-mP" MMtWMVM Tf? -nwnr-r-ri'"T uMMiiMMMriMfit (ii?n'fMn rtmv lv lit Jt w KM' I te : SIBLEY'S PHILANTHROPY. Noted I'nnnnylviuiln CoiiKri'Miniin 1 Dlvld- litB Ills tfnlury Anionic lrlvn llnnpltiihi, ICurli In llco.lvi) :.',()()(). Franklin, Pn., March 4.- Shortly af ter the election Hon. .locsph Sibley, as conyrcHHinnii from the Twonfy Hcvcnlh district, announced tlml, lie would dividi' IiIh salary for his form between tin" fhf hospitals in IiIh iIIh triet. In fulfillment of this promise the officials of the projected hospital in this city have received n cheek for $1,000 from Congrensiiiuit Sibley, und u eheelc for t lit; sumo, amount wiih re ceived by oneh of the hospitals at Oil Clly, Warren, lirndford and Kane. At the end of his term ene.i hospital will have received $2,000. While Mr Sib ley repreHented the Uric-Crawford dls trlet lie took similar action with IiIh Kulary, dividing it anion,' the. labor organizations of t lie district. SENSATIONAL CHARGES. AnonymoiM I.ctliT HikihIvhiI from Miinllit Which N.iyH Tliul Olllriir of tho Wriukml Ulutrliihtnn Worn IntoiltitM'it. Washington, March 1. Sensational charges are. contained in an anony mous letter which Iiiih been received ut the navy department from Manila. The communication relates to the wrecking of the Charleston and makes the serious Htatemeut that a number of officers of the vessel at the time of the disaster were under the influence of liquor. 'I'lii! correspondent who furnishes the information claims to linvo verified the allegations by dill pent inquiry among the ofllcerH of tlie Charleston. The letter was not placed on the olllclal flics on account of the lecullar nature of tlie charges, but it has been referred to the judge ad vocate general of tlie navy with in fltructloiiH from Secretary Long that the matter bo investigated at once. DYING BY THOUSANDS. Upliluuilu of hinitllpnx Among Ngroi-n In tho Hnulh, Il-pi'olitlly MiHiWxIppI, Huh Kciichoil mi Aliirinlog Htugu. Jackson, Miss., March 5. Smallpox conditions in southern states have be come so menacing that the health au thorities have called upon the state legislatures for assistance and a gen eral discussion is in progress with a View to uniform attack on the disease. ,Tho negroes throughout the south nrc dying by the thousands and the tiiseaso is growing in malignity. So widespread lias tlie epidemic become in Mississippi that tho legislature, ?iow in session here, passed a compiil 'Bory vaccination law with an ciner .geney clause, and in adjoining Btatea jjhuUur laws are being urged. AN ATTACK ON CORBIN. Jilr. l'ottlgrnw Anita for tlio Kocoril of tlin I'uurt-murthil Tliut Trlnd thu Adjtl tunt dunni-Hl In ISO I. Washington, "March 4. When the teenuto convened Saturday Mr. Petti grew introduced and tlie senate passed u resolution instructing the secretary of war to send to tho senate tho pro ceedings in tho court-martial pro ceedings of lRGi against tho then Jjicut. Col. Corbln, now adjutant gen eral of the army. The resolution also calls for other information bearing upon Gen. Corbin's military record. Will Cronto a Storm. New York, March 4. Comptroller Color Saturday attacked tho olllco of the corporation counsel in a way thai is likely to create a storm. Ho charged wholesale robbery and did not hesi tate to say that bribery Is rampant among the city oflleeholdcrs who, lie nvors, seem to have made tho trade of theft respectable and thereby avoid tho fate of the Into William M. Tweed. Will Si'iul Out !ino Morn MlHxloiuirliM. Knivsitf City, Mo., March 3. The sil ver jubilee meeting of the Foreign Missionary society of the Christian church denomination is being held here. This society embraces all churches of this denomination in the central states. The society will en large its scope of operations and will send missionaries to Havana, Manila and Honolulu. In all 250 men and women will be sent to foreign fields. IimtirumitH I'liin it Cnitrrlllit Wiirfnrn Manila, March 5. Deports reach tho Associated press from various sources, including army ollieers and the heads of commercial houses with agents throughout the island, of continued activity among the insurgents, who are endeavoring- to hoop alio the armed opposition to tlio Unltud States and are planning to continue tho insurrection with guerrilla war faro on a large scale when tho rainy season begins. A I'uhIou Ilnul In Kitii'itM. Topeku, Kan., March 5. Tlie demo cratic, populist and silver republican statu committees, after a session last Jng far into the night, agreed upon a fusion deal for Kansas and silver re publicans arc to bo accorded liberal recognition on tho populist state ticket. The democrats aro to hiivu luilf of tho elcctorial ticket and live state oflicesj tho silverltes ono state cilice and the popullsta will retain eight state olllces.-, CRONJE RETURNS THANKS. I'lin linprlftourd (IciiiiciiI I Orittofiil to On-lit 1 1 ci tit In for Favor Ititralvnl liner1 Troup. Untiring. London, Mutch 5. -Tlie war oflleo has received tlie following dispateli from Lord HoberfH, dated Osfoiitciu, iMareh I: "(Jon. Cronje, on behalf of his party and commandant Woltnnr ans, on behalf of 1,000 other prison ers, uxl.cd the llrltlsh ollleers to thank me for th" oiicideratioii and kindness with which they have been treated, dun. Clements reports that he ad vanced troop, holds Aehtertang, and that railway eoinmunicat ion would be opened to .louborf's siding to-night. The enemy is still in force at Norvul's I 'out bridge, (fen. Uataere says the number of I loci's at Ktormburg is daily diminishing. Col. Uaden-J'owell re ports that all are well at Magers fonlein and that the enemy's activity was being met with equal activity on the part of (lie drfctidcrn. The posi tion is unchanged at Osfoiifcin, ex cept (lint frequent heavy showers have materially Improved grazing, to the benefit of tho horses and trans port animals." IIiimin llt'llro Ilnforo I hi1 llrlt.l.li. Dordrecht, Cape Colony, March 5. (Icn. linilmnl'x colonial division, after a night's march, is now attacking tlie Ho cis in a strong position at La MusehagncH Nek, on the road from Dordrecht to .Jamestown. The en gagement is proceeding with great vigor and the Moors are gradually re tiring before the ttritlsh shell fire, from Hirer positions. A heavy rifle fire is being exchanged where the l'.rltish are engaging the Doers on the right flank. THIS MAY MEANPEACE. I'lii'lilcnt, Krticnr Hun I.i'ft I'mtorlii tc Unlit u Cotifi'-onto with l'rillcnt hlcyn, of Oriiugo I'rro Hlit'o. London, March 4. President Kru gcr is said to have left Pretoria with the intention of meeting President Steyn. The phwe where they will meet is not mentioned, but is believed to be somewhere in the Orange Free State. Those in South Africa who are conversant with the effect the re cent revt rses haw had on the liners express the opinion that the meeting of the two presidents is preliminary to a suggisilon of negotiations for pence. Uut if this is- the case, it must be due to llie pressure brought to bear upon the presidents by tlie burghers and Afrikanders in the Iti'itish colonies rather than in the personal inclinations of the presi dents, as all iho available informa tion depicts them as being as deter mined as ever to persist in the war until the resources of the republics are much more enfeebled than they aecm to be at present. TO COIN THE SILVER. Tlin Iliilllou l'uriilui'.fil Uuilr 1 h Shiirmun Act to Ho Aliiili' IiiIii Colin itt tlio Kaln lit 8 1,0(10,(100 it Month. New York, March fl. It is the in tention of the treasury department, as soon as the pending financial bill becomes a law, to expedite as last, us possible the coinage of the silver bul lion purchased under the Sherman act still remaining in the treasury. There is still on hand bullion pur chased under this act costing $78,000, 005, and represented by that amount of treasury notes outstanding.. Tho department has been coining this bul lion into dollars at the rate of $1,800, 000 a month. The financial bill au thorizes the coinage of enough of this bullion into subsidiary coins to bring the. total subsidiary coinage up to $100,000,000. This will require about $25,000,000 in subsidiary coins. In ad dition to this the department pro poses to increase the coinage of sil ver dollars to $1,000,000 a month. A "ROUND ROBIN." Tho MllwitiiUon MothoilUr MIiiMith Itn linUo I'niNltloiit .MoUloloy for lirliiulnt; too III II ltllll(lllt. Milwaukee, March 5. The Milwau kee Methodist Ministers' association has just learned that President Me Kinley drank wine at a banquet ten dered him here October III, and th ministers individually have sent him a rebuke in "round robin" form. They refuse to make any of it public ex cept this sentence: "We have a hard enough fight against the liquor traillc all the time without having to lace the additional influence of a Metho dist president who comes to our city and at a public banquet drinks every kind of wine on the menu." 1'lvo llii'inil lo Dentil, New York March 5. Five persons were burned to death and three were injured badly yesterday morning in a lire which occurred in a seven-story lodging house at 44 to 48 llowery. The dead are: Charles lluttie, 40 years old; John Clark, 50 years old; Fd wurd Doyle, 35 years old; Henry .lack son, colored, 35 years old, and ono un identified limn, about 50 years old. Oiummi'iI hv Kx-l'ro-liloi't Ititr Imtn, Indianapolis, Intl., March 4. In re sponse to tlio question whether ho hud, as reported in conversation witli friends, expressed opinion adverse to the Porto Hico bill, Gen. Harrison said: "Yes, I regard tlie bill as a most serious departure from tlio right principles." TO RELIEVE PORTO RICO. I'l-finldi-nt JWclClnloy UrRi-n CUhrmaa te tllvo Iho InIhihI All Money from t-'tutotin Id-i'i'lpM. Washington, March .1. The presi dent sent a niesago to congress Friday recommending the appropriation of the moneys which have been received through the customs from Porto ltico since the United States took posses sion, under tlie treaty, to be used for general purposes for the relief of tlie Porto JtlcaiiH. To relieve tho great distress in Porto IMoo, caused by the hurricane, Secretary Hoot, by direct ion of tlie president, has authorized the use of $1,225,000 remaining from the emer gency war rund. This authorization was made about ten days ago as tlio result of a special report from (Jon. Davis showing tho starving condition of natives. The matter has been kept very quiet, because in tlie absence of n specific appropriation for this pur pose tlie authorities feared criticism from those not familiar with tlie true state of aiTalrs in Porto Hico. ("Sen. Davis lias been directed to utilize the money in clearing up the plantations, so Hint, tlie farmers may proceed with the raising of crops. This will enable many natives to go to work at once, and thereby put sufllcicnt money in circulation to temporarily relieve ex isting suffering. IT IS AN URGENCY VISIT. Kcrmtiiry ICooI'm Hurried Trip to Culm Win In ltutpoiiKii to it lli'ipirot fioiuOov. (luu. Wood at JJiiviinu. Washington, March 3. Secretary Hoot and party left Washington Fri day for u flying trip to Culm. Tho party had a special car over the South ern railroad. It is expected that the trip will occupy about two weeks, al lowing for a week's tour around the island of Cuba. The army transport Sedgwick is on her way to Tampa and the party will embark on her for Havana. Jt is gathered from rather urgent communications that have been received here from Himina that not withstanding Hie. apparent serenity of conditions in Havana and Cuba gener ally, (Sen. Wood has reason for grave apprehension as to the future; not because of the possibility of out breaks, but rather owing to the ex treme gravity of important questions that are pressing from all sides for immediate decision. I'-mcIIbIi ICiIIiIiiii of Toprldt Cupltiil. Topoka, Kan., March .1. Sir George Newnes, publisher of the Westminster (Suzetto and the Strand Magazine, has made arrangements to bring out an English edition of the Topeka Capital during the editorship of Hev. Charles M. Sheldon. A cablegram announcing this fact was received here yesterday and the arrangement means the ex ploitation of the most interesting newspaper experiment of the century by the progressive British publisher. llitnln Witut tint ItoiiilM. New York, March .'5. Government bonds are advancing because of the demand of banks which want them to rotund into two per cent, bonds un der the new currency bill, to take out circulation. Predictions of the in crease in bank note circulation range from $50,000,000 to $1100,000,000. Many state banks are said to be con templating becoming national to take advantage of tho proposed law. Dot; .'Mull C.'itrrliirH for AIiihIoi. Washington, March 3. The post of fice department will attempt the es tablishment of an entirely new and shorter mail route fol- Alaska. It will employ dog sledges going overland from Kntinni, about 000 miles from Sitka, to Cape. Nome by way of llush agak, through practically unexplored territory. The distance will be short ened 1,200 or l,:i00 miles. llitviiiut lilt Orderly City, Havana, March 3. The mcagerness of crime and disorder among the 200, 000 people of Havana surprises north ern visitors. The arrests for the last month averaged only nbput 45 per day, nearly all being for petty of fenses. Drunkenness is very rare among the people of the Island, and is peculiarly prejudicial to health in this climate. Kvorv Movnhto Thlnir Swept Awitv. Guadalajara, Mex., March 3. r -ie recent earthquakes which were .elt throughout southern Mexico ciused the sea to roll inland on the Pacific coast and cover the country for a dis tance of more than one mile from the beach. Fvery movable thing n its path was swept away DntHtlti l'liiilnliiiiont AilmlnlNto ltd. Haugoon, llritish Hannah, March 3. British punitive expedition sent to avenge the murder of Kiddle and Suth erland, Pivitish commissioners, lias captured tlie whole group of villagers implicated in the affair. Sixty of tlio villagers have been killed and 2,000 houses have been burned. -oiiikIIiik" tlin SpitnUh fiovornnient. Madrid, March 3. It is said hero that the representatives of tho United States, Great liritain and Germany have sounded Hie Spanish government to ascertain its intention regarding the Philippine islands not included in the cession to Amerieu. SAVED FOR HIS CHILDREN. Tho I.nto Cnriu-llilH Vitndnrhllt J'tlt n ClnUM 111 HI Will That Keep 0.1,O()(),OUO from ISxccutom of 1 1 In lCntitto. New York, March 3. liy making bequests to tho executors and trustees of his estate, Cornelius Vandcrbllt saved for his three surviving children almost $3,000,000. It was paragraph 10 of the will that knocked out all com missions. Tlio executes and trustees are the wife of Hie testator, Mrs. Alice (S. Vandcrbllt, William JC, ids brother, Chauncoy M. Depew and K. V. W. Uosslter. F'or her services Mrs. Van dcrbllt received besides her husband's personal property and most of his real estate, $2,000,000 in cash and an an nuity of $250,000. William K. Van dcrbllt received $100,000, Chauncey M. Depew $200,000, and K. XV. Kossiter $50,000. J lad they received the com pensation fixed by law Mrs. Vanderbilt would receive additionally $750,000, Chauncey M. Depew would receive $550,000, William K. Vanderbilt $050, 000 more, and K. V. XV. Kossitcr $700, 000. UPROAR AMONG EDITORS. AcrlinoiiloiiK DIkihhIoii Over tlio I'rlcn of Whitn 1'iipnr Ciiuhoi Confu-loa nt tho Natliiinil Convention. Now Orleans, March 3. Tlie princi pal occurrence of Friday's session of tlie National Kditoriul convention was a speech by Hon. Thomas M. Patter son, of the Itoeky Mountain News, Denver, Col., on tlie subject of tlio paper trust. Mr. Patterson said a protective t a rift system had made it possible for a few manufacturing con corns to gel control of tlio entire white paper supply of this country. Quite a scene was caused when Kditor .1. F. Laiming, of tlie Legal News, Norwalk, O., interrupted the speaker to dispute hisstatomentthntwoodpulp was protected by tlie tariff. Several delegates denounced Mr. Lnnning, say ing his methods were those of tlie pol itician and in tlie midst of the confu sion tlie session adjourned. T. A. Daniel, of Alameda. Cal., and Kwing Herbert, of Hiawatha, Kan., read interesting papers in the early part of the ses sion. DISMAYEDTHEFILIPINOS. Col. Amloriiui'it Mon Amhiihittl it Ilody of Thmii Near ItsttitugitK, Killing "l itud Wounillnr Mituy Other. Manila. March 3. Col. Anderson, witli the Thirty-eighth infantry, em ploying the insurgents' own tactics, ambushed the enemy near Hatangas. Through spies Col. Anderson learned that a detachment of insurgents would pass a certain road. He posted his soldiers, concealed among the trees lining the road, and when the enemy arrived the Americans volleyed unexpectedly, killing 24 insurgents, wounding 30 and capturing several. Some arms and ammunition also were captured. Tlie effect of this blow has been salutary. The enemy in that locality is dismayed. Ilrlvor mill B7.00O MhII Hug Mlnilng. New York, Mareli 3. Post office in spectors aro seeking William Carr, driver of a United States mail wagon in Long Island city. A bug of regis tered mail, containing thousands of dollars some reports saying $7,000 was stolen and looted. Carr, who has disappeared, is believed to be the guilty man. I'nlil Ti-ii TlioiiKiinil for it Wlfo. Kokomo, Intl., March 3. William Harness, a wealthy farmer near here, who a few months ago offered $10, 000 for a wife, lias closed a bargain. Ho is 70 years old and two days ago was married to the lG-yeo-r-old daugh ter of a farmer near Winninuc, Pulaski county. Harness gave the girl $10,000 just before the marriage. TIiou-iiiikIh doing to Join tlio lSoern. Hrussels, March 3. There are at this moment no fewer than 5,000 European adventurers en route to the Transvaal to help the Doers. The majority are Frenchmen. Dr. Leyds assured his llelgian friends that dur ing jlio course of March these aux iliaries would increase the total Doer force to 100,000. I.oolct D.'jrct.'d und nilftriilili. Orange Uiver, Mareli 3. Gen. Cronje and wife passed here last night en route to Cape Town. Ho looks de jected and miserable and is much grayer. Ho entered tho refreshment room, and taking his seat at a table, covered his face with his hands for a few moments, as he engaged in prayer. Supplied Ucitrliliig l.idjHtultli. London, March 3. A dispatch from Gen. Duller was received at the war otlho announcing that 73 wagonloiids of supplies are now entering Lady smith, the first 11 wagons containing hospital comforts. AiTi'Htod Ah KiiIii-1. IJensburg, March 3. The greater part of the Dutch residents nt Coles burg have been arrested as rebels. The Hoers yesterday were in full re treat northwards with a llritish force following them. (inn. Cronjo Koitulitm Uitpn Town. Capo Town, March 3. Gen. Cronjo was received by Gen. Sir Frederick Forcbtier-Walkor and n representative of Sir Alfred Milner, the governor of Cape Colony. PROBLEM OF THE TRUSTS. InitiKtrliil Cnmiiiliiftlon Dually Alnken Its Itrport to CoiiKrnMH Kei;iirllliff IikIiih- trhtl Coinhlnittlnn. Washington, Mareli 2. The indus trial commission submitted to con gress a preliminary report on trusts and industrial combinations, together witli testimony, review of evidence, charts showing- etVccts of prices, etc. The commission makes the following recommendations based on such in formation as it now has: Promoters and organizers of corpora tions or Industrial comblnatlonu which look to the public to purchase or deal In their stocks or securities should ho re quired to furnish full details In regard to their business necessary for safe, and In telligent Investment. Any prospectus which Tails to bIvo this Information or which kIvps false Information should lo held legally responsible. Tho natiiro of the business together with tho powers of the various ollieers should bo expressed In the conditions of Incorporation which should bo open to inspection. It is rec ommended that tho larger corporations should bo required to publish annually a properly audited report, showing In reas onable detail their itSHots and liabilities, with protlt or loss; such report and audit to be under oatli and to bo subject to government Inspection. With regard to tho Interstate com merce commission, It Is recommended that It bo given authority not only to prescribe tho methods of keeping ac counts of railroads and to demand re ports In such details as it may require, but also to inspect and audit such ac counts; that tho decisions of the commis sion be made operative at a day tlxed In tho decisions and to remain so unless re versed by the United States courts on appeal; that tho commission bo author ized to prescribe classifications of freight articles and to make rules and regula tions for freight transportation through out the United States and that penalties for violations of tho Interstate commerce act should bo appropriate linen ugalnst tho carrier and not Imprisonment of of ficials. W. C. T. U. ASSAILED. Xotml Woinitii Kilucittor Sitys tho Tom- peruneo Wnniim Aro Not I'osN-cl on Kvll KffeetM or Alcohol. Chicago, March 2. Thursday's ses sion of tlio department of superin tendence of tlie National Educational association was enlivened by a lively three cornered discussion between Prof. W. O. Atwater, of Wesleyan uni versity; Mrs. Mary 11. Hunt, of llos lon, national organizer of Hie W. C. T. U. and Y. W. C. T. U., and Mrs. .lessie Holte, of Winnetka, HI., a delegate. The regular programme at the morn ing session was laid aside and Mrs. Hunt given the courtesies of the meet ing to answer Prof. Atwater's paper on "Alcoholic Physiology and Super intendence" read by him yesterday. Mrs. Hunt denounced Prof. Atwater for "making public statements as to tho effect of alcohol on the human system which were not the result of personal investigation" and accused him of gross misrepresentation throughout. As soon as Mrs. Hunt had concluded, Mrs. Holte was reorganized. "The members of the W. C. T. U. do not know what they are talking about," said Mrs. Holte amid considerable up roar, "when they make such re marks." She strongly protested against the illustrations and litera ture in the school physiologies in re gard to the effects of alcohol, and which she says were the result of leg islation sanctioned and urged by the W. C. T. U., "the members of which were not experts." THE BRIDE IS PROSTRATED. MIhh Witrton Too Willing to Murry it Mnu Who ImporHonitttMl Cnpl. Clitrk, of tho liiittlrxhlp TitxiiK. New Orleans, Mareli 2. A man who gives several names and has told a number of conflicting stories, is held by the police. It is charged that he impersonated Capt. Clark, of the bat tleship Texas, which is now at this port, and induced Miss Hertha War ten, of Cincinnati, to marry him. Miss Wart on was stopping at the St. Charles hotel where she made the acquaintance of the man. After a. courtship of two days, tho wedding was celebrated yesterday. Last night. "Capt. Clark" went aboard the battle ship and by his actions aroused the suspicions of the ollieers. He wan locked up and this fact led to an in estigntion by Miss Wart en's rela tives. The bride is prostrated. Knur I'omoui Kllloil. Plaimiile, Conn., March 2. A senger train, southbound, on pns the Northampton division of the York, New Haven it Hart ford New rail- road, due in this city from Slielburne Fulls, Mass., at 0:55 last night, went through a washout, about two miles' north of here and four persons wero killed and seven more or less injured. ItiH'idpttt null Kxpenilltunn. Washington, Mareli 2. Tho month ly comparative statement of the re ceipts and expenditures of the United States shows that the total receipts for the month of February were, $15,031,205, and the expenditures $37,73S,172, leaving a surplus for tho month of $7,S!)2,7'J3. Cirrtilitlloii of Nittliiiutl IUnt Nolo. Washington, March 2. The monthly statement of the comptroller of tho currency shows that the total cir culation of national bank notes at the close of business February 28, 1900, was S2 19,43 1.S7S, an increase for the year of $0,532,511, and for the month of $2,447,085. 1 V - v ' i it.. ., iHUJitktlttllUL tttfr r"" -1t iwuj.1 . aWSti-flM.'CJl. &vn AA SuL 12 f'J. ijf' &rtMifc-Vl. --- --Ad Jfc JLJLal i- , - ..J-Jtl