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WESTERN NEWS-DEMOCRAT isre srs , VOLUME xiv. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , FEBRUARY 23 , 1899. NUMBER 5. ELECTRIC FLASHES N WS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. LOUBET IS PRESIDENT FRENCH REPUBLIC ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE. Successor to the Late M. Faure Re ceives 48 Votes to 279 for Mclinc Disorders Follow Its Announce ment Many Arrests Made. France's New President. has been officially announced that Xioubet has been electe 1 President of the French Republic. The Xational Assembly met at Versailles at I o'clock Saturday afternoon. Loubet , President of the Sen- ale , declared Ihe sitting open , amid the ap plause of the leflists. The members of the Xalional Assembh. iiamch , the members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies , began to assem ble at 10 o'clock in Ihe morning. Loubel- , President o ! ' the Senate and presiding officer , and candidate for President 01 Franco , arrived at that hour. Friends sur rounded LouTjet. IIo said to them : "I : you lee me , J hope you won't vote for me. ' At 2-JO the ballot was completed. Whil the checking was in progress the member : of the Assembly left the hall , assembled ii the galleries and corridors and discussec the chances of Ihe election. The officia count suid 812 votes were cat > t , and that M. Loubet recehcdIS3 , M. Meline 279 and 5t were scattered. When the sitting of tht Assembly was resumed the tellers enterec and announced the result as heretofon given. Senator Cimruau. for the teller : then said : ' Loubcl having obtained an absolub majority. I prjjlaim I.nn president of the republic. " The annou iccment wasgieeled with pro longed applause , mingled with violent pro tests from the rightists : nd leftisls ant of "Vive ! " shouting la r publique Great disorders followed the electioi Saturday and continued all dtfy Sunday Many -arrests have been made. An or ganized effort will be made loause him tc FOUR PERSONS ASPHYXIATED Gas Caused Their Death , but Whisky Seems to Have Lied to It. Mrs. Charles Fahrenkampagetl 83 years Iiertwo children , Florence and William , aged respectively 10 and 0 years , and an unknown woman , aged about 35 years , were found dead Sunday in a room in Mrs. Fahrenkamp's home in Philadelphia , Pa. The gas was turned on , and life had ap parently been extinct for several days. Scattered about the first floor were remnants of cigars and cigarettes and -empty beer and whisky bottles. The bodies were found by a next door neighbour , who had forced an entrance tc the house. Last Friday morning Mrs. Wilson , living next door , Avas asked by Florence to assist her in raising her mother from the floor , where the child said she was sleeping. Mrs. Wilson told her she was unable to do so , and suggested that the girl cover her mother and allow her to continue sleeping. The two women and the boy , it is believed , were then dead and from the position of the girl , who occupied another room , it is thought that she was -overcome by the gas while trying to lift her mother. Mrs. Fahrenkamp's husband , i who is a traveling salesman , left home about a we3k atro on business for his firm. RIOT IN A THEATER. About 2OOO Men and Women Toot Part in It in Chicago. A riot in which 2.000 men , women and children took part , occurred Sunday after- at the Star Theater , Chicago , and be- re the police arrived the interior of the theater had been badly damaged. Scenery which was to have been used in the present ation of a play had been tied up by legal proceedings , and after the audience had waited until 4:30 : p. m. for the curtain to go up. many began to clamor for the re- turn of their money. They were refused at the box office , and three minutes after ward chairs were broken in pieces and liurled at the stage , chandeliers were brok en , carpets were torn up and the theater and sidewalk outside was one mass of fighting , yelling humanity. The clanging of the patrol wagon bells scattered the crowd in a harry , however. Later in the ( afternoon Ihe money was iciiindcd lo those who presented their coupons. EUROPEAN RAILWAY WRECK. Collision Near Brussels Kills and Injures Over a Hundred. An express train from Calais , carrying passengers from London , collided with a train at a standstill at Forest , near Brussels. \ Twenty-one passengers were killed and 100 injured. It is said that owing to the fog the engineer did not see the sighals. The collision was appalling. The express locomotive mounted on top of the last carriages of the other train , which were filled with passengers. These cars were smashed to pieces. There were no Ameri cans or Englishmen among the victims. Vcrdiict in the Shea Case. The jury in the Paddy Shea murder case 3/Wichita , Kau. , returned a verdict of fACrderinthe second degree. Shea was tried for killing of Ed Dawson , a noted crook , last July. an THE WEEK IN TRADE. The Business World as Seen by R. G. Dun & Co. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly H ' \ icw of Trade says : Beyond question business is expanding , and in many branches it is larger , notwithstanding speculative combi nations which tend to reduce it. All mo nopolies , or attempted monopolies , stimu late business while they are coming.but. tend to stifle it after they come , and the throng of combinations and trusts which have been formed or proposed have given temporary impetus to trade. But beyond the influence of these there is a genuine and substantial enlargement of business due to the unexampled prosperity of a growing population. Atlantic exports of wheat have been re tarded by the blizzard , but have been 2- , 205,710 bushels , Hour included , against . ' } , - 142,037 last year. When it is remembered that the exports of corn are almost as large as the largest ever known there is reason for astonishment at the continued foreign demand. That it persists in spite of the strong advance in prices here since Sept. 1 , Is most encouraging. There is much more inquiry for wool anil the manufacturers have a larger demand for heavy weight goods , but the.\ maintain that they cannot pay prices now demanded for wool and most of the purchases made appear to have been at some concessions. Failures for the week have been 178 in Ihe United States against 293 last year , and IS in Canada against 33 last year. TELEPHONE GETS A CHARTER City of Chicago and Company Agree Upon Terms. The cliailer of the Illinois Telephone and Teiegtaph Company , after being amended to meet some requirements of the Mayor , was passed by the Chicago City Council by a vote of f > ! 5 Io4. Theordinance as amended provides for a franchise for thirty years , covering all the territory in side the limits of the city of Chicago. The compensation to be paid the city is nothing for the first ten years ; 3 per cent , of the gross receipts for the second ( en years ; 5 per cent , for the next five years , and 7 per cent , for the remaining five years. In all conduits one duct shall be given to the city and the city can use all the com " pany's"poles. . The cost of telephones shall not be more than $85 a year for business instruments ; , $30 for residences and $125 for public telephones. The city is given a number of telephones free , and can rent instruments for lire and police use for § 5 a year. An option is given the city to pur chase the plant at the end of the franchise. ROBBERS IN HARD LUCK. Cracksmen Blow Open a Vault at Ohorlin , Ohio , hut Get No Cash. Cracksmen gained an entrance to the vault of the Oberlin , Ohio , Banking Com pany , Saturday night. The robbers cut the trolley wire of the Cleveland Berea Electric Railway , which runs directly past the bank , and attached the current to a drill with which to operate on the outside door of the vault. After forcing this door the robbers inserted a big charge of powU der and blew the interior of the vault into a thousand pieces. The walls on all sides were badly shattered , plastering was torn off and the vault doors were blown over twenty feet out of their settings. However , no money was secured , as the robbers failed to get into the hig safe , evidently for lack of time. The papers and books inside the vault were damaged beyond recognition. No clew whatever has been found to the peipetrators. ' TO CRUSH THE REBELS. Administration Determined to Push Campaign in Philippines. The administration is determined lo rapidly extend the jurisdiction of the United States over the whole Philippine group , acting on the theory that delay is danger ous ; that anarchy and a general paralysis of such inlerests as the islands support will be brought about through failure lo prompt ly replace Spanish sovereignty over the isl ands by that of the United Slates. The decision involves Ihe necessity of a naval campaign , and this will be instituted as soon as Dewcy receives reinforcements in { he shape of gunboats now on the way ( o Manila. $ Wall Falls on Firemen. By the collapse of a wall during Ihe pro of a small fire in Baltimore at building of the Baltimore Barrel Company , len firemen were injured. The wall car ried down with it a ladder upon which Ihe $ men were standing , playing a line of hose upon the flame ? . It is thought that none of he men were dangerously hurt. Payment of Illinois Volunteers. $ The Illinois House of I'epresentatives adopted the report of the Committee on Military Affairs recommending the adop- lion of a resolution favoring the payment $ of the Illinois volunteers from the lime of assembling at the home stalions to the time of muster into the United Slates ser- to " see. Spain to Free Filipinos , tt Las been decided by the SpanisL Government to liberate the Filipinos who to have been deported to the Caroline and to Ladronc Islands in order to influence the 2 Filipinos to release the Spaniards they hold a ? prisoners. $ Hanging in Chicago. Robert Howard , colored , was hanged in $ $ Chicago last Friday for complicity in the jijurder of F. C. Metcalf last November , for the purpose of robbery. Three Dig Buildings Burned. 4 = Fire has destroyed three six-story business - 2 , ness buildings in Philadelphia , entailing aggregate loss little short of 5400,000. NO PROGRAM OUTLINED. Fate of McEnery Resolution Seems a Question of Doubt. House leaders in Washington familiar With foreign questions say no program has been matured or even outlined thus far as to what will be done with the McEnery resolution relating to the Philippines , passed by the Senate. It will probably go to the Foreign Affairs Committee , although the point has been made that with the ratification of the treaty the Philippines are no longer foreign lerritory. Chairman Hitt of the Committee on Foreign Affairs said he would talk with his committee associates before determ ining on any plan. Mr. Dinsmore , of Arkansas , the ranking minority member of the committee , says the minority has not matured any line of action , although it may propose an amendment designed to elimin- ale any suggestion of a colonial nature which the resolution may now convey. Some of the members of the committee stated privately that they would not vote , for the resolution if it could be construed as objectionable to llio administration. Owing to the absence of all exact plans the impression prevails in some quarters that there w ill be no haste toward considering the subject. CAUSES A SENSATION. Garcia' * ? Son Indites a Loiter to the Cuban Assembly. Gen. Carlos Garcia's letter to the Cuban Assembly , which was published in the papers of Havana in spite of the Assembly's Dfforts to suppress it , has created a sensa- lion in that city. La Discuscion. the only Cuban organ , the editor of which , Senor Coronado , is a member of the Assembly , makes an attempt at defending the action of the body , refusing outright , however , to print Garcia's letter , which stigmatizes the withdrawal of the troops as a cowardly insult to the ( Tend chieftain's memory. Several prominent Cubans , whose protests against the Assembly's course could find no room in the public press , have published letters privately and have scattered them broadcast through the town. AFRAID OF SAN JOSE SCALE. Hoyal Decree Issued by Belgium Jtiffects Importations of Fruit. A royal decree which has been issued in Belgium effects the partial prohibition of the importation of fivsh fruits and living ] > IPU S from , America into Belgium. Under the decree future importations of that soit must be accompanied by certificates that they arc absolutely free from the blight known as the San Jose scale. SPANISH CAPTAINS' REWARD Surviving Commanders of Destroyed Warships to Be Courtmartialed. A Madrid dispatch states that all the surviving captains of the Spanish warships destroyed off Santiago. Cuba , and in Manila Bay by the American tleets will be court- martialed. She Took Off Forty-Two Persons The steamer Hottcrdam , from Rollerdani , reports < that on February t > she sighled the British steamer Rossmore in a sinking con dition. The Rotterdam took off those on board the Hossmore , forty-two in all. Xine member of the crew had been taken off by the steamer Trojan before the Rotterdam came up. Greato.st Amateur Runner Dead. Lawrence E. Meyers , the famous short distance runner , died suddenly in Xew York , Thursday night , of pneumonia. His running records still stand , no amateur or professional having ever equaled them. SeArcii People are Hurt. The locomotive on the Grand Trunk express - press jumped the track east of Lennoxville , Quebec , Thursday , and the train followed. Xo one was killed , but three trainmen and four passengers were injured. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , $3.00 to $0.00 ; hogs , shipping grades , ? 3.00 to § 4.00 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $4.75 ; wheat , Xo. 2 red , 72c to 74c ; corn , Xo. 2 , 3Gc to 38c ; oats , Xo. 2 , 28c to 20c ; rye , Xo. 2 , 5Hc to 57c ; butter , choice creamery , 20c to 22c ; eggs , fresh , 22cto 24c : potatoes- , choice , 35c to uOc per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to o.7o ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.25 ; sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , G9c to 71c ; corn , No. 2 'lite , 34c to 35c ; oat.s No. 2 white , 30c to 32c. St. Louis Cattle , $3.50 to $0.25 ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 73c to 75c ; corn , No. 2 yellow , 34c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 2Sc to 30c ; rye. No. 2 , 55c to 5Gc. Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.25 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat. No. 2 , 74e to 7Gc ; corn , Xo. 2 mixed. 35c to 3d- ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 29e to 31 c ; ryiNo. . 2. C,2c to G4c. Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs , $2.50 to $4.25 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.75 ; wheat. No. 2 , 73c to 75c ; corn. Xo. 2 yellow , 8ie ( to 3Se ; oats , No. 2 white , 32c 34c ; rye , (51 ( c lo t > 3c. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 73c to 74c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 35c to 3Gc : oats , No. 2 white , 2lc to 30c ; rye , No. 2. 5Gc 5Sc ; clover seed , old , $3.55 to $3.05. Milwaukee V.'hcat. Xo. 2 spring , 70c 72c- corn , Xo. 3 , 32c to 34c ; oats , Xo. white , 30c to 32c ; rye , Xo. 1 , 5Uc to 5Sc ; liarleXo. . 2 , 45o to 52c ; pork , mess , $10.00 lo $10.50. Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers , $3.00 to $ G.OO ; hogs , common to choice , $3.25 to $4.bO ; sheep , fair tp choice weth ers , $3.50 to $4.75 : lambs , common to vxtra , § 4.50 to $5.25. N.w York-Cattle , $3.2T to $ G.25 ; hogs , 3.00 to $4.75 ; sheep , " 3.00 to $5.25' wheat , > To. 2 red , 85c to SGc ; corn , No. 44c to 4Gc ; oats , Xo. 2 white , SGc to 3Sc ; butter , creamery , IGc to 23c ; eggs. Western , 22c to 24c STATE OP NEBEASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Results of the Great Cold Have Not Been Serious to Stock Interests- Snow on Ground Improves the Wheat Situation Other Items- Slight Loss in Stock. Reports are being received from all parts of the state as to the damage lo live stock and winter wheat by the severe weather. On the whole it is found that live stock has escaped in an extraordinary degree. Some stock on the open ranges perished , , and a number of flocks of sheep in different parts of the state died during the blizzard. The native cattle on the open range suffered more than the feeders brought into the state from Arizona and Colorado dur ing the past two years. Stockmen gener ally regard this as the crucial test , as it has never been so cold in Xebraska before , and if this stock from warmer climes can stand the rigors of this winter it is agreed that the question of importing this southwest stock for feeding purposes in the state is definitely solved. The loss of range stock will not exceed I per cent , in the aggreal gate , while in past winters , when the weather was much less severe , it has run as high as 5 per cent. The damage to win ter wheat is believed to be 25 per cent. Ten inches of snow now covers the wheat fields of the state , which very much improves the situation. TO BE BROUGHT HOME. Ncbraskans Killed in Manila to Be Buried in Native Soil. Adjt. Gen. Barry received the following telegram from Congressman Stark last week : A corps of undertakers left San Fran cisco .January 27 with all necessary sup plies to return at Government expense , in Hermetically sealo.-l caskets , the remains of our dead. Newspaper repoits say that there have oeen appropriations and contributions for .hat purpose in Xebraska. Advise me by wire what the procedure nieans as I have letters which I must answer on that sub ject. ( Signed ) W. L. STAUK. Lincoln : To Col. W. L. Stark , Wash ington , D. C. : Eeplying to your telegram the purposes of the appropriation for the sare of honored dead are supplemental to that of the United States Government. Will enable Governor to meet any emerg ency in caring for our honored dead. P. II. liAituv , Adjutant General. QUANTITIES OF FREIGHT. Great Release at Omaha Following the Holdup of the Late Storm. Vast quanlilies of freight , the result of 2ongestion growing out of the recent storm 'jave moved both ways out of Xebraska and the adjacent states from Omaha in the past few days. Much of this freight was probably goods which it was unsafe lo attempt to handle with such frightful weather. The volume of business fell off enormously , because it was ioo cold for cattle and ranch men to do any shipping. Xow the traffic has resumed normal conditions on all roads of the State. On the Union Pacific and Burlington roads energetic work was necessary to keep the flyers moving , but was done. Xot at any time was the transcontinental traffic interrupted through the Omaha-Ogden gateway. Safebreakers Work at Neligh. The safe in the hardware store of B. J. Wright at Xeligh was blown open. The thieves secured $18 in cash , three rings , two diamonds and one sapphire , amounting altogether in value to about $100. The safe was entirely ruined. Tools were secured at Lytle's carpenter shop and together with papers from tjie safe were found near Myers' livery barn. The burglars are pro- sumed to be home talent and the same that haveconnnitted similar depredations withP1 in the last year. Strife at Kearney School. ' The Kearney Reform School muddle came to a definite settlement last week by the appointment of John C. Sprecher as superintendent and J. X. Campbell as as sistant. That this action was to be taken has been known for some time , it being a question only of how long the friends of Hoxie could delay the matter. Sprecher and Campbell make a combination that is generally acceptable to the fusion leaders. Bank Pays Its Dchts. Three years ago When the Bank of Wy more failed , besides the money individual depositors had therein , were several thou sand dollars belonging to the city , town ship and school funds , some of which 1 been paid at intervals since -then. L ; . . . . : week the city , township and School Board officials succeeded in adjusting matters with the defunct bank and have jointly taken a trust deed to the building. Wires Are Hung in Wymore. Wymore's new telephone exchange was connected up the other day , starling out with eighty subsci ibers. There is no doubt but that enough new subscribers will be added when spring comes to run the total up to 150. Wymore and Blue Springs aie on the same exchange and the citizens of both towns are already beginning torealixe the many conveniences which will accrue from a good exchange. of Cluster Into the Guard. An order was issue. ] in Lincoln provid ing for the mustering in of Company L. Second IJegimeut , of the Nebraska Xationn 1 Guard , on the evening of February 23. General Barry was present to swear in the new company. for Fanner Hurt in a Runaway. Dcdrich Schrocder , a German farmer living about nine miles north of Columbus- , was seriously injured in a runaway acci dent while returning home from town. He was reported to be in a critical con dition. Jackson Mau Killed. James Timlin was instantly killed by falling from a tree he was trimming at Jackson recently. in CHARTER DAY AT UNIVERSITY 1 State Institution Keeps Open House to Honor the Occasion. A grateful change in temperature arrived in time for the Charter Day exercises of the University of Xebraska , which commenced Feb. 15 at the State farm and closed on the evening of the 10th with the Charter Day oration by Dr. A. F. XighUngale , super intendent of the Chicago schools. The dairy building was inspected and the pro cess of buttermaking watched with interest by a crowd of spectators. The Society of Electrical Engineers kept open house in the armory. The exhibit of electrical de vices was very creditable One of the most interesting was the wireless telegraphy arranged afler the plan of Marconi. On the second day all departments of the University received visitors , who found most instructive demonstrations going on in all departments In the mechanical arts building , an athletic exhibit in the gym nasium and a fine art display iu the library building. The new features received much atten tion. In the school of domestic science which was established only a few months ago , and is under the direction of Miss Rosa Bouton , all callers were treated to warm biscuit and maple syrup served by the do mestic science class , which now numbers sixteen. The foundry was crowded all the afternoon with those eager to see the boys handle the liquid metal. Dr. Xightingale's address at the Oliver was on "Wendell Phillips , " ' and was pref aced by a musical program by the Uni- LONG VIGIL REWARDED. Marshal Sleeps in Ice Box Three Weeks to Capture Thieves. The city marshal of Springfield , this state , and his assistants have placed under arrest four parties who have been systematically - matically robbing the saloon of Peter A. Smith for the last two months. They are U. L. Bosteler , John Wetsel , Louis Hous- child and John Tyo. Marshal Cragle got a tip about three weeks ago that the gang had a key and was making frequent trips to , the saloon during the night and drawing largely from a barrel ofhisky , after which" they went out and locked the door behind them. For Ihe last three weeks the marshal and other parties have been secreted in the ice box In the saloon ; until atfcr midnight. Their patience was rewarded a few nights since , when wtl they surprised Bosteler , who was just then taking a drink behind the bar. One or two tro trv the others implicated in the robbery were stationed on the outside and fled , but Bosteler gave their names and before day light Sheriff Startzer had them all under lock and key. Thv.nj : : are all well Known anil the news created a sensation. Artesian Well Breaks Loose. The large eight-inch artesian well that is the pride of Xiobrara as well as the town's safety , burst at the valve and the mill , water supply and electric light were obliged to shut down for repairs. It is thought tiiat when the electric light was put out and the power shut down not a sufficient flow of water was allowed to run through , and the little that did run was stopped by severe cold Aveather , thus bursting the valve. It was throwing up rocks and fears were entertained that they may choke up the well. Leases of Cattle and Sheep. A dispatch from Gering states that the severe cold has resulted in a considerable loss of stock , the more extensive losses , Jc however , being among Ihe sheepmen. From 100 to 150 head is the way the sheep losses arc reported from the various bunches. Cattle losses so far are not re ported in larger than six or seven head in a herd , but it is feared that the losses of the cattlemen will come in case of later storms , which will find many cattle in a poor condition. Attempt of Despairing Woman. Mrs. Bottio 3iiler ! of Oxford attempted to throw herself in front of a moving train with suicidal intent. Her intention was divined by friends standing near in time to save her. Mrs. Miller has been almost crazed with grief since the death of her husband , a railr uul man. who was run over by a freight l-in : in the Oxford yards a few weeks ago. Sale of For ! Sidney Reservation. TheSecretai\ Ihe Interior has under consideration the sale of the old Fort Sid ney Reservation under conditions submitted , ted by Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office as lo the best means of the disposition of the property. The sale will probably take place in the course of ninety days. Two Falls at Osceola. Albert Jones of Osceola received a serious injury to his head in falling from a wagon. He was unconscious for several hours , but it is thought he will recover. b Miss Annubelhi Smith , daughter of Eev. F. Smith , also fell on the icy sidewalk and fractured her collarbone. b Farmer's Hand Mangled. 1 Edward Ikulgin , a fanner living eight 1a 1b miles southwest of Ashland , received a severe injuries while shelling corn. His left hand was caught in the gearing of the ir machine and three fingers and his thumb irv wore badh mangled , the first finger being P cntiielv severed from his hand. leVi Good Price for Hay. Vi , During the cold snap the Warren Live di Stock Company ot" Cheyenne sent rush or ders for ; ili baled hay in Ihe Lodge Pole vulloy and vicinity of Sidney. A number o car * of hay and alfalfa wore immediately irsi loaded and lop-notch figures realized. si tl : Prosperity Hit Pierce County. Prosperity has hit Pierce Count } ' . An ! > Osmond real estate agency has sold over r 1.000 acro.s of choice farm lands near that rtl : town within the last month. All land tlf agents report largely increased inquiries tl : land. 11 Young Woman Badly Burned. Miss Hanna McMillan , daughter of a prominent fanner of Osmond , was severely ir . burned about the hands and face while : blacking a stove , using gasoline to thin the mixture. She will recover. . Nebraska Short Notes. f' Allen is agitating the question of putting : water works. ISLES HELD IN TfiTJST M'KINLEY TALKS OF LANDS TAKEN FROM SPAIN , Americans Have No Imperial Deaigua Taking : Over of Sovereignty a Duty Made Necessary by War Nation's Authority Will Be Asserted. President ! McKiuIeyr for the first time since Dewey's victory at Manila , has made public declaration of what lias been and is the policy of the administration re garding the Philippines. This public dec laration was made by him in Boston Thursday night at the banquet of the Home Market Club , at which he was the guest of honor. lie proclaimed it to be his duty , as the chief executive of the na tion , to possess and hold the Philippines until Congress shall direct otherwise. He also stated that at no time did one word or line go from him either to Manila or the American peace commissioners which did not place as Ihe first consideration the welfare and the rights of the Filipinos. To this h-c added that "no imperial de signs lurk in the American mind. " In his address President McKinley re viewed , at length the Philippine situation , saying that the country must bravely face the new issue and decide it for the best interests of the islanders as well as the people at home. That this country has no imperial designs was positively declared by the nation's chief executive. He said an imperial policy was opposed to the principles of the American Government and could not be entertained. Cession oC the Philippines , Mr. McKinley said , be came a necessity , and , hard though the duty is , it will have to be borne. As for the future of the islands , it rests with Congress , the representative of the peo- people , and the people will do what id right. ' While grieving over every drop of blood shed at Manila , whether from the veins of a brave American or a misguided na tive , the President said the Filipinos will be compelled to respect the authority of the United States and then will be shown that the conqueror is working for the isl ands' good. The banquet of the Homo Market Club at Mechanics' Hall was the largest af fair of the kind ever arranged in this country , the exact number of persons who were served being 1,914. Besides these , there were fully 3,800 spectators in the balconies. FELIX FAURE DEAD. Preaidtnt of France a Victim of Apoplexy. M. Felix Fatirc , tanner , shipbuilder , soldier , deputy , cabinet minister , and final ly president of the republic of France , died in the Palace Elysee , Paris , at 10 o'clock Thursday night of apoplexy. He was stricken down at the conclusion of a hard day's work , and breathed his life out in the room where he was accustomed daily to do more work than any other member of the Government. Mine. Faure was with her husband at the end. The president was working with M. la Gall , chef de cabinet , when , about o o'clock , he complained that he felt ill. He did not attach much importance to it , and went out for an hour's drive , hoping the indisposition would pass off. Instead , it became worse , and on his return to tha Elysee M. le Gall noticed a marked and alarming change in his face. Mine. Faure was immediately informed The president was taken to his room and messengers were hastily sent to fetch the nearest physician. One quickly returned IMIKSIDENT FELIX KAUKE. ivith a medical man , who at once applied jlisters. In spite of this the patient grew rapidly worse , and it was not long until rjr rjb . Launcelongue and Dr. Potin arrived , jut after a very brief examination de clared that there was nothing to be done. There had been a rush of blood to the jrain and the president was past human lid. lid.Until Until a late hour the crowds remained n front of the Elysee. On the boule- rards , the greatest emotion was displayed. Parisians heard the news as they were eaving the places of amusement , but vere utterly incredulous at first , so sud- len and unexpected was the calamity. AH he streets in the vicinity of the Elysee illed up with private carriages , whose ccupants < waited anxiously for furthei nformation. At 12:30 an order was is sued that no one should IH > admitted to" ho palace. In the present disorderly condition ol mblic ' affairs , with justice paralyzed and evolution < menacing , it is not remarkable hat the people of Paris at first took it 'or < granted that Faure was poisoned , but here seems to be no doubt that he died a latural though sudden death. Ho was elected president Jan. 17. ISO. ) . He had jeen minister of marine in the Dupuy cab- net , and was elected president following he resignation of M. Casimir-Porier. president ad interim and the successor of M. Carnet , who was killed by an anarch- st assassin. As his term would not have xpired until 1902 , the French presidents being elected for seven years , it will be incumbent upon the two chambers to unite at once and elect his successor.