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BIG APPROPRIATIONS.

The F'ifty-fifthGon gross Makes
a Record.

 

 

no 3111111115 01 1111. CASE.

.ounnon says the Increase of $40,000,-
000 Was Natural and Necessary.
Dockery speaks of Extrava-
gnnce—Predlcts Large Deficit.

WASHINGTON, March '6.-The ofli-
cia-l statement of Representative Joseph
G. Cannon of Illinois, the chairman of
the house appropriations committee,
summing up the appropriations of the
Fifty-fifth congress, shows an aggre-
gate appropriation by the entire con-
gress of $1,566,890.016 and for the ses-
sion just closed a total of $673,658,400,
with authority fer contracts subject to
future appropriations amounting to
$70,000,000. Chairman Cannon’s state-
ment in full follow:s

“The appropriations made at the ses-
sion of congress just closed amount ap-
proximately to $673, 658 400 and show
an apparent reduction of $219,573,000 un-
der theappropriations made at the pre-
ceding session. This is attributable to
the large expenses occasioned by the
war with Spain that were provided for
during the preceding session.

“The entire appropriations made by
the Fifty— fifth congress aggregate $1, -
566, 890, 016. 28. Of this sum $482, 562, 083. 47
is directly chargeable to our late war
with Spain or incident thereto. Deduct-
ing this charge from the whole amount
of the appropriations, the remainder,
81, 084, 327 .632. 81, represents the ordinary
or normal appropriations made by the
Fifty- fifth congress.

“The appropriations made by the pre«
ceding congress, the Fifty- fourth,
amounted to $1, 044, 580,273. 87. A com-
pa1ison shows an inc1ease in ordinary.
appropriations .made by this congress
over those made by that congress, the
Fifty— fourth, of $39, 747, 000, but this ap— .
parent increase is more than account-
ed for by 1nc1 eases under eight items
alone—namely, for pensions, $4,000,000;
for the postal service, 316,000,000;. for
rivers and harbors, including work un-
der contracts previously authorized,

 

 

 

CO GRESSMAN CANNON.
$3, 600, 000; for new ships for the navy,'
$6, 000, 000; for beginning the w ork of the
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 govern- 1
ment printing office. about $5,000,000.
and for payment of judgments rendered
against the government on account of
French spoliations and under the Bow-
man act, $3,100,000.

"These very natural and necessary
increases in public expenditures—one on |
account of the pension list, the growth
of the postal service in response to the
demands of commerce, the improve-
ment of the great waterways of the
country and‘for increase of the navy,
the construction of needed buildings to :
accommodate the government service in
the cities of the country, the taking of.
the census, the participation of the na- 5
tion in the great exposition to be held
at Paris next year and the payment of
the French spoliation judgments and
Bowman act cases so long considered.
by and pressed upon congress—aggre-§
gate $39,900,000, more than dissipating
the entire apparent increase in the or-
dinary appropriations by this congress '
over those made by the Fifty—fourth
congress.

“In addition to the direct appropria-
tions made at this session contracts
were authorized, subject to future an. a
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, $22,500,000 is for work on
rivers and harbors, and something over
$3,000,000 is for public buildings.

Mr. Dockery of Missouri, the ranking
Democratic member of the house ap-
propriations committee, made the fol—
lowing statement giving the Demo-
cratic View:

“This congress easily surpasses all its
predecessors in the stupendous aggre-
gate of its appropriations. It was
thorght that the Fifty-first congress,
commonly known as the ‘billion dollar
congress,’ had in point of extravagance
of appropriations touched a limit which
would not be reached or at least sur-
passed by any of its successors.

"This congress, however, has far ex-
ceeded the appalling total appropria-
tions then made, and it will be remem—
bered that the billion dollar congress
was followed by overwhelming disaster
to the Republican party at the ensuing
election.

“Confronted with a war with Spain,
requiring the imposition of additional.
revenue, it is obvious that rigid econ-
omy should have been applied in all
other directions to the expenditure of
public money. The people were willing

to meet all the demands upon the ,na- ;

tional treasury made necessary by the
Spanish war, but it is fair to assume
that they exceed their reports in view
of the cheerful disposition manifested
to meet these added burdens to limit
the ordinary appropriations to the ne-
cessities of a Wise and economical ad-
ministration.
not been realized.

“The result is an actual deficiency in
current revenues amounting on the 1st
of this month to $99,109,554.50. ,This de-
ficiency, as shown by a recent conserva-
tive estimate by Chairman Cannon 01
the appropriations committee, will prob-

ably reach $159, 000, 000 on the 30th oi,

June next.
“Notwithstanding
treasury situation,

this

,perplexities of the long and wearyin’

' passed both houses of congress failed to

‘ had been foreman in the Norwich Bul-

These expectations have

deplorable ,
which has been’
called over and over again to the at.i

1wl1ich,if proper in themselves. shoull
have been postponed until the national
income should be ample to meet all it:

liabilities without the necessity of bond 1

issues.

”The appropriations of the origin.
‘billion dollar congress’ amounted to
81. 035, 680, 109. 94. , The appropriations. oi
the congress just ended reach the
mighty aggregate of $1,566,890,016.28." ‘

 

rHE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

luny Important ~. Measures Passed.
Others Left Untouched. 1*
WASHINGTON, March 6,—In great
dignity and with an unusual display oi
good feeling between the rival political
parties the Fifty-fifth congress has ad-
journed sine die. The uncertainties and

 

night session disappeared at early daw
Saturday with agreements on the river
and harbor bill and the naval appro-
priations, and while there was dissat-
isfaction with many of the results
reached there was a feeling of relief
that an extra sessiOn had been avoided.

Several important subjects are left
untouched or uncompleted, notably cur-
rency reform, the Pacific cable, the en-
largement of the navy force and the re-
organization of the army. While the
war congress has failed .0 grasp its full
opp0rtunity it will pass into history as
a body of extraordinary accomplish-
ments.

One hundred and twenty-five senators
and representatives have been retired
to private life, and the farewells ex-
changed were fraught with deep feeling
in the realization that official ties of
years were about to be broken by some
forever.

Sevleral important bill. of general leg-
islation became laws during the last
week. The most important of these are
the army reorganization bill, the navy
personnel bill, the bill- providing a code
of laws for Alaska, the omnibus claims
b1 i and numerous important public
building bills.

 

The project for the construction of a
canal across the isthmus of Nicaragua .
made progress to the extent that a pro-
vision was attached to the river and
harbor appropriation providing for a
very complete inquiry into the matter.

The addition of a provision to the
army appropriation bill forbidding the.
granting of property franchises in Cuba
was also an important legislative act.

Among. the important projects which.
failed to receive favorable attention in i
the closing days were those providing?
for a Pacific cable, for a government
armor plate plant, for an antiscalping
law, for an eight hour law and for a
government for Hawaii.

The naval personnel bill completely
reorganizes the navy and is the con-
summation of years of earnest effort
by the navy department. The original
army bill was intended to meet the
same want for the army supplied to
the navy by the personnel bill, but it
failed, and the present bill is consid-
ered defective in that it is only a tem-
porary measure. It, however increases
the army to 100, 000 men and provides
for the retention of this number until
1901.

The omnibus claims bill provides for
the settlement of several hundred
claims, some of which were almost 100
years old.

The Alaskan code also meets a long
felt want in supplying a. system of laws
to this northwest territory.

Only three or four hills which had

receive the president’s signature and to
become laws.
bills, and some of them were pension
bills granting pensions to persons who
had died since the bills were intro«
duced.

Noted Printer Dead.
NORWICH, Conn, March 6.—-William
M. Hovey, well known to the printing
craft throughout the state and who

letin office for nearly 30 years, died
suddenly at the " Wauregan House
shortly before 2 a. m. yesterday from
an attack of cerebral apoplexy. He
had officiated as toastmaster at the
annual banquet of the Norwich Typo-
graphical union and was starting‘foi‘
‘home when stricken. He was 56 years
old and leaves a widow and one daugh-
ter. ‘

Bell ringer Killed by Lightning.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 6.———The
unusual occurrence of a thunderstorm
in March was sadly emphasized by the
death by lightning of William H. Hoxie,
who was struck down while ringing the
bell of the Congregational church in
Chiltonville. Mr. Hoxie was 68 years
old and a brother of Nat Hoxie, the well
known sportsmen’s guide. The light-
ning badly wrecked the tower and front
part of the church, but fortunately did
not set it on fire.

 

Speaker Nixon In Albany.

ALBANY, March 6.—Speaker of the
Assembly S. Fred Nixon arrived in this
city yesterday from his home at West-
field, Chautauqua county, where he has
been suffering from an attack of pneua
monia for the past six weeks. He is
looking on the Whole Well for one who
has experienced that period of suffering.
He will preside at the session of the as-
sembly for the first time since his illness
on Tuesday morning.

Wllereubouts of the New Comet.
BOSTON, March 6.—A dispatch re-
ceived by John Ritchie, Jr., from Mr.

? Hussey of the Lick observatory gives'

the following position of the new Swift
comet: Right ascension, 3 hours 48
minutes 4 seconds; declination south,
2727252. The motion of the object is

Southerly.

, A Longnrawn Strike.

MARLBORO, Mass, March tin—Today
commenced the seventeenth week of the
shoe strike. The strikers held a large
mass meeting in the city hall yesterday,
which was addressed by John H. Mur-
ray of Marlboro and Representative ,
James H. Carey of Haverhill. ‘

 

The Plague In Bombay.
LONDON, March 6.—-The Bombay cor-

All these were private ‘

 

respondent of The Morning Post says:
“The bubonic plague is raging here with
unpaxalleled severity. According to the
official returns, there were 972 deaths

last week, but these quite underrate the-11

mortality.”

 

Spanish Troops Getting Home.
VALENCIA, March 6. —The French
steamer Cheribon, Captain Aillardn

tention of congress and the country 1 chartered by the Spanish government;

appropriations have been made which
in many 1 2593 have not been warranted
by the into: «six; of the public service at

has arrived here from Clenfuegos by
way of St. M chael’s with repatriated
Spanish troop _. ..

CHARGES 0111111131111

‘ tee Takes Testimony.

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. Some Sensational Revelations Made

by Witnesses Before the Investi-
gating Commission at Harris-
burg—A Vote Worth $1,000.

HARRISBURG, March 8.—A meeting
'lf the committee to inquire into the
tharges of bribery in connection with
the passage of the McCarrell jury bill
in the house was held last evening and
developed some sensational testimony.’

The first witneSs called was Colonel
George Nox McCain, staff correspondent
at Harrisburg of the Philadelphia Press.
Mr. McCain, said that Peter J. Criste,
representative from Northumberland
county, told him that he was approach-
ed by an individual and told that it

would be worth $1,000 to him to Vote for

the reconsideration of the bill. Subse-
quently he admitted to the witness that
it was ex- -Representative Thomas
Moyles of Wilkesbarre, who said he
wanted the bill to become a law as it
would help him out in a case in Luzerne
county in which he was a defendant.

John P. Dwyer, also of The Press, tes-
tified that Representative John Engler
of Lycoming county told him that he
met Michael J. Costello, a former resi-
dent of Williamsport, and escorted him
to the Bolton House, Harrisburg, where
they met ex-Senator John J. Coyle of
Schuylkill county. Mr. Coyle told En-
gler that he understood he was a Ro-
man Catholic and asked him to vote for
the bill because Archbishop Ryan want-
ed it to become a law. Witness said
Coyle told Engler he would pay him $500
to vote for the bill and put his'hand in
his pocket and said he would give him
$200 at once. Coyle said he used to do
this when he was a member of the legis-
lature and that if Engler would go
along on this bill he would “put him in"
on several other bills and that he could
make more on the outside than his sal-
ary as a member of the house. Mr. En-
gler refused to accept the money and
left Coyle.

Engler testified that Costello met him
at the Bolton House and took him to a.
room at the Lochiel hotel and intro-
duced him to ex—Senator Coyle. Cos»
tello left the room, and Coyle asked the
witness how he felt on the McCarrell
bill. Coyle said he used to be in the
legislature and that he took everything
that came his way. Engler corroborat-
ed Dwyer’s testimony as to Coyle’s al-
leged offer of'8200 to vote for the bill
and to pay the balance when the wit-
ness voted and that if Engler would go
along on this bill he would take him in
on five. or six other bills.

Mr. Criste said he knew Moyles and
was a member of the house with him
in 1893. Moyles told witness that there
were “three” in it if he would vote for
the bill. Moyles saw the witness subse-
quently and asked him to vote for the
reconsideration of the bill. Moyles was
under indictment in Luzerne county for
conspiracy and said he was anxious to
have the bill passed. About this time
cx-Senator Coyle came in and said to
witness, “You vote for the McCarrell
bill and leave the rest to me.” An hour
later Moyles called Criste out into the
hallway and urged him to move for
the reconsideration of the McCarrell
bill. Moyles told Criste what to say
when he made the motion and promis-
ed if he would make the motion there
would be‘ $1,000 in it for the witness.
Criste told Moylestowvrite out what he

wished him to say when he made the -

motion, and while he was'doing so the
bill came up, and Criste wentinto the
house and voted to adjourn to prevent
a reconsideration of the-bill. Mr. Criste

said that after the adjournment'Coyle;

came to him and told him he had‘made

a mistake in not voting for- the bill and?

that “the fellows over there” (pointing
to the insurgents.” the witness said)
“were being taken care of.” This re-
mark created general laughter. :

A Strike In the Klondike.

SKAGUAY, March 2, via Victoria, B.
C., March 8.——Seven hundred of the 1,400
laborers employed on the construction
work of the White Pass-Yukon road are
on a st1ike as the result of a reduction
of wages from 35 to 30 cents an houi and
an lnCl ease in 11- 01k to ten hours a day.
After the men struck all others were
laid off for a few days. Fire in Dyea
last niWestroyed the Palace and
Northern hr tels. the Chilkoot tram sta-
bles, the Senate saloon and the court-
house; loss, $12,000. There was no fire
apparatus.

A settlement hour.

PARIS, March 8.—The follow mg semi-
official note was issued last evening: “A
satisfactory settlement between France
and Great Britain of the questions aris-
ing out of the Fashoda incident may be
expected within a fortnight. The de-

limitation of the respective territories

has so far advanced that the starting

points and general direction of the from-

tier have already been arranged, and
Great Britain has admitted that France
is entitled to a commercial outlet on the
N ile.”

Canadian Band Coming'Too.

MONTREAL,‘ March 8,—The Fifth
Royal Scots band of this city have ac-
cepted an invitation to go to New“ York
about-March 25- to participate in the
musical portion of a peace congressto
be held there.
and the
bands are to take part.

 

Home City Election.

ROME,_ N. Y., March 8.—-At the city
election yesterday Abner White (Dem;),
was elected mayor by 160 majority over
Dr. W. L. Kingsley (Rep). The com-
mon council will stand 12 Democrats
and 5 Republicans. Last spring the
council stood 11 Democrats and 6 Re-.
publicans.

Anothe‘r Ballot In Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 8.—The
legislature in joint assembly yesterday
diScussed the report made by the brib-

ery committee. A ballot resulted as
follows: King, 6; McCune, 26; Common,
9; Nebeker, 3; Powers, 3: Henderson

‘(Dem.), 1; Sutherland, 13; Widener, 3.

Stolen. Bonds Found. ~
OSWEGO, N. Y., March 8.—The two
8500 government bonds stolen from the
office 064M. J. Cummings in this city
Sunday last were found in the Varlck
.canal-in the rear of the office. "

in which Dan Godfrey 8'
Seventh New York regiment-

 

ON E DEADLOCK BROKEN.

 

Hayward Chosen to Succeed Allen

In Nebraska.

LINCOLN, N_eb., March 8.—M. L. Hay-
ward, Republican, was nominated for
United States-senator in the Republican
caucus here last night. He will be elect-
ed in the joint session today. Hayward
was the Republican candidate for gov-
ernor last fall, being defeated by W. A.
Poynter, Fusionist. 1

 

Monroe Leland Hayward, nominated
by the Republican caucus for. United

‘States senator ”to succeed William V.'

Allen, was born in Sillsboro, Essex
county, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1840. His ances-
tors came to this country before the
Revolution. At the outbreak of the civil
war he enlisted in the Twenty-second
New York infantry and was afterward
transferred to the Fifth cavalry. He
was discharged in December,1862,,owing
to disability arising from sickness. On
returning home he entered Fort Ed-
wards College institute, where he com-
pleted his education. His father had re~
moved to Wisconsin, and young Hay-
ward followed. He studied lawat White-
water and came to Nebraska in 1867,
settling at Nebraska City, where he has
resided‘ever since and practiced his
profession. He never held any office
except that of member of the state con-
stitutional convention in 1873 and a
short term on the bench in 1886, when
he filled out the remainder of a term by
appointment from the governorj He was
the Republican candidate for governor
last fall, cutting the Fusion majority
down from 18,000 to 3,000. He has a wife,
one daughter and two sons, one of
whom, Edwin P., is a surgeon in the
United States‘army, and William H. is
a lawyer and was a captain in the Sec-
ond Nebraska regiment during the late
war. Mr. Hayward has accumulated a
comfortable fortune.

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

 

Commissary General Eagan has start—
ed for Hawaii. '

Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium
showed marked improvement.

Admiral von Knorr, commander in
chief of the German navy, has resigned.

The business part of the town of New.

Berlin, N. Y., has been destroyed by fire.

The breaking of booms in the Ken-
tucky river caused a loss of $1,000,000 in
lost logs.

Mrs. Catherine Hackman died at Leb-
anon, Pa., after suffering a quarter of a
century from a pin which she had swal-
lowed. ‘

The Savannah chapter of Daughters
of the Confederacy adopted resolutions
protesting against federal care, of Con-
federate graves.

The Census Appointments.

WASHINGTON, March 8.—“No ap—
pointments in the census force will be
made at present,” says ex-Governor W.
R. Merriam, director of the next cen-
sus. “I hope to get the organization
started by April 1. The 300 supervisors
will not be appointed before Dec. 1
next, but in the meantime I will be se-
lecting the'various experts who will
have charge of the details. The enu-
meration does not begin until June 1.
1900. At least 50,000 enumerators will
be required. We will occupy this sum-
mer and next winter in plotting the
United States into geographical. divi-
sions and subdivisions and‘assigning
the supervisors and the enumerators to
their respective districts. The law di-
rects that the census shall be taken in
Alaska and Hawaii. No decision has
been made yet about what is to be done
about Porto Rico and the Philippines.”

New Jersey Legislature.
TRENTON, March 8.—Governor Voor—
hees sent to the senate yesterday the
names of Thomas M. Trenchard for

county judge of Cumberland county and
.J. .Hampton Fithian for prosecutor of

Cumberland county. The senate de-
feated Senator Ketcham’s bill apprOpri-
ating1$30,000 for furnishing the Newark
armory, also Senator Stokes' bill per-
mitting the minority of the stockholders
of a corporation to elect directors when
a provision to that effect is incorpo-
rated in the charter. -The house, by a
vote of157 to 0, passed Senator. Stokes’
bill compelling corporations. firms and
individuals to pay their employees in
cash at least once in two weeks. Ex—
ception is made in favor of railroads
and farmers.

T'own Flooded \Vith Counterfelts.

SHAMOKIN, Pa., March 8.—Banks,
stores and the postoffice were yesterday
flooded with codnterfeit dollars bearing
dates of 1879, 1882 and 1884 and having
such a good ring that bank officials who
sent some of the dollars to the national
treasury for exchange think the coins
contain more silver than the genuine
money. None of the banks will receive
dollars bearing the above dates until
the matter is investigated by secret
service agents.

Suffering From Vaccination.

LOUISVILLE, March 8.—'—Not less
than 20,000 persons in Louisville are
nursing sore arms as the result of the
conflict that has been waged here
against the epidemic of smallpox. Ful-
ly one-fourth this number of persons
have been forced to take to their beds.
The fears entertained'as to the small-
pox scourge, and there have been as
many as 700 cases at a time here, have
given way to the suffering caused by
vaccination.

Worth Millions to Whisky Men.
LOUISVILLE, March 8. —At least $5,-

000,000 will be made by the whisky men

on ,the passage of the outage bill. The
New York men in the whisky combine
now figure that it will add $3,000,000 to
the value of the whisky on which they
secured options before the bill'was
passed.

 

Earthquake In Japan.
YOKOHAMA, March 8.—A severe
earthquake shock was experienced here
at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. the dig-
turbance visiting the localities of the

great shock of 1891, with some loss of.

life and property. .

 

A Traveler-Farmer Dead.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., March 8.—
William Peck, a prominent farmer of
Herkimer county, died yesterday at
Salisbury. He was a great- traveler,
having crossed the Atlantic 24 times.

 

Gale In Northern New York.
WHITEHALL, N. Y., March 8.—A
terrible gale raged throughout Cham-
plain valley. all day yesterday About
six inches of snow has fallen and has
drifted badly. '

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

111131101 1111 c' 1

ifled With our Conduct.

UNITED STATES AGAINST PARTITION.

Will Not Seine Any Territory,
Though. “the Time Seems Ripe.”
Powers Having Most Trade With
China Should Protect Her.

WASHINGTON, March 8.—The Chi-
nese minister. Mr. Wu Ting Fang, ex-
presses himself as highly gratified at
the definite determination of the United
States to keep hands off China and to
resist intimations of other powers that
the time is now ripe for this country to
take for itself a part of the coastline
of China, as made known by an author-
ized statement given out yesterday. '

f‘I am sure the Chinese government
and people will not fail to observe this
strong evidence of good will,” said Mr.
Wu yesterday. “It is not only another
bond between the two countries, but it
has a special significance just now.
While the old world powers seem moved
by a spirit of rapacity, the United
States takes that lofty position of equi-
ty, justice and humanity which has
characterized her dealings with other
international questions of late, and in-
stead of joining in encroachments on
China assumes an attitude of strict neu-
trality.”

The minister had'a long conference
with Secretary Hay as to the situa-
tion in China. While he will not discuss
the conference, he undoubtedly learned
in an official way what was made
known to the public later in the day
and communicated the information to
Peking. It is expected that the position
of the United States in refusing to seize
any territory will have an important
effect on affairs in China, strengthening
the hands of those in authority.

Speaking of Italy's action in seeking

an “open door” on the Chinese coast by,

the acquisiton of San-Mun bay, Mr. Wu
says he was much surprised at this
move, as Italy has practically no trade
with China. He said that he never has
seen more than two or three Italians‘in
China; there are no Italian commercial
houses that he recalls and no Italian
colonies. Under such circumstances the
minister is inclined to believe Italy
would not have acted until some. of the
other powers had been sounded. What
China will do as' to accepting or reject—
ing the Italian claims Mr. Wu has not
been advised officially. He says, how-
ever, that the reports that the tsung-
li-yamen has returned the Italian re-
quest should not be construed to mean
that any summary course has been
adopted. All his information indicates
that the return of the request was in
no offensive spirit, but was merely to
explain the difficulties of complying
with such a request.

Mr. Wu points out that China con-'
tinues to have a great stretch of coast

with a number of large ports, including .

Canton and some 25 treaty ports,
through which the commerce of the
world can flow uninterruptedly. The
Russian port at Port Arthur and that
of the British at Wei~Hai-Wei are
more' particularly naval and military
ports. Kiaochau, the German port, is
better adapted for commerce as well as
naval uses, although Mr. Wu says his
understanding is that the “open door"
policy is to be maintained by the Ger-
mans at Kiaochau, so that all coun-
tries would share alike in its ad-
vantages. In any event, he says the
free entry ofgoods would relate only to
Kiaochau and its hinterland and that
when these goods passed into China. the
Chinese customs would be levied.

The recent visit of Admiral Lord,

Beresfgrd afforded an opportunity for
exchange of views between him and
Count Cassini, the Russian embassa-
dor, and Mr. Wu, all of whom are in—
timately familiar with the large ques-
tions engrossing China. Lord Beres-
ford had conferred with officials of the
tsung- -li- -yamen and with the viceroy
and the leaders. The result of all his
study of the Chinese question was sum-
med up in the belief, openly announced,
that Great Britain, Germany, the Unit-
ed States and Japan, having the bulk
of commerce and interest in China,
should unite to protect these interests
by assuring to China a stable govern-
ment, free from constant harassment
of movements from without for terri-
torial acquisition. Mr. Wu does not
commit himself on the wisdom of Lord
Beresford’s plan of solving the Chinese
problem, but he is inclined to believe
that his lordship’s mission, which thus
far is unofficial, will have official re-
sults.

War Against Bob Veal.

ALBANY, March 8.-'—The state agri-
cultural department will enforce most
vigorously the provisions of the anti
bob veal law enacted by the last legis-
lature. The time of the year in which
bob veal is sold to the greatest ex—
tent is March, April and May. Most
ofrit is sold in New York city. The de-
partment of agriculture can afford to
have but seven inspectors in that city,
whereas at least 15 are needed to prop-
erly enforce the law. Much of the bob
veal sold in this state comes from New
Jersey.

 

lee Gorge In the Delaware.

HONESDALE, Pa... March 8.-—The ice
gorge in the Delaware river is doing
great damage at Callicoon Depot, N.
Y. All the ice from the headwaters is
jammed into six- miles space from Big
island, two miles below Callicoon to
four miles above. The bridge over the
river completed on Jan. 1 is badly dam-
aged and in- danger of being carried
away The main street of the town is

. under water.

Democratic Victory In Ithaca.

ITHACA, N. Y., ‘March 8.—Thé'Demo-
crats carried the city of Ithaca yester-
day by a. majority of 265, electing Wil-
liam C. Elmendorf mayor over Roy H.
Smith, the Republican candidate, of the
Ithaca Gun 'works. Elnfendorf was the
Labor Union- candidate and‘ received
the support of the entire organization.
Three Democratic aldermen were elect-
ed, as against one Republican.

 

Dynamite Cartridges Found.

ToULON, March 8.——A sensation has
been caused here by a report that 12 dy-
namite cartridges were found behind
the Toulon arsenal and by the further
report that some person, not yet iden-
tified, ha‘d fired three revolver shots at
an arsenal sentry, none of- them, how-
ever. taking effect.

 

 

DELAWARE SENATORIAL FIGHT.
.Elghty-nine Ballots Token Without
Choice and Close" of session Nous.

DOVER, Del., March 48.-—_0nly five

 

days remain before the final adjournf -

ment of the legislature, and strong e‘fv
fort is being made to harmonize tht
Republican factions, thus securing the
election of a successor to United States
Senator George. Gray“ With this end
in view a letter was handed to every
Republican member‘of the general as-
sembly yesterday, signed by Congress-
man C. H. Grosvenor and Secretary
Charles Dick of the Republican natiom
sl committee, urging an early and final
settlement of the senatorial question.
The letter says:

“We do not assume to advise 1n re-
gard to your duty as members of the
legislature, but do want to impress up-

- on you that in close and bitter contests

the will of the majority is a safe guide.
The Republican party- at large is inter-
ested not only in gaining a senator, but
also in the future success of the party
in Delaware. ”

The communicationis regarded as fa-
voring Addicks, as he has the support
of a majority of the Republicans.

Eighty-nine ballots have been taken
since the voting for senator began on
Jan. 17, and the deadlock has continued
unchanged, the slight shifting of the
votes each day not affecting the result.
The belief here among the leaders is
that the legislature will adjourn finally
on Monday next without filling the va-
cancy and that Delaware will get along
with only one representative in the up-
per branch of congress until 1901. ,

Idle Cubans Excited.

SANTIAGO, Cuba, March 8.—Colonel
Hood cables from Holguin that intense
excitement prevails there owing to the
cessation of public works, and that a
mass meeting has been held, at which
the action of the United States military
authorities at Havana was condemned
as “false economy” and as the “result of
centralization." Owing to the pressing
necessities of the case Colonel H006
s‘ays he has issued indigent rations to

3,000 heads of families, suddenly throw‘n "

out of employment. He fears there will
be a. large increase in the criminal class-
es of his district. Practically the samé
news from all the other districts of Salt-
tiago province has reached here. Mean.
while money enough is lying idle 1
bank to pay all that is due and to keep
the men at work.

Anglo-French Negotiations.

LONDON, March 8.—M. Paul Cam-
bon, French embassadOr to Great Brit-
ain, was the principal "guest last even-
ing at the banquet of the London Cham-
ber of Commerce. In reply to a. toast
the French embassador said that peace
and war no longer rested with govern-
ments, but with the peoples. He noted
with great pleasure the determination
of the promoters of commerce in Great
Britain and France to augment the cor-
diality of the relations between the two
nations and to foster “that real spirit
of conciliation by which all differences
can be readily settled.” These utter-
ances of M. Cambon 'are particularly.
notable as reflecting the improvement
in the relations between London and
Paris.

Gallows Builders Are Outlaws There.

MONTREAL, March 8.—The gallows
on which Cordelia Porier and her para-
mour, Sam Parslow, will be execute
for the murder of the farmer’s husband
were shipped from here to St. Scholas-
tique yesterday. Two carpenters h
to go along from the Montreal jail, he‘-
cause not a man could be found in the
entire county of Two Mountains who
Would touch the thing. Two years ago
two brothers named Narbonne aSsisted
in building a scaffold for an execution
in that county, and they have been out-
casts ever since.

.Germhn-Amerlcnn Friendship.

BERLIN, March 8.—The‘ semiofficial
Post says, “The great cordiality with
which our monarch honors Mr. Kipling
ought to be calculated to remind Amer-
icans, after 'a period of artificial es-
trangement, which we trust is -,past that
they will, nowhere find readier and more
joyful recognition of‘the' brilliant fea-
tures of their character than from their
cousins here, and, firstly, from our im-
perial leader.” ,-

l Fraudulent Use of Mails.

CHICAGO, March 8.——Edward Dohl-
heimer has been arrested, charged with
using the United States ' ails for
fraudulent purposes. His scheme was to
advertise offering spools of choice silk
thread at a bargain. , When he got the
money from a customer, he is said to
have sent a yard or two of silk which
he called a sample and asked for a
continuance of the customer's trade.

Dorr Postmaster of Buffalo.
WASHINGTON, March 8.——The presi-
dent today will appoint Samuel G. Don
postmaster at Buffalo. His appointment
was definitely and finally decided upon
at the White House yesterday after a.
sharp and vigorous contest.

 

\Veutller Probabilities.
Clearing in the early morning; fair;
northwesterly gales.

New York Markets.

FLOUR— State and western held
steady, but moderately active; winter
patents, $3. 75@4; winter straights, $3. 55
@3. 65, Minnesota patents. $3. 90@4. 20;
winter extras, $2 ..50@2 85.

WHEAT—No. 2 red ruled steady on
firm cables and buying for a rally;
March, 82%@83%c.; May, 76 9-16@767/.;c.

RYE—Quiet; state, 63c. , No.2 west-
ern, 67c., f. o. b., afloat

CORN—No. 2 steady on covering and
favorable cables; May, ‘40%c. '

OATS—Featureless; track, white.
state, 36@40c.; track, white, western, 36
@40c.

PORK—Dull;
$10. 50@11.

LARD—Quiet; prime western steam,
$5.55, nominal.

BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 14@
19%c.; state creamery, 15%@200.

CHEESE—Firm; large, white, 115%.;
small, white. 121/10.

EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylva-
nia, 23%@24'c. , western, 24c.

SUGAR— Raw firm; fair refining,
37/sc.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; refined.
firm; crushed, 5%c.; powdered, 514.2.

TURPENTINE—Firm at 46%@47c,

MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32
@370.

RICE—Firm;
pan. 5@5%c.

TALLOW—Quiet; city, 4 5-16@4%c. ,
country, 4%@4V2c.

HAY—Dull; shipping, 40®50c.; good
to choice, 55665c.

mess, [email protected]; family,

domestic, 4%@~7c.; Ja-

 

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