mo to kos IFoBOS In October , when Wcyler wag still hero and well-to-do Cubans smug gled a few cots anil food Into that channel homo under fear of expu'alon , the on-pour ing American charity tics come with a rush. First , a few boxes of old clothing sent by a Now York woman to Leo ; then In quick answer to Rood flllshop Santa Ander's plea ; then the dally printing bjr the World of the facts ; then * the presidential call and Rood committee ; then food coming In all forms hut In quantities ; then Clara Uarton sent by a religious newspaper ; then food coming In greater quantities and much more accepta ble quality , and now an oven ISO tons of corn meal and bacon on Its way to hungry ones by sea , hundreds of tons euroute In Cuba by rail and the 220 rcconcentrado towns of Cuba supplied within a 'week with food. jt-KiNUHY-a rtBunF COMMITTEE. McKlnloy's Cuban relief committee has done womlroUa good work. Its members and representative , LouUi Klcpsch , arrived a week JRo to find fnrgo quantities of food stuffs un distributed and totno filctlon between Gov ernor DruzonV ) government committee and Miss Barton's ( iwlstanls. Mr. Klopsch Im mediately produced commUjlonj for two 'men , one on American and one a Cuban , who wcro personally known to lo i"C- pel fenced and who understand ono another. At once the piled provisions were rent out ami what won tacking purchased. Klop ch htm done this work before. Ho showed so plainly when a Spanish milk dealer came with bitter complaints that the price of that nrtlclo had declined from 20 to 8 cents per can. Klopsch nald : "Is that BO ? Then I will take all you have at that price. " The mer chant never carne back. , To eoch reconccntrado town has been sent corn meal and bacon sufficient for tort days at a pound a day per person. The nanun of good people In each town have been aecured and where none are now available the .mayor hai Ix't'n mudo the consignee. Almost all the maycro under the new TCglmo are Cubans and naturally will see that the food goes to the proper destination , lint If some are dlshoncat ones , the class of lirovlslona sent , whllo sufficient to save life , Is net very salable and the mayor could much totter afford to give It away than to steal It. Furthermore the corps of Inspectors from willing workers In Havara are to make tours to Inspect tlio food. If Spain will allow the Cubans to plant r.ml ciilthate the ioll In two months of Cuban rapid growth there will bo BUlIicluit to nuritaln them. SYIA'HSTnn SCOVEL. rnnss CK.VMHIHIIII' MOHR mom. SI > IIIIMI Ciovcriuncnt Hits Down on Iliu .Vt'UHimiii'rH. ( Copyright , 153 ? , liy Press Publishing , Company. 'MADRID ' , Sunday Hvenlrig , 'March 20. ( Via Ilayonne } ( Now York AVcrld Cable gram Special Telegram. ) The Spanish gov ernment line taken a ntcp which has caused a profound sensation In tlio iMndrld prov inces. Kvcn the ministerial paper. El Lib eral , sides with a majority of the press cen suring the vigorous measure calculated to Increase national anxiety , because most of the people surmise that matters have got tea a very critical stage Indeed In the relations between the United States and Spain when the liberal cabinet decided to bo more rigor ous with the press than Canovas and the worse reactionary cabinets of 1881 and 1SS3. Instructions have been given since Friday night for the press censor to atop all for eign and native press telegrams , even telephone - phone messages , containing nous unpal atable , especially details of the naval and military preparations ami the movements ofiir vessels , particularly the flying squad ron , the purchase of vessels and war stores ubioail. So far no steps have been taken to prevent the .Madrid press from publish ing frequent and abundant Information. The iroro censor la also to stop telegrams rent to America , England and I'arls when they ure alleged to contain news,1 , llktly to create alarm. So the people are now al the mercy of rumors propagated by' ' word of mouth. The El tlbyvi atitjej that on Saturday alone several Jiundrod Jctegraph and telephone messages had been stopped by the press cencor at Madrid. Madrid.ARTHUR ARTHUR 13. HOUOHTON. Spuln'N .VIM-uI .Movement * . ( Copyright , 1SUS , liy I'ICSH 1'ulillahlra Company. ) MADRID , March 2 ] . ( Nirjv York World Cablegrnm Special Telegram. ) The papers , Including the mlnieteral organs , Correo Corrcspondcncla ! Liberal and the Olobo , publish the following Itema of news conccrn- lug naval preparations : The flying squadron Is detained at the Canary Islands for two reasons , necessity to lopalr torpedo vessel , Arleto , and to give time for the battleship Christopher Colum bus to coal and complete Its outfit to joining the flying squadron at I'almas before It pro- roods to I'orto Rico , Orders have been filven to hurry preparations on the battle ships Polayo , Marseilles. Charles V , Havre , Numancia and Victoria at Carthagena to enable them to Join Admiral Cervoras1 squadron In Its evolutions nt Carthagcna , which already Includes the flrst-class cruiser , Maria Theresa , the second-class Alphonzo XIII , two third-class cruisers , the now first- class cruiser , Varez , 7,000 tons , bought In Italy. Another flying squadron IB to be formed at Cadiz with three torpedo vessels built In Spain , the two destroyers recently handed over by English firms , the torpedo uiulser Dona Macla Molina , whoso trial trips at Fcrrol this week showed nineteen knots. ARTHUR E. HOUGHTON. Troop * to Drive Out Tounlii , WASHINGTON , March 21. Information baa reached the War department that the rowdy clement of Alaska has seized Ben nett's road , leading to cod over White pass and liiw placed the country In a state of terror. Instructions were telegraphed today to General Morrlam , commanding the De- patrmcot of the Columbia at Vancouver , Wash , , to order the Infantry garrison nt Skugway to take the proper steps for the protection of persona end property In the dis turbed regions regardless of the expense at tending such a movement of troops. Ciilmn Army In Gooil llcullli. KKY WEST. Fla. , March 20. Colonel Sallcodo of the .Cuban . Insurgent army , who arrived hero yesterday after a severe px- T > orlonco In an open boat , said today : "Tho Cuban army Is In excellent health and con dltlon. General Callxto Qarcu ! l is 10,500 men In the Eastern department between Santiago de Cuba and Camajuy. These force * have twelve field pieces , two dyna mite gur.s and 2,000,000 rounds of rifle am munition. " Solirul VIxltH < l 11 < ! ' IteKont. all MADRID , 'March ' 21. Lieutenant Com mander Jose Bobral , former naval attache ol the Spanish legation at Washington , wts In conference with the queen regent today. ity to Is the ( line when you should fake a for the Spring Medicine to purify your blood , the glvn you good uppcflto , sound sleep , stendy ncrvca nnd perfect digestion. for Tliat scrofulous taint , that skin trou- Ile , that liver dif- ficuHythtttbilious tendency , that on tired feeling , are all cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Give this medicine a fair trial and you will to realize its positive merit. It is not whnt wo say , but what tlio people who ore cured say , which prove that the fate I s America' * k Greatest Medl- the tint. C.I. Hood & Co. . Lowell , Mass. . nil * ttketo Cllra Urer IIUi easy to HOUSE PASSES RELIEF BILL Unanimous Vote Oast in Favor of the Measure. MAINE VICT.M3 . TO BE REIMBURSED Mr. CniiMltiN Soothn nn OuteropiiliiK- IlltteriieHM mill Rlectrlflen the lfnu e Ity nil. . Kloquent Tribute uteto the Ilend. WASHINGTON , March 21. The house to day unanimously passed the bill for the re lief of the survivors and victims ot the Maine disaster. 'Tho bill rdlniburses the nurvlvlng ofllcora aid men for the losscw they sustained to an amount not lo exceed a year's pay , and directs the payment of a sum equal to a years * pay to the legal heirs of thoao who perished. There wan quite a spirited debate over m amendment suggested by Mr. Cannon ( rep. III. ) to give the survivors each a year's pay out of hand , Instead ot attempting to rclm- burso them for actual looses. Some old alleged scandals In connection with the reimbursement of the survivors ot the Samoan dliastera were raked up , but the debate In the end was saved from a rather sorbld tone by a beautiful tribute paid to the gallant deed of Mr. Cousins ( rep. la. ) In a short but eloquent cpcech. Ho aroused the galleries to spontaneous applause when ho snld that while the vul tures might be watching over the dark waters of Havana harbor for the belated dead above all the eagle's piercing eye was watchIng - Ing fcr the truth. The remainder ot the day was occupied In the consideration of the old claim of John Hoach , the shipbuilder. No actlcn waa taken on the claim. Immediately after the reading of the Journal the speaker recognized Mr. Doutello ( rep. . Me. ) , chairman of the committee on. naval affairs , who called up the bill for the relief of the survivors and victims of the Maine disaster. Mr. Iloutellc said that the purpose and provisions of the 'bill ' were well understood and , so far an he won concerned , he thought debate unnecessary. Still , ho waa ready to yield to the desire of the houso. DEMOCRATS WAIVE DEBATE. Mr. liilley told there was no disposition oil hla side of the house to debate the bill. uch matters as members on his side donsle sired to speak about In connection with the disaster they would reserve for the naval appropriation hill. Ho gave notice ot ) an amendment he would offer. Without debate , thoieforo , the bill wna read by sections for amendment. Several minor committee amendments were agreed to. Mr. Cannon , chairman of the committee on appropriations , offered an amendment to al ow the surviving officers and men twelve nonths pay with r.itlora In full compensation ' 'or lofseu sustained by them. This he bought preferable to ono to Indemnify them 'or the leases sustained , limited in amount : o twelve months sea pay. He called atten tion to the fact that In the case ot the Sa moan disaster the compensation In each caeo was about tfio maximum. He thought o pro vision for compensation for actual losses might lead some of the survivors Into the temptation of magnifying their claims. There would bo also this advantage In voting di rectly a year's sea pay. It would obvlito delay and the mediation of claims by attor- icys. Whllo congress was doing this act of I rat Ice , ho said , It should' do the generous thing. Mr. Doutclle at this point concluded as debate was to be Indulged that It would jo well for him to make a general state ment. Ho then explained briefly that It was the Idea ot the committee that congreas phould bo 'as ' liberal 'toward ' the victims of the Malno dloiaier as it had been toward these who suffcrod In the Samoan dUas'cr and the bill had been drawn along the lines of the bill passed for the relief ot the Sa moan vlctlnu' ' . The committee did not bc- llcvo the survivors should be reimbursed be yond the actual Icesea Incurred. The pro- vlplon relating to the filing cf the t'chcdulo ' of losses , made and sworn to , had been carefully hedged about and could not be criticised successfully. INQUIRE AS TO PAY. Mr. Dnllcy asked what the sea pay of the highest ofllccr of the unfortunate vessel waa. "Captain Slgsbeo's pay Is about ? 4,500 , " eaawcred Mr. Uoutclle. "Then under the proposed amendment ho would receive that nmouat BD matter what losses he had sustained ? " "Exactly. " "What was the largest amount paid under the bill for the relict of the Samoan vic tims ? " "About $2,000. " Mr. Doutello said he did not Imagine that Captain Slgsbeo or any other of the gallant officers of the Maine would dream of beng ! reimbursed beyond the actual amount ot the louses they sustained. Mr. Boutello and Mr. Canaan had a rather spirited exchange ot personalities. The former criticised the latter's attitude toward the bill and the latter said he was rcspcuslblo to his constituents and the general public sentiment of the country , not to the gentleman from Maine for his position. "The Gentleman docs not llvo on God's footstool , " he eald , "who possesses the ability to merit tbo approba tion of the gentleman from Maine. " ( Laugh ter. ) Proceeding , Mr. Cannon again advocated his amendment , pointing out that the average - ago value of the regular equipment of a ship's crew was JOG. yet In almost every Instance the members ot the crews of the ships which went down at Samoa obtained practically a year's sea pay. As a practi cal legislator he thought his amendment i was wise and should be adopted. ed 'Mr. ' Galley Mid at first he had been dis posed to favor the Cannon amendment. He had heard something of the scandal con nected with the Samoan act and did not to dealro a repetition ot that disgraceful epi sode. Rut upon closer examination ho thought the provision In the bill preferable. Ho had long been of the opinion that the best part of the Lord's prayer was con- talncd In the words , "head us not Into . temptation. " lut my amendment would maku It mere profitable not to fall than to fall. It would glvo to the honest man more than the dishonest man would claim. Mr. Illlborn ( rep. , Cal. ) denied emphat ically that there had been any wholesale fraud In connection with the Samoan act. Several of the offlcera claimed nothing at and all of them , claimed only a small fraction of their salaries. COUSINS CREATES GOOD PEELING. Mr. Cousins ( rep. , la. ) changed the whole tenor ot the debate at this juncture by the delivery of a brief but eloquent tribute to In thu sailors who went down with the Maine. a Mr. Cousins said : The measure now proposed Is most appro priate and Just , but rmrdly Is It mentionable - N. able In contemplation of the great calam to whli'h It appertains. It will be merely an Incidental , legislative foot-note n page of history that will be open to eyes of the republic und of the world all time to come. No human Kpoecli can add anything to Bllent frratltudo , the speechless rever ence nlreailv given hv n trreut nml Kratoful nation to Its ilend defenders nnd to their living kin. No act of congress providing their needs can. niuko a restitution for their sacrifices. 1 In inn n nature. In human ways , does Its best nnd still feels deep In debt. The ex pressions of condolence hnvo come from every country and every clime , und every and norvn of the American cable has carried electric breath the sweetest , tenderest words of sympathy for that enllant crow who manned the Maine. After paying a lilsh anil flowery tribute the men of the Maine , Mr. Couslua closed with these words : Hovering above the dark waters of that mysterious harbor of Havana the black- and wlnjted vulture watchea for the belated and dead , while over It and over all there I. * tin eagles piercing eye , sternly watching for truth. Whether the appropriation carried t > y this resolution shall ultimately bo charged to , or to some foe. shall soon appear. Meunwhlla n patient nnd patriotic people , enlightened by the lessons of our history , remembering thu woes of war , both to Iho vanquished nnd victorious , are ready for truth and for their duty. .Thero was a tremendous round ot applause when Mr. Cousins concluded his tribute. Mr. Wheeler ( deni. , Ala. ) followed ID a similar strain , concluding with the declara- tlon that It waa QoJ's wilt that Cuba should bo free. beT Tbo Cannon amendment waa lost without division. Mr. Dallcy offered an amendment to Insert the " " " word "dependent" before "parent or parents" In the section making them the beneficiaries ot tbo' bill In certain conting encies. cnclU U was rejected , CO to IOC , as was another to strike out the words "and if there bo no parent , the brothers and slaters , " etc. Without further amendment the bill was then : paf eil unanimously. Mr. Mcslck ( rep. , Mich. ) , f-om the com mittee on o'ectlona No. 3 , presented the ma jority report In the contested election case of Wise against Young. The report is in favor of the contestant. The ] minority was given ten days in. . which to fTl their report. The house then went Into committee of the wheT and took up tha private calendar. The ; " scnato bill to satisfy the claim of the legn representatives of John Hoach , amount- Ing to $331,151 , for labor , material and dork- ago furnished by Hoach , and the occupation ° J his ' yards by the guntoats Chicago , Hoi- ton and Atlanta , was taken out of Its order and a long and bitter fight followed. Without action upon the claim the com- mlttru rose. At 5 o'clock the house took a recess until 8 o'clock ' , nnd the evening session was dp- voted to the consideration of private pension bills. C1IIIA.OIWICKIl IS nT XB\V YOU 1C. Ho Muyn tltr- MnlncVn Illotvn Un by n Torpedo. NEW YORK , 'March ' 21. Dr. Prank Chado , ' who for the last two years haa served with he rank of Colonel In the Cuban army , under General Callxto Garcia-and who was present when young Gomez committed suicide on seeing ' his leader , General Maceo , fall , Is thla city. Colonel Chado came by the steamship Conchas , taking passage at Havana. Ho oludcd the vigilance of the Spanish author ities and traveled under an asiumc-d name. When Colonel Chado loft New York two years ago ho weighed 210 pound , ! ; today ho weighs 115 pounds. "I have heard eomethlug of the storlw published In this country of the distress In Cuba , " said he , "nnd of the thour-anda that lave died and are dying of starvation. Noth ing that has been publUhcd , nothing that could bo published , could tell the story as It 'really ' Is. "I know of my own knowledge that In many sections of Cuba they arc digging up the earth for the worms that they nuy find. It 'lo not everyone who la able to dig. Most of , the ptwplo ore so weak that they are unable - able to move. "They are dying by the thousands not the men who are doing or hope to do the light ing that eventually must end In triumph , but the poor women , the children , and the' ' re- coneentradoa. Desolation la everywhere visible. "Spain IKIS been guilty of acts that must make civilization stand appalled , nnd the fact Is they ara Infinitely worse oft today than at any tlmo slnco the war began. Vic tory U certain for the Cubans In the near. Of the present fooling among Spaniards at Havana Colonel Chado BalJ It was becom ing more hostile for Americans every Jay. " "There Is a feeling among'them , " ho said , that the United States Is afraid to fight and " that they can do anything they please. "I am as firmly convinced as a man can bo that the Maine horror was not duo to any submarine mine. This 'belief Is shared by all Cubans that the Maine was blown up by a torpedo. Further , I believe that the torpedo came from the Spanish war ahlp Mphonso XII. "As to our reasons for thinking so : First There la the fact that the night before the Maine explosion the Alfonso , .walch had boon anchored near , wan moved to a safe distance vay. "Second The fact that not once slnco the day of the explosion has any seaman or marine from the Alphonso been allowed to go ashore. The only Inference Is that the officiate are afraid the sallora might become Intoxicated and talk too much. " Colonel Chado has come to New York for medical and surgical treatment , his right arm , side and leg being paralyzed from pri vation , exposure and a wound. He Is a native Cuban and one of the most active of the Insurgents. Mis wife and three grown children still remain In 'Havana ' , 'rip has served as surgeon general under Gen eral Calixto Garcia for the last three years , but at length , unable to ride his horse or drcai himself , ho received from the Insurgent commander an Indefinite furlough as lu- vallicd. " ( I shall not return to Cuba until It Is free , " he said. COMMITTEE TO "iXVKSTIfiATE CUIIA. IteMoliitloii Looking ( o tltat JInrt Tilt - t roil need In CoiitvrexH. WASHINGTON. "March " 21. Representative Wheeler ( Ala. ) today Introduced In the house F. the following resolution : ' Resolved , That a joint committee , con sisting : of seven members of the senate to bo appointed by the vice president and seven members of the house to bp ap pointed by the Bpoaker , be created to con ' sider the'question of our relations with Spain : , growing out of the- Cuban question. That nil messages heretofore received , or which may be hereafter received from the president referrlntr-to this question bo re ferred to said committee ; that such com In mittee be authorized to send for persons and papers , to take evidence anil to admin ister oaths to witne-sses ; that snld commit tee bo authorized to employ a clerk anil one assistant , a stenographer and mea- Henger , nnd snld committee report with as little delay as possible the true conditions which prevail In Cubn , whnt portion of the Spanish debt la a burden upon the $ revenues collected in the Island , the pto- tectlon given to Americans and American interests In thut Island by the Spanish and the truth regarding the Inhumanities and atrocities which huve come to our knowl edge through scml-olllcial and other sources. The committee will nlso recommend to con gress what action should be taken by this body. The committee shall have authority hate report nt any time. to toX.I 31. XAMK THE XBW SUM' XE\V OIU.UAXS 402 Other Cltlcn Aetlvco Claimant * for tlie Honor. adv WASHINGTON , March 21. Secretary Long of Issued an order today that the Amnzonas , ofW. tbo cruiser recently purchased at Nowcnstlo- W. on-Tyno from the Brazilian P. government , W. hereafter shall bear the name of New Or W.r leans tn honor of the principal city of no Louisiana. Telegraphic instructions wcro noma sent to the naval ofllcera In command ot the ma vessel , who will take Immediate steps to carry them Into effect. Now Orleans was the chctjcn as the name of the war ship acquired the from the sister republic of Bouth America Blc for the reason that Louisiana la ono of the D. very few states of the union not represented the navy at tbla time , There was quite Api contest among several other cities to have the new war ship named In their honor. Al AL bany. N , Y. ; 1'rovldence , R. I. , and Buffalo , . Y. . advancing their claims qutto strenu He ously. Secretary Long hao rechrlstened the cruiser Abrcuell , recently purchased from tra the Ilrazllun government , nnd hereafter II will be known as the Albany , In honor of sen thu capital of the Empire state. am offe Stilminrliip Itotit Make * Good Hipe l. . . _ NHW YORK , March 21. The Holland submarine boat made another Un trip from ( ha Perth Amboy today. At a depth of fifteen unt feet under water it showed good speed and been wan handled with ease. After It came to tbo Ha surface the boat grounded In the eoft mud the was hauled oft by a tug. The boat's Mr conning tower will bo fitted with electric and lights before another trip Is made. AVnr Ship * Are Tiiklni ; Coal. KINGSTON , Jamaica , ( March 21. The oil United States cruiser Cincinnati arrived this cen morning at Port Antonio from Barbadoea cat. the United States gunboats Wilmington Castlne reached the same ports shortly fln afterwards from St. Lucius. The three war 1:4 : ships are coaling. at " 77" for Grip. Frlonds of " 77" should try Dr. States Humphrey's SpucHlcs for other diseases , Dy pt\p3la. Rheumatism , Kidney and lil.tdder trouble. In night fants' anil Female Complaints , the Asthma , &c. Spfcltla Manual to j I "ai be found at PrugKlsts. or sent free. I ho tolls all. Humphrey * ' MeJIcInu I in Company , New York. Iran CLAIMS M PORT ARTHUR . r _ ' . ' , r Question iv * Bo Duly Considered by a ' " "Subcommittee. THOSE INTEfitsf ED TO HAVE A HEARING Attempt WIIM He Made ( o Settle Whether Tort of Entrr Will entcil at that Point. WASHINGTON. March 21. ( Special Tel egram. ) The sub-'commltteo of the ways nnd means committee , of which Rop- rcncntattvo I'aj-no of New Yorka \ . chairmen , will tomorrowgive a hearing to these Interested In making Port" Arthur n port of entry. So much baa been said ami written regarding advantage. } that would accrue to Cciiaha should Port Arthur bt mad port of entry , that notwithstanding re port of the ways and means committee In favor of Sablno Pass , It has been thought best to hear tlio other side of the question. It will be recalled , -that Cooper of Texas , In troduced a bill making Sablno Pata a port of entry which on getting Into the senatb was amended by Cock r el I , who added Port Arthur , thereby creating two ports within a short OUtnnco of each other. The Treas ury department at this tlmo took a hand In the controversy by recommending Sablcia VMS und gave as reasons for this action , that Sabhio ! Pass had a better harbor , that It waa better fitted for port purposes and that aa It was inimical to treasury Interests to have two ports within so short a distance they recommended Snblne Fuss. AH for Port Ar thur , the treaoury found that ships could not get Into that harbor , being located en the ' canal and that natural conditions seemed opposed to any change tn existing conditions. It was for thcw rcnsono that the ways and means committee recommended Sablno Pass es a port of entry , although recognizing that there are good reasons for Port Arthur. Congressman Mercer , who has boon Indefa tigable In getting the Postofflce department to grant the South Omaha postofflco additional tlclii help In view ot the Increased business , had the satisfaction today of receiving a letter from , Assistant Pcettuaster General Heath stating that two additional clerks would bo given South Omaha at $500 each fren March 21 , nnd running to the end ol the fiscal year. Should business warrant , this addltlcnal help will bo continued per manently. SUB-STATIONS AT OMAHA. Superintendent of Hallway Mall Service Whlto will take up personally the question of routing malls destined for sub-stations In Omaha , lo order that better service may bo obtained. It Is understood that Post master Martin dwlrco the abandonment of sub-dtatlons la Omaha for the reason that It Is impossible to glvo as efficient service as through the main office. This Is cembatted In the Pcstofflcp department , provided men are sent out to work mall destined for sub stations , thereby Insuring much quicker de livery. It Is argULMl that Kancas City. Chicago cage , St. Louis and Milwaukee find sub-sta tions of Incalculable value , relieving con gestion In thoi main office when malls ore worked on trains and at once taken to sub stations fee delivery. White Is also Inter ested in sub-station In the exposition grounds end had a talk wllh Merr-cr as to the facil ities for getting , malls Into the grounds , whcro a number of additional carriers will bo detailed to llstrlbuto the same. A name for the sub-station'on - the exposition grounds has not yet bbon suggested. A bill grarij'jrjg , a pension to Mrs. J. W. Paddock was reported favorably today from the house comhiittfca on Invalid pensions. Nebraska Jrk'dquartec's : for the National Kihic.-itlonnt assocliUl'on , meeting In this city will be located at Hotel Gordon , Sixteenth and I streets. .Superintendent Pearae ot the Board of Education closed the contract for these headquarters last week. The announcement made today by Senator Allen that Senator Thuveton will addrcsa the senate on the Cuban situation Thursday , created great interest not only In the senate but In the galleries. . Architect of Indian ofllce today completed plans and specifications for stable , workshop and laundry to be constructed at Sac nnd Fox Indian school , at a coat of $3,000. The first conference on the Indian approJul prlatlon bill will be held Wednesday. A > n agent of the Indian office hod left for Pine Rldgo , S. D , , nnd Rosebud , S. D. , Indian echco's to make an examination of the steam hratJlg apparatus placed In the schools. PERTAINING. TO BANKS. The comptroller of the currency today apBrl proved the application of F. H. Hobolt , J. P. Farmer , Charles ' Cuthbcrt , T. M. Murdoch , . V. 1 White and'O. P. Thompson , to organize the First National banlrof Sioux Falls , S. D. , with , n capital of $50,000. The comptroller of the currency today | made public the report of the condition of national banks of Nebraska at tbo close of f business February 18. Compared with the last : report in December It Is shown that 3t the banks have materially strengthened 1 loans and discounts , individual deposits and average reserve , while a shrinkage is noted Inme holdings of gold coin. The present state- ment ; Bhowa loans and discounts of $12,299- C25 against $12,238,497 In the December report port ; Individual deposits have Increased J from $10,634.302 In December to $11.730,098 , nut' the average reserve held by banks has Increased from 31.37 per cent to 36.54 per cen . The present holdings of gold coin are $538,150 , o decrease ot more than $52,390 slnco December. bo The report of Iowa national banks , exclusive slv < of DCS Molncs , also made public today , an compared with the December statement , shows an Increano In Individual deposits and average reserve and a ahrlnkage In loans and discounts. Individual deposits have Increased from ? 2G,965G73 In December $27,318,870 , nnd the average reserve from of 31.33 : per cent to 33.59 per cent. The cur rent report shows loans and discounts of $30- 402'J41 , against $30,591,010 In December. The comptroller of the currency has been advised of the following changes In officials northwestern national banks : Nebraska First National bank of Falle City , John . Holt , president In place of S. B. Miles ; . H. Jussen , vlco president in place of John of . Holt. Iowa Farmers' National bank of Osage , caahler In place of F. W. Annls. F. P. Klralck was today appointed post master at Lost Creek , Mahaska county , la. The secretary ot 'the Interior today affirmed decision of ; the land commlfcaloner In casd of John Wllllamo against Adolph Block. Involving lands In the Watcrtowo ( S. . ) district. . . The .postofllei'at Shclton , Neb , , will on April 1 be ralseil'to ' the presidential class. ALI.HX CALIJ5 FOB j Wnntttltho S'umlicr of Mm , Women nnil Cliij\lreii on the Holla. WASHINGTON , . ( March 21. After the transaction of some routine business In the senate today < Mr. Bacon Introduced an $ amendment whloh be announced ho would offer to 'the resolution - are resolutionproviding for the an- . and noxatlon of tbo Hawaiian islands to the United States. The amendment provides the resolution shall not be effective until the qucijffon of annexation shall have submitted to the qualified electors of Hawaii and panned upon affirmatively by them. The amendment Is the same which of . 'Bacon offered to the Hawaiian treaty : which Is still pending. Mr. Allen secured the passage of a reso lution calling upon the secretary of the In terior for information as to the number of classes of pensioners , Including the percentage - to centago of men and women and children the carried . on the pension rolls. A number of minor bills were pasoed and motion of Mr. Hoar the senate then at ! p. m. went Into executive session ard 1:50 : p. m. adjourned. Army Olllcer Tuki > III * I , I re. WASHINGTON , 'March 21. Dr. George not Clinton Hubbard , assistant surgeon , United army , committed suicide at St. Eliz tions abeth's- Insane asylum shortly after mid last night by strangling hlrunelf with cord of bis drreslng gown. Dr. Hubbard 27 years of ago. Till within a few weeks was attached to the San Francisco. Early ter the year he showed illght slgni of do- was Irangement nil was sent boot from the Mediterranean elation nnd placed at St. Elizabeth. He realized his condition and felt It keenly , but was never violent , ami his suicidal turn was quite unlocked for. KUM3H.U , OP IIIA\Clll7 : K. JIHUCE. rc JIovKlnlry Semis n Wrcnlh rcV of Klon-rr * . WASHINGTON , March 21. The funeral of Blnncho K. Bruce , the ex-slave , ex-senator , and twlco register of the treasury , was held hero today. The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal church was crowded with ! tha representative colored population ot the I city. The ushers werq from the ofll ccr : of the colored High School Cadet corps. The pallbearers were ! Ex-Kcproscntatlvo John R. Lynch of Mississippi , ex-Sonator P.Lou B. S. Plnchback and James Lewis of Louisiana , JI. M. Holland of Ohio , W. A. Pledger of Georgia , John P. Green ot Ohio , Representative George White of North Care Una , Louis H. Douglass of New York. H. P. Chcatham of North Carolina , recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia ; Rev. William Waring of Ohio , II. L. Chef , deputy register ! of the treasurer ; Robert H. Terrell of Massachusetts , R. R. Church of Tennessee. Campbell L. Maxwell nnd R. W. Tyler of Ohio , Dr. C. B. Purvis , George T. Cook , W. 3. Montgomery , Thomas H. Wright , Dr. George H. Richardson , L. C. Bailey Charles It. Douglass and Prof. William H. H. Hart of this t city and James T. Bradford of Jlary- lam . lamA Among the floral tributes was a handsome wreath from the Whlto House with the card of President McKinley. nicims : A. UUKSTIOX ON I'.VTUXTS. Justice Ilrown Milken n IliilliiK of Iti- lerrnt to Inventor * . WASHINGTON , March 21. Justice Brown of the United Stated supreme court today handed down the opinion of the court in the cnso of the McCormlck Harvesting Machine company ag'.lnst Aultman and others. The case involved the authority of a primary examiner In the patent office to reject aa Invalid claims of an original patent which were Incorporated In an application for a reissue , the patents at Issue beln two cov ering automatic binders for harvesting ma chines. In replying to the question , the court held that upon the ISHUO of the > original patent , the patent office had no power to revoke , cancel or annul It. The oflloo Inul. h j paid , lost Jurisdiction over the patent when It waa once signed , nnd did not rfjiiln jurisdiction by on application for a reissue. "Upon application being made for roiaiue , " ho continued , "tho patent ofilco was author ized to deal with all Us claims , the oiiglnal ns well ad these Inserted first In iho appli cation , nnd might declare them to bo In valid , but such action would not affect the claims of the original patent , which re mained In full force , If the application for a reissue were rejected or abandoned. " I'HOTKST AGA1.VST TUB OUTRAGE. IlcMotntlonN ConerrnliiK Kllllnif of I'oxlina.Ntor Presented to l'riHl < Irnt. WASHINGTON , March 21. Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnjtt today presented to President McKlnley a set of resolutions adopted at a mass meeting In Chicago , denouncing the recent murder of a colored postmaster In South Carolina and requesting the president to use his best efforta to bring the perpe trators to justice. Mrs. Barnctt , who has been actively engaged for several years in arousing public sentiment on the lynching question , was accompanied to the Whlto House by Senator Mason and Reprcsen a- tlvcs Belknnp , Lorlmer , Mills , Foss , White , Boutello and Mann of the Illinois delega tion. tion.President President McKlnley assured Mrs. Barnett In response to her remarks that both the Postolllce department and the Department of Justice were doing all In their power to ferret out and punish the members of the mob , and that the attorney general was now considering what further steps the govern ment could take within the limits Of federal jurisdiction. , . . EXGI.AXD JJOKS SOT \VA.\T HAWAII. of One Argument UMCI ! liy tln Aiincxalonl l . WASHINGTON , March 21. Much surprise has been created in England by the passage In the recent report of the senate committee on foreign relations respecting the attitude of Great Britain toward Hawaii , and Sir Julian Paunceforte , under Instructions from his ) government , has informed the Depart- mcnt of State that the committee of the ) senate Is under an entire misapprehension nnd that there Is no ground whatever for the allegations contained in the statement. The passage referred to states that If Great Britain Is not Industriously and openly en gaged In fomenting this movement for the destruction of the republic and the restora tloi of the monarchy , the princess , Its pro tege , Is kept conveniently at hand to fasten her power upon the Islands on the happen ing of any pretext for the protectlcn of the lives and property of British subjects In Hawaii. to PnOVHlKS FOR 1'AVMEXT IX FUM , . Senate Committee Ileeldex ( o Heiiort 1'iiolflc Hnllronil Dili. WASHINGTON , March 21. The senate Is commlttco on Pacific railways today decided ° report the bills for the settlement of the Central 1'aclflc and the Sioux City & Pacific debts. The secretary of the treasury , the secretary ot the Interior and attorney gen eral are created a committee to settle the debts and to make such extensions us may necessary to secure the government's In terest. In the case of the Central Pacific sea amendment was adopted providing that flllO the full amount of the government's prin by cipal and interest must be paid. No limita tion was placed on the Sioux City & Pacific wit and It Is probable that Senators Morgan and tons Harris will make a minority report In favor stra a similar restriction to that placed on nel the Central Pacific settlement. nelL the ConllrnintloiiH tile ) Semite. sou WASHINGTON , March 21. The senate to of day confirmed these nominations : Perry Glaaicock of Indiana , consul at bo Baracoa , Cubai'Webster Street , chief justice regi the supreme court of Arlzena ; postmasters moa Missouri , William L. Stllllman , Clarksvllle ; has Georgia F , Robinson , Jefferson City ; W. F. Blobaura , St. Charles ; navy , Subsistence de partment. Lieutenant Colonel Egan to bo colonel ; Major J. J. Clague to be lieutenant colonel ; Captain A. L. Smith to be major and numerous other promotions In cavy and revenue cutter service. Internal HiveuiuIteccliit * . „ WASHINGTON , March 21. The monthly F. statement of the collection ot Internal reve nue issued today , shows tbo reclpts during for February from all sources amounted to $11- 9S6.655 , a gain M compared with February , 1897. of $1.257,533. Too receipts for the eight months of the present fiscal year were $110.548,254 , an In was crease over the same period last year of $11.5C , & 50. up The principal Increases during February to as follows : Whisky. $600,115 ; clgara I cheroots , $107,704 ; cigarettes , $121,499 ; beer , $250,542 , Knilleott Suereeil Mntlliovm. lln WASHINGTON. March 21. The vacancy which has existed In the office of the chief bureau of yards of the Navy department , life. since lant Tuesday , when the term ot Rear it Admiral K. O. Matthews expired , was filled today by the appointment of Civil Engineer Nordecal T. Endlcott for a term of four years. The appointment of a civil engineer this posltlcn Is a distinct Innovation In naval service. are No Ilfford of liijum'tloim. again WASHINGTON , March 21. Replying to a - resolution of Inquiry , the attorney general today sent to the senate a statement to the fl01 effect that the recorda of big department do tarrh. show that any writs of Injunction or and restraining orders have been Issued by the get United States courts against labor organiza ru-r.a. or their members engaged In strikes now during tbo years 1S97 and 1S9S. ers Senate linn Mltlw to Do. WASHINGTON , March 21. The senate , af. vois\r\K \ \ some minor bills to which there called no objection , adjourned at 1:55 : until to. sent morrow. ing BELIEF REPORT IS READY Bundle of Documents Turned Over to Admiral Sicard , MARIX REFUSES TO STATE WHAT IT IS OOleer of the I own Itexponnllile ( or the Statement It IB the Lunjr- Kxperted Itenort of the Court. KEY WEST , Fla. , JIarch 21. The United States naval court of Inquiry appointed to Investigate the loss of the battleship Malno resumed Its sessions this morning on board the battleship Iowa. Judge Advocate Marlx ot the court of In quiry came aehoro at 3 o'clock this afternoon uocti accompanied by an armed orderly from the Iowa , who carried a bulky package of official licit documents which was handed to Rear Admiral Sicard. H Is believed the document , ] are the full findings of the court of Inquiry. Lieutenant Commander Marlx , when qurn- tloned on the subject , refused cither to deny or confirm , but an officer from the Iowa said the document * were the long expected report on the I Malno disaster. The pipers wcro Im mediately examined by the rear admiral and Commeuder West. ConIt It la presumed that If these documents are tbo anxiously expected report they will bo taken to Washington tomorrow by Lieu tenant ; Commander Marlx. AHNU.V.UJ AVUIIKS MUHT AMI DAY. Turn * Out nii ami CnrrhiKen for Count I'orlllleatloiiH. WATERTOWN , Mass. , March 21. The United States arsenal was run under a night force for the first tlmo since the recent or den Tomorrow morning two twelve-Inch and three ten-Inch barbette carriages , mak Ing ten carloads , will be shipped to 1'uget Sound. The twelve-Inch disappearing carriage will bo taken I apart tomorrow and placed on cars to go i at once to San Francisco. The Hobbs 'flve-lncli ' single forging gun and balance pillar carriage will bo shipped Immediately afterward to Sandy Hook for final teat. The plant Is short ot material nnd orders to rush Iron and steel castings have been sent to 1'lttsburg nnd other points , from which shipments are expected. DBTHLEH10M , Ta. , Murch 21. The ncth- Ichem Iron company tonight shipped to the Union Iron works nt San Francisco shafts of the new torpedo boat Newport building there , weighing forty-five ions , and a pro peller shaft for the Japanese war ship , also under construction there. The company has begun work on twelve disappearing gun car riages ordered by the government and will turn out one a month. tunU I3O3TON , March 21. After being open to the public for more than live years for rec reation purposes , Castle Island In Dcs.on harbor was closed this morning. Orders trot Washington to this infect have been expected ever since the work of handling ex- ploslvca wao begun at Fort Independence on the Island some three weeks ago. IMore than a score of men have been at work painting G torpedo shells and getting ready ( ho wiring and other necessary preliminaries to laying a them In position In the harbor , If necessary , and visitors interfered with the work. NOW YORK , March 21. The tugs Traffic and Narkecta were busy again today taking stores and ammunition to Fort Lafayette , from i which place It la said they will be taken to Newport and Boston. There was the usual activity about the ordnance depart ment. meiT The dispatch boat Dolphin will bo ready to iT go i into commission again on Thursday. The schooner Daisy Farlln will sail on Wednesday for Key West and Dry Tortugas with heavy guns-'foc the new fortifications atT tbo latter place. TAMPA. Fla. , March 21. Three carloads of ammunition arrived here this morning and were sent down to Port Tampa by a special train and loaded on the Marblehcad. SHIP UIG UU.\S TO THE SOUTH. DeHtlnntlon Said ( o lie Key Went pml TortilirnH. NEW YORK , March 21. A boat load of powder and supplies , which was asserted to have | ' come from Fort Schuyler up the pound , has . beta landed on the pier at Governor's Island. Barrels and boxes ! and cans , evi dently containing various V.lndJ of explosives slVe , were placed on the end of the wharf and carefully covered wU.1 tarpaulins. No Information wao given aa to what Is lo be done with them. dcvniFi Four ten-Inch rifles and two eight-Inch rifle , which have been test ! fit the Sandy Hoc proving grounds , will bo carried by the schooner Daisy Farlln. which will tall for Key West sometime this week. Work men are busy at the pier on East river preparing - paring to load these gun * and anchor them the deck of the schooner. The larger pieces weigh thirty-three tons each , and the smaller ones eighteen tons each , and the utmost care will bo exercised Ic placing them BO they will not prove too heavy for the ship should a storm strike It. While It stated that these guns are to be landed ut Key West for the fortifications there , it Is believed hero that some of them will find their way to Dry Tortugas , which Is being fortified for an advanced naval station. Other guns are soon to bo sent eoiith from Watervllct arsenal and for tl-o first time the strategical value of the well known Inside water route will he tested. Risk of trusting guns and ammunition on the opca , whore they would be llaolo tn rapture should hostilities occur , h.is been recognized the i authorities. Tha barge M. Mown 1'ns already been Bent to Troy and will bo loaded with ] supplier. H could carry a cargo of 200 through the canals and shallow straights which constitute the Insldo chan from Now York to Beaufort , N. C. Lieutenant II. C. Cbutcc alde-do-camp on staff of General Merrltt. has started south for the purpose of completing a s rle maps of the Atlantic coast near fortifications tlon and the surrounding country. Ho will gone i several weeks. Llcutcnan Chute Is regarded by General Miles as ono of the most competent map men in the service. Ho already prepared several series for the WO.MA * . Pelvic Catarrh the Secret Cnime In Mint of These G'IINCK. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman , Mrs. Maust , Brandonvlllo , W. Va. , writes as follows : "My health has been very poorly flvo years ; In that length of tlmo wo spent many dollars , besides so much useless doctoring. I was wearing a supporter for womb trouble ; also an elcctrlo belt. Life a burden to mo and I waa about to give in despair when my father advised mo write to Dr. Hartman. With little faith wrote and was advised to take Pe- ru-na and Man-a * , which I never shall regret , for I believe It saved my . Now we keep in the house and have not had a doctor since. We have all been , sick with bad colds , but all about well , and our medicine WXB nothing but Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lln. My trouble waa chronic Inflammation of the womb and ova- , causing leucorrhoea and general ca . I tried everything I could bear of doctored with several doctors ; could no rollef until I was advised to try PC. . . t have taken a great many bottles and conalder myself cured. I hope oth will give Pe-ru-na a trial. " Every woman should bave a copy of Dr. If Hartman's book on the catarrh of women , 177V. "Health and Beauty. " It will bo free by Tbe Pe-ru-na Drug Manufactur mailed Company , Columbus , Ohio. Dental K < flal War department , all of which Imvo received the highest praise. The mapa ho Is nov working upon will bo used by comtnnhdlng ofllcers during tlmo of war. They will go Into the most minute details so far as small streams , bridges and all meaus of traurpor- tatlou are concerned , IMIUCUIl WILL AT HIS POST. Will Conltnie tn Alii Ilir Suitor or * In Cnlin. HAVANA , March 21. The United State * consul at Sagua la Grande , Walter ll ] Uarkor , lr > < i letter Just received hero saja ) Uo Is ' not suffering from nervous prostration , but la In flno health and spirits , "owing to the food supplies which are at last en hand and sufllclcnt to afford relief. " Mr. Darker adds , "As consul , or ex-consul , I will con- tlnuo hero giving all the aid In my po er to thcso people who have won alt my nympa- ( tiles. "The surrender Is announced In tlila pro vince of the Insurgent colciiol , Oulllrrmo , to Major Albert du Ilitarlie , with eight un armed Insurgents. Colonel Tojcda of the Spanish forces roporla having been engaged near Manzanllla , In the province nf Santiago do Cuba with the Intmrgrnt Hrl n- dler General Ilcnltes. The Spanish version of the affair a > A the Insurgents lout four killed and two prisoners and that the gov ernment force lost four num. HKCOCM/.K I.M > KIMM > I\I ; : . Ili < | ir * i < pniillvo Klnir IntriiilniM-M av Joint llrftoliitlnti ( < tlint Knil. WASHINGTON , March Hepresentatlvo King of Utah Introduced today the follow ing Joint resolution recognizing the Inde pendence of Cuba : Hcsolved , by the Bcnnto nnd house of rep. rcsentiitlvcs , That the republic of Cuba , having established ami maintained nu In- ilopendeiit government cnp.ible of perform ing those ilulloH , foreign and domestic , which appertain to Independent govern ments ; nml It appearing that there Is no longer any reasonable prospect of the suc cessful prosecution of the \vnr by Sp.iln , It Is expedient rind proper and In conformity with the lau'.M of natloni ; and thu practlco of this government , In llki > cases , that the Independent political existence of said atati ) be acknowledged by thu government of tha United States. ICUIAII : Dr. KlojiMfli Ilrl < - lljOntllncx IliO XtM'llH Of (111CllllllllN. . N"E1W YORK. March 21. Dr. Iotil9 Klop ch , now In Cuba In charge of the American relief works , cables from Havana tinder date of ( March 21 , to the Christian Herald : The situation la Blmply this : Two hundred nml live thousand reconcentrailos In over 400 accessible towns are helplessly desti tute. Unless wo can got regularly , without a break , SOO tons of corn meal anil llfty tons of lard or bacon , every week , we can not effectively ri'llovo the Buffering. Spasmodic and un.systeniatlc efforts dCi , feat all good Intention ! ' . Canned goods am useless anil rondcnseil milk should bo Htih- Btltuted. Fifteen thousand dollars weekly will feed every starving man , woman anil child in Cuba. Small , Irregular alilpmcnU are only tantalizing. iii-ntH1 of ( U-fiiii VoNNi'lx , Mnrc'h at At New York Arrived Anchorla , from Glasgow ; Mobile , Jrom lyondon. At Gibraltar Arrived Worm , from New- York. Sailed BniH , for New York. At Southampton Sailed Krledrlch , Dor rosso , for Now York. At Naples Arrived Augusto Victoria , on cruise. At Antwerp Arrived Frlcsland , from Now York. Work of Burglars entercil the room cf Mlw Mary 1C. Quackenbulh a few nights ago during1 her absence and took everything of value In sight. MI.-H Quackenbus.li resides at the Madlnon Twcnty-IIrst niidl Chicago streets , and her room la not far from thu main en trance. The thieves managed to carry away her trunk , containing a comldor.ibla quan tity of clothing- , and also secured a valuabla fur cloak. Both the method and results when Syrup of Figa is taken ; it is pleasant nnd refreshing to the taste , and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys , Liver and Bowels , cleanses the sys tem effectually , dispels colds , head aches nnd fevers nnd cures habitual constipation. 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