Nlllouirxnisis‘
Chairman Cannon Reviews the
Work of Congress.
THE CANAL LEGiSLATlON JUSTIFiED.
The Provision Adopted \Vas the Only
One of Practical Value—The \Var’
Revenue Now Afiords an Income
of One Hundred, Millions. .l.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-—-Availing
himself. of the privilege aceorded by the
' house of representatives previous to
adjournment, Chairman Cannon of the
committee on appropriations has pre-
pared for The Congressional Record a
more extended statement of the appro—
priations made by the Fifty-fifth con—
gress than he made the day after ad-
journment. He places the total ap-
propriations for the entire congress at
$1,566,890,016 and the appropriations au-
thoriZed for future congresses under
the continuing contract system for bat—
tleships, river and harbor improve-
ments and public buildings at $70,000,-
000. The total appropriations made at
the last session Mr. Cannon places at
$673,658,400, showing an apparent reduc-
tion of $219,573,214 below the appropria—
tions of the preceding session. Mr.
Cannon attributes this reduction to the
extraordinary war expenses of the pre-
ceding session. Of the total appropria-
tions for the congress he says that the
sum of $482,562,083 is directly chargea-
ble to the war ,with Spain. He thus
shows that the ordinary expenditures
for the two years covered by the con-
gress were $044,580,273, and this sum
exceeds the total appropriations of the
Fifty-fourth congress by $39,746,658.
This excess is accounted for as follows:
For payment of pensions, $3,875,200;'
for the postal service to meet the in—
creased demands of commerce, $16,619,—
581; for river and harbor improvements,
$3,401,128; for constructing new ships,
$6,080,838; for beginning the work of the
twelfth census, $1,000,000; for the Paris '
exposition, $1,210,000; for new public
buildings, $5,000,000; for payment of
judgments against the government un-
der the Bowman act and for the French
spoliations, $3,100,768; total, $40,287,516.
Mr. Cannon congratulates congress
and the country upon this showing and
also upon the fact that, notwithstand-
ing the war, closelattention was given
to the ordinary expenditures of the gov-
‘ernment, which is, he thinks, unusual.
He cites the defeat of the provision for
the construction of the Nicaragua ca.-
nal, which the senate attempted to get
through in connection with the sundry
civil appropriation bill, as an instance
of the success of this watchfulness on
the part-of the house. “If,” he says on
this point, “the senate‘ bill or any meas-
ure proposed had been enacted, the
United States would have paid $5,000,-
000 for a worthless concession and
would have been committed by law to
the construction of a canal along the
Nicaragua route, and under such con—
ditions it would have been compelled
before we threw a spadeful of earth or
in any way began actual construction
to have acquired by treaty from Nica-
ragua and Costa Rica the territory
whereon to construct the canal and the
right to construct it.”
. To this remark he adds the following:
.“Such legislation would have delayed
and embarrassed the construction of an
isthmian canal. The United States can-
not afford to enter upon this great work
unless it has acquired by treaty a zone
of territory whereon to construct the
same. Fortunately the house of repre-
sentatives resisted the action of the pro-
posed legislation, and the contest be—
tween the senate a’nd house resulted
finally in the only practical provision
possible—namely, the appropriation of
$1,000,000 to enable the president to
make full and complete investigation of
the isthmus with a view to the future
construction of a canal across the
same, particularly the Panama and Nic-
aragua routes, and to report to congress
the result, with his recommendations in
the premises.
”In addition, without taking time to
discuss in detail the causes that led
' thereto,' congress declared war against
Spain, and the prompt and decisive suc-
cess of the army and navy upon land
and sea has never been equaled any—
where in history. The great expendi-
tures rendered necessary by the war re-
quired the enactment of additional rev-
enue. legislation, and that legislation is
now bringing into our treasury an addi—
tional 8100000000 per annum.
“The vast increase of the navy and the
creation of an army of 250,000 men, to-
gether with the increase of taxation,
have not in any appreciable degree
checked our industrial advance, which
began coincidentally with the incoming
of ‘the present administration and the
Fifty-fifth congress.” ,
In conclusion Mr. Cannon declines to
enter upon the present discussion of
future legislation, saying: "I prefer
rather to' await. the logic of events and
.the' full information that will doubtless
come, as I hope, between now and the
organization in December next of the
newly elected congress. But I venture
the assertion and prediction that the
United States could not if it would and
would not if it could part with the ter-
ritories acduired from Spain by the
treaty of peace or shirk its duties and
responsibilities touching them.”
A' New Torpedo Boat.
LONDON. March 11. — The Daily
Chronicle this morning has an inter-
view. with Orling, the'Swedish inventor
who recently arrived here to test a
new torpedo which he claims he can
steer from the shore or a vessel with-
out any connection on some new princi—
ple of light transmission and electrical
induction similar to X rays. He says
he can dispatch the torpedo at the rate
of 22 knots and control it for a. dis-
tance of six' miles, possibly more, as
well as bring it back. His invention,
be alleges, will control the movements
of a steamer equally as well and ten-'-
der wires for telephones superfluous.
Orling, who is a native of Stockholm,
has traveled'and studied in America.
Two Hundred Peri-lied. -
110$"DON, March 11.—According to a
dispatch to The Times from Sydney,
no fewer than 200 persons perished in
the hurricane that has .Just swept the
northeast coast of Queensland.
The .Queen of, Belgian .BCRCI.
BRUSSELS, March lL—Quo‘en Ho!!!
Henriette is much better, but oh. b not
yet regarded out of danger.
GENERAL LAw:r0N AT MANILA.
The Grant, With a Large. Force 0!
Regulars, Arrives In Safety.
MANILA, March 11.——The village of
Pandakan was burned yesterday. Cap-
tain Smith of the First Idaho infantry
was wounded and ‘Private Hartington
.of the Fourth cavalry was accidentally
killed in the firing there.
The Spanish commissioners are visit-
ing Mallolos to negotiate with the insur—
gents for the liberation of the Spanish
prisoners in their hands.
A guard of the Second Oregon infan-
try escorted the bodies of Colonel Smith
of the First Tennessee infantry, Major
McConville of the First Idaho infantry,
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infantry and Lieutenant French of the
First Montana infantry on board the
transport Scandia to be conveyed to
the United States.
The transport G'ant, with General
Lawton, the Fourth infantry and part
of the Sventeenth infantry, 42 officers
and 1,716 men, on board, has arrived
here. General Lawton has reported to
Major General Otis for duty, and the
troops are being disembarked.
MRS. CODY SET FREE.
Convicted Blackmailer Discharged
on Her Own Recognizance.
ALBANY, March 11.—-Mrs. Margaret
E. Cody, who on Thursday was declar—
edguilty of the charge of blackmail
preferred by the Gould heirs, was dis-
charged yesterday afternoon by the
court on her own recognizance. The
court met at 3 o’clock, and a few min-
utes afterward Mrs. Cody was arraign—
ed for sentence. District Attorney
Dyer said the jury had instructed him
to recommend to the court that the
sentence of Mrs. Cody be suspended and
’that she be allowed to go free. The dis—
trict attorney joined in that request.
Judge Gregory, in sentencing Mrs.
Cody, said that, in 'view of her age and
account of the fact that she had al-
ready spent nearly a yealfiin jail await-
ing trial, he felt justified in acceding
to the request of the jury and would
discharge her on her own recognizance.
Of the Gould party Dr. Munn was
the only one present when the judge
rendered his verdict. The large crowd
in the courtroom applauded the an-
nouncement of a suspension of sen-
tence. Mrs. Cody was too overcome to
say anything.
CON DENSED DISPATCHES.
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Mrs. Cordelia Poirier ‘ and Samuel
Parslow were hanged at St. Scholas-
tique, Que. .
A mild form of smallpox epidemic
prevails among the colored people of
Washington. ~
The Forty—seventh. New York regi-
ment has landed in Brooklyn and met
a royal welcome.
_Frank N. Sheldon, on trial at All—
burn, . Y., for wife murder, commit-
ted suicide in jail.
The citizens of Shawneetown; Ills.,
have been moving out in fear of a break
in the levee and a flood.
Plans have been accepted for the
handsome government buildings at the
Paris exposition to be held in 1900.
The American National bank of Lima,
0., mysteriously robbed in December,
has decided to go into voluntary liqui-
dation. '
The president has about decided to
form the canal commission by adding
two members to the present Nicaragua
committee. . -
decreased $39,000,000 in the last fiscal
year, according to the Chamber of Com-
merce report, just issued.
ducting their games from Brooklyn.
A Parsonage Burglurlacd.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., March 11.‘—-The
Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Les.
tershire, near this city, the home of the
Rev. H. M. Crydenwisef7was entered by
two masked burglars about 5 o’clock
yesterday morning,’and' while one cov-
ered Mr. and Mrs. Crydenwise with a
revolver the other ransacked the sleep~
ing apartments. Some jewelry and
about $20 were secured. No clew to the
identity of the burglars has been dis-
covered.
Delaware \Vill Not Choose a Senator.
DOVER, Del., March 11.—The Demo-
crats and regular Republicans, who
have been such important factors in the
triangular senatorial fight, had an un-
derstanding last evening which amount-
ed to an agreement to disagree, but to
leave Delaware with only one senator
at Washington for two years.
Lost $5,000 on the Street.
OMAHA, March 11.—Thomas Oflioer
of the banking firm of Officer & Pussey
'of Council Bluffs yesterday lost a roll
of bills containing $5,000 on a street in
this city. The money slipped through
has been“ found.
Sultan Feeds Americans. _
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 11. ~—
About .300 Americans were present at
the selamlik, and they were provided
tan. , ,3. ‘.
V _ laid-anothe- From Anode.
LONDON, March 11.-'1‘he Midland
Railway company has ordered ton more
locomotives from the Baldwin Longing-
tive work: at Philadelphia. .
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the recommendation of the jury and on.
New 'York’s foreign commerce has‘
a hole in his pocket, and no trace of-it‘
WILL BLAME MILES.
Chicago NeWspaper Forecasts
Beef Court’s {Verdict
WILL DECLARE CHARGES UNFOUN’DED
Not Proven That Government Fur-
nished Enlbalnled Mentor Experi-
' monted With Chemically Treat;-
ed Article—Cause of Bad Beef.
CHICAGO, March 11.——T{he Chicago
Times-Herald, owned by H.. H. Kohl-
taat, a warm personal friend of Presi-
dent McKinley, prints the following
this morning: ,
.,_ “The board of inquiryiinto the beef
furnished the army is far enough along
in its work to have agreed upon the
following main points in its report. The
information comes from a member of
the board, who for obvious reasons does
not want his name used.
“Thegovernment’s beef inquiry com-
mittee will declare in its final report
that the charges of General Miles that
beef has been ‘embalmed’ or that the
government has been engaged in exper-
iments with ‘chemicalized’ beef, fresh'
or canned, are unfounded; that no cor-
‘ rupt practices on the part of the Chica-
go packers have been discovered; that
the committee does not believe such
practices exist or did exist at the time
the beef was furnished to the United
States army; that by the reports of the
government’s inspectors, made last year,
when the beef. was furnished, it was of
high quality and nutritious; that by
medical evidence it is shown that the
men of the army entered Cuba with de-
bilitated systems and stomachs, due to
the semitropical camps in which they
had been mobilized; that the climate in
which these unacclimated troops were
first placed attacks the stomach first;
that the beef which was shipped to the
trdops at Santiago from Chicago (the
refrigerated beef) was first class; that
.the canned beef was stored in hot cars,
hot holds of ships and carried through
a tropical climate, and that when open-
ed by the men suffering from'diseased
stomachs it presented such a repulsive
appearance that it was condemned; that
this“ state of affairs was natural and
does not indicate dishonesty on the part
of the packers or the government. ,
“The report will further indicate that
under the system ofrinspection by the
government bad meat could not reach
the troops or the public market save
through incOmpetent or corrupt inspect-
ors and that all evidence shows the in-
spection system to have been efficient,
invited by the packers, and to have been
honest.”
The court of inquiry resumed its work
yesterday by continuing the investiga—
tion of processes of preparation at the
stockyards. Several of the packing
houses were inspected, most of the time
being spent in impecting one of the
companies which deals extensively in
canned goods. The various stages from
the killing of the beef to the labeling of
the can were witnessed.
Still Snowing In Wyoming.
DENVER, March 11.—A smcial to
The Times from Cheyenne, Wy., says:
“One of the worst storms of the season
is raging here. Stockmen say this bliz~
zard following the extremely severe
weather of the past six weeks will un-
doubtedly cause very heavy losses in
cattle and sheep. The snow is drifting
badly, and all trains are belated. The
"Cheyenne and Northern train from the
north, now 16 days overdue when last
heard from, was near Iron Mountain
station. There are 48 passengers on
this train. They were nearly out of
provisions, having bought all the
ranchmen could spare and had resort—
ed to slaughtering range cattle. Many
efforts have been made to send out re-
lief expeditions, but all were obliged to
return for additional‘help on account
. of the deep snowdrifts encountered.”
Mahon Dislikes Courts.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 11.-——Martin
- Mahon, the New York hotel man who
is now in this city, says that he will not
, return to New York to testify against
" Fayne
The fourth annual cable chess match
between American and British players ;
has been opened, the Americans con— ,
with a» luncheon. hr order ,4: the sul- .
Moore. Mahon figured promi-
nently as prosecuting witness in the
badger trial which resulted in sending
William Moore to prison for 19 years,
but he says he was so badly treated
while on the witness stand in that trial
that he will not present himself to tes-
tify in the trial of Mrs. Moore.
Tourists at St. 'l‘holnas.
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
March 11.——The American line steam~
ship Paris, Captain Frederick VVr-ltkins,
which, with a party of American tour-
ists, is cruising in West Indian waters,
arrived here yesterday from San Juan,
Porto Rico. The town was gayly deco‘-
rated to welcome the tourists, many of
whom. immediately came ashore, and
the streets were crowded with the city
folk. The weather is charming.
Made Rich While Seeking Gold.
CHICAGO, March 11.—While seeking
in Alaska the means of becoming rich
a fortune of $200,000 awaits Reginald
Dawson in India. When Dawson went
to the Klondike last year, he was una-
ware of the wealth which is his, and
lawyers and detectives are endeavoring
to communicate with him to notify him
of his good luck.
Twenty Thousand Dollar F'lro.
SARATOGA, 'March‘ 11.——At Ballston
Spa. early yesterday morning fire de-
stroyed Barney McEntee’s ‘Central
House and outbuildings, W. W. BroWn’s
Store, residence and barn- and H, W.
Burnham’s store and flat. The loss is
estimated at $20,000; insuranqé, $12,000.
Queen to Ratify Treaty.
MADRID, March 11.—-Prime Minister
Silvela has announced that he has no .
objection to the Socialists being repre-
sented in the next parliament. The
queen regent will probably ratify the
treaty of peace with the United States
before the new cortes assembles.
Presidential Postmastero.
WASHINGEON, March, 11,—The tol-
wwmg presidential postmasters '. have
been appointed; Littleton, N. 11., Charles
Eaton; Hudson, N. Y., Henry R..2~Bry'-
an; Bedford, Pa., David W. Presser;
Littletown, Pa” Luther M. “lemon.
Weather Probabllfllon-
Increasing cloudiness; probably rain:
brisk easterly winds. ,
WAGES GOING UP:
The Volume of Business Also Shown
No Sign. of Dlmlnutlou.
NEW YORK, March 11.—.-'-Dun’s week-
ly review of trade says: '
By far' the 'best assurance of good
business in the future is’ found in the
general ri'se- of wages. Traders and
manufacturers can sell only when wage
earners can buy and in .proportion to
their buying power. The general ad-
vance in earnings of cotton mill opera-
tives, in most cases 10 per cent, of iron
and steel workers, generally 10 per cent.
and tin plate and sheet workers, from 5
t0 10 per cent, and of coal miners, in
some large districts about as much, has
SEt a pace which most establishments
will follow which have reduced wages
in past years of depression. '
Those who fail to comprehend what
such a change may mean have only to
,consider that a tenth increase in the
wages of all labor would put into the
markets a new buying demand, in
amount about three-quarters of the en-
tire value of exports to all countries.
The volume of business shows no signs
of decrease and for the first full week
of March has been about 51.7 per cent
greater than in the same week of last
year and 60.9 per cent greater than in -
1892.
Most people would not expectthe pro-1
duction of pig iron to be affected by the
weather. Yet in the Pittsburg district
alone the furnaces running are said -to
have produced 13,000 tons per Week less
than their January output, so that the
decrease in weekly production of all
furnaces, 228,191 tons March' 1 against
237,639 Feb. 1, does not mean anything
more than bad weather. ' h
The shipments of boots and shoes are
smaller for the first week of March than
in the same week of' seven previous
years, but the present feeling is more
hopeful, although new orders are much
below the. average. .
1n wool markets sales are barely equal
to the ordinary consumption of the mills
dependent on them, but prices are
rather weak.
Cotton goods have been advanced
about 4 per cent during the past month
and are still rising, although the ad-
vance in raw cotton has stopped.
Exports of wheat do not yet fall be-
low last year’s, as many have for some
months expected, and the Atlantic ex-
ports, flour included, have been for the
week 3,309,092 bushels against 2,890,879
last year and Pacific experts 603,187
bushels against 1,280,618 last .year, with
other exports of 407,569 bushels. '
Failures for the week have been 182 in'
the United States against 248 last year‘
and 37 in Canada against 36 last year.
MISSION OF ADMiRAL KAUTZ.
Has Not Gone to Samoa. to Restore
Malietoa. as Reported.
WASHINGTON, 'March 11.—It is de-
nied positively at the state department
that Rear Admiral Kautz has gone to ,
Samoa on the Philadelphia to restore
the status quo existing before the last
emeute,>to depose Mataafa and to restore
Malietoa Tanus even if .force is neces-
sary to accomplish these objects. It is
said that the admiral has gone to So.-
moa to meet the treaty obligation that
is imposed upon the United States,'to
send a warship there at least occa-
sionally as an evidence of the interest
held by the United States in, the is-
lands. While there he will make a
careful examination of the conditions in
the islands and look into the events
leading up to the installation of the
provisional government, reporting all
the facts to Washington. _
It is not expected that he will be a
disturbing element and endeavor to
make arbitrary changes, "but he will
prevent bloodshed and protect life and
property. It was for just such ‘a. pur-
pose as this that the treaty of Berlin
required each of the Signatory powers
to send a warship from time to time to
the islands, though up to this point the
United States government has almost
completely failed to meet its obliga-
tions in that respect.
' Full reports from the officials con-
cerned have been received at the state
department concerning the recent trou-
ble at Samoa, and negotiations based
on them are now in progress. .
More Italian Wurshipstor China.
LONDON, March 11.—The Rome cor-
respondent of The Daily Mail says the
Italian government has ordered three
more cruisers prepared to proceed
to Chinese waters in connection with
the demand of Italy for a concession at
San Mun, province of Chehkiang. A
dispatch from Rome on Tuesday an-
nounced that a squadron of five Italian
cruisers, with 100 guns and 1,500 men,
would soon arrive at San Mun bay.
Summer Cottages Burglarized.
BIDDEFORD, Me, March 11.——Whole—
sale raids have been made this week
upon Old Orchard cottages and those
at Bay View. From appearances a.
band of thieves hasmade a tour of the
local summer resorts. Five‘ cottages
have been entered at Old Orchard. At
Bay View, among others, the summer
residence of F. J. Bumpus of Philadel-
phia was entered through a window and
ransacked from top to bottom.
New York. Markets.
FLOUR—State and western eased off
with wheat and was. dull; winter pat-
ents, $3.75@4; winter straights, $3.550
3.65; Minnesota patents, [email protected]; win-
ter extras, [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red weak under big
Argentine Shipments, higher console
and lower cables; March, 81%@821/3c.;
May, 75%@75§3c.
RYE—.Quiet; state, 63c.; No. 2 west-
ern, 66%c., 1'. o. b., afloat.
CORN—No. 2 quiet, but steady on
rain news and cables. .
OATS—Dull; track, ,whité, state, 360
40c.
PORK—Steady; mess, ”@375; family,
$10.50@]1.
LARD—Steady; prime western steam,
$5.60, nominal. ’
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 146
191/204 state creamery, 15@2OC.
CHEESE—Firm; large, white, 11%c.;
small, white, 121,50.
EGGS—Weak; state and Pennsylva-
nia, 15@15%c.; western, 15c.
SUGAR—Raw firm; fair refining,
3 16-16c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 134120.;
refined firm; crushed, 5960.; powdered,
611w. - . ‘
RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%®7c.; J84
pan! 5@5l/4c. . ' ‘
MOLASSES—Fi-rm; New Orleans, 32
@379. ‘
TALLOW—J‘irm; city, 43“.; country,
4%@4%c.
HAY—Quiet; shipping,
to choice, 55®65c. r
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