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.”
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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*
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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.