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7 THE MORNING NEWS. I
’ r.tahlifhed 185*1. - - Incorporated 1888. -
1 J. H. ESTILL, President. j
CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS.
Till: TWO HOUSES SIT OUT SI ADA Y
AM) THE MIGHT.
Tlie Senate Opens the Day"* Work by
Taking In be Naval Appropria
tion Kill—The Conference Report
mi tlie Sundry Civil Appropriation
Hill Agreed To—The Anti-Lottery
Hill Tied l |i—Tlie liatvniiun Cable
lira ten.
Washington, March 3.—The Senate spent
nrarly four and a half hours in session
-,,js afternoon, from 2 to 6.20 o’clock, and
tr. -i took a recess until to-night at 8:30
o'elo k. The naval appropriation was un
der consideration for the most of the time
—the pending question being on the
amendment reported from the committee
on appropriations, to reduce the number of
lattleshlps to be contracted for from
three to two. Many speeches were made
on each side of the question, but no vote
reached. There was an understand
ing, however, that the vote would be
taken before 10 p. m.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was made and was
concurred in after a long discussion. The
amendment for the purchase of the Blaine
property lias been rejected. The provis
ion for the officers of the revenue cutter
service has been modified so as to allow
retirement on half pay. The amendment
for the Tennessee Centennial has been
rejected. The amendment for a survey
of the route of tha Nicaragua canal has
been agreed to. The transfer of the Fort
Leavenworth military prison to the de
partment of justice has been preserved
in the bill; also the amendment for dele
gates to any International conference on
the monetary question.
Mr. Hoar, rep., of Massachusetts, moved
to take up the motion to reconsider the
vote by which the Senate agreed to a
House amendment to the lottery bill,
which, he said,was a mere formal amend
ment. He offered to let the matter stand
over till after the naval appropriation bill
should be disposed of, if Mr. Gorman
would consent to let It come up then.
Mr. Blackburn, who had made the mo
tion to reconsider, objected to the pro
posed arrangement.
"Well." said Mr. Hoar, "I insist upon
my motion.”
"That." said Mr. Gorman, “is a motion
to displace the naval appropriation bill.
I ask for the yeas and nays, so that the
Senate may determine whether the ap
propriation bills will pass or not.”
The question was taken and Mr. Hoar's
motion was defeated—yeas 17; nays 28.
The effect of the motion to reconsider Is
to tie up the anti-lottery bill.
A message was received from the House
with a concurrent resolution for the par
ticipation of both houses in the dedica
tion of : fie Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Park; and it was concured in
by the Senate.
The naval appropriation bill was taken
up when the Senate resumed Its session
tit 8.:?" o’clock. After a long discussion,
the amendment reducing the number of
battleships from three to two was agreed
to, by a vote of 33 to 23. The vote was
devoid of party significance, as was also
the preceding discussion—Messrs. Butler
and Blackburn joining with Mr. Chandler
in support of the amendment, and Messrs.
Cray and Hawley taking a prominent
part in advocating the retention of the
original House provision for the construc
tion of three vessels.
A number of amendments remitting
penalties on the Concord and Benning
ton, and otherwise Increasing the appro
priations carried in the bill, were rail
loaded through with scarcely any atten
tion being paid to them, and Mr. Gorman
remarking that he hoped the Senate would
agree to all the amendments and report
the hill. This was finally done at 10;10
o'clock without objection.
Then, after an Impassioned appeal from
Mr. Blackburn, In charge of the diplo
mat!, appropriation bill, the Senate backed
down from its Insistence on Its amendment
appropriating $500,000 toward a Hawaiian
cable the last disputed Item In the bill.
An executive session was afterward or
dered and as he walked out of the cham
ber Mr. Blackburn remarked that he had
opened his mouth for the last time in the
Fifty-third congress.
After the confirmation of a few nomina
tions, the Senate, still sitting behind
clos. l doors, was precipitated into a dis
cussion of the membership of the proposed
monetary conference. The principal
si""h was made, up to midnight, by Mr.
' Has. who urged that It should not be
Lie policy of the Senate to appoint three
pronounced silver men as the members to
represent the Senate. Mr. Vilas was as
sisted by Mr. Gray In his oppositon to
the, movement of the silver men. It ap
pears that a paper had been circulated
by the silver men and signed by them,
aimost in a body, Irrespective of party,
agreeing to support Senators Teller, rep.,
Jones of Arkansas, dem., and Daniels of
Airginla, dem., as the Senate delegates.
A '- the oppositon Is directed against the
couii e of Senator Daniel, not personally,
but because he is the third silver man.
tne conservative element of both parties.
r the gold men, as they are known in the
financial discussion, insist that someone
ae Mr. Allison, rep., of lowa, or Mr.
rorman. dem., of Maryland, should be the
third man.
Washington, March 4, 2:30 a. m.—The
debate in executive session was con
eluded at 1:50 o’clock a. m., the ques
tion pending being a resolution offered by
- ir Wolcott naming Senators Daniel,
' Her and Jones of Arkansas as the sen
atorial delegates to the International
monetary conference. At 1:50 o’clock Mr.
" Meott called for a vote, and his reso-
Jutlon wa adopted without the formality
c a yea and nay vote. Af midnight all
’he appropriation bills save five—namely,
’ , sundry civil, Indian, naval, general
o ’ :• ncy and consular and diplomatic,
had been sent to the President. The sun
dry civil and the consular and diplomatic
?' Pre being compared, and will be In the
hands of the President by daylight. The
Indian bill will be the next after these,
ho teach him.
1 ie following Is the text of Mr. Wolcott's
lb-solved. That the following senators
"■ elected by the Senate as delegates to the
"national bimetallic conference, If one
•hall be called, in the event that the bill
’’eating saiq conference shall be signed
hhe President: Mr. Jones of Arkansas,
_r Teller of Colorado, and Mr. Daniel
Virginia.
1 h" doors were reopened at 2 a. m.; the
..?J' renoe report on the general defi
; f y bill was presented and agreed to,
" '"•r some opposition.
’ . •'Orman's motion to reconsider the
’ ■ Mottery bill was laid on the table, on
• r Hoar's motion, ffhla Is the bill making
.fpje Jfiflfnittjj ffj
it unlawful for express companies to car
ry or in any way handle lottery tickets.
Washington, March 4, 4 a. nt.—The Sen
ate Is still in session.
IN THE HOI BE,
Representatives Allen Makes One of
lli* Humorous Speeches.
Washington, March 3.—The House, at
3:32 o’clock this morning, took a rece3S
until 2 p. m. to-day. Its last action before
recess being to insist upon Its disagree
ment to three Senate amendments to the
Indian appropriation bills. These amend
ments were again sent to the conference.
The Sunday session of the House was
productive of but little in the way of ac
complished legislation. Numerous re
quests for unanimous consent were made,
but generally, wherever an appropriation
was required to make the measure ef
fective—and in some cases where no
money was involved—it met the fatal ob
jection of “Watchdog” Dockery, or a dis
gruntled member smarting under the
sting of failure to get desired considera
tion.
Mr. Springer succeeded in having passed
under a suspension of the rules the Senate
bill pensioning Gen. J. A. McCiernand
of Illinois at the rate of 1100 a month. It
was opposed by Mr. Jones, dem., of Vir
ginia, and advocated by Mr. Sickles, dem.,
of New York, who made an effective
five-minute speech, In which he quoted
President Lincoln’s appreciation of Gen.
McClernand’s services.,
A bill to pension the widow of Gen.
Joseph H. Carter was also passed on mo
tion of Mr. Outhwaite.
A bill was also passed without a dis
senting vote to give the state of Missis
sippi 23.000 acres of land for the benefit
of the industrial institute and college for
girls at Columbus, after a characteristic
speech by Representative John Allen, the
Tupelo statesman.
In a speech in favor of the motion, Mr.
Allen said that if there was a man In the
House so base, so lost to all sense of
shame, as to vote against sustaining the
state of Mississippi In this pioneer move
ment in aid of advancement of women, he
should be scorned by women, spurned by
men and whipped by his own conscience.
(Laughter.) "I give you,” Mr. Allen con
tinued, “who may not have met the en
tire approval of your constituents (laugh
ter) an opportunity—the last opportunity
you will probably ever have—to cast a
vote that will go far to enable you to over
come the evil you have done, and re
establish yourselves In the good graces of
the people. (Laughter.) At the Institution
we are educating several hundred of the
loveliest female flowers that bloom In
the spring. It is located at the beautiful
city of Columbus, about seventy-five miles
south of the city of Tupelo—and you all
know where that Is.” (Laughter.)
Mr. Dinsmore, dem., of Arkansas aided
by Mr. Flynn, rep., of Oklahoma, en
deavored to have the bill granting a right
of way through Indian territory to the
Arkansas and Northwestern railroad pass
ed over the President's veto. They were
antagonized by Mr. Hopkins, rep., of Illi
nois, and the bill failed; not two-thirds
voting in the affirmative.
Just before a recess was taken at 6:10
o’clock until 7:30 o’clock the House voted
again to insist upon its disagreement to
the Senate amendments to the Indian ap
propriation bill relating to the payment
of $300,000 to the Ogden Land Company,
and the gradual extinction of the con
tract Indian schools, and a further con
ference was ordered.
A joint resolution provided for the pay
ment of the expenses of the representatives
from congress to the opening of the Chiek
amauga and Chattanooga National park
next September was passed.
Upon reassemhling at 7:30 o’clock the
House spent some time in the considera
tion of requests for unanimous consent
to pass certain bills. The bill to amend
the copyright law was one of those that
received favorable action.
In support of this bill Air. Covert, dem..
of New York stated that it was intended
to limit the liability of newspaper pub
lishers to $5,000 for the unauthorized pub
lication of a photograph or other picture.
Under the present law, Mr. Covert said
there was pending a suit against one of
the metropolitan dailies to recover $817,-
000 damages for publishing the picture of
a pleasure yacht.
Air. Sayers submitted the report of the
conferees on the sundry civil appropria
tion bill and Its effect was explained by
Air. Sayers. The Senate had added, he
said, $9,972,029 and In conference had re
ceded from $1,936,390. The House by a
yea and nay vote had accepted the Senate
amendment appropriating $5,363,289 for the
payment of the sugar bounty. The bill
as agreed to In conference and as pre
sented carried $47.138,306 —which was an in
crease of $12,884,584 over the similar ap
propriation for the current year. After
some further debate upon the monetary
conference amendment, the report was
agreed to without division.
Mr. Holman reported an agreement of
the conferees on the Indian appropria
tion bill. Instead of the government pay
ing the Ogden Land Company $300,000 for
its interest in the reservation of the Cat
taraugus and Alleghany Indian reserva
tions in New York, the Secretary of the
Interior was authorized to negotiate with
the Indians and land company for the
purchase of said Interest, if it exists, and
report to the next congress.
Regarding the Indian contract schools.
It is agreed that the Secretary of the In
terior shall as soon as practicable pro
vide for educating the children in govern
ment schools.
The report was agreed to, thus dispos
ing of the bill as far as the House was
concerned.
The following resolution was presented
by Air. Bailey, dem., of Texas, and passed
without a dissenting vote, amid applause—
Air. Richardson, dem., of Tennessee, be
ing in the chair:
Whereas, It is the earnest desire of the
House of Representatives that the speak
er shall be one of the delegates to the
international monetary conference on the
part of the House of Representatives;
Resolved, That the Hon. Charles F.
Crisp is hereby requested to designate
himself as one of the three delegates to
be selected by him in pursuance to the
provisions of the law.
The recession of the Senate from the
Hawaiian cable amendment to the diplo
matic appropriation bill was announced
and the conferees were discharged from
consideration of the subject. This dis
poses of the bill.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the conferees on
the deficiency appropriation bill reported
n agreement. The Senate receded on the
following items, which were the princi
pal ones In dispute and they were stricken
out: Southern Pacific railroad claim. $V
SD9 539; French spoliation claims aggre
gating $632,960; the appropriation of $3-
951 915 to reimburse the state of California
for money expended in the suppress’.,n of
he civil war; also $335,152 to the st:;’-. of
(Continued on Third Page.)
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, MARCH 4, 189,5.
THREE BIG ISSUES TACKLED.
A REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE
EXPIRING CONGRESS.
First Came the Repeal of the Com- !
pulsory Silver Purchase Provision.
Then Came the Itattie Itoynl Over
the Tariff Duties—As u Mind lp
Came the Senatorial Struggle liter
tile Financial Policy of the Gov
ernment.
Washington, March 3.—The three ses- !
sions of the Fifty-third congress expiring ;
at noon. March 4. 1595, were dominated ;
by three controlling issues. The first by
the silver question, the second by the j
tariff question, the third by the financial j
question.
On August 7, 1893, the congress con- |
vene-d in extraordinary session for the '
avowed purpose of repealing the compul- j
sory silver purchase provision of the j
law of IS9O. This was the silver session
W. L. Wilson, chairman of the ways
and means committee, prepared a
bill in conformity to the rec
ommendations of the President’s
message on August 28, 1593. This meas
ure passed the House. The Senate in the
meantime had been preparing, through
the committee on finance, a substitute
bill, and November 1 this Sen
ate substitute received the ap
proval of both houses became
a law by t.e approval of the
President. This measure, and the repeal
of the remaining vestiges of the recon
struction federal election laws, closed
the important work of the extra session.
Upon its meeting in regular -,-sslon In
December, 1893, congress entered upon the
consideration of the revision of the tariff.
As In the case of the silver question, but
In a much more pronounced manner, the
House “proposed” and the Senate "dis
posed." The Wilson tarifT bill, passed by
the House Feb. 1, 1891, was set aside for
the Jones-Gorman compromise tariff bill,
adopted by the Senate on July 3, 1894,
after four months’ debate, and the House
was given the blunt option of the “Sen
ate bill or nothing." It took the Senate
bill and sent It to the President on Aug.
15, 1894. President Cleveland permitted the
bill to become a law without his approval,
and in an informal manner communicated
to individual members of congress his dis
satisfaction at the inadequacy of the
changes made In the tariff system.
Supplemental to the passage of this tariff
law, the Senate entered upon a profitless
and inconclusive investigation of rumors
that Senators had been Improperly In
fluenced to vote for the Senate sugar
schedule and had In stocks of
the so-called sugar trust company.
The third and last, or "financial” session
of the Fifty-third congress has been es
pecially marked by the refusal of both
houses to put into legislative shape the
recommendations of the President for the
alleviation of the stringent financial sit
uation.
The President, In his annual message,
called attention to the continual deple
tion of the gold reserve and complained
that, though it was “perfectly and pal
pably plain that the only way under pres
ent conditions by which this reserve, when
dangerously depleted, can he replenished
is through the issue and sale of bonds of
the government for gold, congress has not
only thus far declined to authorize the
issue of bonds best suited to such a pur
pose, but there seems a disposition in
some quarters to deny both the necessity
and the power for the issue of bonds at
all.”
The banking and currency committee
of the House, with the approval of the ad
ministration, submitted a financial meas
ure which, among other provisions, ma
terially modified the national banking laws
and repealed the restrictions on state bank
circulation. This bill was defeated by six
majority. It was followed by a second
message, from the President, received by
both houses of congress Dec. 28, In which
the President said that whatever might
have been the merits of the original plan
proposed by him, he was “now convinced
that its reception by the congress and our
present advanced stage of financial per
plexity necessitated additional or differ
ent legislation. He once again recom
mended the passage of a law authorizing
the issue of low interest bearing bonds to
maintain the gold reserve.
The banking and currency committee
responded to this suggestion by offering
on Feb. 1, 1895, a bill to "authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury to Issue bonds
to maintain a sufficient gold reserve, and
to redeem and retire United States notes.”
After only two days’ debate this bill
was also defeated by a majority of 27.
On the next day the President informed
congress that he had negotiated a condi
tional sale of over $62,000,000 of 4 per cent,
coin bonds to a syndicate largely repre
senting foreign capitalists, having no
other resource left because of the omission
thus far on the part of the congress to
beneficially enlarge the powers of the Sec
retary of the Treasury in the premises.
This last message went to the ways and
means committee, whose chairman, Mr.
Wilson of West Virginia, seven days after
Its receipt, reported a resolution author
izing the issue of $65,116,275 of gold 3 per
cent, bonds, as recommended by the Pres
ident. The measure was called up on
Feb. 14 and defeated on the same day by
47 majority, after a stormy debate.
These three financial measures, with the
general appropriation bills, consumed the
greater part of the session. Early in the
session the democratic caucus of the Sen
ate agreed that the following matters
should be considered: A financial meas
ure of some sort, details not designated;
the bankruptcy bill, the bills for the ad
mission of New Mexico and Arizona, the
Nicaraguan canal bill, and the state bank
tax repeal bill.
Of al these measures, the Nicaraguan ca
nal bill alone passed the Senate after two
months debate, and that only because
the republicans utilized it as a buffer to
keep off the bankruptcy bill. It failed to
receive consideration In the House. The
bankruptcy bill was made the unfinished
business, but was choked by the appro
priation bills. Financial measures were
not acted upon by the Senate, and noth
ing planned by the Senate caucus re
sulted In legislation The so-called “Pop
gun" tariff bills sent over by the House
providing for free sugar, free coal, and
free Iron, were not even honored by
consideration and the railroad pooling
bill, one of the most Important meas
ures passed by the House, was also
i shelved.
ROW OF TMK LOXGSIIOUDMEX.
Xfgro Hand* Friuli toned From a
81ilp at Gretna.
New York, March 3.—A special to the j
Sun from New Orleans says: “The otfl
cers of the German steamer Markomanla
were fired on yesterday by a force of 40
white longshoremen, while the vessel was j
loading at Gretna, opposite New Orleans.
The firing is the outgrowth of the labor
and race riots which have prevailed on
the levee here since last October.
“The Markomanht was employing negro !
labor yesterday afternoon, when forty !
white men, al! armed with rifles, and
marching in regular company order, ap
peared on the levee, shouted to the negroes
to line up and then opened fire. Some
of the negroes jumped into the river, but
the most of them fled into the hold of
the vessel, w'here they hid. The white
men continued to fire at them, and when
Mr. Sievers, the chief officer of the vessel,
who is a lieutenant in the German navy,
protested In the name of the German em
peror, they fired on him.
“The chief of police was telegraphed
for. Under his care, the negroes were
taken to the ferry landing, the armed
whites following them. The negroes were
placed upon the ferry and sent to New
Orleans. Under instructions from the
agents, Mr. Sievers employed white men
to finish the loading, but laid the matter
before the German consul, and will tele
graph a protest to the German ambassa
dor at Washington.
"The Markomanla belongs to the Ham
burg-American line, and is a mail car
rier.
“The whites who committed the outrage
are members of a labor organization an
tagonistic to the negroes, but no efforts
were made to arrest them.”
New Orleans, March 3.—The Times-
Demoerat this tnotning contained a very
sensational account of the labor troubles
in Gretna yesterday between the white
and colored ’longshoremen, and stated
that a number of whites had fired upon a
gang of negroes employed in loading the
German steamer Markomania.
The facts in the case are as follows: The
ship arrived early in the afternoon, and
at noon a tug boat came down the river
with about twenty or thirty* negro labor
ers. Several day* ago the screw men and
’longshoremen living in Gretna held a
mass meeting and organized a union, and
adopted the same scale of prices which
the screwmen and 'longshoremen of this
side of the river had decided upon. It is
customary among this class of labor to
meet the ships at the wharf and apply
for the work, as they style it, “to get the
ship.”
When the steamer arrived at Gretna
yesterday some 00 or 70 men assembled at
the Union hall, and then tfent in a body
to the vessel. The negroes off the tug
boat had Just landed on the ship and
were preparing to take off the hatches and
begin work when the white men arrived
The sight of sut*b a large crowd at suck
a time frightened the negroes, and sev
eral ran down into the hold of the vessel.
Three young men who had been out hunt
ing were attracted by the large crowd of
men, and followed to see what would hap
pen. They still ckirled their guns, and
the sight of these weapons added to the
anxiety of the negroes. The men walked
up to the vessel and asked for the cap
tain, and as he was not present, the first
mate came off the ship and was asked if
he would not hire the white men. lie
replied that he had already hired men
and they would do the work.
Several men in the crow’d advised the
negroes to leave the ship as they would
very likely cause trouble if they did not.
Then a large detail of the cooler headed
men walked as far as the ferry with the
negroes and the others 9eeing there would
be no work for them, left for their re
spective homes.
The dismissing of the negroes created
considerable excitement along this side
of tho levee and the wildest kind of
rumors were afloat.
Baron Von M ysenburg, acting consul
of the German empire, says that he has
not thus far been informed of any at
tack on a German vessel in this port. If,
however, any such attack has been made
and investigation showed that it wa*
made or instigated by the city of New Or
leans, it would become a' matter for in
ternational inquiry, but cn the other hand
if it was proved that an assault had been
made by an Individual, only the courts
of this country would be relied on to
prosecute the offender.
CASIMIH-PERIER SENSATIONAL.
He Ilinta nt Knlnre Revelation*
Concerning Public Affair*.
Paris, March 3 —ln writing his excuse
for not attending the annual banquet given
In Paris last evening by natives of the
Aube, ex-Presldc nt Caslmlr-Perler said:
“It would have been difficult for me to
remain silent; yet I could hardly have
spoken without exciting controversy. It
seems that for months past I have fur
nished the press with so marly objects of
attack that I can now make It wait a
while. Between the inconvenience caused
my own Interests by silence, and the in
convenience which might be caused pub
lic affairs by my explanations at the pres
ent moment I do not hesitate."
These expressions have excited much
comment, as they are assumed to refer
to future revelation.
A COMPLIMENT TO GERMAN Y.
Two Warships lo lie Bent In the Kiel
Cnnal Demonstration.
Washington, Alarch 3.—Secretary Her
bert yesterday received an invitation from
the German government to send two ves
sels there on June 20, next, to participate
at the formal opening of the Kiel or Norih
Sea canal. Secretary Herbert Immediately
cabled the German government that the
United States would be highly pleased
to take part In the celebration and that
the San Francisco and Marblehead would
be assigned to represent the government.
Orders will accordingly be issue to Ad
miral Meade, commanding the north At
lantic squadron, to proceed at the proper
time to the North Sea, in order that the
wishes of Germany may be compiled with.
COl m Fl All* SHORT.
Three ex-Official* Called on lo Make
the Amount* Good.
Moaquea, 111., Alarch 3.—The Investiga
ting committee appointed by the Shelby
county board of supervisors to look over
and check up the accounts of all ex
county officers has produced startling
results. Hon. Horace Clark of Mattoon,
who has been employed by the board of
supervisors, has made a formal demand
upon ex-Hherlff Colbert’s estate, ex-
County Treasurer A. L. Cradlck, and ex-
County Clerk Allen for prompt settle
ment of very large amounts alleged to
be due the county. An expert employed
on the various county records has. It Is
claimed, already found discrepancies of
a total amount exceeding $7,009.
TORONTO A PREY TO FLAMES.
THE LIST FIRE THE THIRD lIIG
ONE WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
Tlie Lon by the* Juat Subdued
** I .-no.ooo .i n,| tlie Insurance
fMMg—Mnrtetl In n llljr Five St*r>
Grocery uml Leaped From Store to
Store With Great Hu y—The
Firemen Hand leu ppel by Luck of
Water.
Toronto, Ont., March 3.—The third dis
astrous conflagration, which has visited
this fire-stricken city In less than two
months, occurred this morning and the
loss by to-day‘s disaster is fully as great
os cither of the previous two visitations.
This time the fins originated in the heart
of the retail section of the city, starting
at 12:10 o’clock this morning in the splen
did new departmental store of Robert
Simpson, on tho southeast of Yonge and
Queen streets. The Simpson building was
an immense five story structure com
pleted only six months ago at a cost of
$150,000. The fire started in the rear of the
southern annex and spread with such
rapidity that within half an hour the
whole building was a mass of flames.
A general alarm was turned in five min
utes after the discovery of the fire and
the whole brigade were on the scene be
fore 1 o’clock, but their combined efforts
to confine the fire to the Simpson building
proved futile. The only steam fire engine
in the city was brought Into action to as
sist the streams from the hydrants and al
though the water pressure was fairly
good, the firemen were unable to throve
a stream to the upper stories of tho build
ing. The front wall fell at 1 o’clock with
a terrific crash and twenty minutes later
the whole building collapsed like an egg
shell, sending sparks and cinders flying
in all directions.
Meantime, the fire had crossed Queen
street, and tho big clothing store of Phil
lip Jamieson, on tho northwest corner of
Yonge street, was quickly destroyed.
The adjoining dry goods house of Jo
seph Sutcliffe & Sons, immediately north
and west of Jamieson’s fronting on Yonge
street, with an annex running through to
Queen street, was completely gutted, and
the structure is a total loss.
Next north was George McPreson’s boot
and shoe store. This, too, was badly gut
tqd.
South of Simpson’s, on Yonge street,
the large jewelry store of John Wanless
was damaged considerably in the rear,
but the front portion escaped serious in
jury.
Crossing Yonge street, the fire next at
tacked the Henderson block on the north
east corner of Queen street, occupied by
James Bonner, a dealer in gentlemen’s
furnishings, and Miss M. E. Brisley, a
milliner, both of whose stocks were com
pletely ruined.
The roof of the C. F. Adams & Cos.,
house furnishings store, next north was
burned through and the valuable stock
of furniture, carpets, etc., was much dam
aged by water.
A change of the wind caused the flames
to leap south across Queen street and the
Imperial bank, at the southeast corner
of Yonge street, was soon ablaze. The
lower fiat, occupied by the Imperial bank
as a branch, was flooded, but escaped
serious damage by fire. The remainder
of tho building, occupied by J. F. Brown
& Cos., as a furniture and carpet ware
house, was less fortunate and their im
mense stock is a total loss.
Tlie next two stores to the south, front
ing on Yonge street and occupied by
James Alllner & Cos., hardware dealers,
and C. Al. Henderson, auctioneer, lost eve
rything. South of theoe were Dunfit-ld &
Cos., gentlemen's furnishings and the Tre
mont hotel, both of which were badly
gutted.
Creeping east to Victoria street, the
fire found Its way to the Knights of
Pythias hall, whf-re its progress In this
direction was finally arrested. This hall
was considerably damaged and the
Knights lost most of their furniture and
regalia.
Just as the fire was believed to be un
der control a cry went up from the crowd
that the tall steeple of the Knox Presby
terian church, 200 feet high, on Queens
street, to the west of Simpsons, which
by this time was only a smouldering heap
of ruins, was on fire. In vain did the
firemen turn their most powerful streams
upon the speck of fire. They could/not
reach half way up, and before long the
steeple burned through and fell with a
great crash. Down Into the bell tower
the (ire ate Its way. and at 4 o’clock
the great bell, whose deep, sonorous tones
have rung upon the air at 0 every
morning in the year for more than a
half century, fell, tumbling down Into the
basement of the tower, where It lies
burled under a mass of debris. The fall
ing of the tower enabled the firemen to
reach the flames, and they were quickly
un ler control.
The building In which the Jamieson store
was situated was owned by the Ontario
Agricultural and Art Association, and in
the upper portion of this building was
agricultural hall. In the archives were
some valuable collections of cattle pedi
grees and other official stock breeding
records, all of which were burned and
cannot be replaced.
The losses and Insurances are estimated
as follows:
Robert Simpson, loss on building and
stock, $500,000; Insurance, $350,0(8).
Phillip Jamieson, loss on stock, $125,000;
Insurance, $25,000.
Loss on building owned by Ontario Art
Association, $15,000; insurance. SIO,OOO.
Insurance on stock breeding records, etc.,
$45,000.
Satcliffe & Sons, loss on building and
stock, $150,000: insurance, SBO,OOO.
Knox Presbyterian church, damaged to
the extent of $15,000; fully insured.
Tremont house, loss $25,000; Insurance,
SIO,OOO.
John Milner & Cos., loss, $15,000; Insur
ance, $20,000.
J. F. Brown & Cos., loss, $30,000; insurance
$15,000.
Alias M. E. Brisley, loss, $7,000; Insur
ance, $2.‘100.
J. Bonner, loss. $10,000; insurance, $4,000.
Pythian hall, loss, $12,000; Insurance, $lO,-
000.
Gourlay. Winter & Leeming, loss, $8,000;
Insurance, $6,000.
C. M. Henderson & Cos., loss, $7,000, In
sured.
The ascertained losses foot up $1,140,000,
and the insurance $560,000.
Several smaller losses of tenants an<’
roomers will Increase the loss to $1,200
000.
MOKE VICTORIES FOR THE JAPS.
The Chlncne Routed iai Two Engage
ments Willi 150 killed.
Lon lon, March 3.—The Hai-Cheng cor- I
respondent of the Central News telegraphs j
under the date of Fob. 2S: “The first ar
my to-day attacked the enemy, encamped
between the Liaoyang and New Chwang
roads. The Fifth brigade engaged the
right wing, routed It and drove it bak to
ward Dalfuton. The main column attacked
and routed the enemy at Chang llotai. The
Sixth brigade marched along the Liaoy
ang road. Joined the main division and j
with It occupied Tung Yental and the Im- j
mediate neighborhood in the direction of
tho Liaoyang. The Japanese loss was ten |
killed and eighty-two wounded. The Chi- |
lost 150 dead on the fleld.”
“Official dispatches received at Hiro
shima confirm tho above report, the Jap
anese division occupied, after the fight
ing, the entire district to Balyentl-Ta/u
--ton, and further movement were project
ed for March 1.
“Tho official Japanese reports of Feb.
28 said that the enemy had 15.000 men ami
10 guns. Gen. Ylh was in command. During
the action a second Chinese force of
3,000 men made an attack on Hai-Cheng
from the eastward, but was repulsed with
out difficulty. On March 1, Gen. Nodzu
reported from H&l-Oheng: The third di
vision began the advance at 8 a, m. The
advance guard engaged and repulsed 2.000
of the enemy. Gen. Hayashl’s brigade then
Joined the main division, which routed tho
Chinese and captured Konshlnho at noon.
The advance guard then drove 3.U00 other
Chinese from Bantaltsu. The Japanese
out|>osts now guard Maitsu, Lushokotao
and Qunfuntsu.
“The Chinese northward, and,
after tho final Japanese advance, their
main body lay but a short distance from
the Japanese front. Throughout the morn
ing of the 28th It snowed lusavily. The
storm had not abated on March 1.”
A Central News dispatch, dated at Seoul
on March 1, says that the Korean war
minister and other exalted officials have
received permission, ill response to their
own request, to aceomiHiny the second
Japanese army throughout the rest of
the campaign in China. They will be at
tached to Gen. Nogis’ staff.
It is reported In Tokto that the Chinese
peace envoys will be received at Blmpn
osakl, and the negotiations will bo con
ducted there.
A Central News dispatch from Pekin
says that Li Hung Chang, the head of
China’s new peace mission, Is still at the
capital. He has conferred with all the
conspicuous officials, and most of the
European diplomatists. T here Is a unan
imous desire among men of Influence In
Pekin that United States Minister Den
by help the Chinese mission by acting as
intermediary in arranging for the meet
ing of the negotiators and the course of
procedure. The ere with which Li Hung
Chang is preparing for his duties gives
the best evldcnco of the earnestness of
China’s purpose.
The government has given abundant
proof in the last few days that It will
make a sincere effort to secure peace.
The Central News correspondent In
Che** Foo says that the Japanese are ad
vancing steadily upon New Chang.
The Morning Post is informed from
Shanghai that the peace envoys probably
will meet the Japanese negotiators In 81-
monosaki. Their credentials will be ex
amined there, and if they he found com
petent and In proper order, the envoys
will be invited to Hiroshima, where tho
negotiations will be begun.
The Times correspondent In Pekin says
that United States Minister Denby has
telegraphed to Japan the text of Li Hung
Chang's credentials and awaits a reply,
saying whether he will bo received.
The Times correspondent in Hhanghnl
says: “Three Japanese vessels on the
afternoon of Feb. 21 fired several shot*
at tho fort and embankment at Tong
Chow, but spared the city. They then
went to the coast fort, ten miles away,
which they engaged. They repassed the
city in the evening and fired several
shots at the fort, which replied once. The
city was panic-stricken arid many resi
dents fled. The object of tho attack Is
doubtful.
CUBA’S UPRISING.
Tlie Movement Mot Apt to He Diffi
cult to Suppress.
London, March 3.—The Times corre
spondent In Madrid says: "The news of
tho Cuban revolt Is conflicting. Much the
best news Is obtainable from private
sources. The reports received by Cuban
deputies and others Intimately connected
with the colony mainly agree with the of
ficial statement that the uprisings are
without political Importance, and are con
fined to Isolated bands In two or three
districts. The reports that well known
Insurgent leaders are landing for the
purpose of a general rising must be re
ceived with caution and suspicion. Never
theless, It Is undeniable that the situation
is unsatisfactory. The sooner the new re
forms shall be affected the better. The
firrt step toward them must be the ap
pointment of a strong military viceroy
to replace the present governor. Prob
ably Gen. Martinez de Campos will shortly
succeed Gen. Callejah In Havana.' 1
Madrid, March 3.—The ministers have
decided lo follow the precedent establish
ed during the trouble at Mellllla and to
u*k parliament for an unlimited credit.
The money will be used In sending forces
to Cuba and the Cuban treasury will be
called upon ultimately to reimburse the
home government for the cost of the ex
pedition.
A STEAMER BREAKS IN TWO.
Tlie Crcev and Most of the Live Slock
Landed in Safety.
Boston, Alass., Alarch 3.—The Furness
Line steamer Venetian, which stranded on
State Ledge, at the Lower Middle, yes
terday afternoon while on her way to
London with a large and valuable cargo
of miscellaneous merchandise, will be
come a total wreck. Her cargo will be
lost. The steamer broke In two Just amid
shlp shortly after daylight this morning,
and, in consequence, the tide ebbs and
flows in her. The agents of the vessel
and cargo have abandoned her to the un
derwriters.
Her crew, numbering 45 men, was sent
ashore this morning and taken to the
mariner’s house.
The live stock was saved, except 22 head
of cattle, which were scalded to death by
the main steam pipe, which burst shortly
after the steamer stranded.
The vessel and cargo are estimated to
be worth $500,000.
4 DAILY. $lO A YEAR. )
I CENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY 2-TIM JS-A-WEKK $1 A YEAR l
BILLION CONGRESS BEATEN.
1 All 1.1*1. E ALARMED OVER THE RIG
APPROPRIATIONS.
Tlir President Jilmre* Ike S.crettiry’6
SniM* mid May Veto the Mnudr,
(Ivll anil General Deficiency Ap—
proprint iuu Hill*—l’iaiinnuter Gen
eral-Kleet Wllnnn Eniha rra*aen
the Ailntini.lratloti h> Ilia Speerls
In Favor of the Suxar llounty Ap
propriation. #
Washington, March 3. Postmaster
General-elect Wilson appears to have, un
intentionally, perhaps, embarrassed tha
administration very seriously by his ad
vocacy of the augur bounty in the Houss
of Representatives at an early hour thta
morulnK. A prominent member of the ad
ministration In commenting upon Mr.
Wilson’s plea for the undemocratic sugar
bounty, said he was never more surprised
in his life than when he heard that Mr.
Wilson had made a speech In favor of
paying the bounty, and had also created
tho Impression in the minds of a number
of members of the House that the ad
ministration desired the bounty paid to
the sugar men.
This subject has been freely discussed
In administration circles to-day, and at
least one member of the cabinet declared
that he hoped the sundry civil appropria
tion bill aould full ruther than see th
bounty provision remain in the bill? lla
then went on to say that this Is not th
time to make a donation of over $5,000,1)00
to tho sugar Industry, or to any other
Industry. The conditions of the treasury;
is sueh that It Is almost criminal for
members of congress to deliberately di
rect tho iMiyment of such a sum for such!
a purpose from an alreudy depleted treas
ury.
Whether Intentional or not, Mr. Wllson’rt
advocacy of the bounty was understood
by many of the members of the Houan
to mean that the administration desired
the amendment adopted, and that Mr.
Wtlaon was authorized to speak for the
administration. There never lias been an
occasion when the President hesitated to
let congress know his views on publto
questions, and the fact that he has re
jected all Importunities to commit him
self In favor of paying the bounty at
this time, Is cited by his friends as an
Indication that he does not favor It. It
Is said that the advocates of the bounty;
have during 'he past two weeks haunt
ed the white house and the treasury de
partment morning, noon and night, urg
ing; the President or Beeretary Carlisle
to say one word that might be construed
into an Indorsement of the bounty sys
tem In this particular Instance, but both
of them have refused to discuss the sub
ject.
Treasury experts have been at work all
day upon the general appropriation bills,
with a view to Informing the President
as to the aggregate amount of the bills
yet to become laws. It Is understood
that the finding Is alarming to the treas
ury officials, for the amount runs be
yond the high water mark of the noto
rious billion dollar congress. This sub
ject has been the object of several con
sultations with the Secretary of the Treas
ury to-day with the hope that some pres
sure might he brought to bear upon those
who aiv In charge of the appropriation
bills to Induce a further reduction In th
proponed expenditures.
It is understood that the President
shares the anxiety of Beeretary Carlisle
in connection with the extravagance that
is being exhibited by congress in Us dying
hours and there seems no means of check
ing It except by the fullure of the Presi
dent to sign both the sundry <?1 vil and the
general deficiency bills. This subject has
been seriously discussed to-day, but th®
President's Intentions In the matter are
still a secret. He has announced that he
will Insist upon having time to examine
every bill that is presented to him for his
signature, and under no circumstanced
wilt he blindly approve any of the pond
ing bills.
Washington, March 4, 2:30 a. m.— All of
the appropriation bills, but the naval bill,
have been agreed to In conference, and In
the following figures, the amounts carried
by the legislative, naval, sundry civil,
general deficiency and miscellaneous bills
are estimated, but followed closely on
the lines of the concessions made In con
ference. The grand total of the appro
priations, subject to some few changes,
is found to be $497,994,(8)4. This Is divided
among the bills as follows:
Agricultural $ 3.303,750
Army 23,252,63*
Diplomatic 1,576,073
District of Columbia 5.916,533
Fortifications 1,904,557
Indian 8,976,948
Legislative 21,900,000
Military academy 464,261
Naval 29,100,000
Pensions 141,381,570
Postofflce 89,545,997
Sundry civil 47,140,000
Urgent deficiency 2,357,321
General deficiency 8,600,000
Miscellaneous 500,000
Permanent 113,073,958
WAT ERLOGGED AT SEA.
The linrk Illraettt Abandoned Uy\
Hep Crew.
Philadelphia, March 3.—The British
steamer Snowflake, from Penarth. landed
at Marcus Hook to-day a crew, fourteen
men, of the Norwegian bark Birgettl.
The Birgettl sailed from Mobile Jan. 11,
for Queenstown, with a cargo of lumber.
The vessel met with heavy weather and
her sails were carried away and her decks
swept clean by the heavy seas. When
sighted by the Snowflake, the bark was
300 miles westward of Queenstown har
bor. and was In a water-logged and help
less condition. The crew were exhausted
by their severe labor, and they abandoned
the vessel and went aboard the Snowflake.
The Ulrgettt was a very old vessel and
was formerly owned In Nova Scotia, and
was called the Sea Crest. When she be
came too weather beaten to be trusted
with perishable freight, she was sold to
Norwegians.
A CARIKET CRISIS IJf UAYTI.
Hlitpolyle Furious With Huge and
Revolution Fenred.
New York, March 3.—A special to a
morning paper from Kingston, Jamaica,
says there Is a cabinet crisis In the re
public of Haytl. M. Fouchard Is accused
of betraying his trust.
President llippolyte is furious with rage
and a revolution Is feared. There Is
great anxiety throughout the Island. All
cable messages are subjected to the strict
est kind of censorship.