrztouzus that out of
twenty men who are car dates for ap~
pointment as superintendent of publlc
works, Major General Francis V.
show at this '
time.
But Colonel Roosevelt desires to have
it understood that the pines is still
open and that it may be kept open for
several days to come.
He said yesterday that he . ight not
appoint a superintendent of public
works until next week.
Major General Roe. to whom Colonel
Roosevelt has cntr’usted the reorgani-
zation of the National Guard, was
here yesterday. ‘
He came to recommend a number of
National Guardsmen for posit-ions on
the governor’s military staff.
Another visitor at' the governor-
elect’s house was Judge Hiram R.
Steele, recently appointed district at-
torney of Kings county.
Colonel llooseveltz expects Judge
Steele to prosecute the indicted public
officials in I pig’s to the fullest extent
of the law, and it was to consult bout
there nil-““- that the new district tit-—
torr-ry cur-=0.
Ollie? i'?~';""::‘s yesterday were
Erbezs, the ‘l known German “Mr-.2!»
:LL.‘
lit-an " '41 of Buffalo. and Alfred It
Coizlz‘: Assembly Cis-
. . of “w Fifth
trict, New Yolk. ‘ ’
.5: GREATER JEFSEY -lT\’.
Pia.“ ’l'ukc- ‘lxqu and will
he Shun-"mtml m the Lt-‘zlsl ‘T'H'v‘.
Co‘- solillutizm
l‘l Ycrl-z, Dec. fill—The first Ila-"is-
iv.‘ rt-“s ll': the direction of Tll‘ (.‘L'Il-
So ‘- Elon of. the various i'nizn'r=ip-,:,ii-
tit .~ tl' hi1. on county. N. .:.. into v
greater ' City will be. ink:- 11 wow.
the New ‘ " .lyleglszature nzet ts next
month.
It has been decided by the lludsm
county assemb‘f'vmen to introduce a
bill which will call for the appointment:
of a special commission to consider the
consolidation project during the com-
ing spring and summer and report trr‘
the legislature of 1000.
The bill will provide for ,a commis-
sion to be composed of twenty—three
members, eleven to be appointed by the
gov! l‘l’ZOl' ord one each by the mayors
of the twelve municipalities in End—
son county.
Jersey City x-
V
is at present the
teenth city in the Union. If all no
cities and towns of the county con-
solidate. they will form the seventh
city in the ("nion as regards popula—
tion, which will be nearly half 3 mil-
lion.
n:
.7:
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L
Fighting“ :Ir I‘oilo,
fit—The Spanish stea~
rived here from I‘o-
soldiers and seven
Manila. Dec.
mer Brutus. has a
lie with 343 ill-11.539
priests on board.
She reports that lighting occurs at
Iloilo nightly. and that the l'l‘l'“‘.‘(l‘lfl'-"ti~l
there are anxiously awaiting "the erri-
val of the l‘nnericans to relieve th"
situation. Tlie streets of Hello are al-
most deserted.
The Spanish officers admit that it ‘24
impossible for them to maintain their
position at Iloilo unless they are spee-
dily reinforced. They are surround'd‘l
by superior forces of insurgerts. ‘vlm
are estimated to number twert}.'-‘l'.«'e
thousand men. Against them the Spa-
niards have only 2,500 rifles.
The I'nitcd States transport
as sailed for Nagasaki.
l..
Ohio
The hlassaclms Ms Docks-(l.
Brooklyn, Dec. 20.——Tl1e battleship
Iassathusetts, which was injured by
striking on a rock off Governor’s is—
land a week ago Saturday, while on
her way from the Brooklyn navy yard
to Tompkinsville, was put in dry dock
N0. 3 at the dry dock yesterday morn—
ing.
The docking of the big ship was un-
der the personal supervision of Naval
Constructor Bowles, and after the ves—
sel had been towed into the dock it
was fully two hours before he gave the
order for the pumps—to star-t.
In the meantime he had a diver at
work underneath the vessel to make
certain that everything wos in perfect
condition.
Slib‘glli s for .‘tlliVHf‘M'fl
\Vashington, D. C., Dec. 20.-—F‘-=>r.ator
Hanna has introduced in the Senate,
and Representative Poy“e Er. tha
House a bill to grant subsidies forAmL
erican shirplno.
The bill is entitled “a lt-lll to pro-
mote commerce and increase the for-
eign trade of the United States and to
provide auxiiiary cruisers transports
and seamen for government use when
necessary.”
It :“rr‘i'fdcs the some general system
adoptrrl "\ ”twirling 1‘ German, Brit-
ish and other foreign 9‘ “wing.
"Hm .L-Mr High Conim’ssion.
D. C., Dec. 20 ~«The
joint high ('vaission adjourned yes-
trrclr-‘y ut‘tll January 5. after which
it 2": c“;“ctcd that it will reassemble
in Vw’ash'ngttm for a session of not
more ban two weeks.
Uri-Eng,- this two weeks it is suppos-
ed that the commissioners will sign
tl'v. draft of. any treaty between. the.
United Ficus 9rd Great Britain con-
cerning Cr-ner‘e. which they may be
able to agree upon.
“'er'l'rsto".
The Revolution in Bolivia. ,
Dec. 20.—The president
of Bolivia, Senor Severe Fernandez:
Alonzo, a the head of 2.500 men. is
preparing to march against the capital.
La Paz, which is in the hands of the
revolutionists.
The latter are preparing for resist-
ance, and an important engagement is
expected to take place.
Lime. . Peru,
Buyins.r anomntiv s of l's.
London, Dec. 20.—Thc Pall Mall Ga.-
zette says that the 1V illland Railway
Company has been compelled to order
the construction of twerty freight lo-
comotives in the lTnita-d States, owing
to the large number of advance order:-
held by English locomotive works.
Cleveland “Sun's Gun Fac'nry- J
Cleveland. ‘Chio. ‘Jec. 20.—-—An effort
will be made to have a big Gatling
gun factory established llf‘l‘é‘. as the re-
sult of the test (if Dr. Gatling’s new
gun at Fort HancOck'on last .. Thur:-
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