NEWS AT THE CAPITAL
A Vote Will Be' Taken on TheJ
Peace Treaty_Toda.y.
IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS.
The llIanila Disturbance Was Anticipated
—P1'esident McKinley Believes the
Trouble-Will Insure Prompt Ratifica-
tion oi 0111- Peace Treaty ‘Vith Spain.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 6.--An at-
mosphere Cj war again surrounds the
White House. The news from Admi-
ral Dewey confirming the reported at-
tack upon the American forces at
Manila was delivered to the president
by Secretary Long. .
The cable from Dewey was received
at the navy department early, and as
soon as it was translated it was sent
to Secretary Long, who hurriedly drove
to the White House and delivered the
unwelcome news to the president.
A few minutes latee Secretary A1-
ger, followed by Adjutant General Cor-
bin and Representative Grosvenor,
joined the president and secretary in
the cabinet room. All of the old scenes
of the war conferences held during the
Spanish war were revived by the Sun-
day activity at the executive mansion.
The consultation lasted nearly two
hours, during which Dewey’s brief
cablegram was discussed from various
standpoints. .
In the absence of. any message from
General Otis it was said that Admiral
Dewey is closer to the cable station
than General Otis, and when Dewey
decided to notify the navy department
of the attack it is probable that Otis
considered it unnecessary to duplicate
the report of Dewey. ‘
The effect of the outbreak at Manila
upon the vote on the treaty in the
Senate was also considered at the war
conference. The president and his
friends are confident that the result
will be to the advantage of the treaty
and will undoubtedly win over enough
wavering votes to secure a prompt rat-
ification of the treaty without regard
to the previous debate on the resolu-
tions pending. In the absence of a de-
tailed account of the outbreak at Ma-
nila, the president and the members
of the cabinet view the situation with a
the gravest apprehension.
Secretary Long did not attempt to
conceal his anxiety on the subject as
he was leaving the White House. He
said he was not advised as to the num-
ber of casualties on the American side,
if any, as Admiral Dewey had simply
stated in his report that he had no
casualties in the navy to report.
Secretary Alger and Adjutant Gen-
eral Corbin remained with the presi-
dent after Secretary Long took his
departure. The secretary prepared a
dispatch to General Otis, calling for a
detailed report of the attack, what oc-'
casioned it and the list of casualties.
General Corbin said he supposed that
General Otis concurred with Admiral
Dewey before the latter sent his re-
port to the secretary of the navy and
in that way he accounts for the silence
of the army branch of the government
at Manila.
The war and navy fidepartment ofli--
cials were on duty at the department
all day and all of the old time war
excitement of last summer was again
in evidence at the war office. On the
street corners, in the hotels and the
clubs the war news was the leading
topic of discussion.
The excitement displayed here over
Dewey’s dispatch from Manila is hav-
ing a good effect upon the treaty. It
is freely predicted that the hostile ac-
tion of the Filipinos will cause a
break in the ranks of the Democratic
senators who are half hearted in their
opposition to the ratification of the
treaty. '
Some of the opposition, however,
stoutly maintain that the outbreak in
Manila does not change the situation
in the Senate, for the friends of the
Bacon resolution have predicted an
outbreak for more than two weeks
past. They contend that a prompt and
emphatic declaration of the policy of
the administration with regard to the
Philippines would have prevented .1
war with the Filipinos.
Notwithstanding the boasting of the
opponoents of the treaty, it is believ—
ed that at least four or five Democrats
will break away from the Gorman-
Jones anti-treaty reservation and vote
to ratify the treaty to-day.
’ ,McKinley and Eagan.
\Vashington, D. C., Feb. 6.---The rec—
rd in the Eagan court martial has not
yet been‘ returned to Secretary Alger
by the president. It is said the presi-
out will not take any action in the
ass until he has received the report
f the war investigating commission.
he president is inclined to mitigate
he sentence, but has so far been fur:
ished with very little except senti-
ental reasons for such a. course.
It is believed that the war investi—
_ating commission will give the presi-
cut some ground for reducing Gener-
l Eagan’s sentence, as it is reasona-
' ly certain that the commission will
riticise General Miles very severely.
-nything that will officially condemn
eneral Miles for his accusations
gainst the commissary department
. ill be regarded by the president as
.ustaining the plea of provocation.
hich was the main line of the defence
n the case.
The report of the investigating com—
ission will probably not reach the
resident before Wednesday and pos-
ibly not until Saturday next.
J ue. Lelter Heads 3 Milk Trust.
Chicago, Feb. 6.--Chlcago people will
e furnished with milk by the “milk
rust” in a few weeks. The articles of
ncorporation of the company have
een filed under the laws of New Jer-
- -.y
An organization meeting will be held
4 this city during the coming week.
10-day Joseph Lelter acknowledged
hat he was going into the milk busi-
ess.
Jealousy Caum 'I'rlpln Tummy.
Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 6.--In Westmin-
ter; south of here, young Funk Blair
1 Lima shot and instantly killed -Ed-"
'ard Brovard and Mary Ande n, and
hen abet himself in. the he Jeal-
Iuey was the cause.
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'TRUST WAR CLOSES REFINERY.
Mollenhauer Works Closed Because Sug-
ar Fight Has Caused a Loss.
Brooklyn, Feb. 6.--More than three
closing down of the Mollenhauer Sugar
Company’s refineries in Williamsburg.
F. D. Mollenhauer, the secretary, made
this statement:
“We are shutting down temporarily
because we have on hand more raw
and refined sugar than ever_ before. Of
the refined we have in Brooklyn 48,000
barrels, ‘While there is a large stock at
Chicago and all our other consignment
points. We shall continuegto 'fill or-
ders, and when our stock is sufficiently
reduced start up again. This we can
do on twelve hours’ notice.
We are, of course, losing money on
account of the trust war, every barrel
turned out by us meaning a. loss of
from eighty-five cents to one dollar,
but we intend to stand by our custo-
mers, who have stood by us.’
This company has taken no part in
the fight between the Havemeyer and
Arbuckle interests.
Commander -ln-Chief of G. A. R. is Dead
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 6..-Colonel
James A. Sexton, commander— in- -chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
died at a quarter past three o’clock
city. He had been very ill for some
days with pneumonia. '
Colonel Sexton was born in Chicago
January 5,1844 He enlisted as a pri-
vate at the opening of" the civil war
and served throughout, finishing with
the rank of colonel. He served as
postmaster of Chicago frbm 1889 un-
til 1895. He was elected commander—
in-chief of the G. A. R. at the last
annual meeting. His latest work had
been as a member of the war commis-
sion.
Mrs. Place Learns she Must Die.
Sing Sing, Feb. 6.--Mrs. Martha place
ter Ida on February 7, 1898, now knows
that she will have 'to forfeit her life in
the electric chair if Governor Roose-
velt does not save her. Mrs. Place was
told of this by the warden after the
receipt of the papers in her case from
the court of appeals.
Mrs. Place,, on receiving the news
buried her face in her hands and wept
for several minutes without speaking
a word. The court of appeals set the
week beginning March 20 as the time
within which the death sentence must
be carried out. Mrs. Place has not yet
been informed of this. She has sent
for her lawyers and will insturct them
to make every effort to secure execu-
tive clemency for her.
Mrs. Place will be the first woman
to be executed in the electric chair. in
this state, and the first woman to suf-
fer the death penalty since the hang-
ing of Mrs. Druse in Herkimer county
in 1887. . ,; . ,.
Vassar Will Not Teach Cooking.
New York, Feb. 6.—-President James
M. Taylor of Vassar College took a
firm stand against the idea of intro~
ducing any domestictrajning into the
college course at the twenty-third an-
nual luncheon of the Vassar Alumnae
Association of New York.
After telling of the needs of the col-
lege President Taylor spoke of_ his
hopes for a. broader view of education,
so that women would be put unques-
tionably on the same intellectual plane
with men.
“There is a new danger which threa-
tens," he added. “I refer to the propo-
sition which has been so widely exploi-
ted by many good women to put a
course 'of domestic science. into the cur-
riculum of girls’ colleges. I’m not go-
ing to take up the cudgels against 90-
mestic science. I’m a married man,
and have use for it. But it is out of
place in ’the college course.”
Refinery Paid $12,000 to Stay Closed.
Marietta, Ohio, Feb 6.--The taking
of depositions in the Standard (111
Company cases was completed here 011
Saturday and Attorney General Mon-
nett went to Columbus expecting to
return after service upon Nelson Moore
superintendent of the Buckeye and
Eureka Pipe Line Companies; C. S.
Colt, his assistant, and H. J. Guthrie,
manager of the Argand Refining Com-
pany, recently absorbed by the Stand-
ard.
W. J. Cram, manager of the Argand
Company before it was gobbled, show-~
ed that the Solar Refining Company
of New Yor it paid down $14,700 and
$3,, 000 quarterly since. Checks for these
payments are, signed by W ardwell the
treasurer of the Standard Oil Trust,
and they are to continue regularly f01
ten years.
The plant is shut down but the Stan-
dard is still selling “Argand 011. ”
Life Sentence for Mrs. Botkin.
San Francisco, Feb. 6.--Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin has been sentenced to life im-
prisonment for the murder of Mrs
John P. Dunning of Dover, Del. Sep—
tence was pronounced ,by Judge Carroll
Cook after motions for a new trial and
an arrest of judgment had been de-
nied.1,
The poisoning of the innocent wife of
the man with.whom she was infatu-
ated received her sentence calmly
enough. When asked if she had any-
thing to say she raised her head and
in a low but distinct tone said:
“I certainly have. I speak from only
one standpoint. I am not guilty of
this most atrocious crime.’
Gen. John M. Palmer’s Pension;
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 6.--The
House committee on invalid pensions
reported the Senate bill to grant a
pension to General John M. Palmer of
Illinois. The Senate bill gave him a
pension of 8100 a month which the
House committee recommends be re-
duced to $50 a. month. General Palm—
er is suffering from. blindness in one
eye, defective hearing and impaired
memory. He was the candidate of the
Gold Democrats for president in 1896,
and was formerly senator from Illi-
Lois.
Sale of l‘orllss Eglne Works. ‘
New York, Feb. 6.--The , Hoadley-
Kmight-Croker—Lelter syndicate, it is
announced authoritatively, has com-
pleted negotiations by which the fa—
mous Corliss Steam Engine Company’ 9
works at Providence, R. 1., have been
absorbed and will be utilized by the
International Air Power Company and
its dependent auto- truck companies to
manufacture air power engines for do-
mantle and forelgn uses.
"I
hundred men are out of work by the ‘
luncommon regret that I cannot
.‘Sunday at Garfield 'Hosp‘ltal in this j
of Brooklyn, who killed her stepdaugh—_
PEACE COMMISSION DINED.
Day Guests (if-Philadelphia
Union League. ,
All but Mr.‘
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6.--The Union
League tendered a reception Saturday
to the members of the Paris peace com-
mission, at which there were over a
thousand guests. All the commission—
ers were present except eat-Secretary
\Villiam 'R. Day who was unable to
make the ojurney‘ from Florida. A pri-
vate dinner preceded the reception, at
which the guests were Senators Gray,
Davis and rye and Whitelaw Reid of
the peace commission, John Bass‘ett
Moore, secretary of the commiSsion,
Governor Stone of Pennsylvania, Gov-
e1 nor Vdorhees Of New' Jersey, Gover-‘
nor Lowndes of Maryland, Senator Se—
well of New Jersey and Postmaster
General Smith.
President McKinley saidin his let—
ter of regret: “As 1 have long enjoyed
the personal friendship of all the com.
missioners and have been closely asso-
ciated with them in publ-iclife, I haw
3011:
in the dinner given in their ho'nor. To
the guests assembled please convey my
good wishes and belief that the greal
work that the ’commissioners- haw.
~ach~ieved will redound to thegood o?
the nation and of humanity.”
Last Reconciliwflo-nfistmn the Sections -'
-e.--wn:.~. ’
Washington, D.»C., Feb.
the House passed the Military Acad»,
my appropriation bill, carrying $601.-
817, Mr. Griggs, Democrat of Georgia,
took up the president’s recent utter
ances as to government care of Con—
federate graves. He referred to
devotion of southern men to the coun-
try, from the days of Appomattox to
these of Santiago. Let there be an
end, therefore, he urged, to the con-
stant reiteration of reconciliation be-
tween the sections. That reconcilia-
tion had long ago been accomplished.
and with the new generation of the
South, the ygoun e1 men, there was no
need of reconciliation, as there had
been no separation.
_A Cast Iron Com bination.
Chicago, Feb. 6.--One of the latesx.
movements to combine industrial cor-
porations is that which has for its
object the consOlidation of a numbe:
of the most important cast iron plants
of the country. The name for the com—
pany is to be the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry Company. It will
have a capitaliaztion of $24,000,000, di-
vided into $12,000,000 of seven per cent,
non-cumulative preferred stock and
$12,000,000, of common stock. '
The combination will be made up 11:
the American Pipe and Foundry Com
pany, Dennis Long & Co., the Addlés
ton Pipe and Steel Company, the Lalo
Shore Foundry Company. the 0111.
Pipe Company, the Buffalo Pipe Com-
pany, the McNeal Pipe and Foundry
Company, and the National Pipe and
Foundry Company. These eight con
cerns are said to control more than
ninety-five per cent. of the total out-
' put 3f cast iron pipe in the country.
Samuel Sloan‘s Successor.
New York, Feb. 6.--Leonard’s Rail~
way News will announce to-day the se-
lection of W. H. Truesdale as presiden?
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad.
Mr. Truesdale has been selected 1.11
the nominating committee as the suc—
cessor of Samuel Sloan, who retires
from the presidency because of advanc-
ed years and failing health. The com-
mittee, consisting of George F. Baker.
H. McKay Twombley and- William
Rockefeller, sent a telegram to Mr.
Truesdale on last Friday offering to
him the position and asking him to
come to New York to- day. His reply
was satisfactory.
Mr. Truesdale is at present first ‘vice
president of the Chicago, Rick Island
and Pacific road. He is 55 years old
and is considered one of the foremost
railroad men in the country. His sal—
ary in his new position will bé $25,000
a year.
Rockefeller Property for Sale.
Tarrytown, Feb. 6.—-Edward Farring—
ton, txeas-urer of the village of North
Tarrytown, has made public the list of
the property owners who had not paid
their taxes for this year. They num-
bered ten and their property is. to be
sold on February 28 unless the taxes
are paid.
William Rockefeller’s name appears
among the list of delinquents. . He is
.assessed for $141.75 for the See Farm.
The assessors placed the valuation-)1
the farm at $13,000, but Mr. Rocke-
feller says he bought it for $3,000 and
will sell it for that amount. lie did
not\_ make any effoxt to pievent the au-
thorities f1om adve1 1115111or his p1opert"
although the fight over the taxes 1’01
this particular farm has been on fc;
two years.
\ gainst 191111.51.
6.--The primary
resulted in 1.
Lebanon
'Lebanon, Pa., Feb.
election in this city'
‘sweeping anti—auay victory and CiOSC’J
one of the most 1emarkab1e Fand hotly
contested elections for a Republican
nomination ever held here.
It was a cuntest. for the nominatio:
for state senator to succeed Lieuten-
ant Governor Gobin, recently resigned
and was fought strictly on Quay and
anti-Quay lines. Both factions had
their friends lined up to a man, and
hard work was done until the polls
closed. Large amounts of money Were
brought into the contest by both fac-
tions, and 'the contest was close1_n
watched throughout the entire state.
Roosevelt Names Architect.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 6.--Governor
Roosevelt has decidedla change is de-
sirable in the office of capitol commie.
sioner and state architect. '
Isaac T. Perry,,who. has held that
position continuously since 1883, must
go. George Lewis Heine, a prominent
architect, and a. member of the firm
of Heine and La Fargo of New York.
has been selected to be Commissionei
Perry’ 3 successor. and it- is likely that
the governor will send his nomination
to the Senate to- day.
Home Burial for Soldiers.
New York,
Porto Rico and Cuba, carries utldertak~
ers and grave diggers, and five hun~
dred motel lines coffins. 0 object 01
the’ voyage is to exhume and brim,
home the bodies of soldiers who were
I killed in the late war.
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Feb. 6. -'.l‘he tronspon‘
'Roumamian, which has just mulled for.
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cows WEEKLY REPORT.
Failures During the Month of January
Very Small.
uary were smaller than in any pre-
vious month except August, _,1898 and
JUIY. 1897, and the proportion of sol
vent payments to clearing house ex—
changes is smaller than in any month
, of which records exist. In January
they were but 86 cents per $1, 000 clear—
in any previous month had been about
$1.08 per 81.000.
The manufacturing failures
the smallest excepting August, 1893
Considering that January is usually
one of the largest months of the Year
in fa1lures, ‘the return is surprising as
well as encouraging. I
There is an epidemic of consolida—
tions. Never before have so many
organizations of that'sort been in op-
eration or in progress. While ignorant
pdejudice condemns all though many
are beneficial, it seems probable that
the business is at present being much
overdone. Some of the most impor—
tant corporations are wisely and con-
servatively managed. But others are
hoisting prices without much reason
or sense after paying for properties
more than they were worth to pre—
via-us owners. ‘In some cases the put.
chases will prove unprofitable.
- The most remarkable feature of- the
week has been the decline of 5 cents
in wheat, with only half a cent in corn
and only a sixteenth in cotton. The
government estimate of the wheat
lion bushels, has more influence than
any other from that source for a
number of years because it is recog-
nized as the result of treat efiorts to
get at the truth, and is therefore con-
sidered about the lowest estimate ad-
. missible.
A very strong market
goods has prevailed, and prevents raw
cotton from declining. The' advance
in goods has been unusual, and is sus-
tained by heavy buying especially of
print cloths and kindred products. A
better tone appears in the woolen
tant grades which were opened’alt a
great reductiOn in prices recently ad-
vanced, which has stimulated the de-
mand for all grades.
of products rather than of materials.
Pig has remained without change this
week, anticipating that six or seven
furnaces will be put into blast as soon
as possible. The demand is strong.
but not apparently urgent at the chief
markets.
As yet thaprices of products do not
seem to disturb the foreign demand,
which is yet strong, but in all the mi-
nor metals the I.ondon market is sin-
gulaily uncertain.
Money does not change in demand,
although foreign exchange has ad-
vanced with heavy sales of stocks, for
everybody knows that the balance due
this country on merchandise account
has been so large that no stock trans-
actions can even approximately bal-
:ance the account.
‘1 Imports at New York have beeng5.1
'per cent.:larger than last year for
January, although exports have been
23 per cent. larger, indicating an ex-
cess of exports OVer imports for the
month of more than nfty million dol-
lars. ‘ ‘
- Failures for the week have "been 223
in the United States, against 335 last
year, and 25 in Canada against 39 last
year.
A FILIPINO MANIFESTO.
The American Administration Said to be
W'orse Than that of Spain.
Hong Kong,» Feb. 4.—Th'e Filipino
junta. here has issued the following
statement: '
‘fSimultaneously with the proclama»
tion of the republic, Agulnaldo releas-
_ed the Spanish war prisoners as an
act of grace.
“The Spanish imposition of the poll
tax is enforced by the Americans with
greater severity. Formtrly the poor-
est paid $2 and the-rich $37. Now the
lowest pay $5 and the rich $100, which
is greatly exasperating the people.
“Gambling, cock fighting, bribing.
squeezing and the American abuses of
the customs are causingdemoraliza-
tion. The Spanish corrupt, despotic
system .seems to be the moral of the
American executive.
“The Manila Filipinos are indignant
at the notion of the American journals
that they will tamely submit to be eX<
perimented with by amateur colonial
administrators, and hope the decision
of 'the United States Senate on M011-
day will be of a nature to satisfy their
aspirations as frequently expressed.”
F011: Killed by a flair].
Pittsburg,-Pa., Feb. 4.--A two-horse
wagon loaded with furniture, on which
were six persons, five men and a. young
woman, was struck yesterday by a
fast Baltimore and'Ohio freight train
at the crossing at Riverton station,
just above McKeesport.
Four of the men were killed and the
other man and the young woman were
so badly imured that they will prob-
ably die.
! Mrs. George Must be Tried.
Canton, Ohio, Feb. 4.--Judge Taylor
yesterday overruled the motion to
quash the indictment against Anna E.
George. Attorney Sterling was not in
court. ’
Attorney Welly noted exceptions to
the ruling, and gave notice of the filing
of a plea in abatement. The plea will
probab}y be filed next week. Mrs.
George was in court. .
Kaiser and the Dreyfus Case.
London, Feb. 4.--A dispatch from
Paris to the Exchange Telegraph Com-A
pany alleges that the German emperor
' has indirectly urged the court of cas-
sation to examine General Schneegans
and Colonel Stoffel of the German ar-
my respecting the- forged letters pur-
porting to have been written by the
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Notoiiouo Convict Rwapturod.
Dilzabethtown, N. Y., Feb. tf-Mike
:Rafter, one of the most notorious crim-
inals of northern New York. who es-
caped from the Essex county Jail last
fall, was captured at .C-lintonvllle on
,Thursday evening by Deputy Sheriff
Charles Bartlett of Jay and taken back?
to Jail.
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New York, Feb. 4.--Failures'in Jan- 1— -
ing house payments, and the smallest -
were '
crOp, six hundred and seventy-five mil- ’
for cotton .
goods market also, with some impor~-
The iron industry is advancing prices'
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