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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1899)
THE MORGAN MONITOR VOL. l.V. JSO. 6. ■!■«ii nm SEVEXTEEN FEMALE PATIENTS VUE BURNED. TO DEATH. TWENTY-THREE lives are saved Thermometer Registered Twenty-Two De¬ grees Below Zero at Time of Hor¬ ror—-ernes Were Heartrending. The South Dakota insane asylum at Yankton was the scene of a holocaust Sunday which sent a shudder of hor¬ ror through the community, and the like of which -has no. parrllel in the state. One of the cottages in the asylum grounds took fire in the basement at 2 o’clock a. m. and seventeen inmates confined therein were incinerated be¬ fore help could reach them. The names of those missing are: Augusta Boerse, Julia Erickson, Ella Lokken, Margaret Lynch, Josina Olson, Mar- tenia Tennyson, Elizabeth Stolpe,, Mrs. Kampani, Maggie Flynn, Lucioa Gossage, Adelina Hurley, Christina Johnston, Jennie Kronig, Lusia Keene, Caroline Lindberg, Katie Pla- vitz, ’ike Gainis Swanson, cottage was intended for laun- ed ery'purposes, but owing to the crowd¬ condition of the main building forty of the female patients were housed within its walls. The exact. cause of the fire is not. known, except that it originated in the dry room of the laundry. •The fighting of the fire was greatly hindered by loss of power, The burned cottage stands some 300 feet in the rear of the main building; the water tank, which is for fire protec¬ tion, standing 100 feet in the rear o' the cottage. The. steam pipes use- for pumping runs from the boiler room of the main cottage through the cot¬ tage for heating and-.t'hen to the- arte¬ sian well or tank; ’ The intense heat invffSle-'• TYiSl*&rifg* 'building ...paused' pipes to burst shortly after the light¬ ing of the fire began, thus leaving them without power and depending entirely Upon direct pressure from ,the tank, which was in' no way sufficient to quench the fierce flames. Two streams of water were thrown on the building, but did little good. With thermometer standing at 22 degrees below zero, it was a heart¬ rending sight to witness those escap¬ ing coming down the flight of stairs in their night clothing and bare feet into the bitter cold, and bad it not, been for the nearness of shelter the suffering and probable loss : of life from freezing .would have been terri¬ ble. - - - Fifty-twb'-pers'bns were in tbe burn¬ ing building’ forty patients The,.’attendants and,twelve females escap.e^jjis attendants^. did - tlie’-others ,wkp were saved;’with none of their personal ef¬ fects, sgssed.' maqy losing' all that' they pos- ' ’ , ... ? (”/!,!> IX W'FIV ORLEANS. t ’ ‘ v IjiVwrisfc* Telnr,l!u,-<■ Recorded In Two Hundred Years. A New Orleans special says: The worst blizzard ever recorded in New Orleans since the occupation of L uis- iana by the French, exactly two cen¬ turies ago. struck southern Louisiana about midnight sleet, Saturday night. It began with followed by snow to the depth of two inches, being the first snow for four years. At 7 o’clock Suqday morning the thermometer-had fallen to 17 degrees, within 2 degrees of the coldest weather ever known there. The street cars were tied up by the cold wnd snow and the railroad trains got in from four to six hours late. They came laden with caraiyal visitors, who found it no easy matter to get around town. By night the temperature had fallen to 13 degrees and a further fall to 8 degrees, or 7 degrees below the lowest on record was predicted. The cold coming in a eommunr.y where so little provision was made for it, caused a great deal of sntteriug among the poorer classes,particularly all the negroes. It will kill the orange trees, and it is feared the old trees also will suf¬ fer, The crop this year will probably . be ii iota! failure. It is impossible to determine the amount of damage done to' the cane, but it is not believed to be serious. BIG NEW YORK BLAZE. Thirteen Big Buildings Burn and S700,- 000 'Vas the Los* Entailed. Thursday fire swept through the block of buildings opposite Battery park, bounded by Front, Whitehall and Moore streets, New York City,and destroyed thirteen buildings, entailing a Ins'? of about $<00,000. if/tie fireman, Bernard Clair, of the firVEwat Yati. Wyck, was overcome in one of the buildings, and when brought d own a ladder slipped from the arms pf'his comrade and fell l,o the ground fracturing bis skull. Several other firemen were overcome by smoke and cold, and tt cor P s °f ambulance sur- geoaa were kept busy. against'bacon’s proposition. Senator. j, 3 v!s Will Oppose tits Georgia,,*. Resolution. A NVasbiuefcon dispatch says: The RBPP orter9 nf * be Pf ace treaty were in ^w/YtUet.iw?-Thursday 'lenff?- a'nfltrg’themselves more or as to whether JtfftiS* agjfe*' to»«cc*pt the Bacon a condition precedent .. \ ratification the of the treaty.- Senator 9 |ivis > in charge of the bill, ha*’ ."tntioa'W* rot SY? 0 to his the friends that he aid a 6 passage of the vn COLD KILLS NINE. Western Bureau Books Show Lowest Temperature In Many Years. A Chicago dispatch states that Thursday was the coldest day in that city in twenty-six years. The low mark in the weather bureau’s books, that of 24th, 1872, was but 2 degrees lower than the minimum of 21 degrees below zero, reached at 8 o’clock in the morning. Nine deaths from freezing are re' ported from Illinois and neighboring states. Some places on the lines of the Mil¬ waukee road give out figures as low as 40 degrees below. There are not ten miles of clear water between Milwau¬ kee and Ludingt on. The weather bureau at Washington issued the following special bulletin Thursday: Morning advices show that freezing temperature occurred in Florida Wed¬ nesday night as far south as a line traced from a little south of Tampa to the Atlantic coast just north of Jupi¬ ter, Tampa sho ving a minimum tem¬ perature of SO degrees and Jupiter a minimum of 36 degrees. At Jackson¬ ville a minimum of 28 degrees was reached. These temperatures were very accu¬ rately forecasted Monday morning, when the weather bureau at Washing¬ ton telegraphed the following forecast and warning, which was distributed by its Florida stations to all fruit¬ growing. agricultural and transporta¬ tion interests that could bo reached by telegraph, telephone and mail during Wednesday: “Temperature will fall to about 25 degrees tonight at Jacksonville and the line of freezing weather will ex¬ tend as far south as Tampa. Temper¬ ature will continue low Thursday and Thursday night and will moderate Friday.” ' The temperature continues abnor¬ mally low in all districts east of the Rocky Mountains, the Dakotas, Min¬ nesota and western Wisconsin, and the region to the northward being em¬ braced within the area of low and thp temperature, where the readings range between 32 and 36 degrees below zero ■in■;the..states nanjed, and reached 50 degrees below at Minnedosa,Manitoba. Zero temperature extends to a line traced from central Virginia ove* ■Tennessee, northern Arkansas and southern Oklahoma, and at Cincinnati the low temperature record has been broken with a reading of 16 degrees below zero, the lowest previous tem¬ perature over recorded by the weather bureau at that pIAce being 12 below February 8th, 1895, and on January 1, 1886. New York, 4 below; Washington, 7 below; Cincinnati, 16 below; Pitts¬ burg, 10 below; Buffalo, 4 below; Chi- eago, 20 below; Milwaukee, 20 below; Duluth, 32 below; St. Louis, 16 below; Kansas City, 2(1 below; Omaha, '24 bglo w; Bismarck,. 36 be! ow; Charles¬ ton, 28 above;' Atlanta,; 28 .above; Jacksonville,. - 28 above; . Jupiter, ..34 inboye; Tampa.; 80 above; New Orleans, 2$;-above; Galveston,. 28 above. . . Wn/r.TS, LI Mootse) . -v Chief of Weather Bureau. IN HOBSON’S INTEREST. Alabama Congressman Introduces a Joint Besolutif.n In House. A Washington dispatch says: Rep¬ resentative Underwood, of Alabama, has introduced the following joint res¬ olution: “That in recognition of the extraor¬ dinary heroism displayed by Rich¬ mond Pearson Hobson by running the Merrimae into the mouth of the har¬ bor of Sautiago, Cuba, on June 3d, 1898, and dexterously sinking said vessel in the channel, the president is hereby authorized to transfer the said assistant naval constructor, Richmond Pearson Hobson, from the construc¬ tion corps to the line of the United States navy and to promote him to such position therein as, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, he may determine.” NEW PORTO RICAN CABINET Named By Henry—Liberals Dissatisfied "With Governor General’s Work. A dispatch from San Juan, Porto Rico, says: General Henry has ap¬ pointed Francisco Acuna, independent liberal, now attorney of the supreme court, to be secretary of state; Dr. Coll, liberal, has been appointed sec¬ retary of finance, and Federico Dege- tan has been appointed secretary of the interior. The liberals are dissatisfied with General Henry’s change of policy. AY ILL REFUND WAR MONEY Fin nislied By Governors of States In Re¬ cruiting Soldiers. The senate committee agreed to re¬ port tho bill introduced by Senator Fairbanks for the reimbursement of governors of states for moneys ex¬ pended ia connection with the recent war with Spain. The bill is amendatory extendi of Hv act of July 18th last aud provis¬ ions of the act so as to include expen¬ ditures made subsequent to July 8th and prior to August 12, 1898. ARMY OFFICERS FIGHT. Col. Colson If* Shot By Lieutenant Scott at Anniston. An Anniston, Ala., special says: The trouble that has been brewing for some time between Colonel Dawid G. Colson and First Lieutenant E. D. Scott, of the Fourth Kentucky, culmi¬ nated at a late hour Saturday night in a pitched battle, in which Colonel Colson was'shot iu the hip and Lieu¬ tenant- Sriott and many others had nar¬ row escapes. The encounter occurred in a restaurant conducted by Percy Olmstead, about midnight. ,, MORGAN, GA„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. mi h in ini CAPTURED BY AMERICANS WITH¬ OUT THE LOSS OF A MAN. GUNBOATS ASSISTED LAND FORCES Town Was Set Afire But Flames Were Ex tinguished—Sharpshooters Havras Our Men In the Trenches. 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 St. Paul with a communication for the rebel government at Iloilo calling upon him to surrender within a time stated and warning him not to make a demonstration in the interval. The rebels immediately moved their guns and prepared to defend 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 the 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 enemy’s loss during the bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties are re¬ ported. Sharpshooters at Work. The American lines form a complete cordon twenty-two. mites, in length from the coast north almost to Pasa- busily qua, south of Manila.. Tko enemy is 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 slightly wounded, Sunday night Privates Brinton and Stevens, of the Twentieth Kansas, were wounded. The United States cruiser Charles¬ ton has moved up the coast and is off Malolos, the seat of the so-called Fili¬ pino government, at a distance esti¬ mated about eight miles. . Pursuing their customary tactics, the rebels on the extreme left of the line opened fire at long range on the American tt-oops Sunday night, main¬ taining their fire for a few minutes be¬ fore-settling effect, down. Noneof their shots took however, and the Ameri¬ cans did not reply. All was quiet- along the rest of the line. The Con¬ cord is now lying off Paranaqne. Tbe weather at night now is cooler, and showers are frequent. After tlio 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, especially the artillerymen, if they would undertake to fight against the Americans at $4 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 taiismanic wafers being of no avail against wounds, hunger and fatigue. On Friday Aguinaldo visited Polo, a few miles northwest of Caloocan, and addressed the Filipino troops there, claiming that he had won a victory and asserting that 2,800 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 now intrenched in front of Caloocan. There has been no change in the disposition of the troops except that the Fourth United States cavalry lias relieved the First Idaho volunteers and a battalion of the Twenty-third left infantry has been stationed on the flank to prevent the rebels sneak¬ ing along the beach. STEAMER PROBABLY LOST. Bulgaria With 131) Souls Aboard Was Sinking When Last Seen. A London dispatch says: Loyds agent St. Michael’s, Azores, cables that tbe tank steamer Weehawken re¬ ports that the Bulgaria when spoken on February 5th, Mtitude 40, longi¬ tude 43, was in a sinking condition, with three holds full of water, her rudder and machinery disabled. Tlie London Daily Mail publishes a dispatch from I’onta 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. LIVELY DEBATES IN SENATE Over the Leglfclative, Fxecutivo and .Judi¬ cial Appropriation.* Bill. Throughout its open session Thurs¬ day tho senate had under considera¬ tion the legislative, executive and ju¬ dicial appropriations bill. A lively debate was precipitated over the ap¬ propriation for the support of the supervising architect of the treasury, and that officer was criticised for the delay in construction of public build- ings throughout the United States. bus hi silt ■. AMERICANS TAKE CALOOCHAN AND APPLY TORCH. KANSAS. TROOPS DO GOOD WORK. Shells From Monitor Monadnock Fear¬ fully Effective— Aguinaldo’s Flag Pulled Down. A dispatch from Manila says: The American forces at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon made a combined attack on Caloocau andreduced it in short order. At a signal from tbe tower of the Do La Lome church, the United States double tnrreted monitor Monadnock opened fire from the bay with the big guns of her fore turret on the earth¬ works, with great effect. Soon after¬ wards the Utah battery bombarded the place from the land. The rebels reserved their fire until the bombardment ceased, when they fired volleys of musketry as the Mon¬ tana regiment advanced on the jungle. The Kansas regiment, on the ex¬ treme left, with the Third artillery de¬ ploying to the right, charged across the open and carried the earthworks, cheering under a heavy fire. Sup¬ ported by the artillery at the church, the troops further advanced, driving the enemy, fighting every foot, right into the town line, and penetrated .to the presidencia and lowered the Fili¬ pino flag at 5:30 o’clock p. m. Sharpshooters Were Silenced. The enemy’s sharpshooters, in the jungles on the right, fired at long range on the Pennsylvania regiment, but the rebels were soon silenced by shrapnel shells and the Pennsylva¬ nians remained in the trenc 1 es. As the Americans’ advanced they burned the native houses. The icbels were mowed down.,like grass, but the the Ayneripau. lp$s;jva$. light. -. ^ The, rebels early 'Friday morning concentrated in considerable force at Caloocan and Malabon, many small bodies of scattered rebel troops strug¬ gling in from the right and others un¬ doubtedly arriving from the north and the interior provinces. Aguinaldo is reported to have estab¬ lished his headquarters at Malabon for the purpose of rallying his forces for a decisive blow. In order to cover their movements, the rebels again opened fire on the outposts of tlia Kansas regiment. They kept up the fire from the jungle for about twenty minutes, but with¬ out effect, The Americans reserved their fire until a detachment of the enemy emerged from the bamboos, when a well directed volley miidg'the rebels scuttle brick to*cover like, rah?: bjts.tr [ MILITARY CONGRESS ENDS. RrsolnMhns Adnptpjl a:i4 Vote ,»f TTin’nW* 1,x! indt-(l <.i>Wi lli)r Bloxham. • The adoption of the resolutions em¬ bracing the views of the delegates on the necessary congressional action for the betterment of the militia, practi¬ cally closed th& work of the national military congress at Tampa, Fla. After extending a vote of thanks to Governor Bloxham and others whose efforts have done so much toward bringing about the successful termina¬ tion of the congress, the body adjourned subject to the call of General Butter¬ field, who will call another meeting to be held in New York should the ne¬ cessity arise. Governor Bloxham, while agreeing m the principal points with the final action of the convention, believes that :he general government should allow a suitable quarterly compensation to state troops sufficient to secure good material that would make an efficient reserve force for the general govern¬ ment as well as a guarantee for law and order in the states. TO PROSECUTE CERTERA. Spanish Military Court Holds Him llc- sponsible For Lows of Fleet. A Madrid special says: The supreme military court, which has under con¬ sideration tbe loss of the Spanish squadron at, Santiago do Cuba on July 3d, last, has decided to prosecute in connection with the disaster Admiral Cervera and Commandant Erniio Diaz de Moreu, former captain of the de¬ stroyed -cruiser Cristobal Colon. GEORGIA GEOLOGIST ENDORSED. Legislative Committee Will Make a Fav¬ orable Report. The Georgia legislative committed has been investigating the state geo¬ logical department, has completed its work. The department will be recommend¬ ed by the committee and tbe present administration will be endorsed. These will he the essential features of the report, and are the only features that are a matter of public interest. The report, however, will be a very lengthy affair, the volume going to show why the committee reached a fa¬ vorable report. EULOGIES TO DINGLEY. House of Representatives Hears Fitting Tributes Raid Late Representative. A Washington special says: The memory of the late Bepresentative Dingley was fittingly eulogized in the house of representatives Saturday by those who had been closely associated with him. The early part of the day w*s given to some minor routine work, and the eulogies, which were a special order, bad the balance of the day. ns nm ti an. CHARGES OF GENERAL WILL BE TilOROUGHLY INVESTIGATEI). PERSONNEL OF THE COMMISSION. Contracts For Meat For the Army as Well Ag the Quality Thereof Will Be Looked Into. A Washington special says: The president has appointed a court of in- quiry to examine into the charges touching the meat furnished the Amer- ; man army during , . ,, the war with Spam mid other matters involved in the charges made by General Miles against the administration of war affairs. mi 1 he court ___ i will . n consist ____• , of , ,, Minor • n Gen- J eral i tit wade, -l Colonel i , . n George TTr W. Davis. ,, ’ x Ainth T - u* infantry, • f x., T and i n Colonel i i /■< Gillespie, n corps of engineers, now stationed in New lork. The inquiry will begin at once and he contracts as well as the quality of the beef will be thoroughly mvesti- ” m, Tbe order i for the court of inquiry is • as follows: In accordance with the instructions of the president of February 3, 1899, a court of inquiry, to consist of tlio following named officers, is hereby ap¬ pointed to meet in this city on Febru¬ ary 15, 1899. Detail for the court: Major General James F. Wade, TJ. S. Y. Colonel George L. Gillespie, Corps oj Engineers, U. 8. A. Lieutenant Colonel George B. Da¬ vis, deputy judge advocate general, U. S. A., recorder. The court is hereby directed to in¬ vestigate certain allegations of the major general commanding the army- in respect to unfitness of certain ar¬ ticles of food furnished by the sub¬ sistence department to the troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and Porto Bico. In addition to its finding of fact the court will submit an opinion upon the merits of the case, together with such recommendations to further proceed- ings as may seem to be warranted by the facts developed in the course of the inquiry The officers named will repair j. n this city for the purpose herein indi- cated, and, upon the adjournment of the court, will return to their proper stations. The travel enjoined is neces¬ sary for the public service. (Signed) it. A. Alger, General Miles, Secretary of War. when seen, had noth- ing to say respecting the appointment- of the court. He has been accum. - luting a large ‘amount of along the lines of the inquiry, but be liaff. not chosen any counsel, and a . large part of his evidence lias been al- ready transmitted to the war investi- gating commission. The court of inquiry, it is said by persons versed in military jnrisprn- dence, will be unique in that it will be directed in its investigations against a state of affairs and not agaiust a per¬ son. GARCIA’S REMAINS IN CUBA. City, Householders and Ships In Havana Ilai-bor Low r Flags to Half Mast. j lie United . States gunboat Nash- ville, bearing the body of General Oalixto Garcia, steamed slowly into Havana harbor at I o’clock Thursday afternoon, the guns of Morro castle and the American squadron saluting her. The solemn booming announced the arrival to the expectant city. Everywhere householders and ships lowered a thousand flags to half-mast and black streamers soon surmounted the Cuban banners. The companies of tbe Eighth regular infantry, with the regimental band, were lined up to receive the coffin which, draped with the Cuban flag and bearing a wreath of flowers, was carried on the shoulders of the mem¬ bers of the junta between the saluting ranks of the regulars to the hearse. The silent crowds, with bared beads, marched to the strains of a funeral dirge to the palaee, where the body now lies in the municipal council chamber, guarded by details of Cuban and American troops. On the order of General Ludlow, all official flags will be kept at half-mast until after the public funeral. DISPENSARY FOR ALABAMA. House Pusses the Bill Afler Many Changes Were Made In It. Alabama’s Saturday dispensary bill passed tbe house night, although in badly disfigured shape. The vote on the measure in its crippled form was 57 to 11. The hill as originally introduced included all of the sixty- six counties in the state, excepting the twenty-two counties in which pro¬ hibition laws were in force. The sen¬ ate amended the bill by exempting from its provision twenty of the largest counties in the state, but leaving iu Jefferson, Callioun, Marengo, Tusca¬ loosa and others of the large counties. THANKS FDR OTIS. Gen. Wheeler Introduces Resolution Com¬ mending Gallant, Conduct. Kepresentative Wheeler, of Alaba¬ ma, better known as Major General- Wheeler, introduced a joint resolution in the house Saturday proposing the thanks of congress and the Ameri- can people to Major General Eswell S. Otis and the officers and men of his command for the gallant antf success- ful action at Manila on tbe 4th and 5th of February. OTIS PLANNED IVELL. English Advices Are That Americans Moved Without a Break. A dispatch to Renters Telegram Company at London from Manila, de¬ scribing the capturing of Caloocau, dwells upon the excellence of the American plans and tLieprecision with which they were carried out. The dispatch adds: “At 4 o’clock p. m. the American ships ceased firing. Then the army fired three guns, at an interval of ten seconds, signalling the advance of the whole line, the Kansas regiment lead¬ ing through the jungle. The rebels’ left wing was diverted by Major Bell and a hundred men. It was like clock-work. There was no hitch any- where. “The rebels estimated to have num- bored 10,000 men were demoralized by the gbeU8 , Xhe Amerioan8 advanoe d in open order. At 500 yards there was a halt, and then a charge, and the rebels stampeded from their trenches, which were admirably constructed. nn 1 he Americans . refrained • i * fn m wasting ® ammunition, ... * but , rushed , . without ... on firi * d U8ed theh . , letB aud bu tts of their rifles. There was . , . . to the London Globe { b Kong feceived, say the Filipino jnutR lhe] ha8 by steamer from Manila, ’ further news of the ro- , , , .. The Filipino . agents . say ,, the Ameri¬ . cans placed vessels along the shores of the bay and commenced hostilities “unexpectedly at midnight on Satur¬ day, simultaneously bombarding the defenseless towns of Fondo, Malalc and Malabon.” The agents of the rebels also say “the slaughter of women and children was frightful, the Americans burning and devastating all before them, insti¬ tuting a war of extermination and shooting every Filipino.” The agents of the Filipinos declare their intention of “appealing to Christ¬ endom,”. and say, their indignation against the Americans is intense. REBELS WHIPPED AGAIN. Americans Have a Brush With Filipinos Saturday Afternoon. A Manila special says: Saturday af¬ | ternoon a reconnoitering party of the ; Fourteenth infantry , came upon a large , j C L,ody 1a ®P of Dewey. the enemy in the jungle near I The rebels were attacked and fell I back upon the main line of the insur- P- e nts. Mie Fourteenth „ ,, infantry, . „ , the North Dakota volunteers aud the Fourth cavalry then engaged the ene¬ my and drove them toward the beach, w.here one of the gunboats received them with a fusilade from automatic Colt guns. The enemy’s loss is severe and they mattered , along the , bench , seeking cov- er from the % of tbo Americans, . ''En-vates Ransom, eel and fcaun- I Ten c ^ ers ’ ( ompatiy F, Fourteenth ln- ^ntry, and two troopers of the Fourth cavaliy were wounded, ! , ^ ie ^ 0 ^ 1CB ^ wo members of the I : California regiment were subsequently foun ' 1 in the bash to the right of the hne - They had been shot to pieces by * be enem Y , NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. It, Sets AkI( 1« ft44,158,005 for Warships and Other Features. The naval appropriation bill is practically completed save in minor details and all its essential features were made known Saturday. It ap- pi . 0 priates a total of $44,158,605, di- vided under the following main heads: General establishment, $13,236,440. Bureau of navigation, $505,125. Bureau of ordnance, $3,143,124. Bureau of equipment, $2,615,455, Public works, yards and docks, $454,442. Bureau of medicines and surgery, $192,500. , I Bureau of supplies and accounts, jg 229,422. Bureau of construction and repairs, $3,273,407. Bureau of steam engineering, $1,- 207,900. Naval academy, $217,120. Marine corps, $1,366,971. Increase of navy, $11,192,402, EXTRA SESSION IMPERATIVE Should th« Army Reorganization Bill Fall to Go Through, a Washington dispatch says: At the ' cabinet meeting Friday the president, read brief extracts from tbe report of tbe war investigating commission and the matter was discussed informally. Tbe question of tbe transportation to Cuba of the $3,000,000 with which tho insurgent army is to be paid off and the kinds of m .ney to be sent,was briefly considered. It was agreed that the Cubans could have any kind- I of money they wished, whether gold, H ‘ lver or Ri,ver certificates, or a part in each. Shipments of $500,000 each will of probably be made at intervals of a few days as rapidly as needed. Tbe question of an extra session of congress was also discussed, and it is the opinion of members of the cabinet that in case of the failure of the army j reorganization bill an extra session will be necessary. GARCIA’S REMAINS BURIED. Generals Brooke, Ludlow and Fit/hugh L«*e Attend tho Funeral. 4 special from Havana says: Major General John R. Brooke, military ^ v .? rI,oV °* Cuba; Major General T Cmlow.rmhtary governor of ; ! Hav.no, and Major General F.tzhugh Lee ’. >ruhtary governor of Havana i * e ' ie U ! K1 U 16 ^ sltarda^ , , . , 1 “ SI PER YE \ K. PBHiSUSIIIlIt THE COMPACT NOW HINGES 05 SPAIN’S APPROVAL. A MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS Chief .Executive Advises the Immediate Laying: of a Marine Cable to the Pacific Islands. President McKinley transmitted to congress Friday a message favoring a Pacific cable. It is as follows: “As a consequence of the ratifica¬ tion of the trea'y of Paris by the sen¬ ate of the United States and its ex¬ pected ratification by the Spanish gov¬ ernment, the United 'States will come into possession of the Philippine is¬ lands on the farther shore of the Pa¬ cific. The ITavviian islands and Gaum being United States territory and forming convenient stopping places on the way across the sen, the necessity for speedy cable communication be¬ tween the United States and all of these Pacific islands has become im¬ perative. “Such communication should bo established in such a wny as to be wholly under the control of the United States, whether in time of peace ot war. At present the Philippines can be reached only by cables which pass through many foreign countries, and the Hawaiian islands and Guam can only be communicated with by steam¬ ers, involving delays in each instance of at least a week. The present con¬ dition should not bo allowed to con¬ tinue for a moment longer than is ab¬ solutely necessary, “The time has now arrived when a cable in the Pacific must extend as fai¬ ns Manila, touching at, the Hawaiian islnuds and Guam on the way. “Two methods of establishing this cable communication at. once suggest themselves. First, construction and maintenance of such a cable at the expense of the United States govern¬ ment; and, second, construction and maintenance of such a cable by a pri¬ vate United States corporation under such safeguards as congress shall im¬ pose. “I do not. make any recommendation to congress as to which of these meth¬ ods would be more desirable. A cable of tbe length of that.proposed requires so much time for construction and laying that it is estimated that at, least two years must elapse after giving the order for the cable before the entire system could be t ueCossfuUy laid and put in operation. Further dee,p sea soundings must, be taken west, pf; ; .th$: Hawaiian islands so 'that the best route for the cable • can bo selected. Under these’ eireuin-fances it .becomes a paramount necessity that measures .should beffuken hijoiy (hechose pr-ftvWe of the present congress to such means as may seem suitable for the establishment of a cable system, “I commend the whole subject to the careful consideration of tlio con¬ gress and to such prompt action as may seem advisable. (Signed) William McKinley. Executive Mansion,Washington,D. 0., Feb. 10th, 1899. rmosmKVT signs treaty. The treaty of peace, art ratified by the senate, was signed by the presi¬ dent. and Secretary liny at 2:26 Friday afternoon in the library of the execu¬ tive mansion. The corte.,i have already been called to convene by the queen regent of Spain, and the. iroqty will be ratified by the Spanish government. This will give the United States undisputed sov¬ ereignty over the entire Philippine g roup. Mr. Pierce, United States charge de affaires at St. Pe.lersburg, cabled tlio state department Friday afternoon that the conference proposed by the czar looking to a disarmament of the nations, will be held at The Hague. AGUINALDO NOT YET SATISFIED. Atfoneillo Declarer Hebei Leader Haw Not Ahkfil For a Truce. A special fn m Montreal, Que., says: Agoncillo stated positively Friday that ho had authentic information to tho effect that Aguinaldo did not waut a cessation of hostilities aud had not asked for it. When asked how hr, obtained this information he refused to say. BRIBERY CHARGE MADE. Senator Whiteside Says Every Man Who Voted For Clark Is Guilty. A special from Helena, Mont., says t at Senator Whiteside, who produced t <o $30,000 alleged bribe money at the beginning of the • session created a sensation by openly charging that every man who voted for Clark had been bought. Ho mentioned Representative Garr by natno and that gentleman shouted “You are an infamous liaj.” The grand jury reported that money had been used on both sides, but there waa not sufficient evidence to warrant au indictment. IN SENATE AND HOUSE. frlilaj'1 Session* Were lioutine—Depeir’s Credential* Fresented. In the senate, Friday, Mr. Platt, of N<>w York, presented tho credentials of-Senator-elect Depew, The house, without preliminary bus¬ iness, went into committeo of the whole and resumed consideration of tho sundry civil appropriation bill. Upon Mr. Cannon’s motion general debate was to close with the legislative day.
