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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 ° rdar , , kee , P n P w ltkthe ... ,, wor ”, k ’ Llie first . discovered , at . R 8:o0 , n nre was , clock , , , by the ,, the ,, watch , , of t the o man on , battleship ,,, , .• Massachusetts. , ,, ihe i building -it about , , one , hundred ■, \ was f . wjlUh lnil 325 fee t long. r, It ™ R fonr » stones , . m , belghth . , ,, and bmlt of stone and brick. The wooden in 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.