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Washington, Feb. 13. —At no time dur
ing the session of the Senate today was
a quorum of the body present, a major
ity of the members being snow bound
at their homes. For the first time in
many years no invocation was pronounc
ed at the opening of the session, neither
the regular chaplain, nor any other min
ister being able to reaeh'the capitol. A
sharp debate over the unanimous con
sent agreement reached Saturday after
noon to vote on tin* McEuery resolution
tomorrow afternoon was precipitated
early in the session. Some feeling was
manifested by Senators who object to
the adoption of the resolution but none
of ihem indicated what might be their
action tomorrow. In connection with
the consideration of the resolution, the
Senate decided to meet at 11 o’clock to
morrow morning.
In response to some of the statements
made, >;r. Me Laurin, <S. C\). explained
hov the unanimous consent agreement
■ reached and then said:
• J do know that there are Senators
hi this chamber'who would not have vot
'd for the treaty if they had not been
assured of an opportunity to vote upon
the McEnery resolution. If any Sena
tor was not present when the unanimous
consent agreement was made it was his
ov n fault. I give notice therefore, that
1 -hall object to any vacation of the
unanimous consent agreement.”
Mr. TToar, of Massachusetts, said he
had just received a telephone message
from Mr. Mason. (111.1. who requested
on account of his illness, today, that
discussion of the unanimous consent
agreement go over until tomorrow when
he might be present.
Mr. Wolcott. (Col ): “Poes the Sena
tor from Massachusetts understand that
the unanimous agreement reached on la*t
Saturday carries with it a unanimous
consent not to discuss the question n the
absence of the Senator from Illinois?”
With some feeling Mr Hoar replied:
“I do not think the Senator from Col
orado ought in fairness to address such a
question to me.”
He then proceeded to explain how ho
happened to have made the statement
received by h>m from Mr. Mason.
After Mr. Wobott and Mr. bad
had a colloquy that was not audible to
th<* Senate. Mr. Ilale. (Maine), rose and
sa'd:
“Let the Senators adjust their differ
ences outside.” ,
Adverting to the pending matter Mr.
Hn'e said he could not comnreliend the
object of the onponents of the resolution
and added that he would like to know
“the inside of this never ending objection
to those resolutions.”
Mr All'son. (Iowa), said it was well
understood that if the resolution was de
bated it would occupy the* remainder of
the session. TTo maintained that the
unanimous consent to vote upon the reso
lution implied that there should be no
debate.
Mr. Allison at the request of Mr. Hale
then made a statement of the condition
of the various appropriation bills."
“Tt is manifest.” said he. “that these
bids will occurv a great deal of the time
of the Senate.”
ai> TTnle chairman of the Naval Com
mittee. favorably reported a bill creat
ing an Admiral of the Navy. The bill
reads:
“That the President ! s hereby author
ised to appoint, by selection and promo
tion. an Admiral of the Navy, who shall
not be placed upon the retired list ex
cept upon h'« own application: and
v henever such office shall be vacated by
den f b or otherwise the office shall cease
to exist.”
The bill it i« well understood is made
to fit Roar Admiral Dewov and it is ex
pected that when the bill bpoomes law.
be wii] Vp nominated by the President
for the offiep. Th« b'll was passed.
A Senate bill anthnriwng the exchange
i f the old custom honsp lot at St. An
guctine. Fla '‘nr lands adioining the
pov dor bonse lost wa* ftossed
Consideration of the Agricultural ap
propriation h' l ! was then bo<*nn.
A joint resolution appropriating 82(1,-
Pt ft for the removal of --now and ice
from the streets of Washington city was
adopted.
'■"he appropriation for vegetable path
ological tnvostf gaf’ono was increased
from «'°2 "fin to ?'(•;> "iPO. provided (hat
yr 000 should be nsed for the investiga
tion of the disease known as “Little
reach ”
Mr THlman offered an amendment ap
propriating $7.."00 for “investigation and
experimentation with fertilizers and
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fungicides, on the causes of blight in
sea island cotton and in water melons
and the remedies for the same." |
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Tillman also offered tin* following
amendment which was agreed to ‘to en
able the Secretary of Agriculture to in
vestigate and report on the cost of mak
ing tea and the best methods of culti
vating and preparing the same for mar
ket. so as to demonstrate whether it is
practicable to introduce its culture in the
Southern States as a profitable industry.
•T 5.000.”
The bill was then passed.
Air. Teller. Colorado, then made a
brief statement to the Senate in which
he said he proposed tomorrow to vote,
for the McEnery resolution. *
Among the bills passed were the fol
lowing:
Amending the statutes concerning the
drawing off gauging, marking and re
moval of spirits, so that spirits may be
drawn off in packages smaller than bar
rels and put in five gallon cans for ex
port purposes.
The Senate then at 3:20 p. m. on mo-'
tion of Allison went into executive ses
sion and at 3:30 p. m. adjourned.
HOUSE HELD SHORT SESSION.
Speaker Reed Did not Venture Out and
Air. Cannon got Turned Over in the
Snow.
Washington. Feb. 13. -This was an
exceedingly dull day in the House. Owing
to the blizzard outside the attendance
was very slim.
The great marble capitol looked like
a snow palace. Ledges, facades and
parapets were banked with snow. On
the drives and the plaza in front of the
building the snow had drifted into great
billows in some places ten feet deep.
Not a street car approached the build
big. but a few mernl ers of the House
managed to reach the capitol in sleighs
and carriages, and the employes trudged
and labored through the deep snow and
LUnding storm to reach their posts of
duty. The hall of the House was as
dark as a cellar. The snow banked
upon the ground glass eeiUngs shut out
she light and half an hour before noon
the hour for th*' House to convene the
’tv-lits were turned on to relieve the*
gloom.
The committee meetings with but one
or two exceptions were not held. The
few members of the House who arrived
bud no thought for anyihin" save the
eatlier. They stood about the woath
t t.gttt b> the lob'y in ih> vea r of (lie
<(' -nssing temperatures and snow
fell and record breaking in all parts of
the country and it was the unanimous
verdict of the oldest member of (he
group that nothing apyrondrng the pres
ent cold spell and snowfall had been
known in Washington in their experi
ence. Sneaker Reed did net annear at
rho i a pitch 1 nt sent word to his lieut.
•rants that in h : « opinion it wn« <nidv’s
nl le to bold a session of the House to
day and after consulting several mem
bers of the nin'orfv Con oral Henderson.
o f Town, who had braved he storm, de
ified it would be best to adjourn ini-’
mediately after assembling.
General Henderson had an engagement
to speak at East Orange. N. .T., today,
but found rlmt bo could not got there
by rail. Mr. Dolliver, of lowa, was to
ei-onk to a S"nday School gathering in
Newark, N. J,
General Grosvenor. of Ohio, was slated
for a speech nt the Marouette Club in
fhieaVo tonight, but could not got away
and Representatives Lacey, of Iowa:
Mann, of Illinois and Packer, of Penn
svivama. with assistant Secretary of
State TT ill were to have spoken at the
Lincoln Banquet tonight at Williams
port. Penn. Some of the mem
bers had ludicrous experiences in their
efforts to get to tho capitol. Mr. Can-;
non of Illinois, the veteran Chairman of'
the Appropriation committee, was tnm
-1 led out of a sleigh in the snowbank
as be was coming up capitol hill.
At 12:05 Clerk McDowell called the’
House to order. There wort* about (ill
members on the floor. Mr Payne moved
that the House adjourn, but there were
cries of “No.” “no,” from the little cir
cle of members, most of whom held in
their hands bills which they hoped to
pa** by unanimous consent.
The motion was voted down 5* to 44.
On motion of Mr. Grosvenor, (Rep., O.V
Air. Payne, of New York, was elected
Speaker pro tem, amid an outburst of ap
plause.
District day was postponed until
Thursday and the House, on Mr. Can
non’s motion then went into committe
of the whole. Air. Hopkins, of Illinois,
in the chair, and resumed the considera-j
tion of the Sundry Civil bill..
A resumption of the discussion of the !
receipts and expenditures of the treas-1
ury which, attracted considerable atten
tion last week, was again precipitated
bv Mr. Sulzer. (l)em.. N. Y.l. who of
fered some figures as to the cost of the
steamship subsidy bill.
Air. Cannon reiterated his statement
of last week regarding the ship subsidy
bill and the Nicaragua Canal Dill.
Air. Payne, chairman of the Commit
tee which reported the subsidy bill,
said be welcomed anv information that
would throw light upon the bill, but lie
protested against alarming statenmnts
as to the deficiencies in advance. Esti
mates did not always coincide wiJi ap
propriations. as nil illustration 'lie cited
the fact .that the estimate for the army
Pill had ranged as high a« -I ' 5.000.1 un
whereas the Military Committee bad
poor-rod a bill currying than 880.-
000.000. He asked way Air. Cann-n bad
not thrown Ins influence against the
public building bills a few .lays ago.
,p hoso bills, be c a*d, would take more
mouev from tlm Treasury next yen’- than
Loth the sn«?dy and enn-d bills together.
Mr Cnunop declared that if the -rmv
bdl carried but $80,000,000 there would
be a deficit on that neeonn' of '" r ' nr '
000. Mr. Hay. (Dem., Ya.). made a
similar statement.
“AVhy are not the P 15.000.000 vlnced
in (be army bill?” asked a member
“Because the supporters of a big stand
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IIAI.KIHII, M. 0., TIJhS UtiKMNb, Fl 15ItUAHY i 4
worn™
FROZ 8 OVER
*
No Schooner Has Arrived or
Cl ared Since ' v atur.iay.
EARr-QU\ ESH'iCKS 100
STEAMSHIP WRECKED BE
TWEEN BALTIMORE AND
SAVANNAH.
FRUrs FUCK ANO-VEGE ABL S K LL D
ea h r a'l v*-r the Sou h 'he *-v rst Known
to the 1 Ifiest 'nh -bi’ant. ' uffw mg of
the Sold rs i imp.
Norfolk, Ya., Feb. 13.—N0 schooner
has arrived or cleared at Norfolk since
Saturday. The harbor is frozen, as is
also Hampton Roads and Chesapeake j
Bay to it mile outside of Capes Henry
and Charles. Only one steamer arrived
to-day, the Alerchants and Miners Line
"D. il. .Miller,” Captain Peters, from
Boston, Saturday. She came in the
Capes to day at 8 o’clock, under full
speed, but stuck one and one-half hours
off ( ianey Island, butted the ice and
tin ally freed hers: If and came up to her
pier. The same line’s steamer Essex, j
is frozen in the ice somewhere betw.cn
■he ( apes and Old Point. She passed
in Capes 2 p. m. Sunday. All trans
portation lines are cut off; ferrits run- .
only hourly and will be forced to
stop to-night. The snow is fourteen
:n< lies deep and still falling, and grow
ing colder. Nothing since 1 So7 to equals
if. Beats all pr vious weather bureau
records. Ice m the harbor is lour inches
hick.
VEGETAPI fs INJURED.
The Weather W.. he Coldest Ever
Known in Chari ston.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 13. —\v hen the
city awoke ibis morning it found itself
wrapp.ed in a blanket of snow. It was
bitterly cold all of last night, the ther
mometer’s registering as low as 13 de
gr es. Until after midnight rain and
sleet fell. The snow did not come until .
towards morning. The fall is variously
estimated at from 2 to 3 inches on a
level. Business has practically been sus
> pended all day./ A1 reliant.*, clerks and
business men and private citizens have
paraded she streets engaging in snow
ball battles. The street ears have not
been able to run and no trains have
entered or gone out of the city to-day.
TJie weather is the coldest ever ex
perienced here, the thermometer regis
tering nine degr es at 2 p. m. to-day.
Five years ago there was a small «uow
storm in the city, but the conditions
then were not onus! to those prevail ng
here to-day. Charleston’s weather rec
ords show no parallel to the storm
which started yesterday and which still
continues. The injury to vegetables
cannot yet be estimated, but it is enor
mous.
DIED FROM COLD.
Early Vegetables and Truck Farms
Badly Damaged.
Savannah, (la., Feb. 3. —To-day has
bean the (oldest on record in this city..
At 10 a. m. the mercury stood at 8 de
grees above zero, with the city under a
two inch snow fall and a brisk wind
blowing. H ury Lewis, colored, died
from colld in bis home. Street ears
j were for twelve hours sailed by snow
all over the city. In several instances
motormen and conductors who waited
oil tb ir stalled cars for orders won l
so l adly frost bitten they had to be
lifted off the cars and sent home and
to bed. The schools wore dismissed at
noon on account of the cold. Busi
ness was suspend d on the water front.
All of the shipping is covered with ice
; and no loading was done. The tenv
'perature clhl not rise above 21 during
'fbe day and notwithstanding bright sun
i shine tli re was no thaw. All trains
1 are delayed. The' early vegetable 4 -’ on
truck farms are badlv damaged. Zero
■.temperature is predicted to-night.
COLDEST ON RECORD.
| Early Fruit and Vegetables Will be
Badly Injured.
| Columbia. 8. C., Feb. 13 —‘Colombia
was just north of th center of the :
• storm and is experiencing the coldest i
..weather since the bureau was establish-;
e<l here eleven years ago. The mercury j
rut dar n to 7 degrees with a mean of
12. Tim snow, though packed by sleet,
is now 11.5 inches, the de post recorded
i here heretofore being 11.8 inches in
February. 1804. The lowest temperature
! ever recorded here was 8 degrees on
February 1 I'b. 18ft". The record to
j nigh* will probably be lower still. Norm j
of Columbia conditions are worse. Ad
vices from all parts of South Carolina |
tell the Columbia story over again.
F' l rlv emit and vegetables will be badly |
injured.
THE GERMANIC SINKS.
New York. Feb. 13.—The White Star
Uno steamer Germanic sank at her i>i<»i*
i in North river and is iv’ng there now.
partially submerged. Tho incident was
i duo to the heavy coating of ice.
DR. JO iN MANNING DEM)|
The P-toHESsOROF LA VA r ThF UN V • -
SI V P4>S f) away < N SUNDAY.
be o at j j ve{ j i_ o „g nd Well law.c, States
mat , ' eg's!a*o r , Jurist, Faithful Friend
and M umb'e Christian
Chiipel Hill. N. C., Feb. 13— (Spe
cial.) —Hon. John Alanning died at liis
home in this place on Sunday. The fun
oral will take place tomorrow. He was
surrounded by his devoted wife and
children. His death has saddened the
whole village.
He leaves a widow and seven children
Dr. John Alanning and Air. James Alan
ning, of Durham: Air. Isaac Manning, of
Wilmington; Mrs. F. P. Venable. Airs
W. W. Iliiske. Aliss Mary Alanning an
Airs. Win. R. Webb. He was the lies
of husbands and fathers, and he live
so that long before he died and he saw
the fulfilment of the Scriptures, “Hi
children rise up and call him blessed.” i
Hon. John Manning. LL. D.. was born
on the 30th of July, 1830 at Edenton
His grandfather moved from the Alan
ning Alanor plantation, near Norfolk
\ a., first settling in Currituck county
and then becoming a merchant at Eden
ton. He obtained for his eldest son,
John, an appointment in the Navy, se
cured through James Iredell, the young
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TIIE LATE DR. JOHN AIANNING
r. He rose to (ho rank of captain and
:hen resigned owing to ill health He nyir
.i< d Tamar Leary a member of one of
tin leading families in that section, and
as her husband was frequently absent on
>ng cruises. •* h r her wise and loving
care her children were chiefly reared
The late Dr. Manning was named for
his father. After attending school at
Edenton. he was sent to the Norfolk
AElitary Academy.'* In his senior year he
vas made caption of cadets. In 1847
In* entered the Sophomore class of tho
( diversity of North Carolina, and grad
. ated with honors in the class of 1848.
Alter graduation he sailed with h s fatli
er as captain’s clerk in the United States
brig Paint-ridge along the shores of
South America. The life was not to Iris
taste and he began the study of the law
under his cousin, that eminent lawyer,
John 11. Haughton of Pittsboro. Tie
received county court license in 18.12 and
Superior court license in 1853. having
Income a partner of Air. Haughton. Soon
(hereafter Air. Haughton moved to
Vpn-inpu. leavin'" his larw practise to
Dr. Alanning. lie retained it all and
more and for more than a quarter of a
century was the acknowledged'leader of
the bar in his circuit. On the Oth of
June. 1850 he was married to Miss
1 ouisn J. Hall, daughter of Dr. Isaac
Fall, a lady of that force of character
and grace of manner that fitted her to
be the wife of one of she State’s great
jurists. In 1801, Dr. Alanning * was
elected a member of the Secession con
vention of 1801. He had been an “old
b'lig Whig” and opposed ''Secession, but
lie went with his State. He volunteered
: n the army and was made adjutant of
lfis roriment. He was later appointed
Receiver under the Sequestration Acfs.
At the close of the war he returned to
the practice of the law, devoting him
self assiduously to repairing his shatter
ed fortunes.
In 1870. upon the death of ITon. Robert
Gilliam he was elected to fill out the
unexpired term, defeating Joseph AV.
Holden 37*0 votes. He at once ’Took a
high stand in Congress and made a
great speech against the old Force bill
which set aside safe-guards of liberty
under the plea of suppressing the Ku
Klux Klan.
When the Constitutional Convention
was called. Dr. Alanning and Congress
man Strovd were elected the members
from Chatham. Dr. Manning was one
of the ablest lawyers in that body of
■"innts. In 1880 he was elected to the
House from Chatham and bad the honor
of introducing the first Dill that ever
passed giving the University an nmvid
appropriation. Tiie bill carried 85.000
fit that session lie was with Hon W, T
Dortch and Hon. John S. Henderson
elected on the Code Commission. After
wards lie was tendered appointments as
Superior court judge and Secretary of
State, but declined both. In 1881, with
out h ; s knowledge or solicitation. Dr.
Manning was elected Professor of Law
at the University. No salary was at
tached. TTo accepted tlm place, stipu
lating that lie could continue to prac
tice in the courts of Chatham. He be
gan with a class of seven, but his in
struction was so thorough and so popu
lar that he built up the greatest and
most largely attended law school the
State has known.
Dr Manning was a consistent and do
vout Christian an official member of th
Protestant Emscopal church. As long
„« he was able he was at his place in
church.
T xarkana. Ark., 13 —Three men were
killed and aii officer wounded in a street
duel nt Dekalb, thirteen miles from
here this afternoon.
MGER IS 103 SIG
TO
READ KtWSP-PERS
R ads None That Criticize
His Immaculate S< If.
p. EASED WiiH H*MS’ LF
REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT GEN.
AIILES’ CRITICISAI OF WAR
DEPARTMENT.
SE. LING CHEA*' 'S IN HAVA A
It'•Vas ' aused by Soldiers ellwg the ‘■urplus
of their Razors ( h«v 1 ust *y a
T u'y 0" Quit.
New York. Feb. 3.—’Secretary of War
Russell A. Alger who came here yes
terday to attend the Lincoln dinner of
the Union league Club in Brooklyn
to-night wil leave for Washington 'at
midnight to-night.
In regard to the report of the War
Commission, Secretary Alger said that!
hi* would rather say nothing about it
until l'e had read the entire report.
General Alger, however, said that he
bad carried on the work all the way
through the war to the best of his abili
ty.
“During the war,” said the Secre
tary, "when we had so much to do.
criticisms began to appear in some pa
pers.. When this happened 1 gave or
ders that those papers should not be
suit to me, as there was no time tc
waste. Aly first duty was to conduct
the affairs' of the Department as well
as I could.”
General Alger compared the depart
ment with a large private business, say
ing that many unfors en things hap
pened in the Department just as in a
urge private business. Storms came
up which could not be prevented.
"S n crimes, the manager of a pri
vate business,” said the Secretary, “ha;
looked over the field and believes h
has good and faithful helpers. Then
he learns that he 'has been incorrect
in bis thought and that some of his
men have not proved true. These :t ■
generally unforseen things which will
happen in any large private business
concern as well as to a governmeu
fi< mart ment. 'Though the work of tin*
War Department was difficult, I carried
it on -s was my duty, to the best of
my ability.”
When asked about the criticism by
the AA'ar Department of General Abies.
Secretary Alg. r asked to be excused
from taikhig about that.
Socn'avv Alrer said in connection
with intended naming of a commandin'"
officer for the army that he thought
a regular army man would lit* named
in preference to a volant or. althou'"i>
f'on<rress could do as it wished about
such a matter.
De said that the volunteers have no
stand 1 ”" after their two years term
of service.
S ■oreta’-v Aider’s attention was called
to the selling of supplies in Havana a*
Irs-- "b«* vosrular market rates,
(n connp*r ? ou with which it was said
that the supplies were all army rations
The Secretary said: <
“fVi/.Tw.i Fljss. Ti-'m was in olv>'"o of
the collection of customs at Havana
was asked to investigate this, when
it was learn'd that such sales vprp
being made. Some persons were selling
cnvnPos at less than anyone else could
sell them after importing them and pav
ing tho duty. Colonel Bb'ss found that
two men were buying up all the surplus
rations from the troops. The rations
ti-oons received wore more thru
they could use and it is considered leg ; -
tima*e to sell thorn
eral practice in tho army for companies
to soil their surplus rations and pbrno
the sums received to the credit of tie
company funds. These two men were.
j > away, carrying on a legitimate busi
ness.
“Cotonol Rliev found that tbev had a
store house full of flour and coffee and
some other things and that they were
aide to sell flour at $2 a barrel less than
persons who were importing flour and
paying duty on it. He told them afte’ -
consulting Washington, that they mu*
either pay duty on tiie goods or h<)
would prevent them from selling thorn
This practically stopped this practice.
Orders were given to the Commissary
Department to buy back tho extra ra
tions sn that the soldiers would get a--
much from the Government as frow
outsiders and save the scandalous talk.”
Th sneakimr of the PTriUpnlnes o'n 1
Santiago campaigns Secretary Alger
said:
“General Shaffer and h’s ev-pediHo”
had to land on a hostile island and d~
'be attaekuig during the worst season
t'.orp. fbe botf< sf part of the ra'nv sc-i
son. General Otis bad been at Maul's
for <z»me time and he was prenarpd
for she n f tuek. In San f, 'a"o General
Shatter bad to affack the SnajjT’rds
while in the Philippines our forces oo
enpi the position the Spaniards had
n Santiago.”
General Alger sa'd be wished +n make
eo criticism of General O*ls, y-Uo h°d
done brilliant work in Manila. He savl
that the two earn ".signs conld hardl*-
he cornea"ed. n® they had beep fon"bt
.at 'd'fforept s f a sop * and from different
positions. Tbp Genera! in each case, be
declared, was entitled to great credit.
I Secretary Alger spoke generally of the,
work now being done in Cuba. lie said
that there was very little friction at
Santiago. In spite of the reports to
that effect. General Wood and General
Brooke, were working in entire h:u'-
niony. General Brooke, lie said, in an
swer to a question, .was in charge of
the whole island. Some misunderstand
ing bed been caused at first by the
mistake made by the offieers at San
tiago who thought that the moneys col
lected at Santiago had to be sent to
Havana. Tills was not required, it
Icing necessary to send only reports
lof the amounts received.
Tin* work of bettering conditions gen
!orally in Cuba was going on, hampered
somewhat by the lack of transportation
facilities in the interior and by oount
.less little difficulties, which wore coming
!up and being mastered. He said that
he was satisfied with the work. Taking
into consideration the short time that we
, had been in Cuba, we were doing very
j wc 11.
The Secretary said that a mystery in
JCrla was the whereabouts of the Cu
ban men. The United States officer*
I who had gone into the interior had
1 failed to find them.
“Os cours\” su’d he. “she reeoncen
trados were largely driven into the large
• cities but we cannot find anywhere near
the numbers of men we evneeted to
find. For instance, an officer from
Sancti Spiritus who came hack to AA rash
ington Inst week told us that that town
was filled with women and children but
no men. They are not in the country
districts as far as we can find. The
.Cuban army is estimated at 30.000 men.
I but this does not account, for the tbous
j ends who are not to he found. Tlm*'
are not with Gop->ez and it is vet to
(learned where they have disappeared
to.”
FRUIT GROWERS HURT.
At Camp McKenzie the Alen are Fairly
Com sortable.
Augusta. Ga.. Feb 13. —Augusta is in
'be midst of the coldest spell on record.
A\ ith half a foot of dry snow on the
ground and the thermometer 15 to 25 de
; Trees below the freezing point, a stiff
J northerly wind intensifies the cold.
The snow ceased falling at 3:30 a m.
ami the sun shone all day but without
cwising any diminishing effect in the
biting cold. The lowest point reached
by the mercury for 24 hours ending at 8
p ip. was 4 degrees. The maximum was
17 negroes and the deficiency of temper
ature over the same date last year was
’0 degrees. At nine o’clock tonight the'
thermometer was at the 10 degree point
wiih every indication of being near zero
before morning.
Much damage is reported by the farm
ers and fruitgrowers though the full ex
tent is not yet obtainable. There is
Teat suffering among the poor though
no fatalities are reported. At Camp Me
’ enzie the men are fairly comfortable
under the trying conditions which the
nnrecfdontodh* cold weather imposes,
'll (be tent* have foe"* and are furnish
ed with stoves and while the experience
'*f camping out in a blizard is rather
disagreeable there has been no severe
suffering.
CARNIVAL FROZE OUT.
The Killing of Truck Crops Entailed
Heavy Loss.
, Mobile. Ala., Feb. 13. —The coldest
weather on record struck Mobile on the 4
opening day of the carnival and forced
a postponement of the first day’s eele
i ration until to tomorrow. A heavy
Jeet Saturday night was followed by a
freeze and much suffering among those
unprepared for such weather. The mer
cury at f> a. m. today registered one de
gree below zero, 12 degrees lower than
,Jie weather bureau record for 20 years.
The truck crops were killed entailing a
large loss.
CRUSHED IN THE ROOF.
A Fuel Ftniiue Prevails in Peters
burg.
Petersburg, Ya., Feb. 13.—Snow has
I cen falling here almost incessantly for
fifty hours and the ground is covered
on the level to a depth of twenty-two
inches with drifts reaching a depth of
six feet. Railroad trains and street
car lines ceased operations and business
s practically suspended. The weight
of snow crushed in the roof of Roper &
Company’s wholesale groetry store to
day, slightly injuring two clerks. It is
the heaviest snow storm known here
since 1857. A fuel famine prevails.
SOLDIERS SUFFERED.
They Had an Insufficient Supply of
Wood.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 13. —A special
o the News and Courier‘from Camp
Marion says: (
The soldiers suffered considerably by
ho JJizard and snow storm. Today
’here was an insufficient supply of wood
and none conld be gotten in the town for
«tve or money.
CATTLE ARE DYING.
M cldon, N. Fob 13.—(Special.)—
The snow is 18 inches on a level. All
trains tied up. Two engines were dam
aged this morning trying to move a
Toight train.
This is the worst storm since fifty
seven. An engine and caboose ploughed
•heir way here from Raleigh. A cattle
■ain is tied up at Bolling and some of
!lie cattle reported dying. No passenger
trains have arrived here today from any
direction.
THREE BOATS MISSING.
Savannah. Ga.. Feb. 13—Merchant
and Miners Tape steamer WilU.uni Law
rence wrecked off Port Rovnl. S C. Sat
urday. One boat with assistant engineer
arrived at Port Royal yesterday. Three
boats missing.
ltd F V I i -
v G\
THE TRCU3LE
BIDYiMG
GEH.CALIXrOGARCIA
While Arguing About Prece
dence borne Were Left
Behind.
RED ? APISM RUN MAD
GARCIA HAD TROUBLE ENOUGH
WHILE LIVING WITHOUT
THIS UNSEEMLY THING.
MU ARY FINER L
r h« Son «.f G-n, Garcia "as in thsDrst Car
riage and Get era l Bro k- (.'am in tho
S*c nd am g fiy
Hnvwiy fto.
Havana, Feb. 13.—The ill feeling on
the part of the Cubans toward General
Brooke over the question of precedence
that arose in regard to the procession
at the funeral of General Calixto Gar
cia on Saturday has greatly moderated
in the light of explanations that have
been made. On the other hand, there is
a disposition now to censure the Cuban
Generals, who, taking oti.uce when none
was offered, ordered their soldiers out
, of line and retired themselves. The
other Cuban G uerals are disposed to
blame Geneial Andrade for ordering his
j soldiers not to march in the procession,
j The Cuban Generals and an assem
bly composed of military men debated
ith: subject of the supposed insult to
! the Cuban soldiers until 2 o’clock Sun
,! day morning. After several officers
|i had spoken in strong terms against the
'j Americans, it was decided to appoint a
commission to investigate the oceur
|lrenes of Saturday and determine
' whether or not the conduct of Major
General Brooke constituted an offense.
' The commission is instructed to report
|on Tuesday. Generals I.aztira, Capote
and Menocal, who were present at the
meeting, talked of resigning the posi
-1 tions which they had accept:d tinder the
Uni'ed States Government, l ut it was
decided not to do so at this time, be
cause it would be impolitic and unpatrio
tie to suddenly break off relations with
the military anthoritiis of the United
5 fates.
‘ Major General Brooke was notified
by the authorities at Washington as to
' what honors he should render the late
General Garcia unril inquiry was sent
on Thursday nfttr the body of the Cu
ban leader had airived here.
In response to this inquiry General
I Brooke was directed by cable, on Fri
| day. to give a full military funeral.
] As the mayor and city council of Ha
vana had air ndy arranged and nd\er
‘ t'sed an elaborate prograiinne it seemed
I to the military authorities here that it
• would be unwise to destroy-the Cuban
programme and mnk' another oonform
i ing to the United State* army regula
> tions. Therefore as the programme
- originally prepared provided for ample
- ropros n’ation of the American military
i forces. General made no sugges
. tions concerning his own place in the
i pageant, except that at the palace, in
st ad of taking the first carriage after
the casket, as proposed by the Cuban
committee, the son of General Garcia
be given that position while lie would
take the second carriage, which was
j done. The Cuban Generals, who, ae
! cording to the Council programme were
to bo followed by all the American in
fantry inquired of Maior G nernl Lee
through I.anazif if General Lee had any
objection to their going ahead of him.
General Loo re’Jlod that he had no
objection. Tlm Cuban General*
f»'ied to got between Maior General
Brooke and Ids staff, but they were
crowded out. This occurred half an
hour after flu* proc ssinn started,
though only four or five blocks from
fbe palace owing to free ment stons.
■ Generals I annzu and Capote, who
I stayed to argue with the Cuban G<*nor
jnl*. wer !<>ft behind. The other Secre
taries of the Cuban Provisional Ooi-oni-
P'ont, Mu««rs. TV*vendue and Vanoz,
i were in the ®-ooo"d oa - ,,! a"° a" f /.- Cic
one occupied by Major General Brooke,
ami pf’er them came four mounted
orderlias, lending horses.
THE REBELS FIRE AGAIN.
Private Meissek. of Montana, Died in
I the Hospital.
! Manila. Feb. 13.-10:30 A. M.—Pur
suing their customary .tactics, the rebels
on the extreme left of the line opened
fire at long range on the American
troops last irght. r’ain’nuvn" 'heir fire
for a few minutes before * ttllng down.
None of tbe : r shots took effect, however,
amt 'he Americans did not reply.
All was quiet along the rest of the
line.
The Concord is now lying off Tncan
one.
The weather at niebt now is cooler. >
and sbowes are frequent.
Pr : vnte Meissek, of th Montnsra regi
mewf. who yens ohot in the b’ngu in 'he
fi"ht between February 4 f b and (*>th,
died in the hospital yesterday.
Asheville. \ C.. Feb. 13—The mer
euw reached 14 below Zero hem last
nieht the coldest ever t*nown hut at
neon had moderated to 10 below. There
is much suffering.
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