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COLD WAS FEARFUL
IN ALL SECTIONS
Thermometers Showed Broken
Records In Various Localities.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE.
Georgians Fruit Crop Is All But
Totally Ruined.
The blizzard did great damage in
many sections of Georgia.
Experienced fruit growers are unan¬
imously of the opinion that practically
all fruit in the middle tier of
counties, except plums, have been
killed by the severe cold. Some grow
ers say at least two-thirds of the peach
crop was ruined before the present
spell came.
Major M. J. Hatcher, who is large¬
ly interested in peach culture in Ma¬
con county, voices the belief of other
growers. He says he does not see
how it is possible for any of the peach
crop to escape destruction. He quotes
Messrs. Rumpk, Moore and other
large growers, having said on last Fri¬
day, before the present cold, that two
thirds of the crop had been killed and
Major Hatcher says this being true of
the crop last Friday, why there is
nothing but total destruction now.
Trnck farms are regarded as almost, if
not entirely a total loss.
A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says:
The situation as to coal in Nashville
Monday was as bad as any day since
the famous famine developed. While
considerable coal was delivered Sun¬
day, the receipts were comparatively
small Monday, and one-tenth of the
demand could not be filled.
Long lines of people took their turn
at every coal yard, and more coal was
sold to people who brought wagons
than was delivered by dealers. People
who could not get wagons brought
sacks, and many men carried coal
home on street cars and in buggies.
Several more manufactories closed
down Monday, including the publish¬
ing house of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, which finished out the
day by burning old records and other
books.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
South Carolina, particularly its capi¬
tal city, is feeling the effect of the
blizzard very keenly. The snow is
eleven and a half inches deep, the
heaviest ever had here, save in Febru¬
ary, 1894, when it was 11.8 inches.
All previous temperature records have
been broken.
All records for low temperature in
Arkansas have been broken and Feb
ruary 12, io 1899, i uqo will •„ be , treasured i , up
in the memory of the “oldest mbabi
tant” for years to come.
New Record at New Orleans.
., , T ~ , ,, ,
grees lower tier, previou. reword.,
The ground was covered with sleet
and snow. On account of severe
weather the Proteus display and ball
was postponed. Tlie Rex reception,
however, took place Monday and all
the carnival features except Proteus
will be carried out as usual.
A Vicksburg, Miss., dispatch says:
This section is experiencing the cold
est weather ever known. The ther
mometer reached one degree below
zero Sunday morning. The river is
frozen for 200 feet from the shore and
all river craft is tied up by the ice.
Floating ice is passing in the channel
continnously.
For the first time in its history Waco,
Texas, and vicinity experienced zero
weather. Sunday morning the mercury
showed 7 below and Monday morning
3 below. Oats are ruined 1 and wheat
so seriously injured as to amount to
destruction. Fruit crop is not. injured,
The Brazos river is frozen from bank
to bank.
CONTRADICTED BY AGUINALDO.
Augoncillo Did Not Advise Driving
Americans Out.
A dispatch from Montreal, Ont.,
ggys: Agoncillo, the Filipino commis¬
sioner, in an interview Monday night,
• gave an unqualified contradiction to
the cablegram from General Otis, in
which it is stated that he (Agoncillo)
telegraphed advising Aguinaldo Jto
drive the Americans out Before re-en¬
forcements arrived.
COLD KILLS FOURTEEN.
The Freeze In Texas Was Fearful In
Its Effects.
Reports to the Houston Post during
the two days of intense cold show that
fourteen lives were lost in Texas by
the freezing:
At Houston, 2; in Collins county
3; in Lamar county 2; in Robertson
county 2; in Bexar county 1; in Jef¬
ferson county 1; and three children
in CoTyell county. days the Post has
I11 the past ten
chronicled the cremation of twenty
persons, of whom sixteen were child
ren the majority having their clothes
, fireplaces.
catch lire from open
■ FILIPINOS ARE SUSPICIOUS,”
So Declares Aguinaldo’s Represents
tive In London,
\ representative of the Associated
Press saw the London representative
of Aguinaldo Sunday evening, ho
did not express surprise at tho news
fw\he the Philippines, hut declared
Filipinos at Manila were sns
picious of the attitude of the United
States, and had formed the opinion
that it was better to fight before tin.
were reinforced.
A SPECIAL BULLETIN
Issued By Weather Department Re¬
lating to the Freeze.
The wpa ther department at Wash¬
ington issued the following special
bulletin Tuesday afternoon:
“The great Atlantic coast storm has
passed to Nova Scotia with rapid ve¬
locity and almost unprecedented de¬
velopments.
“Owing to the extent and extreme
des'rnctiveness this storm will always
be remembered as the greatest storm
in history of the Atlantic coast
states. As rapidly ns possible wide¬
spread warnings were distributed on
Saturday in the west gulf states of
impending severe freezing weather on
the coast.
“Saturday night the warnings were
extended to Florida and both were
f nr ther supplemented Sunday by
more positive warnings. Norther
warnings were also sent Monday to
Havana aml tbe Bahamas. While the
loss of prope: ty was immense, as
mucb as posR ; b l e was saved by the
warnings. Nea ly all temperature rec
ords were broken in the gulf and
south Atlantic states. The tempera¬
ture at New Orleans reached C de
grees, 9 degrees lower than any previ¬
ous record; at Vicksburg, 1 degree be¬
low zero, 4 degrees below the record;
at , Jacksonville, _ , FI*., 10 „ degrees , or 4
degrees below the record, with heavy
snow and sleet, and at Jupiter a mini¬
mum of 28 degrees was reached Tues¬
day.
“As this storm moved northward
from Florida, the destructive element
changed. While the cold continued,
the snowfall became predominating,
and as it afterward proved, a very
serious factor in the situation. Snow
was general from Florida northward,
and was heavy as far south as South
Carolina. From Virginia northward
it ranged from 10 to 20 inches, but
was well distributed. The greatest
fall, 27 inches was from northern Vir¬
ginia. At Washington the fall was 21
inches, or a total of 35 inches during
the past eight days, by far the great¬
est snowfall for at least 65 years.
“Clearing weather has rapidly fol¬
lowed the storm.
“H. E. Williams,
, ‘Acting Chief U. S. Weather Bureau.'
CONTEST IN HOUSE
Over Placing Nicaragua Bill In Appro
prlation Measure.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Nicaragua canal bill was offered in the
house Tuesday afternoon as an amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill by Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, chair
man of the committee that reported it,
and the leaders on the respective
sides became engaged in a desperate
measure struggle which involves the fate of the
at this session of congress.
After Mr. Cannon, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, served
notice last week that there was no
t|me for the conaide rati 0 n of the canal
bill at tbia Bessioll) the supporters of
the meas „re determined to force it on
to t "It \e sundry civil bill as a rider if
i
aflereooe Mr. C.neon re.de ton,
points of order against it and one of
tho ciost interesting parliamentp-ry
contests of the session was on. As a
rule the appeals of the house leaders
are able to hold Ihe members in line,
but strong arguments were adduced in
support of the pertinency of the
amendment and besides the bill has
strong friends on both sides of the
chamber, who are seemingly ready to
adopt any expedient to provide for the
construction of the canal,
The debate on the points of order
lasted two hours and was not con
eluded. It seems to be a forgone con
elusion that the chairman of the com
mittee of the whole, Mr. Hopkins, of
Illinois, will sustain the points of 01
der, so that the real test will come up
on the question of overruling the
chair. Should the chair be overruled
there is no doubt that the amendment
will command a majority of votes.
About twenty pages of the bill were
disposed of ijuring the day- No im¬
portant amendments were adopted.
ANARCHISM IN SA/IOA.
Latest News Indicates That Rebel¬
lion Is Still Progressing.
Advices received at Auckland, New
Zealand, from Samoa under date of
February 8 report that anarchy and
rebellion still prevail there. persists
Tbe provisional government
in interfering with the British subjects
and also with the servants of British
residents.
THE ABSENCE OF GOMEZ
Delaying the Payment and Disbanding
j of Cuban Army.
Havana A dispatch of Governor Wednesday General from
says: Gomez have had
Brooke and General
no communication with each other
•since the invitation and its acceptance
by the latter to visit Havana.
Twelve days have elapsed since
Robert P. Porter’s agreement with
Gomez to bring about the disbandment
of the Cuban arfuy, and yet no step
has been t iken to pay the Cubans or
to disband them. From day to day it
is said - that “Gomez will be here in a
couple of days,” but he has not yet
shown up.
WILL TRY AGAIN.
Grosvenor Wants a Vote On the Canal
Bill February 21st.
A special from Washington says:
After the defeat of the amendment
adding to the Hepburn Nicaraguan
canal bill to the sundry civil bill Wed¬
nesday, General Grosvenor, of Ohio,
presented a resolution fixing February
28th aud 21st for the consideration of
the Hepburn bill, with a vote Febru¬
ary 21st at 4 p. in.
ILOILO IS TAKEN
BY AMERICANS.
Rebels Made Unsuccessful At
tempt to Burn the Town.
NOT A SOLDIER KILLED,
Sharpshooters In Vicinity of Ma¬
nila Worry Our Men.
A special from Manila says: The
Americans captured Iloilo Saturday.
The United States gunboat Petrel
arrived late Monday evening with dis
patches from Brigadier General Mar¬
cus P. Miller to Major General Otis,
announcing that Iloilo had been taken
by the combined military and naval
forces on Saturday morning.
General Miller, in his instructions
from Manila, sent the native commis¬
sioners from the United States trans
port . oi St. t> Paul i with -ii. a communication • i
for the rebel government at Iloilo
calling n- upon i bun • to . surrender i within qv •
time stated i . j and i ■ v him • not , to .
a warning
make _ i a demonstration -j ... in • the .v interval, • x i
Ihe rebels i , immediately • t.t moved in their •
guns and prepared to detend their po
sition. Thereupon the Petrel fired
two warning guns, the rebels imme¬
diately opening fire upon her.
The Petrel and the Baltimore then
bombarded the town, which 'he rebels
having set on fire, immediately evac¬
uated.
American troops were promptly
landed and extinguished the fires in
all cases of foreign property.
It is believed that the euemy’s loss
during the bombardment was heavy,
hut no American casualties are re
ported.
Sharpshooters at Work.
The American lines form a complete
cordon twenty-two miles in length
from the coast north almost to Pasa
qua south of Manila. The enemy is
busily throwing up intrenchments on
the left, sharpshooters in the jungles
covering their operations.
Several Americans were wounded in
the trenches. Second Lieutenant
George A. Seaman, of battery B, Utah
artillery, was shot in the leg.
Four men of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteers , were shghtly wounded, , .
Sunday night Privates Bnnton and
Stevens of the Twentieth Kansas, were
w< )iV K
Lbe United States cruiser Charley ,
ton . has moved up the coast and is off
Mn!oloR ’ the seat ' of tbe 8 °; called Fl !’
P>no government at a distance esti
ma * ed about «6 bt mllt f
Pursuing their customary tactics, „ ..
the rebels on the extreme left of the
bne °P ened hre a ‘ l0B Z rau .S® on the
American troops Sunday night, mam
taming their fire for a few minutes be
ora settling down. None of heir shots
took enect, however, ana the Amen
J™* “ 1
. ..
weather at night now is cooler, and
showers are frequent.
After the capture of Caloocan a
Spaniard who had been a prisoner
there came to the Americans, holding
up his hands, and said that the Fili¬
pinos had offered to release the Span¬
iards, especialty the artillerymen, if
they would undertake to fight against
the Americans at S4 a day. Most of
the Spaniards refused, and even those
who accepted the offer did so in the
hope of effecting an escape.
The rebels, according to this infor¬
mation, are discontented, unpaid, un¬
fed and thoroughly disillusionized,
the talismanic wafers being of no
avail against wounds, hunger and
fatigue. Polo,
On Friday Aguinaldo visited
a few miles northwest of Caloocan,
and addressed the Filipino troops
there, claiming that he had won
a victory aud asserting that 2,300
Americans had been killed.
The Twentieth Kansas and the First
Idaho volunteers have been recalled
from the marsh lands north of Mala
bon, and the former regiment is n.jw
intrenched in front of Caloocan/
There has been no change in tbe
disposition of the troops except that
the Fourth United States cavalry has
relieved the First Idaho volunteers
and a battalion of the Twenty-third
infantry has been stationed on the
left flank to prevent the rebels sneak¬
ing along the beach.
A STEAMER LOST.
The Bulgaria Missing With 139 Souls
Aboard. *
A London dispatch says: Loyds
agent St. Michael’s, Azores, cables
that the tank steamer Weehawken re¬
ports that the Bulgaria when- spoken
on Febvnaiy 5th, lattitude 40, longi¬
tude 43, was in a sinking condition,
with three holds full of water, her
rudder and machinery disabled.
The London Daily Mail publishes a
dispatch from Ponta Delgada, Azores
Islands, saying that the Bulgaria had
a crew of ninety-eight and carried
forty-one passengers and that the
Weehawken rescued twelve members
of the crew and eleven passengers.
SPANIARDS LEAVE flANILA.
Gen. Otis Notifies Department of
Dons’ Departure.
Tuesday the war department re¬
ceived the following from General
Otis, under date of Manila, February
14th:
“One hundred and eighty officers
aud 1,800 men, Spanish prisoners of
war, left port on the 12th and 1.1th by
steamers Beino, Christina, Uruguay,
en route to Spain.”
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY BURNS.
Fire In the Brooklyn Navy Yard Does
(ireat Damage.
A New York special says: Over a
million dollars worth of government
property was destroyed by a lire which
R * i r ted “ larRe maol lin f 1 '- v sh,,,)S
of the i Brooklyn navy yard, 1 known as
machine shop No. 28, Wednesday
night, and the workings of the navy
yard have received a serious set back.
Many fine models and- patterns of
battleships, their parts and plans,
have been destroyed and some of them
cannot be obtained again except by
going over the work mapped out in
the beginning.
A great number of the models were
simply copies of plans, drawings and
specifications now in the storerooms
of the department at Washington and
these can be replaced at any time.
The steam engineering department
of the Brooklyn yard is practically
wiped out and the work done in that
building will have to be thrown tem¬
porarily upon the department of yards
and docks and that of construction
and repair. There is considerable
obstruction to the work there and an
extra , force . will .,, , have to , , be put , on in
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side was thoroughly saturated with oil
and the flames r .pidly gained head¬
way.
ORANGE TREES NOT FROZEN.
Agricultural Commissioner of Florida
Makes Statement.
A Tallahassee, Fla., special of Wed¬
nesday says: Reports received by the
Florida commissioner of agriculture
lead him to say that the freeze of
Monday and Tuesday was decidedly
less destructive to orange, pineapple
and other crops than was the freeze of
February, 1895.
The present freeze has killed early
ve „ etable8 in prnct ically the whole
s{ate! lmt tbe en tire orauge belt,which
escaped the disastrous freeze of four
years ago. has also escaped this time.
The line of killing freeze this year is
at least fifty miles further north than
the line of 1895. Orange trees can
stand weather not lower than 15 de¬
grees, and in no part of the orange
belt proper has the thermometer reg¬
istered lower than that.
Fresh growth on the trees is injured
throughout the state, but tlie trees are
not seriously injured. The orange
belt is confined to tbe peninsular por¬
tion of the state and in the larger por¬
tion of peninsular the freeze did not
strike with full force and the fruit
crops will quickly recover from all
damage done. For fifty miles south
of Jacksonville the damage has been
great to both fruit and vegetables, but
below that the outlook is encouraging.
The entire northern and western
portions of Florida have been frozen
bartl for two days and cattle and sheep
have suffered terribly, but crops in
those sections will be rather benefited
than injured.
WAS COLD AT CHARLESTON.
Records Dating Back To 1738 Were
All Broken.
The published table showing the
temperature of Charleston, S.C., from
1738 to last Monday, the oldest on
this continent, proves that the record
for that day, 0.8 degrees above zero, is
the lowest ever known in the South
Carolina city. It was even colder than
in New York or Boston. The fall of
snow, three to four inches, also broke
the record. Ihe reports from the en¬
tire state show similar unprecedented
climatic changes, tho thermometer at
Clemson college weather bureau, within
fifteen miles of the Blue Kidge mount¬
ains, registering as low as 7 degrees
below zero.
Many hogs and cows in the country
are reported frozen to death, and trnck
and other crops have been seriously
damaged.
DENIAL FROM M’ENERY.
Senator Says He Did Not Favor Lou¬
isiana Sugar Platform.
A Washington dispatch says: In the
senate Wednesday Mr. McEnery, of
Louisiana, as a question of personal
privilege, made emphatic denial of the
statement that his resolution adopted
by the senate Tuesday was introduced
in the interest of the sugar growers of
Louisiana.
SMALLPOX BILL FAILED.
Arkansas Legislature Voted Against
An Appropriation.
In the Arkansas house of represen¬
tatives Tuesday, by a vote of 61 to 23,
a senate bill appropriating $5,000 for
immediate use by the state board of
health to stamp out smallpox in the
state of Arkansas was defeated.
Several days ago Governor Jones
sent a special message to the legisla¬
ture asking for tbe appropriation.
Nearly all the members of the house
refused to acknowledge that there was
any smallpox in the state and voted
against the bill, which had passed the
senate.
ORANGE TREES SUFFER.
Freeze Did Huch Damage In Some
Sections of Florida.
A Jacksonville, Fla., special says:
Florida is suffering from a blizzard
that will be worse in consequences
and damage than was the famous freeze
of 1894-95. According to tbe reports
that are being received, hardly bad
the echoes of the cold wave that visit¬
ed that state last week died away be¬
fore another came that was many times
as terrible.
PRESIDENT FAURE
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Head of French Republic Has
Fatal Stroke of Apoplexy
v/HILE ATTENDING DUTIES,
Report Caused Great Shock and
Was at First Discredited
A Paris special says: M. Felix
Faure, president of the republic of
France, died at 10 o’clock Thursday
night from apoplexy, after an illness
of three hours.
It had been known for some time
that President Faure’s heart was
weak, but the first intimation that he
was sick was given at half-past 6
o’clock Ihursday afternoon, when a
message was dispatched to the premier,
M. Pupuy, announcing that the presi
dent was ill. M. I)upuy immediately
repaired to the Elysee.
All medical efforts proved futile and
the president died on the stroke of
ten. The flag over the Elysee was
immediately lowered to half-mast and
the news was dispatched to all the
officials and members of the cabinet.
General Zurlinden, military governor
of Paris; the grand chancellor of the
Legion of Honor, the prefect of the
Seine, the prefact of the police of Paris
and the presidents of the senate aud
chamber of deputies promptly arrived
at the Elysee.
The report spread rapidly through
the city and large crowds soon assem
bled in the vicinity of the palace.
About 6 o’clock M. Faure, who was
then in his study, went to the door of
the room of M. Le Gall, his private
secretary, which is contiguous to the
study, and called him.
M. Le Gall, immediately went to the
president’s aid, led him to a sofa and
called Geueral Balloud, general secre¬
tary of the president’s household; M.
Blondel, under private secretary, and
Dr. Humbert, who happened to be at
the Elysee attending a relative.
The president’s condition did not
appear dangerous, but Dr. Humbert,
on perceiving that he was rapidly get¬
ting worse, telephoned for Dr. Lanue
Longue and Dr. Cheurlet, who arrived
with M. Dupny and.were joined later
oy Dr. Bergerey. retain-);! i
Though M Faure still con¬
sciousness, the doctors soon recognized it\vas
that the case was hopeless, but Vhe
not until nearly 8 o’clock that
members of tlie family were informed
of the real state of affairs. They came
to the sofa were the president .lay.
Soon after he began to lose conscious¬
ness, aud despite all efforts, expired
at 10 o’clock in the presence of the
family and M. Dupuy.
Kepublic Notified Officially.
M. Dupuy communicated the sad
intelligence to M. Loubet, president
of tbe senate; M. Paul Deschanel,
president of the chamber of deputies;
tbe members of the cabinet and other
high functionaries, after which he
addressed the following dispatch to
all prefects and sub-prefects in France:
“I have tbe sad task to announce to
you the death of the president, which
occurred at 10 o’clock this evening as
the result of an apoplectic stroke.
Kindly take the necessary measures
to inform the population immediately
of the mourning that has fallen upon
the republic. Tne government counts this
upon your active vigilance at
painful juncture.”
It was not uutil 11 o’clock that tbe
news began to become known to the
general public in Paris. From that
time began a continuous arrival of
public men. Strict orders, however,
were issued aud only members of the
cabinet were admitted to the Elysee. and
The president of the council
minister of the interior, M. Dupuy,
requested all prefects and sub-prefects directed
not to leave their posts, and
all those who are absent to return im¬
mediately. idea
Nothing could have given the
of approaching death. Up till the
very last M. Fame indulged in L'is
customary habits of work, and even in
his equestrian rides. He ate well and
slept regularly.
MAIL SYSTEM FOR CUBA.
Commission Makes Report to Post¬
master General Smith.
The postal commission which has
been investigating conditions in Cuba
looking to a complete postal reorgan¬
ization makes the following recommen¬
dations in their report to the postmas¬
ter general:
Restriction of franking privilege;
sending of experienced clerks to Cuba;
discontinuance of military stations;
fixing of the compensation of postmas¬
ters upon basis of cancellation and
sales; performance of both postal and
telegraphic service by the postmast¬
er at small offices and the adoption of
a system of railway moil service.
SCOUTS WERE SCATTERED.
Reconnoitering Insurgents Put to
Flight By King’s Brigade.
Advices from Manila state lhat a
large body of the enemy, presumably
reconnoitering, was discovered on the
right of Brigadier General King’s
position, near San Pedro Macatia
Thursday morning, The entire
brigade turned ont and after an ex¬
change of volleys the rebels retreated
into the jungle and.disappeared.
THE PRESIDENT IN BOSTON.
Chief Executive Attends a Banquet
Given In His Honor.
President William McKinley arrived .
at Boston, Mass., Thursday to be the
i guest of the Home Market Club at
a
banquet in his honor at Mechanics
hail. Messrs. Long. Vlger, Bliss,
i Gage and Smith, of his cabinet, ae
i eompauied him, together with Con¬
gressman Grosvenor, of Ohio.
The arrival of the presidential train
at the South Terminal station at 10
o’clock was the occasion of a general
outburst of enthusiasm from the
thousands of citizens who walled the
streets on the line of the procession
from the station to the hotel.
The remainder of the day after the
arrival at the hotel was spent in
quietude by the president until at 4:15
o’clock, when he was escorted to Me
clianics hall to participate in the re
eeptiou and banquet of the Home Mar
b et Q] nb
The crowning event of the president jjday and
principal feature of the s
visit was the banquet tendered to him
by the Home Market Club at Me
clianics hall. It was the largest ban
quet ever arranged in this country,
the exact number of persons who were
served being 1,914. Besides these,
there were fully 3,800 spectators in
the balcony.
The presidential party left the Hotel
Touraine under cavalry escort at 4:20
o’clock and proceeded through an im¬
mense, cheering crowd to Mechanics
hall. The reception was held in Paul
Revere hall, and for over three-quart¬
ers of an hour President McKinley
and other distinguished guests stood
in line and were introduced to and
shook hands with fully 2,500 persons.
At 6 o’clock the bugle sounded, an¬
nouncing that the banquet was ready
to be served, and the immense com¬
pany marched into the hall while the
baud played. The president’s table
was made conspicuous by immense
bouquets of American Beauty roses
and pinks. Over the stage were large
portraits of Washington, Lincoln and
McKinley, and underneath was the
word “Liberator” in large letters.
Upon the balcony was a picture of
Admiral Dewey, with the motto:
“To the Captain of a German Ship:
y ou must not sail by the United
States flag without saluting it,” and
his famous command at Manila: “You
may fire, Gridley, when ready.”
President McKinley sat at the front
of the platform, and among those at
his table were Mayor Quincy, of Bos¬
ton; Secretary Long, Secretary Alger,
Governor Wolcott, Secretary Gage,
Postmaster General Smith and Secre¬
tary Bliss.
There was great enthusiasm when
President McKinley was introduced.
He made one of his characteristic and
telling speeches.
Postmaster General Smith and Sec¬
retary Long also responded to toasts.
On Friday the President visited the
Grand Army of the Republic encamp¬
ment, dined at the Algonquin club,
held a reception there, was then
driven from the clubhouse to the
South Union station and left Boston
at 5:10 p. m.
COURT OF INQUIRY.
Members Arrive In Washington And
Prepare For Investigation.
All tbe members of the court of in¬
quiry to investigate the charges of
Major General Miles concerning the
food furnished the army arrived in
Washington Thursday.
The court is directed “to investigate
certain allegations of the geneial com¬
manding the army in respeot to the
unfitness for use of certain articles of
food furnished by the subsistence de¬
partment to the troops during the re¬
cent operations in Cuba and Porto
Rico. In addition to the findings of
fact, the court will submit an opinion
upon the merits of tbe case, together
with such recommendations as to fur¬
ther proceedings as may seem to be
warranted by the facts developed in
the course of the inquiry.”
ORANGE CROP SURE.
Extravagant Reports Concerning the
Freeze In Florida Contradicted.
A Jacksonville, Fla., special says:
The most extravagant reports have
been sent br adcast throughout the
country regarding the damage done by
the cold of the 13th. Reports received
Thursday night from all sections of
the orange belt indicate that the cold
wave did not do much permanent dam¬
age, utterly refuting the statements
sent out to the press.
THAT CASH FOR DONS
Caused Unexpected Opposition From
a Democratic Member of House.
A very sensational and unexpected
thing happened in the house Thurs¬
day during the consideration of the
sundry civil bill.
The paragraph carryiug the appro¬
priation of $20,000,000 for payment to
Spain under the terms of the peace
treaty was stricken out upon a point
of order made by Mr. Wheeler, a Ken¬
tucky democrat, who declared that he
opposed the appropriation on princi¬
ple and would resort to any techni¬
cality to defeat it. The point of order
was debated for hours, but was finally
decided against.
PRESIDENT M’KINLEY NOTIFIED
Of the Sudden Death of President
Faure, of France.
A Boston, Mass., dispatch says:
President McKinley upon being in¬
formed of tbe death of President
Faure, expressed his surprise and
grief. A suitable message of condo¬
lence was sent Friday morning by the
president through Secretary of State
Hay. None of the cabinet caved to
express any opinion other thau pro¬
found regret.