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VOL. XII.
SALISBURY. N.C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 1899.
NO. 19.
II OF FIFTY-FIFtH CONGRESS BROUGHT 10 A CLOSE
FINiL HOURS WITNESSED MUCH
DRAMATIC SCENES
SPEAKER REED IGNORED GENERAL WHEELER WHO WISHED TO SPEAK.
1 " 1 -
Mr. n.-Oley, the Democratic Hons leader. Was Selected to Present Resolution of
Thanks to the Speaker Valedictories of Speaker Reed and Vice President
Hobart Senate Cites Way to the Iloase.
The fifty-fifth congress came to an
end Saturday at noon.
Wearily tne nouse sat mrougn me
whole of Friday night, recessing from
time to time while awaiting conference
reports upon the appropriation bills.
The lenders upon whom the strain
and burden of the closing hours fell
most heavily and the speaker, who had
the greatest responsibility of all, re
mained constantly in their places
watching vigilantly the progress of the
conteflts between the two houses.
The final agreement on the river and
harbor bill containing the compromise
on the Nicaragua canal was secured
about 3:30 a. m. The sundry civil
"bill, in which the house forced the sen
ate to surrender the provisions of the
Pacific cable about 6, the District of
Columbia, with the provisions for sec
tarian institutions eliminated about 7
o'clock ; the deficiency at 8:0 and the
final conference report upon the naval
bill about 9:30 a. m.
With the advent of the day the
bonne bewail to take on the appearance
of life. Members went below for their
baths and breakfast and returned re
freshed to their stations. . -
As early as 7 :30 the people began to
pour into the galleries, the first party
to arrive being a dozen ladies, who
took their places in ' the public
galleries. The important business of
tho .house had been virtually com-
nletpd wIiati th linnt riaiui1 fni an
hour at 9:30. AH that remained was
the enrollment of bills and the final
ceremonies.
The last legislative act of the house
was the passage of a joint resolution
authorizing the acceptance by the
United States of the cession of a tract
of land from the state of Massuchu
eetts. It was now 11:45 by the clock,
but at this moment' the assistant door
keeper of the house, armed with a
long. pole, set back the. hands of the
clock ten minutes. This raised a -loud
laugti.'
But immediately afterwards came a
most dramatic episode. Gen. Wheel -eJ,
of Alabama, who had carefully re
frained from exercising his privileges
as a member of the house pending the
determination of the house as to his
right to a seat in the house, arose from
his old seat down near the front of the
democratic) side and loudly asked for
recognition.
"Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker I" he
called.
The speaker's face was flushed
slightly, but he looked straight ahead
as if he did not hear.
"I ask unanimous consent to speak
for five minutes," shouted the general.
But the speaker disregarded him.
Every eye was now rivited upon' the
diminutive figure of the grizzled old
veteran of two wars.
The situation was intensely dramat
ic, but Mr. Payne, the floor leader of
the majority, hurried to the rescue.
He moved a recess for ten minutes,
o "Pending, that, I ask unanimous
consent to speak for three minutes,"
demanded General Wheeler.
Tho speaker then turned toward
him for the first time, and looking
straight into the gray eyes of the gen
eral, ignored his request , completely,
putting the motion of Mr. Payne and
declaring it carried.
As the hands of the clock pointed
to 6even minutes to 12, although it
was really then three minutes past the
hour, the committee appointed to wait
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uviu mo iirruueui murcueu uown me
aisle. The speaker had retired to his
room and Mr. Payne, the speaker pro
tern, was in the chair. Mr. Dalzell.
in the center, announced that the com
mittee had fulfilled its duty and that
the president had made reply that he
had no farther communication to
make. '
"The president requested us to
state," he continued, "that the fifty
fifth congress has performed its extra
ordinary duties manfully and he re
quested me to extend to each and
every member his best wishes for his
safe return to his home."
Great applause greeted this an
nouncement But five minutes re
mained. In it was enacted one of the
most dramatic scenes ever witnessed in
'-he hall of representatives.
Mr. Payne summoned Mr. Dockery,
democrat, of Missouri, , to the chair
Mind he, in turn recognized Mr. Bailey
the miuority leader of the congress, to
present the resolution thanking the
Ipeaker for the impartial manner in
ihich he had presided over the delib
erations of the house.
The chair called for a rising vote on
the resolution of thanks. Every mem
RICHMOND FEARS SMALLPOX.
Her Cltr Hoard of Health Institutes a Molt
. RIM Quarantine.
The Richmond, Va., board of health
has directed a conditional quarantine
against Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport
News, Hampton and Suffolk.
An order was issued forbidding rail
roads and steamboat companies to
bring to the city from tlU points
ramed persons who cannot show that
they have been vaccinated and are un
willing to undergo this operation
HARD WORK AND A NUMBER OF
ALL NIGHT VIGILS.
ber was on his feet and the resolution
was unanimously agreed to, amid pro
longed applause.
Mr. Dockery, when the applause
had subsided, appointed Messrs. Bai
ley, Bell, of Colorado, and Payne a
committee to escort the speaker to the
chair.
, A moment later, as the speaker
emerged from the lobby, escorted by
the committee; the cheers that greeted
his appearance made the rafters ring.
As the speaker faced the house the
stillness of death settled down upon
it. The speaker fairly towered over
his surroundings. Slowly and with
great deliberation he returned his
thanks for the compliment the house
had conferred upon him. He saidr
Keed's Valedictory.
"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
upon having had a great opportunity
to administer, a great office in the
fashion indicated by the noble words
known to our Jaw, 'without fear, favor
or hope of reward. Where I have
succeeded I am sure to have your final
approval ; where I have failed, I am
sure you have given me credit for
honorable intention. . "
"Notwithstanding any differences of
opinion or-of party you have given me
your confidence in all which pertained
to-my duties here in a manner so fu'I
and ample that my memory of it will
never pa.ss away. When I compare
the opportunity you have given me
with what it has been possible to do,
I see how much I n 'ed your kind in
dorsements of today, for which I re
turn you thanks and gratitute. With
pleasant memories for our past, i-ttaH
j. . .v. vuuv. fcemjmenig OI meir uemocrauc con-
I shall always cherish, and f oi thstituent--. It is utterly impossible for
wishes for your future, which I shall
always entertain. I now declare this
house adjourned without day."'
Half a dozen times during the prog
ress of his remarks the speaker was
obliged to pause owing to the sponta
neous applause which arose "from all
sides, and when he concluded with
the announcement that the. house
should adjourn sine die the applause
and cheers were deafening. The gal
leries joined in the outburst. Patri
otic songs were sung and cheers given
for the army, navy, Dewey and
Wheeler.
CLOSING SCENES IN SENATE.
Vice President Hobart declared the
senate of the fifty-fifth congress ad
journed without a day, eight minutes
after 12 o'clock Saturday, after a con
tinuous session beginning at 11 o'clock
on Friday, with the exception of one
hour's recess during the forenoon.
The day of the final adjournment
broke with the senate in executive ses
sion, disposing of a large number of
nominations. When the doors were
opened there were seen a handful of
tired and haggard looking senators
senators who were waiting for the final
reports from the conferees on the two
bills yet in dispute. Finally Mr.
Hale appeared with both. . The defi
ciency bill was quickly passed and
then came the final and closing fight
on the naval bill and the price of
armor, and for an armor plate factory.
This was finally over, and the weary
senators took a short recess.
After some further discussion, the
conference report was agreed to with
out division.
At 11:45 the senate began its last
legislative session of the present eon
gresB. Mr. Cockrell presented the usual
resolution of thanks to the vice presi
dent and Mr. Vest that to Senator
Frye, president pro tern, for the very
able, courteous and impartial manner
in which they had presided over the
deliberations of the senat . Both res
olutions were unanimously adopted.
Vice President Hobart then briefly
addressed the senate, in which he
spoke of the immense amount of work
done by congress, and thanked the
members of the senate for the kind
ness received at their hands. In con
clusion he said:
"For tfie "senators who remain and
for the senators who retire from this
body, I desire to convey my thanks
for the kindly sentiments expressed in
tho resolution just adopted, and it only
remains for me now, in the exercise of
the duty devolving on me, to declare
that the senate stands adjourned with
out day." , m . -
There was no demonstration what
ever in the senate. There was general
handshaking among the senators and
many expressions of regret were heard
that many senators wjiose terms ex
pired were not to be present when
the senate met again.
KIPLING CONVALESCENT.
Popular Author Is Now On Road to
Speedy Recoery. -
. According to the reports of his phy
sicians, Rudyard Kipling is now far
advanced on the way to recovery. All
through the hours of Saturday night
and early Sunday .morning "the favor
able conditions increased. He slept
peacefully many hours, and when he
awoke it was clear that he had made
another powerful stride toward health)
rani
SDISAPPROVA
OF TIIE TOTE BT THE HOUSE 15
THE WHEELER CASE.
TEXAN CREATES LIVELY SENSATION
Declares Emphatically ThtITe Will Hot
Be a Candidate For the Speakership.
Mr. Bailey's Statement.
A Washington special ays: Con
gressman Joe Bailey created a lively
sensation among his Democratic col
leagues of the house Friday morning
by making the declaration that nnder
no circumstances would he be a candi
date for the speakership in the next
congress.
"I would not accept the leadership
after what has been demonstrated to
me," said Mr. Bailey, in talking of his
decision afterwards, "if it was given
me unanimously."
Thursday's vote on the Wheeler
case was the cause of Mr. Bailey's de
cision. He explained his position in
the following statement given out to
press:
I want it distinctly understood that
I am not actuated by any feeling of
pique or personal disappointment; but
I am proceeding purely on the idea,
that as a large number of democrats
are unwilling to insist upon an
obedience to a perfectly plain provis
ion of the constitution, they ought not
to be made responsible for the leader
ship of ft man who. believes that the
constitution is the supreme law of the
land and ought to be obeyed at all
times aud bj all men. I would raise
the same question again, and I will
raise it as often as it presents itself,
but whfia I raise it from my place in the
ranks, of the party, ! mu-t take the re
sponsibility and others willnotbe com
pelled to share the responsibility with
me. I believe that the democrats who
voted to allow these military appoin
tees of the president to retain -their
seats in congress greatly mistake the
sentiments oi tneir democratic con-
me to believe that any man in this
country -is more popular witbjjfhe
masses than the constitution, a-"ievr"-ence
for which has been the ' chief
article of our faith. 1 regret the vote
almost beyond expression, because X
doubt if with that precedent establish
ed any appointee of the .president will
ever again be denied a right to sit in
the house of representatives.
Then he continued with his announce
ment, which was a great surprise to
everybody. Even Mr. Bailey's closest
friends were surprised, aud all their
efforts to get him to reconsider his de
cision failed. There is no possible
doubt that Mr: Bailey would have
been the democratic nominee for
speaker in the new congress. There
never has been a chance for his oppo
nents to beat him and they have recoz
nized that fact.
Bankhead at the Front.
Now that Mr. Bailey is out of it,
three names are figuring in the gossip
over the democratic leadership Bank
head, of Alabama, Richardson, of Ten
nessee, and DeArmond, of Missouri.
Mr. Bailey believes his friends will
absolutely control the. nomination and
does not hesitate to say that they
will not choose either Richardson or
DeArmond.
Bailey himself is for Bankhead.
This fact gives Colonel Bankhead's
candidacy a decided impetus. He is
one of the strobgest of democrats, .a
main familiar with all phases of legis
lation and one who has many warm
friends among his colleagues. There
is a strong feeling in Washington,
however, that there will be other aspi
rants and that some man not yet men
tioned may be selected as the minority
leader.
SIGNED MINERS' SCALE.'
Work at Prairie Creek, Ark., Mines Has
Been Resumed.
A dispatch from Little Bock, says:
The operators at Prairie Creek have
signed the miners' scale, and work is
proceeded there. It is believed that
the smaller mines around opadra will
also sign the scale, and that they will
start up in full blast.
REINA MERCEDES FLOATED.
One of the Spanish Battleships Sank at
Santiago Has Been Raised.
A Santiago dispatch says: After
considerable delay the former Spanish
cruiser Beina Mercedes, which was
sunk in the channel of Santiago har
bor during the bombardment, by Ad
miral Sampson's fleet on June 6th,has
been raised and pumped out, the gov
ernment tugs assisting the wreckers.
She was brought up to the city
Thursday afternoon. Such repairs as
can be readily effected will 4e made,
after which she will probably be towed
to Havana, though final orders as to
her movements have not yet been re
ceived. WILL QUARANTINE EARLY.
Texas Is Determined To Keep Out Conta
gions Diseases This Year.
, Governor Sayres, of Texas, has
issued a proclamation becoming ef
fective April let, quarantining Texas
porte and border from any person af
fected with yellow fever, smallpox or
cholera.
He calls on state officials to be es
pecially sealous in guarding the state
against these plagues and desires the
quarantine to bteeme effective early.
PRIVATES SUSTAIN MILES
In
Regard to Canned. Beef Startling Tes
timony Before Board.
There were several interesting de
velopments in the beef court of inquiry
at Washington inured ay. it was a J
field day for the volunteer men of the
service, the waiting room being filled
all day with membersd th various
volunteer regiments which served in
Cuba and Porto Bico.
The first of these Clarence Walters,
of the First volunteer engineers told
a sensational story' of hardship' and'
inhumanity suffered during his service,
describing the canned roast beef in
harsher terms than has ever before
been applied to that much discussed
article. Later in the day Lieutenant
Se well, United States arny, who was
major of the vOluntejer 'b$alion ia
which Walters served, contradicted his
story comp.etely. . '
Walters, in his testimony, said that
the first can of beef he saw opened on
the transport going to Porto Bico had
worms in it and a few? minutes after
being opened developed such a putrid
odor that it was impossible to have it
about. He ate some of it and was
made violently sick. He said he had
been on sea trips before and was never
seasick. The men of his company
complained of the meat and nearly all
of the men of his battalion wer sick
throughout most of the voyage as a re
sult of eating this. meat.: v.
After "reaching Port o Rico he was
sick for a week as a result of the voy
age. At least two-thirds of his com
pany were fully as sick as he and from
the same cause. - Y
- Captain Herbert Hicks, of company
M, Second Massachusetts, followed
with ah account of the canned beef
used by his command in Cuba. His
description of the meat did not make
it quite so repulsive as that served to
Walters in Porto Bico, but he said it
way "a slimy, stringy mass, nauseat
ing to the taste, without nutriment
and without form that could be recog
nized as meat except by the melted
fat with which it was soaked." . Wit
ness was shown several of the cans on
hand with the commission, but said
that they were not the same that he
had seen in service. Walters made
the same statement on being shown
the -same cans.
A important development was the
denial by one James Farnan and also
attributed to Dr. Maxwell Christine, of
Philadelphia, that they had seen beef
injected with chemicals in an Omaha
packing house.
Dr. Christine explain that what he
had seen was the . pickling of corn
meats, the brine? being injected into
the meat to save several weeks time
in the pickling vats.' ..'-iK,-. :
Lieutenant George Taylor, late'of
the Sixth Massachusetts, who said he
was a groceryman before entering the
service, said his regiment served in
Porto Bico. They had very little
that they could eat on' the trip down.
They sometimes had bacon, but no
chance to cook it, and had to throw it
overboard. They had canned .roast
beef, which they could not eat, and
had frequently only canned-tomatoes,
hardtack and coffee. AsketT if he
thought any sickness in his command
was caused by the food the men had
to eat, he repled:
"I think it was more due to what
we did not have to eat. When we got
to Porto Bico there were thirty of our
men so sick that" they were never
landed." - -
He had been a grocer ten years "and
had seen canned roast beef before, but
it was a better article than he ""had
seen in the army. His trade in canned
beef, however, was very small.
TAKES ANOTHER BECESS.
Tennessee legislature Gives Committee
More Time To Draft Bill.
In compliance with a resolution
adopted by the Tennessee legislature
that body took another recess Friday
until the 14th inst ' It was represent
ed that there could beno judicial re
form unless the committee was given
time to draft the bill.
Senate amendments to the trading
Btrmp bill were agreed to and the bill
goes to the governor. It taxes agencies
$500 and merchants using stamps $250.
TORAL THROWN IN PRISON.
He Will Be Tried For Surrenderor Santi
ago to Gen. Shafter. -
A special dispatch from Madrid says:
General Toral, who" commanded "the
Spanish troops at Santiago de Cuba,has
been arrested and imprisoned, previous
to being tried by courtmartial on the
charge of capitulating to General Shat
ters that place on July 14, last.
WARSHIP IS PROFFERED
To Convey the Remains of Lord Herschell
To England. '.
To show the depth of the sympathy
felt by the United States "government
with the British government and the
family, in the loss of the late Lord
Herschell, our government has proffer
ed the use of a United States warship
to convey the remains of Lord Her
schell to England.
The particular vessel has not yet
been selected, but it will be one of
the ships now at IJavana attached to
the north Atlantic .squadron, if the
British embassy cares to accept the
offer.
REBEL SUPPLIES BURNED.
The Gunboat Concord Returns to Manila
After a Week's Cruise.
" The United States gunboat Concord
has arrived at Manila after a week's
cruise along the west coast of the
island of Luzon.
The only incident of her trip was
the burning of a schooner loaded with
supplies for rebels - at Dagupan, the
terminus of the railroad, . -'
The natives fled and abandoned the
town when the gunboat anchored.
VILL STRIKE Fill If.
THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS MUST
BE SUBJUGATED.
DElfEY AND OTIS ARE READY.
Important Developments Arc Expected to
. Materialise Within the Vext
Fortnight.
A Washington, special says: There
is some reason to expect important
news from Manila within the next
fortnight. It has developed that Gen.
Otis has practically completed his
plans for a grand onslaught on the in
surgents, which is expected to deprive
them of offensive power at least.
It is probable that he will form a
large part of his force into columns,
as soon as his reinforcements are all
at hand, and will push these in paral
lel lines straight through the jungles,
clearing out the insurgents in every
direction as the troops go forward.
Forty-one thousand officers and
men of the combined army and navy
forces comprise the approximate, total
American strength now at or en route
to and under order for servioe in the
Philippine islands. No further rein
forcements are now in contemplation.
The forces of the two services already
stationed in and about the archipelago
consists of twenty regiments of infan
try, one engineer battalion, seven
troops of cavalry and eleven batteries
of artillery, an aggregate of about 24,
500 men. Nineteen vessels, with an
aggregate of 297 officers, 2,990 men
and 253 marines, make up the naval
contingent. This is exclusive of the
transport Solace, with 162 officers and
men all told, which is constantly pass
ing back and forth from Manila.
There are about 4,800 reinforcements
on the way to Manila, making as rapid
progress as possible, and there are
nearly 7,500 men in the force under
orders to proceed to the Philippines.
The following ships are now at Ma
nila or Hong Kong under the com
mand of Admiral Dewey:
Baltimore, - Bennington, Boston,
Buffalo, Callao, Charleston, Concord,
Culgoa, Don, 'Juan de Austria, Helena,
Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Manila,
Manadnock, Monocacy, Monterey,
Olympia, Petrel and Yorktown.
These vessels carry 297 officers,
29,900 sailors and 253 marines. The
transport ''Solace- does " not remain at
Manila. The Castine and Princeton
are now on their way through the Bed
Sea to join Admiral Dewey, and the
Oregon and her attendant vessel, the
Iris, are traveling through the Pacific
to the rame destination. These ves
sels will add to the naval forces at
Manila 59 officers, 739 men and 84
marines.- The captured, ships Don
Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon and
Isla de Cuba, are not available for im
mediate service as they are in need of
repairs. The Solace has taken out a
number of recruits and with these the
Isla de Luzon will be manned. The
Wheeling will join the Manila fleet
but is not to be counted as being
available in the immediate future.
Reinforcements En Route.
Reinforcements for the Philippines
now on the way aggregate in the neigh
borhood of 4,800 men, all told. These
are made up of three general expedi
tions as follows:
The transport Grant, with General
Lawton and staff, with a total of 42 of
ficers and 716 men, including one bat
talion, of the Seventeenth infantry reg
iment and four companies of the
Fourth infantry. This expedition
sailed from New York January 19th.
The transport Sherman, Colonel J.
H Page, commanding, carrying" a to
tal of 34 officers and 1,702 men, in
cluding the entire Third regiment and
a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry.
The Sherman sailed from New York
February 3. The transport Sheridan,
nnder command of Lieutenant Colonel
J. H. Smith, of the Twelfth infantry,
carries all of the Twelfth and a battal
ion of the Seventeenth infantry, mak
ing a total of 57 officers and 1796
men. Besides these three. Roanoke
with a fair sized detachment of re
cruits for the various regiments already
in the archipelago, has gotten a good
start on the way to Manila and the
transport Valencia sailed from San
Francisco last Sunday for Manila,-via
Honolulu, with-150 recruits for the in
fantry, artillery and hospital corps.
REFINED SUGARS ADVANCE.
The Price Is! n creased One-Eighth of a
Cent Per Ponnd.
A New York dispatch says: An all
round advance is the price of refined
sugars was made Monday by the the
American Sugar Refining Company,
Arbuckle Brothers and Howell, Son &
Co., tho lajt named firmed represent
ing the idependent refiners.
The advance is o per pound, bring
ing barrels of sugar up to 5 J and
package sugar 5 J cents.
The Molenhaeurr refinery, one of
the independent concerns, resumed
operations in all . departments Mon
day. MONET GOES TO CUBA.
Three Million Dollars Will Be Sent To
Pay Insnrxent Troops.
The war department is now making
arrangements for shipping to Cuba
xi o nnn w 1 J m i rt ' .
iue jo,uuu,uuu asaeu iur uj uenerai
Brooke for paying off the Cuban army.
The money will be shipped the lat-
ter part of the' week from New York
and two or three paymasters will be
I detailed to take charge of the money
; and accompany it, turning it over" to
General Brooke's possession.
WHEELER'S SUPPRESSED SPEECH.
Doughty General Gives to tho Press What
He Intended, to Say In the House.
A Washington special says: With
reference to his attempt Saturday to
secure recognition for the purpose of
addressing" the house, General Wheel
er says:
"Seeing there was nothing to be
done in the house, I asked unanimous
consent te speak for five minutes. I
was not recognized, but Mr. Payne
was notified to move a recess of five
minutes. I then asked that before that
motion. was put that I be permitted to
address the house for three minutes.
I am confident no member of the house
would have objected. What I intend
ed to say was as follows:
"No one revers the constitution more
than myself and I could not be induced
to advocate a construction contrary to
the intent of its framers.
"When I received. the appointment
as major general of volunteers last
May I was requested by persons whose
desires I could not disregard not to
resign my seat in congress. I found
that during the present congress thirty-three
of its members had been ap
pointed to offices, and that ncne of
them had resigned their seats in con
gress. I examined the decisions and
precedents on the subject and found
that during the 110 years of the exist
ence of our government hundreds, and
possibly thousands, of the members of
congress had accepted offices during
their terms and that none of them
holding temporary offices like mine
had ever been unseated. I found
that the decisions of the courts,
even including four of the decisions
quoted by General Henderson in his
report, to make (he ground .that the
inhibitions found in the constitution
with regard to officers referred to
offices of a permanent character and
not of a temporary character. I also
found that the attorney general of the
United States had rendered an elabor
ate opinion on the subject. He took
precisely the same, ground and held
that an office in the volunteers was
not such an office as was inhibited by
the constitution. I. was anxious for
the matter to be brought up in the
house and fully discussed, so that de
cision would be in .the harmony with
the spirit of the constitution."
BILLS PASSED IN CONGRESS
Daring the Closing Week of the Session.
Others That Failed.
The most important laws enacted by
coil gr ess during the last week of the
session were the army reorganization
bill, the navy personnel bill, the bill
providing a code of laws for Alaska, the
omnibus claims bill and numerous im
portant publio building bills, y .
The project for the construction of
a canal across the isthmus at Nicara
gua made progress to the extent that a
provision was attached to thU'river and
harbor appropriation bill providing
for a very important inquiry into the
matter.
The addition of a provisipn to the
army appropriation bill forbidding the
granting of property franchises in
Cuba was also an important legislative
act.
Among the important projects which
failed to receive favorable attention in
the closing days were those providing
a Pacific cable, for a government armor
plant, for an anti-seaiping law, for an
eight-hour law and for a government
for Hawaii. . ,
The navy personnel bill completely
reorganizes the navy and is the con
summation of years of earnest effort
by the navy . department. The origi
nal army bill was intended to meet the
same want for the army, supplied to
the navy by the personnel bill, but it
failed, and the present bill is considered
defective in that it is only a temporary
measure. It, however, increases the
army to 100,000 and provides' for the
Pretention of this number until 1901.
The omnibus claims bill provides for
the settlement . of several hundred
claims, -some of which are almost a
hundred years old. The Alaskan code
met a long-felt want in supplying a
system of laws to the northwest ter
ritory, v : . - -
QUAY MAY WITHDRAW.
Such a Report. Is Current But Is Denied
r. By Senator's Supporters.
There are rumors current in Har
risburg, Pa., that Senator Quay will
withdraw, from the senatorial contest
and ' that Colonel George F. Huff, of
Greensburg, will be chosen his suc
cessor. - .
Senator Quay's managers ridicule
these reports and insist that under no
conditions will he withdraw.
COMMISSIONERS IN SAN JUAN.
Civil Government of Porto Rico Will Now
Be Given Consideration.
The United States transport Mc
Pherson, formerly the Obdam, arrived
at San Juan Monday with General
Bobert P. Kennedy, Major Charles W.
Watkins and Congressman Henry G.
Curtis, of Iowa, who constitute the
Porto Bico commission on education,
taxation and cognate interests.
The. commissioners, will consider
only questions relating to the civil
government aud not interfere with tho
affairs of the military administration.
It had been generally understood
that the commission would assume the
functions of the military department
COST OP DTING RAISED.
Gigantic Bnrlal Casket Trnst Is
Formed In State of Ohio. .
Betaa;
A dispatch from Sandusky, O., says:
A gigantic casket trust is now forming
and should expectations be realized
one dying three months after this date
will do so at a greater - expense than
now. Many of the factories have been
running with little or no profit, be
cause of cut rates, it is said, and
prices will be raised immediately after
the organization of the trust
WHEELER
KEEPS
HOUSE REFUSES TO CONSIDER THB
"VACATING" RESOLUTION.
YOTE WAS TRIBUTE TO GENERAL
A Great Scramble In the House Per
the Consideration of Unanimous "7
: Consent Bills. .
, '
A Washington special says: 4 Al
Thursday's session the house refused,
by a large majority, to consider -the
report of the judiciary committee, un
seating General Wheeler and his three
colleagues. It was a striking tribute
to the great little general, for it was
his popularity that caused his associ
ates in the house to refuse to take up
the case. ,
Of course they had the best kind of
excuse for declining, because of the
shortness of time remaining; but in
reality the reason they did it was be
cause of their friendly feeling for
Wheeler. The report of the commit
tee, however, established as well as a
report could the law in the case and it
will be a precedent for the future.
The political division upon the rote
was significant. The vote stood 77
ayes cast by 21 republicans, 43 demo-
crais ana m populists ana 140 nays,
cast by 101 republicans, 44 democrats
and 1 populist.
A half n million dollars . each was
appropriated under suspension of the
rules lor the pau-Ameriean exposition
at Buffalo and Ohio Centennial at
Toledo. ' . ,
- The senate bill carrying $1,000,000
for a new building for the department
of justice was passed. .
A number of conference reports on
minor bills were adopted. - .
There was a great scramble for un
animous consent legislation when the
house met at 11 o'clock. With the end
of the congress only forty-eight hours
off almost every member- had some lo
cal measure he was. trying to sescure
from death on the calendar and they
stood in the area in front of the speak
er's rostrum ten deep clamoring for
recognition..
... A number of bills were passed. ,
among them a series authorizing vari
ous officers of the government to ao
cept decorations from foreign govern
meuta. . - .
WOMEN NOT ALLOWED TO LAND.
Transport Morgan City Reaches Manila
Rebels Again Heard From., .
The United States transport Morgan
City arrived at Manila Thursday. Tho
. m t At 11
wives oi ine omcers ana omer women
passengers were not allowed to land,
the authorities considering the condi
tion ashore to be too unsettled.
Thursday was the hottest day of the
season, but fortunately all was quiet,
inside and outside our lines investing
the city,, and the majority of the men
were kept in the shade.
The on' posts beyond San Pedro
Macati were fired upon by the rebels
from the walls of the Guadaloupe
church. A gunboat advanced 800
yards beyond the lines and cleared
away the enemy with gatlings. No
casualties are reported.
Goneral Miller has been ordered to
quarter his troops in Hoilo in the cus
tom house or other publio buildings
and authorized to make the necessary
changes at a cost not to exceed $40,000,
the same'' to be met from the publio
revenues collected in Iloilo.
LICENSE TOO llEAYT.
Trading Stamp People In Chattanooga
Silently Steal Away.
The two trading stamp companies
doing business in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
folded their tents and silently stole
away Thursday, going nobody knows
where, and about $1,000 worth of
their stamps now in' the hands
of the people and as many more
in the hands of merchants are unre
deemed. This action of the companies grows
out of the law passed a few days ago
by the state legislature in which these
companies are heavily taxed for doing
business in this state. It is stated,
that their books now out will not be
redeemed and there seems to be no
way to force their redemption.
DISSATISFACTION IN SANTIAGO.
Many Men are Thrown Ont of Employ
ployment and Effect Is Paralysing, :
A dispath from Santiago says: Be
tween 2,000 and 3,000 men have been
suddenly thrown out of work in the
province of Santiago and over 700 in
the immediate neighborhood of tho
city. Although Governor General
Brooke has wired $30,000, required
for the February payrolls,' 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 province
to $10,01)0. The effect cf this order
is simply paralyzing.
CONGRESSMAN CBANF0BD DI1&
Texas Repr es en tatl t Succumbs to Heart
Disease la Washlagton.
Representative John W. Cranford,
of the fourth congressional district of
Texas, died at the Providence hospital
in- Washington Thursday night of
heart disease and other complications.
- Representative Cranford was about
! thirty-six years of sge, and was serr