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nnd desire* with respect to the Question in hand, lit* then quoted from his sjteech the statement that he did not know of anybody, from the President down to his humblest follower. who had any intention or desire to retain permanent control of the Philippine islands. “It was not,” he concluded, “of a present purpose that I spoke, but rather of the absence of a purpose.” At the conclusion of Mr. Ft raker’s statement consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill, which had been laid aside temporarily, •was resumed. The pending question was the amendment offered by Mr. Allison, authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds to raise money with which to construct the canal. Mr. Allison offered a substitute for his amendment in the form of an elaboration of h's first proposition. Mr. Allison explained his amendment and urged ■that it be adopted as a safeguard to the interests of the t’nited States treasury. MR. MORGAN S VIEWS. In reply, Mr. Morgan expressed the hope that Mr. Allison would not insist on his amendment, as it brought up the question of gold and sliver, aivl forced into the discussion a financial question much debated among not only senators but the people. He eaid he would be quite willing to accept as an amendment to the bill a limitation of expenditure of $20,000,000 a year for canal purposes. This provision., he believed, would take all the strain from the treasury. Mr. Sewell did not think the measure ought to be embarrassed by the question of the issue of bonds. Mr. Chandler also took ground against the Allison amendment. He appealed to Mr. Allison to withdraw the amendment and have It understood that the bills for the canal would be paid when they come in. Mr. Spooner declared he would not vote for the hill which Involved the people in an expenditure of from $150,000,000 to $300.000,000. He. advocated the adoption of the bond amendment of Mr. Allison as a safeguard to the interests of the people. Mr. Chilton opposed the amendment and called attention to the “plethoric condition of the treasury.” Mr. Allison, interrupting bim, said that the money in the treasury might pass out by July 1. It was impossible to say now how much money might be required during the next six months for .the army and navy. “The senator from New Hampshire,” said Mr. Allison, “spoke of $50,000,000 for the navy. If we make such an expenditure we shall soon exhaust the treasury.” Mr. Morgan then offered the following substitute for Mr. Allison’s amendment: “That the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorised and required to limit the payments of the appropriation made in this act so that such payments shall not exceed the sum of $20,000,000 in any fiscal year.” Mr. Lindsay believed that if the* bill should be enacted it would mean either that the present war taxes would have to be continued or bonds would have to be Issued. The vote was then taken on Mr. Morgan’s amendment to the amendment offered by Mr. Allison. It was adopted—34 to 25 as follows: Yeas—Berry, Burrows, Chandler. Chilton, Clay, Daniel, Davis, Deboe, Fo raker, Gorman, Harris, Hawley, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Lodge McEnery, Martin, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson, Perkins. Pettigrew. Pettus. Platt of New York. Pritchard. Rawlins, Ross, Sewell, Turley, Turner. White—34. Nays—Allison, Bate, Butler, Caffery, Carter. Cockrell, Cullom, Fairbanks. Gallinger, Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hoar, Mcßride, Mantle, Platt of Connecticut, Roach. Shout), Simon, Teller, Thurston, Vest, Warren, Wellington, Wolcott—2s. The amendment as amended was then adopted—4l to 19. The last hour of the session was occupied in discussion of several amendments offered by Mr. Caffery, all of which were defeated. As there was little prospect of completing the bill to-day the Senate, at 6:05 o'clock p. m., on motion of Mr. Wolcott, went into executive session, and, at 6:25, adjourned.

MARITIME CANAL COMPANY. It* Friend* Before the House Committee on Commerce. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Maritime Canal Company, representing the old concession for building the Nicaragua canal, had a hearing to-day before the commerce committee of the House in accordance with the plan to hear all parties concerned. The Maritime Company was represented by its president, Hiram Hitchcock; the president of the construction company, J. W. Miller, and the solicitor of the company, Mr. A. T. Mason. Professor Haupt, one of the Nicaragua canal committee, was present to discuss engineering features Involved, and Hon. Warner Miller, former president of the Maritime Canal Company, was also present. President Hitchcock opened the hearing with an historical review of what had been done, particularly referring to the course of Mr. Blaine w’hen secretary of state to protect the interests of the concession held by the company. Mr. Hitchcock then took .up the organization of the Cragin-Grace syndicate and stated that his understanding was that owing to discouragements the syndicate had dissolved prior to the time when the contract for the concession was secured. He declared shat the last concession was In violation of the rights and interests of the Maritime Company and of the United States government. Mr. Stewart asked Mr. Hitchcock if the company had gone into this plan with a view of unloading it on the government. Mr. Hitchcock answered positively in the negative. There had never been such a purpose, he said. The finances of the company FAIR AND WARMER TO-DAY. Weather rendition* Moderate Over the Whole Conntry. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19, 8 p. m.—Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois—Fair and warmer; fresh southerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The weather conditions are moderate over the whole country. A ridge of high pressure extends from southern New' England to Texas, and thence through Utah to the middle Pacific coast. A storm of considerable intensity appears to be developing to the north of Montana. Light rains have fallen in the south Atlantic and north Pacific States, and it has been general in all other districts. The temperature has remained stationary in the middle and south Atlantic States, and from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast and has generally risen elsewhere. Generally fair weather may be expected in al! districts. It will grow warmer in the Atlantic and gulf States, the Ohio valley and lower lake region, and the temperature will remain nearly stationary elsewhere. Light southerly winds wili prevail on the north Atlantic coast, variable winds on the middle Atlantic and light northerly winds on the south Atlantic coast. Local Observation* on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.45 19 72 South. Cloudy. 0.00 7p.m..30.32 2S 74 South. Clear.' 0.90 Maximum temiocrature, 30; minimum temperature, IS. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. 19: Temp. Pre. Normal 28 0.09 Mean 24 0.00 Departure from normal —4 —0.09 Departure since Jan. I *7l *1.04 •Pius. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday** Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta, Ga 30 40 38 Bismarck. N. D 32 42 36 Buffalo, N. Y 14 2; 2: Calgary. Alberta 22 42 38 Cairo, 111 26 30 32 Cheyenne. Wyo 30 40 30 Chicago 16 28 2 i Cincinnati IS 34 30 Concordia. Kan 26 50 i2 Davenport. la 16 36 ;j| pea Moines, la 16 4 3; Galveston. Tex -t£> 48 46 Helena. Mont 1* 44 42 Jacksonville. Fla 46 56 46 Kansas City, Mo 22 46 4 ) Little Rock. Ark 22 40 26 Marquette, Mich 14 20 2S Memphis. Tenn 28 4> 36 Mlnncdosa, Manitoba 16 Moorhead, Minn 20 Nashville, Tenn 28 31 3: New Orleans 36 16 44 New York is 40 22 North Platte, Neb 20 5s 40 Oklahoma. O. T 26 48 42 Omaha, Neb.... 30 40 .*6 Pittsburg 18 32 ;o Qu' Appelle, N. W. T 20 26 21 Rapid City, S. I) .80 50 .{6 Salt City, Utah 32 40 84 St. IXMlls 22 38 34 St. Paul. Minn 16 38 32 Springfield, 111 18 34 39 Springfield, Mo 16 40 36 Viek-burg, Miss 32 44 40 Washington 18 H 28

and the amounts of cash It had actually spent was inquired into minutely by members of the committee; also, the relations between the Maritime Company and the Construction Company. The latter had spent something over $4.009,000 and the Maritime Company something over $1,009,00) outside of certain stock and bond transfers. Mr. Hitchcock said if the government took up the work he believed the company could retire such stock and bonds as were outstanding, except that held by Nicaragua and Costa Rica. “What do you think of the Panama canal in its effect on your canal?” Mr. Hitchcock was asked. “I am told by eminent engineers who have examined the subject that it will cost $400,000,000 to complete the Panama canal.” he said, "and when it is completed it will be inoperative for the reason that it wili l>e impossible in certain seasons to control the summit level and operate the locks.” Professor Haupt, a member of the Nicaragua canal commission, said the essential point was to secure immediate action under existing concessions in order to avoid dangerous complications which would postpone and possibly defeat the entire canal project. Professor Haupt said the Panama canal could he completed if enough money were furnished. But. he said, it made a route 450 miles longer between the northern terminals and the amount of canal work was double that of the Nicaraguan route. Mr. Mason, attorney for the company, gave the legal phases, arguing that the present concession was in full force. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Figures of 1898 Conipnrrtl with Yenrly Statistics of the* Past Decade. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. * WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The story of the foreign commerce cf 1898 is now complete. Its exports are the largest in our history, its imports the smallest since 1885, although the consuming population is now 33 per cent, greater than at that time; and, as if to emphasize the great work of this greatest year, the month of December made for itself the highest record of exports ever made by any month in our history. The tetai exports of December were $137,847,448, and of the full calender year $1,254,925,169. Only two earlier calendar years crossed the billion-dollar line—that of 1897 having been ?1.099,709,045, and 1896, $1,095,857,241. The largest record of any month prior to that just ended was that of November, 1598, which was $129,780,014. while only sixteen months in our history ever crossed the one-hundred-million-dollar line in exports. Three months of the calendar year 1891 and three months of the calendar year 1896 showed exports in excess of $100,000,000, four months in 1897. while six of the twelve months of 1898 showed exports of more than $100,000,000 each, and the full year averaged more than SIOO,cOO.OOO for its entire twelve months. The following table shows the imports and exports of merchandise in the calendar years from 1888 to 1898, the excess of imports or exports in each year being also indicated: Excess of Year. Imports. Exports. exports. 1888 $725,411,371 $6!*1.761.n50 *533,650,321 1889 770,621,965 827.106,347 56.584,382 1880 833,397.726 857,502,548 34.104.822 1801 828.320.943 970,509,646 42.158.703 1892 840.930,955 938.420,660 97.489,705 1893 776.245.P24 876,108,781 99,859,857 1894 676.310.310 825,102.248 148,791,938 1895 801.673.307 824.860,136 23,186.829 1896 681,579,556 1,005.843.241 324,263.685 1897 742.623.893 1.099,714.807 257,030,914 1898 633.664,634 1,254,925,169 621.200,535 •Excess of imports. The following table shows the imports and exports of gold from 1888 to 1898. the excess of imports or exports in each calendar year being indicated: Exc ’ss of Year. Imports. Exports, exports. 1888 $1060,773 $34,526,447 $23,565,674 1889 12>)4.632 50.933,460 38.928,828 1890 20.230,090 24.063,074 3,832,984 1891 44.970,110 79.086,581 34,116,471 1892 17.450.946 76.532,056 59,071,111 1893 72,762,389 79,775,820 7,013.431 1894 21,350,607 101.978,689 80,623,082 1895 34.396,392 304.967.402 70,571.010 1896 104,731,259 58.256,890 *46,474,369 1897 34,020.592 34,276,401 1,255,809 1898 158,036,252 16,194,954 *14,841,298 ♦Excess of imports. 1 GAGE OPPOSES .THE HILL BILL. He Submits a, Substitute for the Currency Reformer's Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Secretary Gage, of the Treasury Department, to-day appeared before the House committee on coinage, weights and measures to explain his view of the Hill bill to define and fix the standard of value and regulate coinage. This is the bill with which the advocates of currency reform propose to supplement the currency bill of the banking and currency committee. It makes the gold dollar the standard of value. Secretary Gage gave his general approval to the measure, but took strong exception to Section 17, which proposes to assess one-quarter of 1 per cent, tax annually upon the capital, surplus and undivided profits of national banks. The secretary contrasted the burdens under which national banks labored compared with the trust companies. He explained that national banks w T ere compelled to pay, in local taxation, two and one-half times as much as trust companies, and they were required to carry large reserves which trust companies were not. He did not think it fair that this additional burden should be placed upon them. "Do not the national banks pay large profits?” asked Mr. Maxwell (Pop.. Neb.) “The profits are very small,” replied the secretary. “Section 17 would increase the taxation on national banks 60 per cent, would it not?” inquired Mr. Hill. “It would.” replied the secretary, “and I suggest that it be left as it is.” With that exception the secretary agreed that the bill was feasible and practicable so far as the Treasury Department was concerned. “I believe.” he said, “that the bill is in the right direction and would be beneficial.” “The bill would place the country flatly on the gold standard, woukl it not?” asked Mr. Cooper, of Texas. “It would.” Secretary Gage submitted a substitute hill, with Section 17 omitted and various other minor changes. At the request of Mr. Hartman. of Montana, the secretary agreed in a few days to appear and reply to certain general questions which were asked of the gold standard advocates at the Omaha monetary debate last September. Mr. A. J. Warner, one of the leading double standard advocates, was invited by the committee to give his views at the suggestion of Mr. Hartman, lie argued against the establishment of the single gold standard. He protested against the increasing power of national banks. In the issue of notes they would be governed only and solely by seif-interests. He declared that all the authorities on both sides of the money question and upon both sides of the ocean scouted the idea of basing currency upon property values.

TO REIMBURSE SOLDIERS. Mr. McCleary Introduces a Rill for Relief of Volnnteer*. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Representative McCleary, of Alinnesota, to-day introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to reimburse officers and men of the army and navy who served in the war between the L T nited States and Spain for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred while on leave or furlough for medical attendance, nursing and medical supplies necessitated by disabilities incurred through military or naval services in said war. When seen to-night Air. McCleary sa:t: “I was prompted to introduce this bill by a feeling that equity demanded it. Numerous instances have come to my attention where men were sent home because sick and incapacitated for duty. The folks at home nursed them back to life and rejoiced in the opportunity of caring for their loved ones. But in many instances the expenses for medical attendance and supplies have been a charge that the family could ill afford. It seems only just and right that these expenses should be reimbursed by the government, in whose service the disabilities were incurred. If the soldier had gone to a military hospital the charges would have been paid by the government under existing Jaw. Put there is no law authorizing the payment of such expenses for soldiers absent from th*ir commands on sick leave or furlough. To grant this authorization is the purpose of the bill. In preparing the bill I consulted the assistant surgeon general and the auditor of the treasury for the War Department in order that its provisions. while dealing justly and generously with trie soldiets, should properly guard the public treasury. To this end it is provided that the reimbursement shall be made under ntlcs and regulations to Ik* prescribed by the* Treasury Department, that the rates to be paid shall be those usual in the locality where the services have been rendered, anil that to receive consideration claims must be presented within two years after the passage of the act.” Tlie Pure Food t onkres*. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Representative Marriott Broslus, of Pennsylvania, delivered an interesting address at the sessiou of the National Pure Food Congress to-day.

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At the afternoon session Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, of the Department of Agriculture, spoke on the subject, “The Ethics of Pure Food.” He said that the food question was really the greatest one before any nation. The cause of a great deal of our domestic infelicity, he declared, was bad cooking. Our women were going to college and learning everything except domesticity. Our schools ought to pay more attention to domestic science. and especially to that of the kitchen. What the ethics of pure food demanded was that when anybody purchases any article in good faith the law should protect him in getting what was asked for. Choate*'* Nomination Confirmed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-The Senate today confirmed these nominations: Joseph H. Choate, of New York, ambassador to Great Britain; C. H. Brickenstein surveyor of customs, Denver, Col.; W. L. Cohen, register of the land office. New Orleans; J. G. Lewis, receiver of public moneys and J. E. Brede, register of the land office at Natchitoches, La.; J. Lewis, surveyor general of I.ouisiana. Also a number of promotione in the army. Mr. White, the United States charge at London. has cabled the State Department that Lord Salisbury, the British premier, had said that her Majesty would be glad to receive Mr. Choate as ambassador. General Notes. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.—T0-day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $291,163,174; gold reserve. $230,545,957. Governor Foster, of Louisiana, and Mayor Flower, of New Orleans, called on President McKinley to-day and invited him to attend the fair at New Orleans next May. The President thanked them, but made no definite promise. THE SOUTH CELEBRATES. Observe* tlie Anniversary of Geu. Robert E. Lee** Birtli. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 19.—The Thirtyfirst Michigan Regiment of Volunters was given a camp dinner to-day on the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee, by the First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, formerly the First Georgia Volunteers, the Michigan soldiers’ neighbors in camp at Chickamauga and Knoxville, and now camped near Savannah. The dinner was served by members of the Georgia regiment and by the ladies of Savannah. The camping ground looked more like a park than a military reservation. Pines and palmettos had been placed in the ground, and the company streets looked like a grove. The men ate at long tables, which had been decorated with potted plants. Each table was occupied by one company and had the company letter suspended over it with "Welcome.” Despite the cold weather the ladies went out to the camp and waited on the volunteers in the bleak wind. The men sat at the ta--1 les for an hour. During tite dinner speeches were made by Colonel Gardner, of the Michigan regiment: Colonel Lawton, of the First Georgia, and Lieutenant Colonel Shubell, of the Michigan troops. After the dinner the regiment gave a dress parade in the park. The Georgia Hussars, the famous Jeff Davis Legion of the Confederate army, which acted as President McKinley’s escort during his recent visit to Savannah, and the Chatham Artillery, next to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, of Boston, the oldest artillery asociation in the country, paraded. The artillery marched through the streets to the park, where the customary salute of twenty-one guns was fired in honor of the Confederate general. Observance* Elsewhere. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Jan. 19.—The anniversary of the birth of General Robert E. Lee was not observed here by the business houses with the exception of the banks, which closed the entire day. A few' of ihe city offices were also closed during the afternoon. A ball was given this evening by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was held in the armory, whioi was handsomely decorated for *he occasion anil was crowded with hundreds of citizens and distir guished visitors from other parrs of the State. BALTIMORE. Jan. 19.—The birthday of General Robert E. Lee was celebrated in Baltimore to-day by the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States. The nineteenth annual reunibn of the society was followed by a banquet to-night. General Bradley T. Johnson presided over the feast, with Captain George W. Bootn acting as toastmaster. CHARLESTON. S. C., Jan. 19.-The birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee is a state holiday in South Caroiina. It was observed as such here to-day. The special feature of the celebration was an address which was delivered under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy at the Hibernian Hall, by Bishop Ellison Capers, of this diocese. RALEIGH, N. C.. Jan. 19.—The birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee was quietly observed here to-day. The postoffice and all banks were/closed, and both branches of the Legislature adjourned shortly after meeting, out of respect to the memory of the great Southern leader. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 19.—Beyond the closing of the state and municipal offices and the banks and the holding of a campfire by Dee Camp, Confederate Veterans, there was no formal observance here of General Lee’s birthday. ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. 19.—The anniversary of Dee’s birthday was elaborately celebrated to-dav. It is a state holiday in Georgia,land the offices at the Capitol were desertetß

CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. Meeting; of Trustee* and Annual Election of Officer*. CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 19.—The twentysixth annual meeting of the Chautauqua Assembly trustees w'as held here to-day. Among those present were Lewis Miller, Bishop John H. Vincent, Clem Studebaker, E. G. Duzenbury, Dr. George E. Vincent, Dr. W. A. Duncan, Chester D. Massey, Wilson M. E>ay, AV. H. Shortt, William Thomas, John Brown, Dr. 11. H. Aloore, William T. Dunn, C. D. Firestone and F. AV. Hyde. Reports of officers showed receipts during the past fiscal year of ov£>r SCO,OOO. All current bills w'ere paid and a reduction of the debt effected. The attendance in 1898 was exceeded by that of only one year in the assembly's historv. The outlook is highly encouraging. Already an especially strong programme for the months cf July and August on the assembly ground at Chautauqua has been arranged. President McKinley has promised to visit the place unless circumstances prevent. Hobson, the hero of Santiago, will be among the visitors. Governor Roosevelt, of New York, will spend a portion of the season at this resort. Patriotic sentiment will be the keynote of the instruction and entertainment from the platform. Illustrated lectures on the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico will be a feature. A committee appointed to obtain an endowment for the educational work reported $50,000 pledged. An effort will be made to secure five times that amount. An invitation from a citizens’ committee, of Cleveland, to remove the administrative and educational headquarters to Cleveland, was accepted, the legal residence to remain at Chautauqua, N. Y. On some day during the season there will be a celebration of the quarto-centennial of the institution. Trustees were elected as follows: F. W. Hyde, Jamestown, N. Y.; H. H. W. Hyde, Jamestown, N. Y.; 11. baker. South Bend, Ind; R. A. Aliller, Ponce, Porto Rico; W. F. Walworth, Cleveland. Officers: President, Loewis Aliller, Akron. O.: first vice president, Clem Studebaker. South Bend; second vice president, E. G. Dunzenbury, Portville, N. Y.; third vice president Chester D. Massey, Toronto, ' Gnt.; secretary of trustees, W. A. Duncan, Syrauese, N. Y.; treasurer, E. A. Skinner, Westfield, N. Y.; chairman executive board, Wilson Al. Day, Cleveland: principal of instruction. Dr. George E. A’mcent, Chicago. The general manager is to be appointed. An Indianapolis Heir. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan 19.-In a few days the $400,000 estate of Charles Grandison Hopkins, a bachelor, who died in this city in October. 1896, will be divided among Thomas AL Barr, his confidential agent: Harriet E. Calvert, his housekeeper and the Hopkins heirs. A compromise has been reached and the contest brought by the relatives will be dismissed. By the terms of the compromise, as by the will. Mr. Barr and Aflss Calvert will receive the bulk of tlie estate; $20a.000 and $150,000 respectively is their share. Among tite relatives who will benefit by the will are Airs. Nareissa Nelson, Indianapolis: Airs. Martha Martin. Alaysville, Ky. They will receive sums ranging fiom S3O to about $4,000 Former Hank t'n*!iler Coilvieied. OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 19.—Frank Al. Dorsey, formerly cashier of the failed F'irst National Bank, of Ponca, Nel>., was found guilty in the Federal Court to-day on thirteen counts, charging him with making falsi* reports to the controller, misappropriation of tlie bank’s funds and other irregularities. He is a brother of ex-Congressman George W. O. Dorsey, who was president of the bank, and was tried and acquitted of complicity in the failure.

FROM SPANISH SOURCES GEN. RIOS'S REPORT ON SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. ♦ Mohammedan Fanatics Said to Be Preaching- a Holy War Against Americans—Transport Grant Sails. MADRID, Jan. 19.—The AA'ar Office has received a dispatch from General Rios, in command of the Spanish troops in the Philippines. announcing the departure of Spanish troops homeward, and saying the situation at Manila is unchanged. Still, according to his advices, the insurrection in the Island of Mindanao, against the Americans, is growing rapidly. Numerous Mohammedans are there and fanatics are scouring the country, preaching a holy war. It is further asserted that the Island of Zebu is in full revolt. THE PHILIPPINES COMMISSION. % Schiirmun AN ill He ( linirinan nnd E. W. Harden Secretary. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—President Schurman of Cornell University. Prof. Worcester of Ann Arbor and Colonel Denby, the three members of the Philippine commission now in the United States, had a long conference with the President at the White House today. They will receive their commissions tomorrow, when Mr. Schurmnn will be formally designated as chairman and Air. Edward W. Harden, of Chicago, as secretary. With the exception of Colonel Denby, who will be unavoidably detained here about two weeks, the members, with a corps of clerks and stenographers, will leave New York next Tuesday for Vancouver, where they will take the steamer Empress of Japan on the 30th inst. for llong-Kong. It is understood that at to-day’s conference the President went over with them, in a general way, the full instructions, which will be issued to-morrow, as to the purpose of their mission to the Philippines, the scope of their investigation, and the general eonduet of the work in hand. Mr. Harden, who has been appointed secretary of the comthission, served as a volunteer on board the McCulloch, and participated in the memorable victory of May 1 at Manila. He is a newspaper man of ability, and while in the Philippines w-as appointed special commissioner of the United States to report on the financial and* industrial conditions of the islands. The report has been warmly commended by Secretary Gage, and his knowledge of Philippine affairs is responsible for the selection to his present important post. He is an enthusiastic admirer of Admiral Dewey, with whom his work in Manila brought him into closer relationship, and has the advantage of acquaintance with Aguinaldo and other insurgents of influence. Air. Harden is a member of the Union League Club, and before going to the far East was the financial editor of the Chicago Tribune, and later held that position on the Chicago Evening Post. PITS TO SEA. The Transport Grant Sail* from New York for the Philippine*. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The transport Grant, bound for the Philippines with the Fourth Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry aboard, sailed to-day. As the Grant passed Governor's island the guns fired a regulation salute in honor of Major General Lawton. The men on the Grant replied with cheers. As the transport passed through the Narrows she was again saluted by the guns of Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton. All the ships in the harbor saluted the transport and her departure was marked by considerable enthusiasm. The Seventeenth Infantry left behind four boys, who though not on the muster rolls of that regiment, were on the transport. They were Frank Henzman, sixteen years old, ma'seot of Company G; George Carson, aged seventeen, assistant mascot of Company Fred Black, aged fifteen. Company C, mascot, all of Columbus, 0., and Albert Lined, Homestead, Pa., fourteen years old, mascot to Company I. They came with the regiment on the train from Columbus and were discovered on board the Grant this morning when they were summarily deported and handed over to the New York police. They were arraigned in police court and instead of being forwarded to Manila were handed over to the Gerry Society. Their parents will be communicated with. The boys were especially chagrined over the fact that tw r o other boy mascots had escaped detection and were already W'ell out to sea on the Grant.

f able Not Working. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The Commercial Cable Company has sent out the following notice: “AVe are advised that telegraphic communication with the islands of Panay, Negros and %ebu. Philippine islands, is temporarily Interrupted.” TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Chief of Police Alanning Crow, of Somerville, N. J., was shot and perhaps fatally wounded early yesterday while chasing a burglar. The twenty-five-round glove contest booked for last night at Galveston, Tex., between Joe Choynski and Jim Hall was declared off on account of the sheriff having interfered. Governor Pow r ers, of Maine, says the special election to elect a successor to the late Congressman Dingley w T ill not bo held in time to permit the successor to take his seat before March 4. The Fourth Ohio volunteers were paid off at Columbus, 0., yesterday by Majors Guild and Thrift, of the United States paymaster’s department, and mustered out of service. It required $120,000 to pay the troops. The Philadelphia Democratic convention yesterday nominated Dr. A\h Horace Hoskins for mayor, Frank Ft. Shattuck for city solicitor and John A. Thornton for magistrate. The election will be held Feb. 21. Hon. Thomas AlcDougall, w'ho has been conferring with the President regarding the national convention of manufacturers in Cincinnati next week, last night stated that the President would be unable to attend. Driven to desperation by unrequited love, Katy Clancy, of St. Louis, shot and wounded John McCaffery. a streeti-car conductor, and then swallowed the contents of a bottle of bichloride of mercury. It is thought both w'ill die. Peter Alaher, the heavy-weight pugilist has refused the offer of the Lenox Athletic Club to make a m.ofeh with Jim Jeffries unless guaranteed a S2O,O'K) purse, although Jeffries, through his manager, accepted the proposition the club made. The annual meeting of the American Protective Tariff League was held in New' York yesterday. The report of the general secretary, AY T . F. Wakeman, showed that the receipts of the organization for the year had been $35,222 and the disbursements $33,710. Governor Roosevelt has issued a requisition on the Governor of Colorado for the return to New York State of Annie Drayton, alias Big Alay. who is indicted in New York for larceny and who is now under arrest in Denver. A big freight steamer building at the yards of the Globe Iron Works Company in Cleveland for the Cleveland Steamship Company will be named for Senator Al. A. Hanna. The Hanna w'ill be 430 Jcet over aJI, 410 feet keel. 50 feet beam and 23 feet molded depth. AVithin the past few days Cleveland and Detroit shipbuilders have closed contracts for four steel freight steamers, all of the very largest class, 7,000 to 8.000 tons net capacity, and of about $1,000,000 in aggregate value. The cost of these modern lake freighters is very close to a quarter of a million dollars each. A resolution has been introduced in the House of the General Assemblv of Norih Carolina looking to the impeachment of A\\ L. Norwood, judge of the Superior Court in the Twelfth judicial district, on a charge of drunkenness. A committee will be appointed to investigate the advisability of impeachment and report back to the House. Governor Roosevelt, of New York, has stated that he refused to grant an application for restoration to citizenship of a man who has served out his term In prison for connection with the Gravesend election frauds of John Y. MeKane. The Governor did not think a man convicted of crimes against the ballot box should be restored to citizenship for some years after he had served out ins term of Imprisonment. Sliafier Succeeds Mcrrlant. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19.—T0-day Major General Alerriam issued an order relinquishing the command of the Department of California. Immediately thereafter Major General Shafier issued an order announcing his

accession to the command. General Merr)am will go to Denver, Col., to assume command of the Department of the Colorado. He will be accompanied by his personal aids, Lieutenants Benjamin and Graves, and Colonel Volkmar, who will act as adjutant general. SUCCESSFUL TEST. The Howell Disappearing (inn Cnrriuge Sit id to Work Well. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The board of fortifications to-day conducted a test of the Howell disappearing gun carriage at the Sandy Hook providing grounds. All the members of the board were present except General Miles. The carriage is the invention of Rear Admiral Howell and is constructed on radically different lines from the Bufflngton-Crozler carriage, which is extensively used by the United States government. The Howell carriage does not sink the gun under the ground and uses no pit. Five shots were tired from a ten-inch gun with regular service charge of a projectile weighing 575 pounds and 240 pounds of powder. The time of firing, including the handling of the gun, was twelve minutes and thirty-eight seconds. Lieutenant Lewis said the test was very successful; that the mechanism of the carriage had worked well. During the presence of the board anew high explosive shell, now being tested at the Hook w r as tired from a twelve-inch gun. The charge of the shell consists of gun cotton detonated by a special primer. At this test the gun was aimed at an armor plate, heavily backed up. The shot struck near the center, penetrated the steel and exploded. After the smoke passed off the members of the board went down and looked for the plate. Here and there they found a few ragged pieces of steel, but the main part of the plate was blown off the face of the Hook. A twelve-inch shell tired from a mortar also did destructive w T ork. 18-Ineb Gan May Be Constructed. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A special to the Herald from Washington says; “Serious consideration is being given by the ordnance department of the army to a request for an allotment of $65,000 to be expended in the construction of an eighteen-inch gun submitted by the promoters of the Gafhmann system of firing high explosives. If the request is granted the eighteen-inch gun will be the largest modern weapon ever manufactured in this country. It will accommodate the huge Gathmann shell, which wall contain about four hundred pounds of high explosive. The gun is to be forty-five caliber in length, a single tube weapon and jacketed.” FLOWER SELLS FOR $30,000. Fumons liinvKim Cnrmition to Bloom Only fop liostonese. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 19.—The far-famed Lawson carnation was sold to-day for $50,000. purchaser is Thomas F. Lawson, a financier well known in this city and New' York, and in honor of w'hose wife the wonderful plant was named. Mr. Galvin, w’ho bred the fiow r er, to-day announced that he had accepted the offer made by Mr. Lawson, and that in future the flower will blossom solely for the public gardens of the city of Boston, that being one of the conditions of the sale. When the beauty of the carnation first became known Harlow N. Higinbotham, the Chicago millionaire, offered $6,000 for the plant, provided that it be renamed for his wife. A little later a New Y’ork florist offered $15,000 for the flower. EACH FINED $250. Eighty-Six Insurance Companies Mulcted by a Kentucky Court. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 19.—1n the State Fiscal Court this afternoon eighty-six insurance companies doing business in this State were fined $250 each for alleged conspiracy to combine and control and fix insurance rates. The comoanies are known as “board companies” and include all those operating under the jurisdiction of the Kentucky and Tennessee board of insurance underwriters. Under agreement by these fire insurance companies there is appointed in each county seat a board of local underwriters which fixes the rate of insurance at that place. The Indictments were brought under the common law and demurrer of the defendant was overruled by Judge Cantrill, leaving the companies to a jury trial.

SCOTT CHOSEN. (Concluded from First Page.) tatives in Congress to introduce a special bill in Congress to provide for the pajment to the Staje of SIO,OOO advanced in paying expenses for the mobilization of the two regiments of Arkansas Volunteers called for at the outbreak of the recent war. Ante-Nuptial Debts. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 19.—The State Senate to-day passed a bill relieving husbands of responsibility for ante-nuptial debts of wives. The question has long been a mooted one in the courts and the Supreme Court recently held husbands responsible. Wisconsin Republican Caucus. MADISON, Wis., Jan. 19.—After taking the nineteenth ballot to-night the senatorial caucus adjourned until to-morrow. No selection was made, the result of the nineteenth ballot being: Quarles, 41; Stephenson, 24; Babcock, 17; Cook, 18; Webb, 10. DOCKSiTADF.iI ON EXPANSION. Story of an Illinois Farmer's Luisa tinfactory Experience. Washington Special to New York World. Lew Dockstader, the minstrel, entertained a group of senators and representatives in the Senate restaurant yesterday with anew story. Here it is: “Out in Illinois I know an old farmer who was in the hog raising business. One day last spring he drove into Chicago and bought a herd of tine Berkshire shoats, paying . cents a pound for them. He drove the hogs to his farm, thirty or forty miles from town, fed them on bran, corn and ail kinds of fattening feed. He used to get up with the chickens in the morning to look after the hogs and kept close tab on them all day. “Late in the fall, having spent about $lO apiece to fatten them, he drove them back to the Chicago stock yards. There he found that the price of hogs had gone down, and the best he could get for them was 3 cents a pound. The hogs had nearly bankrupted him, and he was compelled to make the sacrifice. “On his way home, despondent and down on his luck, he met an old friend, who asked: “ What did you get for your hogs?’ “ ‘Three cents a pound; just what I paid for them.’ “ ‘Well, you didn’t make much on the. deal, eh?’ " No,’ replied the old farmer, ‘but I had the society of the hogs.’ ” “That," said Dockstader. while the group was convulsed with laughter, “reminds me of the Philippine controversy. We won’t make anything out of the islands, but we will have to pay for the society of the Malays, half-breeds, Hottentots, etc." XVhen “Oraer” Nods. Philadelphia Record. When Rudyard Kipling, in one of his stories told of loading 4.0C0 tons of freight on a 2,500 ton steamer it was quickly shown, in answer to hypercritical objectors, that such feats of lading were common enough in shipping circles. But now comes the Marine Journal, of New York, with the further point that Mr. Kipling's steamer of 32 feet beam and 240 feet length would have to be nearly 40 feet deep to be entitled to a 2.500 ton registration! This depth would be preposterous, as the Marine Journal shows by numerous citations of the dimensions of steamers and their tonnage. From which it appears that even our modern " ’Omer” sometimes nods as he smites his “bloomin’ lyre.” Gordon College. London Mail. Lord Kitchener has lost no time in setting about building the Gordon Memorial College. The site lias been chosen outside Khartum, and the foundation stone will probably bo laid by lxird Cromer in a few r days. The commencement of the college will he a visible sign to the Sudanese that their welfare in to be regarded in the future in a very different light to what it was In tiie days of the Khalifa. It may be taken for granted that Ixrd Kitchener will do ail within his power to complete the college at an early a date as possible. One of Eagan'* Experience*. Washington Special. General Eagan is not without previous experience in the matters of courts-martial and reprimands. Years ago he was tried by

a court-martial for a grave Infraction of the rule* of the War Department, and, being found guilty, w;is ordered to be publicly reprimanded. He escaped punishment, however, because of the recommendation of his superior officer. General Krutz, that to merely reprimand an officer for so grave an offense as Uaptain Eagan had committed would set a bad precedent. Thus Eagan escaped punishment simply because the sentence of the court-martial was not as severe as the offense merited in the eyes of his superior officer. Captain Eagan’s offense consisted In "habitually playing cards for high stakes,” although a disbursing officer, fie was also charged with not paying his debts. He admitted the card playing, but denied that it was for high stakes. As for not paying his debts, a plea in bar of trial was entered and sustained by the court. WAR WAS EXPECTED. Views of a Newspaper Man on tle Situation in Samoa. CHICAGO, Jan. 19 —E. W. Pickard, a Chicago newspaper mail, who has recently returned from Samoa, has this to say of the situation: “Everybody at Apia knew that a bloody conflict would result if the court decided in favor of young Tanus. and even the friends of the latter admitted freely that he would have no show if there was a tight. Mataafa has had a very large majority of the natives with him from the first—fully 80 per cent., I should say—and, furthermore, he is by far the best man for King. He is intelligent, dignified, courteous, and has the years which the natives respect. Aside from the question of expediency, there is no doubt in my mind that Mataafa was rightfully elected King. I reached this conclusion after two months’ careful inquiry into the status of the ease. The trial itself had been a farce up to the time 1 left, two days before its close. Very few Samoans can be relied on to tell the truth, even under oath, if the truth would harm their cause, and the chief justice knows this as well as any one else. “The German consul has been at loggerheads with the American and British consuls throughout the whole affair and has persistently refused to act with them. He openly espoused the cause of Mataafa, and certainly went further than consuls usually do. The British and American consuls maintained a neutral attitude throughout the trial, only giving assurance that they would protect the lives and property of the white residents. The dispatches say that Mataata’s army looted and burned Apia. That evidently does not mean the municipality as a whole, but the native village of Apia, which is only one of several within tne municipality. “If the powers undertake to enforce the chief justice’s decision they wifi/have a tough job. The war ships now cannot land over four hundred men, and .vlataafa’s forces number many thousands. The natives are fairly well armed, though they have not a great deal of ammunition. They could withdraw a little way from the coast and keep up the light for months in the country, where the white soldiers would find food very scanty and the bush too dense for effective movements. It would not be so easy to subdue and capture Mataafa as it was in 1893, for at that time he had sent nearly all his followers to their homes, not desiring war.” Outcome of a Condition. Washington Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph. The army scandal is the outcome of a condition of aflairs that has existed in the department since the war with Spain began. Someone was ambitious to demonstrate that military operations could be conducted better from the office of the secretary or its vicinity than they could from the headquarters of the army. Lest it might not be fully understood by the public that the conduct of the war was under the direction of the "nonmilitary” branch of the army, care was taken not to advertise on all possible occasions that the advice of the general commanding the army was neither solicited nor regarded. Consequently, when things seemed to get tangled to a greater or less extent and complaints were heard, the voiceless general commanding appeared to the self-conscious as a silent accuser. “He whose look Is an accusation we most -wrathfully pursue; and our fury is blinded that it may not see its own fault.” The difference between the two contending forces in the War Department is less of opinion than of innate quality.’ General Breckinridge struck near the truth, as all know here, when he said, referring to the faction attacking General Miles: “What we need in the War Department is a set of gentlemen.” *

No West Pointer* Involved. Washington Post. West Pointers are chuckling to themselves over the fact that none of them is involved in the army scandals which have so shocked the country. Neither Secretary Alger, General Miles, General Shafter. General Brooke, General Breckinridge, General Corbin nor General Eagan is & product of the famous military acadamy on the banks of the lordly Hudson. There can be no question therefore of jealously at this time between army officers who entered the service through West Point and those who entered from civil life, as w r as the case during and after the civil war. It must not be understood that I mean to intimate that the civil appointees in the army are all involved in these scandals, for this is not the case. Some of the most efficient officers in the late war were appointed from the volunteer service at the close of the civil war. There are Generals Lawffon and Chaffee, for instance, two of the heroes of Santiago. Neither of them is a West Pointer. General Otis, w'ho commands in the Philippines, is not a West Pointer, No army has better general officers than they are. Just the same, the fact remains that no West Pointer is mixed up in the army scandals growing out of the Spanish wur, and the West Pointers quietly congratulate themselves and their alma mater that it is a fact. Obituary. LONDON, Jan. 19.—Prof. Henry Atleyne Nicholson, regius professor of natural history at the University of Aberdeen. died to-day in his fiftyfifth year. Among his publications are “Reports on the Paleontology of Ontario.” “Tabulate Corals of the Paleozoic Period.” “Monograph of the British Grantelitidae” and “Monograph of the British Stromatoporoids.” CHICAGO. Jan. 19.—Andrew Peterson, former president of the Western State Bank and Danish consul to Illinois and several other Western States, died in his apartments in the Union League Club Jo-night after a long illness. Talent in Missouri. Kansas City Journal. It is a talented Jasper county young woman who answers to the ominously suggestive name of Knell, of whom the Embalmers’ Monthly, of Chicago, says: “She has the distinction of being the pioneer Miss embalmer of the State of Missouri, and as such she is receiving many complimentary letters from funeral directors all over the United States.” "KHz" Talking; Now. TOLEDO. 0., Jan. 19.—Robert Fitzsimmons to-night issued a long statement in which he scores O’Rourke and Sharkey and offers to make a match with the latter if he will sign articles within two weeks. He says he will waive a finish fight, but will insist that the articles call for a fight of twentyfive rounds or more. He will bet as much side money as his opponent wants. Sutro Will Admitted Jo Probate. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.—The holographic will of the late Adolph Sutro was admitted to probate to-day. The contest of Edgar Sutro and other children of the dead millionaire was formally withdrawn in open court. The executors are Mrs. Emma SutroMerritt and W. R. R. Adams, whose bonds were fixed by Judge Coffey at $300,000 each. Los* Estimated at S*7s<MM>o. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The fire which destroyed the Cammeyer building burned until 6 o'clock this morning, when it was finally extinguished. Three-quarters of a million dollars is the estimate of the loss. Nearly six hundred people, of whom over five hundred are women, are temporarily thrown out of employment. Oppose Imperialism. At the meeting of the German American Democratic Club last night there was a long discussion of the foreign policy, the speakers without exception holding that this country should simply assist the natives of the islands taken from Spain to establish th* ir own form of government. There was no opposition to the peace treaty Resolutions against annexation were adopted. Sale of Painting*. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The second night’s sale of the Powers Art Gallery collection realized $45.010 for the ninety-nine pictures sold. The highest in ire was |*id by 8. 1\ A\ery for “The Butcher Boy,” by Ludwig Knaus. $3,350. Following are the best pricer: “A Spanish Pharmacy.” by Jltntr.ez y Aranda, $1,906; "Madeleine," by J. II Hcnncr, s3.<kjo: “Landscape with Figures." by N. V. Diaz. *1.300: “The Shepherd.” by Constant Troyon, $1,000; “The Sheep Cote." by Kugene J Verbockhoven, $1,333: "The Challenge,” by J. Q. Brown. $1,000; “Before the Alcalde," by Jules AVurms, $1,575; “Hungarian Draught Horses,” by

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Wagenman, clerk of the Court of Criminal Correction, has disappeared, and it is said by his intimate friends that Ye has confessed to subversion of witness and jurors’ fees to the amount of $30,600. Tonight he is missing and his friends fear he has committed suicide. Wagenman has filled one term as the clerk of the Court of Criminal Correction and was re-elected to the office last fall. A prominent city official, whose name Is withheld at his request, said to-night: Saturday night 1 conversed with Wagenman regarding his affairs. He was greatly depressed, and said he was in a bad fix. Finally he broke down and conlessed to me that for the period of time he had been in office he had raised, jurors’ tees and after |>uying the Jurois the amount clue them had IK.'cketed the balance and had also taken witness fees until the amount had reached about $30.00u, but the exact amount he did not know himself. He said that he had made no record of tno amount taken, and that they would not show up on Ids books. Wagenman went on to tell me that he had loaned the larger part of the money taken and had personally had the use of very little of it. ’lf the Lexow committee discovers me l will commit suicide,’ and he pulled a bottle of morphine from his pocket significantly. I told Wagenman that 1 did not think his affairs were as bad as he thought, but that did not tclfy him. He said he was sure there was but one end to the whole matter, and that was exposure.” NEW TROTTING CIRCUIT. Chicago, Terre Haute, Louisville, Lexington mill Ollier Cities in It. CHICAGO. Jan. 19.—The largest trotting circuit ever formed In the West was completed at a meeting of turfmen here to-day. It is an outgrowth of the great Western circuit which sprung up last year, and includes all the big racing associations of the middle West, besides several cities of the Grand Circuit. The representatives who attended the meeting were President Charles T. Hancock, Nutwood Driving Club. Dubuque; Secretary A. H. Harwell, Independence Racing Association: F. W. Randall, Minnnesota State Fair and Racing Asssoclatton, Hamlin: A. G. Wilcox, Wisconsin fair. Milwaukee; Frank Kenney, Louisville Driving Club; L. E. Ingalls, Ingalls Park truck, Joliet; John SpLn, Chicago. The Important action taken in the meeting was the admission of Chicago and Peoria. Torre Haut-, Louisville and Lexington and tour cities of the Grand Circuit. The union of these cities with the old members of the Great Western Circuit makes the laigest continuous circuit In the country.