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THE WAK Appropriations of Congress Over a Billion Dollars. NORMAL EXPENSES ARE SWELLED. tttupendou* f igure* a* rrr*rute<l In the Statement Made l>y the Home Commit tee— Iii<rea*e of Ordinary Approprla tion* of I’reredlog Year of 139,741.000 —The C’o»t of the War with Spain. WASHINGTON, March 6.—The offi cial statement of Hepresentatinve Jo seph G. Cannon of Illinois, the chair man of the house appropriations com mittee, stiming up the appropriations of the Fifty-fifth congress, shows an aggregate appropriation by the entire congress of $1,506,890,016, and, for the session Just closed, a total of $673,668, 400, with authority for contracts aub Ject to future appropriations amount ing to $170,000,000. Chairman Cannon's statement In full follows : "The appropriations made at the ces sion of congress Just closed amount approximately to $673,658,400 and show an apparent reduction of $219,573,000 under the appropriations made at the preceding session. "This is attributable to the large ex penses occasioned by war with Spain that were provided for during the pro •y ceding session. The entire approprla v lions made by the Fifty-fifth congress aggregate $1,566,890,016.28. Of this sum $482,602,083.47 Is directly chuig able to our late war with Spain or in cident thereto. Deducting this charge from the whole amount of the appro print Ions, tli” remainder, $1,084,327, 632.81, represents the ordinary or nor mal appropriations made by the Fifty fifth congress. 1 IP iippi UJJJ Jiti iwiim iiinuc Ity in*; ' ceding congress, the Fifty-fourth, amounted to $1,044,580,273.87. A com parison shows an Increase in ordinary appropriations made by this congress over those made by that congress, the Fifty-fourth, of $39,747,000, but this apparent increase is more than ac counted for by the increase under eight items alone, namely: Pensions .$ 4,000,u00 Postal service . 10,000,000 Rivers and harbors including work under contract pre viously authorized. 3,000,000 New ships for navy. 0,000,000 Twelfth census . 1,000,000 Paris exposition . 1,200,000 New public buildings, in cluding Department of Justice and new govern ment printing office about 5,000,000 For payment of judgments rendered against govern ment on account of French spoliations and under Bowman act . 3,100,000 "These very natural and necessary increases in public expenditures, on account of the pension list, the growth of the postal service in response to ► the demands of commerce, the im provements of the great waterways of the country and for increase of thp navy, the construction of needed build ing to accommodate the government service In the cities of the country, the taking of the census, the) partici pation of the country in the great ex position to be held in Paris next year and the payment of the French spoli ation Judgments and Bowman act, cases so long considered by and pressed up on congress aggregate $39,000,000— more than dissipating the entire ap parent increase in the ordinary appro priations by this congress over those made by the Fifty-fourth congress. "in addition to the first appropria tions made at this session, contracts were authorized, subject to future ap propriations to be made by congress, amounting to about $70,000,000. Of this amount $44,000,000 is for addi tional ships for the navy, $22,500,000 Is for work on rivers and harbors and something over $3,000,000 is for pub lic buildings. The contract system is. of necessity, applied to the construc tion of new war ships, which require the productions of years for their construction. "In the case of river and harbor im provements and the construction of public buildings, experience has shown that the authorization of contracts leads materially to expedite and as sist the same.” __—— House Has Passed 1.63d Hill*. WASHINGTON. D. C., March 6.— The house of representatives of the last congress passed 1,636 bills and resolu tions, against 1,300 by the Fifty-fourth. 951 by the Fifty-third and 892 by tl.e Fifty-second congresses respectively. The work of the house for Its three sessions appears as a new and valu able feature of the house calendar. This covers a recapitulation of the en tire work and an appendix of over fifty pages, giving the status of every bill that has been reported to the house during the last two years. Fnder the title •'Army" forty-two disttnc meas ures are given. It presents at a glance full Information on ull the house ha* done on any subject. The appendix, index, etc., were prepared by Tally Flerk Wakefield of the house staff I'arllst* are Again Ac tive MORID. March 6 The ( nrllsts are show tug signs of reviving activity. A band of 2.000 deserters from the Hpan Ish army Is now gathered near the French frontier, refiulug to return to Spain although the men haw been pardoned ('artist demonstrations.!! Is reported, have taken place at Valencia, hut n > details aie ptiMiiralde here Vr«<iu|»i Train Wrrtbrtl HI NTING ION l*.» VI it t, 1 first section of (he New York news patter train, due here al 7 ct'chwk. s o wrecked one tulle east of tkls idaee yesterday morning bv a lamlalM*. which resulted from a heavy fall of rain. Instantly hilled KMilN FKIt MiTI t’HIN' of Harrisburg FINK Al AN J r TRIM K, nf MarrU hillg 't hey were caught undei the d- iuU of the demolished engine Al. t'ut. kin's body waa burned brtun l d*. .cgniilci WAR CONGRESS ENDS. Am'il Song* and Shout* of Patrlotl*m Kfty-I'lft li emigres* Adjourn* Sine Die. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6—As the dawn broke over the capitol Satur day morning a large majority of the members of the senate still were in or about the chamber wherein the last legislative day of the Fifty-fifth con gress was drawing rapidly to a close. All night long the senators had been laboring under a terrible nervoiiB strain to complete the necessary legis lation in order that congress might adjourn at noon today, with its decks comparatively clear. Few if any of the members had had a wink of sleep and the drawn faces and heavy eyes of many of the older senators indicated the stress under which they were working. The river and harbor bill, the Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill and other important measures occu pied the senate's attention until 11 a. m., when the senate went into exec utive session. When the doors re opened and the hour for adjournment arrived Vice President Hobart ad dressed the senate as follows: “The hour for adjournment is now ut hand. For the unfailing courtesy and the unvarying cordiality which have characterized the attitude of the senate toward me as its presiding offi cer I am profoundly grateful, and I cannot let this opportunity pass with out this public expression of my deep appreciation of kindness received at the hands of each member of the body and particularly 1 cannot dose the sen ate without recognition of the efficient services of the officers and reporters of this body, whose efforts have been so faithful and whose duties have been so courteously and diligently per formed. “For thp senators who remain and for the senators who retire from this body I desire to convey my thanks for the kindly sentiments expressed in the resolution Just adopted, and it only remains for me now in the exer cise of the duty devolving upon me to declare that the senate stands ad journed without day." i nere was no demonstration what ever In tiie senate. There was general handshaking among the senators and niany expressions of regret were heard that many senators whose terms ex pired today were not to he here when the senate met again. Preparations were everywhere observed for depart ure, many senators intending to leave for their homes at onre. Wearily the house sat through Fri day night, taking recesses from tlma to time, waiting for conference reports. The leaders, upon whom the strain and burden of the closing hours fell most heavily, and the speaker, who had the greatest responsibility of all, remained constantly in their places, watching vigilantly the progress of the contests between the two houses. The final agreement on the river and harbor bill, containing the com promise on the Nicaragua canal, was secured about 3:30 a. m . the sundry civil, in Which the house forced the senate to surrender the provision for the Pacific cable, about (5 a. m., the Dis trict of Columbia, with the provision for sectarian schools eliminated, about 7 o'clock, the conference report on the naval bill at about 9:30 a. ra. The important business of the house had been virtually comnleted when the house recessed for an hour at 9:30. All that, remained was the en rollment of bills and the final ceres's nles. At 10:30. when the house reconven ed, the galleries were again packed to the doors and the hall buzzed with the confused murmur of hundreds of voic es. An American flag had been lower ed from the press gallery above the speaker’s chair. As the hour of 12 o’clock arrived the sneaker faced the house and the still ness of death settled down upon it. The people in the galleries seemed to have ceased to breathe, so oppressive and Impressive was the silence. The speaker fairly towered over his sur roundings. Slowly and with great de liberation he returned his thanks for the compliment the house had confer red upon him. He said: “In laying down for the third time the insignia of an office which has but one superior and no peer I might, perhaps, fairly congratulate myself up on having had a great opportunity to administer a great office in the fashion indicated by the noble words known to our law: Without fear, favor or hone of reward.' Where 1 have succeeded I am sure to have your final approval, where I have failed. I am sure vnu have given me credit for honorable intention. ‘'Notwithstanding any differences of opinion or of party you have given me your confidence in all "hit-It pertained to niy duties here in a manner so full and ample that my memory of it will never pass away. When l compare the opportunity you have given me with what it has been possible to do I see how much I need you* kind Indorse ment of today, for which I return you thanks and gratitude. With pleasant memories for our past, which I shall always cherish, and best wishes for your future, which I shall ulwuvs en tertain. I now declare this house ad journed without day." Half a doscn times during the pro gress of his it-murk* the speaker was obliged to pause, owing to the sponta neous applause whlth arose from all sides, and when he concluded with the innouncentetit that the house stood adjourned slue die the applause an I cheers were deafening 1 he galleries joined It) the out burst. ! Suddenly some no nttiers down near the rostrum bcaan singing and a bora the din arose thg strains of My Coutt i*v ‘Tli of Thee. 9wv*t l.aud of tdb [ ertv ** The air was taken up. the gslleriev ciuaht the Inspiration an on*- man, everybody ruse and joined in lb* stag ing until iu one grand . htifu* thou t» fcfl'l* * »*r * V 4 ». “I.#* h* 1 •* t 1 f | f * I! M; t ♦ f *« f» of the national anthem. |t w *• a scene to live a life time ts wiiii**» and .. Utiiug *i*d a i* * • ' Shiwn In front the gallant tleneml ltei*.lr| i|l With HU US*' aloft, was ia-aiIns time for the air, wbtle all around us the fi *or and In the (tlhulst the Inspiring words poured out In im * mens* volume The rent*', Uftt'tl iliN of lh«* % #»( tMrtfUfiv • 4*» Itt4 t N«ff ««r« l»4r# t« All Public Improvements at Santiago Stopped. OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN WORRIED Havana (nutruction* to (iovprnor Wood Ar« Condemned —- New Policy May Create llandlt* Amoii( employe* — Other Matter* at the National Capital. SANTIAGO, Cuba, March 4.—Be tween 2,000 and 3,000 men hnve been suddenly thrown out of work In the province of Santiago, over 700 being In the Immediate neighborhood of this city. Although Governor General Brooke has wired (30,000 required for the February pay roll, there is still a deficit of nearly (20,000, and the orders from Havana still hold good, limiting the expenditure during the month of March for the entire uro vince to (10,000. The effect of this order on Civil Gov ernor Castillo, Mayor Bacaradi and other Cubans prominent In official cir cles is simply paralyzing. Mayor Bacaradi has cabled the governor gen eral, desiring to know what he is ex pected to do with such a large num ber of men suddenly thrown out of work. Though we are perfectly friendly to the Americana," he said In the dis patch, "the present policy seems sui cidal, for public Improvements are greatly needed and the men also arc greatly In need of work." Civil Governor Castillo wonders what will happen. He cannot see that the men suddenly thrown out have any alternative to becoming bandits, and he regrets exceedingly the damaging blow the province has received. Ow ing to hls position, he may not com ment upon the orders of hls superiors, but he considers the prospects very gloomy. Major General Leonard Wood re fusrv to make any further statement than that he will obey orders. Nearly $20,000 is still due for February, for which he will be personally answer able, but under the present orders he eannot continue men at work. Out wardly he is one of the calmest men today in Santiago but as a matter of fact he is greatly worried. Groups of men on street corners, in dubs, cafes, etc., openly abuse the American admlnilstration, saying that the Spanish was infinitely preferable, as in the worst times considerably more men were engaged on public works under the old regime than are now so employed. Probably the full effects of the new policy will not be visible Itefore Monday, as the men will receive their pay tomorrow, and, al though General Wood does not expect disturbances, Cubans who affect to he cognizant with the whole situation say it will he quite impossible to avoid an outbreak of some sort. In spite of all the antagonism dis played against the American authori ties at Havana, General Wood remains popular among Cubans of all classes, who declare the Havana Instructions an "outrage upon his administration." In the speeches made at the San Car los club today the sentiment was that the new orders ought to he attributed to envy of General Wood's successful methods In this department, and so far as the province of Santiago la con cerned, the Cubans say that If a vote were taken tomorrow they would elect him for the highest position In the island, in preference to any Cuban. The new regulations have brought to a standstill all the Imnrovements including the dredging of the harbor, roadmaking and sewerage. Probably mass meetings will be held on Monday to protest and inflammatory speeches are likely to be made, in spite of the orders prohibiting any criticism at public meetings of any acts of the mil itary authorities. WASHINGTON, March 4.—General Hrooke has not yet communicated to the war department any complaint on the part of the people of Santiago re specting the sufficiency of the allot ment of funds for the conduct of pub lic works in the city and nrovince. It is said that this is simply the same old complaint on the part of the Santiago people, without a single new feature. They have from the first bitterly re sented any diversion of the money re ceived at Santiago for the support of the island generally. it is saiu hi me war uepariment. mai this policy cannot be permitted to pre vail. as the immediate result would he the division of Cuba into a number of Independent provinces, none of them willing to pay anything for the support of the eeneral government, and that the plan would work in Cuba precisely as if New York and San Francisco should retain for the public works of those two cities the enor mous amount of import taxes collected there. General Brooke was charged by the department to arrange a schedule which would provide for an euuitable distribution of the receipts In Cuba, and the department is hound to believe that he has complied exactly with his Instructions as to Hantlago This sub ject. among others, will lie looked Into by the inaular examiners recently ap pointed. b|trakrr fr'arr I* llrl Itruup.l, HAKKIMUUKU. March 4.—A wrau ale occurred In the house todav and .is a result of Hjieaker Farr declaring the house adjourned thoae remaining elected Hllata of Itclawsre county, an autt Quay repuUbsii. speaker. Tb* | "rumn" house then took a recess to I 'he hour for me joint session %ni Mtr« frni i 1 WAtflftKUTON Mu»h I run ' trnry to tNr **11* ml t tatlun ihwt Anirru t«ii * A|iHdl *<tMlit a* # mtly in i In lii uf I'nlAdi un i Porto Mb ' foil »*in the Imett uit « . - tt> isla of the s ir ii< i'liiiuriil, that so far very let aiodhsiuin* have tiem tiled fur gf sills, frau> fuses or cottesa sIons for the * onatrui lion uf nubile works of various hinds Probably wore than a duaen reoueata for • rlvtleaee uf thia i hare* ter In Cuba have been made and less than that number in porto Mho THE CIVIL SERVICE. Interfiling Iteirifve In llie Forihrotiling Itf port. WASHINGTON, March 4.—There will be two unique departures In the forthcoming annual report of the civil service commission, which will he presented to the president shortly after the adjournment of congress. These will he a completed history of civil service from the beginning of this gov ernment and a full discussion of the methods of governing all the colonies of the world. Summing tip the civil service history the commission makes the deduction that the civil servi'-e law was enacted for the nutnose of carrying the government hack to what is termed thp wise period of the found ers of the republic, when merit and not political partisan service was the basis of consideration in the matter of appointments and retention In of fice in the government service. Reviewing the administration of the colonial affairs in the world, the com mission In Its report will state that universal experience shows that whera the colonial government is affected by political changes at home their gov ernments are unstable and ertr.tva gant and that in such colonies occur most of the revolts that figure In his tory, producing the high costs of mili tary rule. The commission's report does not specfflcallv recommend an extension of civil service over our re cent acquisitions, hut the application of these conclusions In the considera tion of our Insular affairs Is left for deduction therefrom inn report reviews llie application of the dvll service Jaw since the last report anil cites all the eases of viola tions. with pointed and vigorous con clusions based on these, and there are a number of recommendation* made In the remainder of the report. Including several renewed from last year. Report on Trn<l«• In minn WASHINGTON. March 4. -Consul General Mason al Merlin has sent to the stale department a copy of tie report of the commission sent out In 1895 by the Lyons bureau of commerce to study conditions In China, which report, he says, should prove of real value to Americans who contemplate investing or settling in that country. The commission started from Tonkin, traveled extensively In unexplored portions of southern China, descended the Yang-tse-Kiang river almost from source to outlet and skirled the coast from HongKongasrar north as Pekin. The different members of the party traveled in all over 12.000 miles In Chinese territorv. The report culls attention to the fact that, according to the returns of Chinese customs au thorities, the trade between China and Hong Kong is given as Mrltlsh, where as in reality Long Kong is distinctive ly a port of transit and that an im portant part of the foreign and coast trade of China passes through that port and Is Incorrectly designated as Mritlsh and that the Import trade from the United States alone Ih estimated at. $.39,300,000. 'I he German trade has increased 70 per cent in the last four years. Fltterii lluuiirril lo Tliree. \\ ASH1NGTON, March 4. The following dispatch has been received by Secretary of War Alger from Gen eral Otis in answer to Secretary Al ger’s dispatch of yesterday respecting the number of American prisoners held by the insurgents. MANILA, March. 3.—Secretary of War, Washington: Insurgents have not taken nor do they hold a single prisoner of war. They have three sol diers In Malolos picked up in January who without permission went among them near Cuvlte and Caloocan. I am looking after them nntl providing money. Have captured over 1,500 In i' surgent soldiers since February 24 I and hold the majority as prisoners of war. Detrimental reports which reach the United StateB are mnnufactured mostly In Hong Kong. Troops here in splendid condition. OTIS, A Hlntory of Cavlt*. WASHINGTON. D. C„ March 4.— Through the courtesy of a Spanish resident at Manila the navy depart ment has secured a concise history of the navy yard and arsenal at Cavite. It appears this was started in 1799 by the Spanish admiral, M. de Alva the materials being provided from ’ San Mias, Cal. The arsenal developed greatly during the command of Gen eral Eurile in 1834. when a large frigate, the St. Esperaza. was launched there. A great part of the buildings was destro)ed by earthquakes In 1828 and 1865. The arsenal anil navy yard cover 71.61 square miles, and, It 1b represented, the yard can be made one of the best naval statiors in the rar east. I'rmiilrnt Hi the Capitol. WASHINGTON. 1). C., March 4.— President McKinley will go to the capitol at 10 o'clock lotluv atul remain there during the cloaiug hours of con gress. This has been u customary practice with many presidents at the close of the short session, when the passage of important billa is delayed frequently until almost the constitu tional expiration of the congress The executive Is thus put in easy commu nication with the legislators with whom he cutt consult respecting the merits of stndi measures as might al Nrst seem objectionable. Maw 1 Irrtluii by Spain. MAIWtll), March 4 The curies will lie dissolved, the election Inking pla< • Inward the end of April and the new chamber of deputies meeting in May. t’oitnl de It a scoli. Spanish ambassador j >o Great Hiitalu and loan y ambassador to Prance, have tendered j iheir resignations The prefects and I secretaries of state have also resigns |4 lb» I rest i tavufaM) WAHIIiNG ION March 4 Ths bate com m I tie# mi foreign relations agreed to report favorably a treaty iw tween the 1 ailed i4tat»s and Great ill Halit it bi to the Htitats >eetv.*ii/ ') the pr««* t. nt I he treaty tegulaies ! di*' descent of property of tHIsens of j 'his « mntry who die m Great Itriistu *i»d of III It tali subjects a ho die In tha I titled mates It provides that prop j rrty Ik such cases shall be disposed of »s If the pel sou deceased should dis ! >a his owtt mu mi) sad gives adtuiu istrators. executor* etc., three year* i In eh'>b to rootle estate* . • . * I Weekly Digest of Telegraph ic and Other Matters. NtWS AND NOTfS Of INTfRIST. A Collect Ion of I'llri«graphs Covering a Wide Area and Imparling a flood Ileal of I m forma I inn Without tha Monopoly of Valuable Space. Hrl unlay. It I* expected that the government will noon sell the exposition building at Omaha. The uutloua! government has given an 8-Inch howitzer with forty sheila to mark the grave of Major General Sedgwick In Cornwall. Conn. General Sedgwick was killed in battle during the civil war. 'I he subscription for a monument to Wagner In Uerliu has been dosed, having reached the gum of about J2f>, 000 and the competition for the de sign has been opened. The site has not yet been decided upon. After one of the most exciting local campaigns Mayor Robert ri. McKisson was renominated for mayor cf Cleve land, O., at tlie republican primaries over Judge Carlos M. Stone by a ma. Jorlty of over 7.000. The light was distinctly between the Hanna and Mo Klsson forces. Representative Shermans appoint ment on the board of apralsera leaves an Indian at the head of the house committee on Indian affairs. This representative, Charles Curtis of Kan sas, who belongs to the Kaw tribe, draw's quarterly from the government bis share of the tribe's annuity. General II V. Boynton, ..resident of the Chicamuuga-Chattanooga mili tary park, has a letter from Governor Bradley of Kentucky Informing him that he had decided to fix May 3 and 4 as the dutes for the dedication of the Kentucky state monuments at Chlrkamauga park. Thomas J. I^ee of Missouri, whom President McKinley has nominated to be professor of mathematics In the navy, first came Into prominence through his discoveries regarding ce lestial heat, which have practically changed the whole nebular hypothesis of Herschel and Laplace. In the Spanish cortes the debate on the conduct of wur was continued, but little of Interest was Involved on either side. Count d'Almenas declares that he will not yield to intimidation, Imt wilt contlue the campaign ugainci the generals in the senate, where he will read the violently provocative letter he has received from General Li n ares. Monday. Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows; Available cash balance, $274,000,u.H; gold reserve, $229,671,445. First Sergeant W. H. Osburn of company M of the First Nebraska vol unteers at Manila Las been appointed by Governor Poynter second lieutenant of company A, vice Orr, resigned. Texas is passing through an epidem ic of meningitis. The situauoo is alarming. The death record in Fort Worth Is thirty for last week. Re ports from the country towns give a similar situation. Many schools have been closed on account of the ravages of this disease. An eventful petiod in the country’s history Is covered by the work of the Fifty-fifth congress which come to a close this week. It has been a period of stirring and dramatic action, with questions of vast magnitude constant ly engaging attention, forming an epoch alongside those other American epochs, the revolution and the civil war. The department or state lias been informed by cable from Ambassador White at Berlin that orders have been issued according to which American oranges, lemons and raisens imported into Germany, as well as all American fresh or dried fruit passing through Germany in bond, are no louger to be examined for the San Jose scale. The house was in session seven hours yesterday and sent to the sen ate two more appropriation bills, the army, which had been nder consider ation for several days, and the forti fications. The former carried about $79,000,000 and the latter approximate ly $4,700,000. Tuesday. Edward I*. Thompson of Indlanapo ■is, Ind.. has been selected us post master of Havana. Cuba. For several years he has been deputy at Indianapo lis, and is a trained postofflec official. The Loudon Times prints a copy of the letter dated January 24 which Lloyd Osborne, l'nited Staten consul at Apia, at the time of the conflict of the authorities over the case of Herr (ire vesmuhl of Apia, who was arrested und lined for breaking the windows of the aupreme court. Six second lieutenant* In the reg ular army just graduated from the military academy at We*t Point have arrived at San Frandtco on their way to Manila to join various regular In fantry regiment*. Kleven other otfl c*r* of the same grade will arrive <c a day or two. The war department received Infor mation of the sailing of the transport Minitewsska with the Twenty-third regiment Kansas volunteer infunlry ilcoard. front Santiago. Cuba, for New port New*. These troop* will !»e trans ported theme to Fort leaven worth, Kan., for muster-out. The house tuda) passed a number of important public building bills, in cluding thiee tor Nebraska, providing for the extension of rust for site for the erectluti td a public bull.ling at j Omaha to ft,gnu neb, and providing i 'or au appiop latton In eat h case of tin(ssi for pul'll imlldiugt at line ) 11ligs and Norfolk I I loth branches of the Montana leg islature passed over Hover nor Smith's veto huiio nma»ui. No 11. a meas ure i nap-iwering the owner* of two third* of the atm It of a rurporattoa to compel the elm kholder* of the reat of the »t«>. k to sell mil at an appraised valuation or *. - i t sum k in another rnrporatlou for their holding* — The Colorado senate has passed a bill for an eight-hour day In all mineA In the stato. A Itev. James Monroe Taylor, presi dent of the V'assar college, has de clined the presidency of Brown uni versity. Today’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $269,103,613; gold re serve, $231,124,637. The civil service commissioner an nounced that on April 8 an examina tion for posioiflce clerks and carriers at Fort Madison, la., will be held. The Covington. Ky., postofhce was robbed of stamps and money reported to amount to $20,000. The work was evidently done by men who had se creted themselves in the stamp de partment. General Maxima Gomez visited the graves of General Antonio Maceo and Lieutenant Gomez, theson of the Cuban commander who was killed at the time Maceo was drawn into ambush and slain. The gruveH are situated at i'unta Brava, twelve miles from Ha. vans. Tl»« California anti cartoon bill prohibit* the printing of any portrait of uny citizen except a public official, without 111* consent, or of any carica ture “calculated to reflect on the honor dignity or political motives of the original, or to hold him up to pub lic butred, ridicule or contempt.” Mr. Hunter, United States minister to Guatemala and Honduras, is in Washington In consultation with the officials of the state department re specting the course to be pursued In the matter of the killing of Mr. peart, n native of Pittsburg, and the resident agent of the Honduras Mahogany com pany near Puerto Cortez, Honduras. The monthly statement of the pub lic debt shows that at the close of bus iness February 28, 1899, the debt, loss cash In the treasury was $1,157,904, 391, an increase during the month of $5,277,649. This InereaHe Is accounted for by a corresponding decrease In cash. The debt Is recapitulated a* follows: Interest-bearing debt, $1, 046,735,270; debt on which interest hat ceased since maturity. $1,231,670; debt hearing no Interest, $385,040,964; total $1,427,007,904. Thursday, The hill for a government building at York, Neb., to cost not to excaeu $20,000, has passed the senate. First Vice President Henry W'lek, of the National Steel company, denies that a combination has been formed with the American Tin company. A mortgage for $6,000,000 has been filed at Youngstown, O., by the Central Union Telephone company In favor n* the Old Colony Trust company of New York. M. J. Connelly, the manager of Pe ter Maher, the pugilist, has a telegram from the National Athletic dub of 8an Francisco offering $10,000 for a contest between Maher and Kid McCoy, to take place in Aurll. The Americau Tin Plate company has increased wages, affecting 10,000 men. E. It. Edison has formed a trust to oppose the new fisheries combine, and will establish a big fish packing house at Cleveland, O. The syndicate represented by Hugo von Keitzensteln ano representing John C. Tomlinson. Senor Kaffel Gov In, Mr. Eustis, Senor Francisco Gar cia and other prominent people, has purchased and partly paid for four teen cigar and cigarette factories in and about Havana. John W. King, paymaster for the Missouri Pacific railway, committed suicide at his home in St. Louis h* hanging himself to a rafter In the cellar. When his body was dkeovcr *-d several hours after the act had been commltteed it. was cold and all signs of life were extinct. The course pursued by the comrnur. der of the gunboat Marietta at Blue fields in giving asylum to General Rey es. the leader of the defunct rebellion, is fully apnroved here. It is said thai Captain Simmons piobably saved much bloodshed and rioting and Incidentally the destruction of American property, by offering this refuge and thus termi nating the active resistance of the reb els The Toronto Globe, the government organ, editorially says rc_„rdlng the burial of Lord Herschell: ‘‘It would be a graceful thing on the part of the government of the United States to send the body to England in an Amer ican warship. Nothing could more fit tingly illustrate the kinship of the race than a warship flying the stars and stripes entering Portsmouth with the flag at half-mast and the body of the British plenipotentiary on hoard." Friday. Cadet Taylor has been confirmed as surveyor of the port at Omaha in the face of strong local protest. A dispatch from Manila saya it is rumored that a steamer with 20 Oik* stands of arms and ammunition which were hound for the Philippines hut been seized In Japanese wuters by the Japanese authorities. The Chilian war office and the mili tary authorities have definitely decided to reduce the army by 6,000 men. The government, it is rumored, contem plates the sale of several cruisers io the United Stales und Ecuador. The net income of the Rock Island road for the mouth of January wua $5u3.000, an Increase of $20,308 over the sauie mouth last year. For th*y ten months ending January 31 the uet im nine was $6,537,345, an Increase of $471,077. KHf New KuaUnd *cnator* Joined in u telegram in lb* p .-evident advtaln* that the nomination of l{*pre«*utallv* Harrow* of Minumi hu*ctt* a* librarian of coogreaa be withdrawn, aa It* not Ulna a trained librarian made lit* r on It r hi a l Ion nnadviaahle. Secretary Alger i» tmllurd to look with favor upon ih>- •ugK*etb»n that the army matutalned to th* t nlt i State# lu ('ntia •hall l**« recruited from tlenerai flomei lu hi* recent t infer aiuona ihe native*, a* prnpoeed by dice with Major General tlrnoke, lb* inilliary *ommand#r <»f the Ulaud. I’leetdeut luachaloue of the Alloy admit* that the •radical* arch lug pur> ha»e that road ha* »«*. tired a uiy torltv of th* atorh and that ihe Mi* will *ur> I) tie made Th* prc*ldeut of the road having been oppoeed to th* tale of the *lorV Ihla adml«*lon from him more fully • ••ntttm* th* report* from ih* vindicate that It had aecurel control at a majority of the Much.
