Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 28, 1900, Page 3

FIGHTING IN LUZON GEN. OTIS REPORTS RECENT EN- GAGEMENTS. Several Hundred Tagals and Sisa- yans Attack a Battalion of the Forty-Fifth and Are Put to Flight —Young’s Troops Attacked by Na- tives Who Are Defeated, Suffering Heavy Loss—Little Further Oppo- sition Feared—Troops Now Taking Small Possession of Interior ‘Towns. sg Washington, April 25.—Gen, Otis has cabled the following account of recent gements in the Philippines: ly in the morning of the 7th i hundred Tagals and Visay ed a battalion of the Fo: , horth coast of Min: nliies were 2 killed and 11 enemy's loss 53° k wounded and captured, besides other sses sulfered on retreat.- oYung re- from Northwestern Luzon. si eral hundred natives, influenced by Aguinaldo’s bishop, Aglipak, attacked his troops at eral points, and in 1 been attacked. ‘Their lo: n Patoe, 15th inst., 106 g entire fighting from 15th ‘to 3 killed; our loss during period 2 killed and 4 wounded. Young has plenty of troops and will have little further opposition. Affairs at other Luzon poim improving, local presi- dents and abitants of towns ing influenc and rendering tance: troops now taking posse interior small towns. RAILROADS STILL TIED UP. Floods in the Sou h Subsiding Very —Advices from on the Mobile & to the effect that ‘ins will not run through probably until Sunday. Two thousand men are at werk between here and Meridian. Mobile, Ala., 4 the flooded d The water has been slowly subsiding but the rains of the last twenty-four hours were felt considerabl Rey. W. I’. Russell, a Baptist reacher, was drowned in the flood Waynes- boro, Miss. Other lives are thought to ‘ave been lost, but nothing detinite vill be known for several da. n on the Louisville & } tieall One thou- are The sit ville is p sand men ything is going on rapidly as pe ble to get things in shape. The water is slowly falling and the 3,000,000 feet of logs that are in the boor still intact with excel- zent prospects of holding them together until the danger is passed. NEW DUKE OF ARGYLL. Marquis of Lorne Suececds to His Late Brother's Title. London, April 25.—The succession of the marauis of Lorne to the dukedom ef Argyll, owing to the death ef his father, creates a vacancy in the house of commons for South Manchester, which the marquis represented. It is understecd that had the seat been safer for the Unionists, a vacancy would have been created some time ago by the queen making her son-in- w a peer. New the Unionists are ‘ed to recontest the constituency, which only gave the marquis of Lorne a majority of 78 at the last election. It is presumed that the Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, and wife cf the marquis of Lorne, will hereafter assume the title of duchess of Argyll. The WEALTHY MAN ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. cage, April 25.—J. A. Smith, who be a wealthy resident of and formerly secretary of orks Townsite company, Grand Forks City, B. C., was arrested here on a telegram from the chief con- stable of Berlin, Ont., charging him with obtaining money by false pre- tenc The specific charge on which he was held was made by J. MeDou- gall, a court clerk, to whom it is claimed he disposed of 100 mining cer- tifieates. After his arrest Smith said that he would return to Canada with- out requisition papers, and that he felt sure he would have no trouble in win- ning hi: se in the courts there. BIG FORGERY DISCOVERED. Chicago People Swindled With Bo- gus Sugar Stock. Chicago, April 25. — An extensive forgery of sugar trust stock came to light yesterday when S. W. Jacobs, Y nt of the Chicago Loan and rust company, was arrested at the in- stance of H. Gilbertson of 248 West Erie street on a charge of being im- plicated in a confidence game. The al- leged perpetrator of the forgery, Sam- uel Muller, also is sought, but it has Deen learned that he-left Chicago soon after completing the transaction .com- plained of, May 17, 1898. It is said that he imposed upon no fewer than a score of business men, several of whom are believed to have purchased bogus sugar stock. 2 Bryan Sticks to Silver. Chicago, April 25.—A special from Wichita, Kan., says: “No person can succeed in getting me to abandon free silver. I favor it as much as I did in 1896. the leading issue in this campaign, it will be cne of the issues.” W. J. Bryan aade this flat-footed statement during an interview here. When asked what avould be some of the leading issues, Mr. Bryan said: “Trusts and imperial- ism will be paramount.” Destroyed by Fire. Indianapolis, April 25. — Wilson and McColloch fruit jar factory at Fair- mount was destroyed by fire early yesterday, causing a loss of $100,000. Three large warehouses containing about 300 carloads of jars were burned, Flowers on Moltke’s Grave. Berlin, April 25. — Yesterday being the anniversary of Field Marshal von Moltke’s death, who died in 1891, the emperor caused flowers to.be placed on the grave pers the famous general at a. While free silver will not he } ~ HEAVY LOSS TO PRINTERS. $50,000 Worth, of Property Destroyed , in Minenapolis. 3 Minneapolis, April 25. — Fire at 11 o'clock last night caused a loss of $45,000 to $50,000 in the Printers’ ex- change, the six-story brick building at 16 to 20 Fourth street south. The fire started on the top story, and it was confined mainly to the upper floors, But. it worked down the elevator shaft and into the shop of Valentine Bros., elec- trotypers and machinists, on the first floor. When it burst out of the front of the shop it looked as if the build- ing was doomed, and several firemen on a fire escape seemed to be cut off. They got down safely, however. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. Deaf Man Did Not Hear Its Ap- proach at Crossing. Stiliwater, Minn., April 25. — Peter Donohue, an inmate for many years of the poorhouse, and without any known relatives, was killed by the morning Wisconsin Central passenger train on the cr ng near the poor farm. His deafness won for him the characteriza- tion of “Deaf Pete.” He was on his way to town and did not hear the on- coming train, He was was instantly killed. His neck and right arm were broken. The coroner decided an in- quest unnecessary. He was sixty- eight years old. APPEARS AFTER TWENTY YEARS. For a Liberal Consideration a Wife Consents to a Divorce. Aberdeen, S. D., April 25.—The do- mestic relations of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Woods of this county have been dis- turbed of lafé by the appearance of a Mrs. Woods No. 1, who was supposed to be dead. Upon payment of a nice sum of money Wife No. 1 allowed a divorce to be granted her husband, and now a license kas been issued and Mr. Weods will again marry Wife Ne. 2 in order to make legal the relations they have borne toward each other for nearly twenty years, INTERIOR A WRECK. Destructive Work by Burglars in Postoflice at Prescott. Prescott, Wis., April 25. — Burglars entered the postoflice at this place at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning. In try- ing to blow open the safe they set fire to the office. The explosion aroused the people and the fire company succeeded in putting out the fire before it did much damzge. ‘The office was a total wreck inside, but only the mail in the boxes was burned. Killed While Trying to Escape. Green Bay, Wis., April 25.—William Douglas, an inmate of the state re- formatory near this city was shot and killed while trying to escape. Douglas yout twenty-two years of age and ntenced from West Superior for Supt. J. E. Heg, of the re- s Douglas was a com- the man shot. He be- longed to a family in Chicago, but had fallen into evil ways. Roth Civil and Military. Winona, Minn.. April 25.—A meeting of the new members of Company C was held last night and was attended about fifty yound men. Much en- displayed. It was de- a civil and a military or- ganization, and the civil organization was completed by the election of Capt. L. D. Frost president, and William Pletke secretary. An order is soon ¢x- pected for muster. Lannie Seefield Senteneed. Madison, Wis., April 25. — Fifteen years in state prison, one year. more than the minimum penalty. was the sentence imposed by Judge 8S. C. Beck- er, in the cireuit court, upon Lannie Scofield, convicted of murder in the second degree for the shooting of Chas. Prindle at Token Creek Nov. 14 last. A motion for a new trial was overruled, Pine Timber Deal. New Richmond, Wis., April 25.—John E. Glover, of the Willow River Lum- ber company and Manufacturers’ bank i has just closed a deal in s consideration $80,- 000 in cash. The property sold was pine timber in the counties of St. Louis and Lake in Minnesota. Stillwater and St. Paul pa were the purchasers. Aberdeen, S. D., April torious window smasher, Maria Ricks, has again landed in Aberdeen. The au- therities had been advised of her com- ing and at once had her confined in the cell set apart for insane people at the county hospital. She will doubtless be sent to Wisconsin, where she belongs. ve Fire at Verndale. Vernéale. Minn., April 25. — Fire broke out in a barn on the Hast side, and with a strong wind from the east threatened to destroy the town. The fire burned clear across the block to a frame row of business houses. where it was checked. No insurance on the buildings burned. Two Murder Cases on Trial. Minot, 8. D., April 25.—District court convened. here,. Judge Morgan presid- ing. The case of Hans Thorpe, for the murder of his wife, is first on the docket. The case of William Curtis, for the murder of William White at Williston, will also be tried here. Sawmills Burned. Marietta, Wis., April 25. — Fire at Atkinson, Mich., destroyed two saw- mills of the Metropolitan Lumber com- pany. The loss is between $80,000 and $100,000. The lumber piled in the yards escaned the flames. Lutherans Meet. Pelle Plaine, Minn., April 25. — The Lutheran synod of Minnesota held here one of its quarterly conferences. There were about fifty ministers in attend- ance. Killed by Accident. Stevens Point, Wis., April 25.—Albert Myers was killed in Week’s planing mill. A shaft weighing a thousand pounds fell twelve feet and crushed his skull. He was forty-four years old and leaves a wife and two children. Body Found After Six Months. Grantsburg, Wis., April 25.—The re- mains of Andrew Mattson, who was drowned in Yellow lake Oct. 22 last, has just been found. Every effort was made at the time of tlie drowning to find the body, but without success. Pews of the Dorthwest FOREST FIRES RAGE GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN KITTSON COUNTY, MINN. Twelve-Year-Old Girl Saves Two Babes From the Flames at Bea- ton — Many Settlers Have Lost Their All—In St. Louis and Itasca Counties the Fires Are Burning Fiercely and Great Damage Is Threatencd—Carpio, N. D., Has a Narrow Esenpe From Destruction. Stephen, Minn., April 24. — A great prairie fire is raging in Kittson county, this state, and already a large number of homes have been destroyed. The fire is the worst near Beaton, eight miles from here, and every settler in that locality hus lost his all. Annie Erickson, the twelve-year-old daughter of a farmer living a few miles from Beaton, has been made a heroine of the fire, she ‘having, at the risk of her life, saved her twin sisters, two years of age. ‘To save them Annie ran a mad race with the leaping flames, carrying with her on horseback the two babies, with whom sne was alone in the house when the fire sur- rounded the place. Nearly 100 farmers are now out fighting the flames, but unless rain falls soon the fire will continue to spread, destroying everything in its path. WHOLE COUNTRY LIT UP. Fires Ruging in St. Louis and Itasca Counties. Duluth, April 24.—The forest fires in the northern and western part of St. Louis county and the eastern part of Itasca county are burning fiercely, and settlers, the railronds and even the towns on the’ western end of the Me- saba range are threatened. The whole country is lit up between Hibbing and Swan River on the line of the Duluth, Mis: ippt River & Northern. It is in that section that the fires are most ext » and threatening. A portable sawmill belonging to Powers & Simp- son, four miles northwest of Hibbing, has been destroyed. The camps have been threatened, but so far as can be learned the fire has not redched them. The tires extend, it is said, well up to- ward Cass lake and are increasing in area at a rapid rate. The underbrush is dry and the marshes have really lit- ile water in them and the tall geass is burning oVer on mMiics upon miles 6! territory. It is said to be working into the good timber in places, and unless rain comes within a few days there is danger of very extensive damage. The railroads are taking extra precautions to prevent the fire getting into the bridges and buildings, and settlers are doing everything possible to protect their property. It has been many years since the northern part of Minnesota has been’as dry as at present, or when the possibilities of damage from fires was as great, later feports from the forest fires are very meager, but from the best im formation obtainable the worst of the seare is over and tires are dying down. The excitement among the settlers and inhabitants of the timber towns #hich was intense for a day or two, has dis- appeared. A good many thousands of dollars’ worth of damage was done, however, and owing to the unusually dry condition of the underbrush and tall timber, danger is not altogether re- moved. Rain is anxiously looked for, and until it comes anxiety will con- tinue. A report reached thi scity last night from Lakeside, a suburb six miles east, that timber’ a few miles north of there was burning, and fire appeared to be widening its area quite rapidly. The wind is from the south, but not strong, although enough to carry blaze in that direstion. MANY TOWNS IN DANCER. The Fires Sweep Along an Extension of the Great Northern. Grand Forks, N. D., April 24.—The timber region along the line of the Du- luth extension of the Great Nortehrn is in danger of suffering one of the worst fires ‘it has ever known. Little snow fell there last winter and the un- usually early spring has long since taken it away. Not a drop of rain has fallen this year and many of the water courses are drying up. High winds have prevailed all spring and the for- ests are dry as tinder, Small fires have been started here and there, but until Friday they did little damage. On Friday the wind attained a velocity of thirty miles an hour and the whole forest seemed to beaflame. he terri- tory most affected lies north of Leech lake, and runs about sixty miles east and west. Most of the fires have been south of the track and the south wind has endangered more or less every town in the district. The places in the greatest danger are small Way-stations which have no protection, and there are many of these which are doomed unless rain falls soon. The people of Eckles succeeded in fighting the fire away from their village and the town has been completely burned around, the fire having gone on north, {Little valuable timber has yet been de- stroyed, but it cannot escape if the present weather continues. SES OS aa ae Evangelical Centennial. Sheboygan, Wis., April o4.—'The cen- tennial meeting of the Evangelical as-’ sociation was held here at the First ec eennanel church _ yesterday. ishop orn of Clevelan the principal address, es Renee ne Mae take Ki Blew Her Head On. Plainview, Minn., April 24. — Miss Minnie Fisk, in a temporarily dement- ed state of mind, took her life by the ae. ofa Brent Her mind had be- e partially deranged fro: ‘in- ued sickness, x aaa BREAK IN THE LEVEE. Floods a Portion of Portage, Wis.— Tracks in Danger. Portage, Wis., April 25.—The govern- ment levee broke through below the toll gate in the First ward last even- ing, washing away a piece of the levee thirty feet wide. The entire low- er portion of the first ward is flooded and the tracks’ of the Milwaukee road are threatened with being washed away. A big force of men is unable to stop the break. The plank road lead- ing to Portage is being flooded and will be impassable. The river broke through four miles below the city in Pacific canal yesterday afternoon and all the surrounding property is covered with several feet of water. The stage of water is 11 feet, only two inches below the top of the government lock at the head of the canal. A special train from Watertown brought 100 men to work on the levee under direc- tion of United States Engineer Mann to save the Milwaukee road tracks. It is said the break will be repaired to- day. <A rise of a few feet more will flood the entire lower portion of the city between Wisconsin and Lock streets. Many people in the first ward are moving out and quite a number of houses are partly submerged. NO SERIOUS LOSSES YET. Althozgh Forest Fires Are Raging in All Directions Around Duluth. Duluth, Minn., April 25.—Although forest fires are reported in all direc- tions around Duluth no very serious losses have yet come to light. Sunday. afternoon, however, three freight cars between Hibbing and Virginia, on the Eastern Minnesota road, were de- stroyed, with a number of telegraph and telephone poles. Considerable trouble was reported yesterday on the long distance telephone service be- tween Duluth, St. Paul and Ashland on account of a few poles burning and wires down. The situation is chiefly serious from its possibilities, as con- ditions are similar to the summer of 1894, the year of the disastrous fires that devastated many towns and re- sulted in scores of fatalities. Unless rains come soon a repetition of that disaster is feared. FAVORED BY STOCKMEN. The Bill for Extending Time Limit on Cattle in Transit. Helena, Mont., April 25.—Members of the North Montana Round-up asso- ciation, in session here yesterday, in- dorse@ the bill pending in the United States senate to extend the maximum time cattle may be transported on cars without unloading from twenty-eight to forty hours, and also condemned the bill seeking to prohibit the making of oleomargarine. Such a prohibition, the association declares, would take $3 to 84 from the value of each animal, that being the worth of the butter fat in each carcas for the manufacture of substitutes for butter. A BOY’S TERRIDLE DEATH. Cartridses in a Belt About His Body Explode. Baraboo, Wis., April 25.—A horrible accident happened near Lime Ridge in this county, in which henry Wrist, a Ind of t years, lost his life. He huuticg, when his gun was aecidente!y dice’ arged, the lond en- tering his hand. He fainted from the loss of blood. His clothes then took fire from the burning gunwad and burned up to his waist, when a belt of cartridges exploded and his body was frightfully mutilated. When found he was dead. EQUITED LOVE. suc: DbE— North Dakota Farmer Kilis Himseli Because His Suit Was Rejected. Grand Ferks, N. D., April 25—Joseph Kosobud, a young Walsh county farm- er, living seventeen miles southwest of Park River, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He died almost instantly. Kosobud was a young man of good habits and charac- ter. He had for some time been de- spondext over the rejection of his suit by a young woman with whom he was in love. This was the cause of his sui- cide. PRISONERS ELUDE OFFICERS. Men Who Esezped From South Da- kota Penitentiary Still at Large. Sioux Falls, S. D., April 25.—Up to last evening nothing further had been learned of the four prisoners who es- eaped from the penitentiary on the 19th inst., and the officiais of the peni- tentiary have concluded that further efforts to trail them would prove fruit- less. The bloodhounds which were placed on the track of the fugitives tracked them to a point east of Ha- warden, Iowa, where the trail was lost. ACCUSED OF BIGAMY. Prof. Noland P. Hill Will Fight Ex- tradition Procedings. Yacoma, Wash., April 25. — Noland LP. Hill, former professor in- Puget Sound university, who was arrested, ebarged with bigamy, will fight extra- dition and ask for his release under habeas corpus. Sheriff Menecke, who is here from Blair, Neb., has not yet obtained extradition papers, owing to the absence of Gov. Rogers from Olympia. He says Hill's first wife is in Blair to press the charge of bigamy._ Lutherans to Erect Church, / Balaton, Minn., April 25.—At a mass meeting of the German Lutherans here they decided to erect a $3,000 chureh. Seven Hundred Out of Employment. Joliet, I1., April 25.—The rod@ mill of the local plant of the Illinois Steel company was closed down yesterday. Seven hundred men were thrown out of employment. It is rumored the en- tire plant will be shut down. Roundhouse Fire. Spearfish, S. D., April 25.—The Bur lington roundhouse in this city burned to the ground. Passenger engine No. 254 was burned, causing a total loss of about $15,000, The origin of the fire is not known. a, a CONGRESS RESUME OF THE The House. Washington, April 19.—The debate on the naval appropriation bill under the five minute rule yesterday drifted into politics and fora good portion of the afternoon members fought ham- mer and tongs across the political aisle. The partisan rancor almost culminated in a sensational scene between Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, the champion of the administration, and Mr. Williams of Mississippi. Some of the Democrats began worrying Mr. Hawley of Texas by pointedly asking if the presideut had not changed his mind on the Porto Rican tariff question, and Mr. Gros- venor finally threw himself into the breach. - Mr. Williams made an in- terruption that drew a sharp rejoinder from the Ohian about “the unfair ad- vantage” taken by the Mississippian. This aroused the wrath’ of the latter, and after Mr. Grosvenor had concluded he made a stinging response in which he said parliamentary language would not permit him properly to characterize Mr. Grosyenor’s offense. Later My. Grosvenor disclaimed intentional atf- front. and there the matter ended. Some progress was made with the bill, but most of the controverted points went over. A motion to stri from the bill the contingent fund o: for the navy department was defeated. A point of order against the appropria- tion of $350,000 for the new nayal academy at Annapolis was pending when the house adjourned. The Senate. During almost the entire session of the senate yesterday the Alaskan civil code bill was under consideration. In this cennection Mr. Stewart of Nevada delivered an address of nearly three hours upon the mining laws of the United States and their relation to the proposed amendment of Mr. Hans- brough as to the rights of alien locaters of claims. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, Mr. Carter of Montana and Mr. ‘Teller of Colorado discussed the pending amendment at length, both Mr. Nelson and Mr. Teller being particularly vig- orous in their denunciation of it. The Senate. Washington, April 20.—In accordance with the recommendation of the pres- ident in his message sent to congress Wednesday, the serate yesterday passed a joint resolution providing for the administration of civil affairs n Porto Rico, pending the appointment of officers under the Porto Rican govern- ment law recently enacted. The Alaskan civil code bill was again under consideration, the debate continuing on the Hansbrough alien miners amend- ment. Mr. Carter presented formally his substitute for the Hansbrough amendment and delivered a speech in support of it. Mr. Spooner antagonized both the original and substitute amend ments, holding that the courts ought to settle the conflicting claims without inttrference by congres : Ho ‘THe house sp. Zeucally the en tire day debating a proposition in the naval bill designed to turn over to the navy the survey and charting of the waters in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The bill carries an ap- propriation of $100,000 for this purpose. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appro- priations committee, led the fight aganst it, arguing that such surveying of these waters as should be made, should be performed by the coast and geodetic survey, which, he said, could do the work better and cheaper. In the end the house sustained his vi adopting an amendment offe . te appropriate only the 310,000 for ccenn surveys. The cha man of the committee of the whole, Mr. Payne, overruled the point of order against the appropriation for the new naval academy, but an amendment of- fered by Mr. Cannon was adopted pro- viding that before the money appropyri- ated by the bill for the academy be expended plans for the whole improve- leged forgery is not given, but it is ment, not to exceed $6,000,000, be sub- mitted and approved by the secretary of the navy. The House, Washington, April 21. — As a result of a protracted struggle in the house yesterday the provision of the naval appropriation bill to enable the secre- tary of the navy to contract for ar- mor plate for the battleships Maire, Ohio and Missouri, now awaiting their armor equipment. at $545, per ton, the price asked for Krupp armor, is out of the bill, as is the provision to repeal the $300 limitation placed upon the armor by the current law. ' The fight came at the end of the consideration of the bill. Although the provision was obnoxious to the rule, all the minority members of the committee had agreed to it, but when the majority declined to allow the discussion of a proposition for the establishment of an armor plate factory they retaliated by raising a point of order against the two pro- visions above referred to, and they were ruled out. The exact effect of the action of the house is disputed. The appropriation of $4,000,000 under the head of “armor and armament” re- mains on the bil as well as the lan- guage of the proviso authorizing the secretary of the navy to contract for armor of the best quality for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, the words stricken out being “at a cost not to ex- ceed $545 a ton, inciuding royalties.” It is contended by some that this em- powers the secretary to contract for the armor without regard to cost. By others it is claimed that the provision will be ineffective unless the senate in- serts the price. So much bad feeling was arounsed by the wrangle over the armor plate provision that Mr. Under- wood of Alabama began a filibuster after the bill was reported to the house, and finally forced an adjourn- ment without final action on the Dill. Before the armor plate question came up two amendments to modify the pro- vision for the increase of the navy. which authorizes two battleships and six cruisers, were defeated. One pro- posed to add a provision for six gun- boats and the other to strike out the provision for the battleships. The question of building ships in govern- ment yards did not reach a vote as the amendment offered to this end was ruled out on a point of order. The Senate. The senate had under consideration during the greater part of the day’s session the conference report on the Hawaiian civil government measure. Mr. Cullom made an extended explana- tion of the changes in the bill. The re- port was the subject of sharp criticism. Final action upon it was postponed un- til to-day. The Alaskan civil code bill was up for a brief time, Mr. Bate of Tennessee delivering a speech in oppo- sition to the pending Hansbrough amendment relating to the rights of alien miners. Mr. Foraker of Ohio pronounced an eulogy upon the late Lorenzo Danford, a_ representative from Ohio, and the senate adopted res- olutions expressive of its sorrow. The House. Washington, April 23.—The animated controversy over the naval appropria- tion bill, which began Friday, was re- sumed Saturday, and after a brief con- sideration this important Dill was passed. Mr. Underwood of Alabama, whose filibuster had brought affairs to a temporary standstill, explained there was no purpose to delay, only to in- rsist that time be given for considera- tion and that a vote be taken on the government armor factory proposition. Mr. Vandiver submitted this proposi- tion in a motion to recommit the bill with instructions to the naval commit- tee to frame a provision for a govern- ment factory. ‘The instructions were ruled out and subsequently the mo- tion to recommit was disagreed to without division. The bill was there- upon passed without a_ record yote. The bill provides for two battleships, three armored cruisers and three pro- tected cruisers. The $545 figure on the armor is striéken out. At 1 p. m. the house devoted itself to eulogies on the late Representative Settle of Ken- tucky. The Senate. Without the formality of a vote the senate adopted a resolution directing the secretary of war to inform the sen- ate whether any officer of the army who is now or has been on duty in Cuba or Porto Rico since the dee- laration of war against Spain has re- ceived any compensation for services other than his regular pay as an army officer, and to give the facts in regard to expenditures alleged to be extr: gant in fitting up the governor’s palace and government offices at Havana. The Senate. Washington, April 24—Senator Chan- dler, from the senate committee on privileges and elections, yesterday sub- mitted to the senate the report of that committee in the case of Senator Clarix of Montana. The report is compara- tively brief, covering only about fif- teen pages of printed matter. It does not rehearse the testimony, but simply presents the findings of the committee and the reasons for its course. The finding of the committee is stated as follo “The tinding of the committee is that the election to the senate of William A. Clark of Montana is null and void on account of briberies, attempted trthenes ££d corrupt practices by his agents, and of violation of the laws of Montana defining _¢pd punishing crimes against the elective franchise.” In view of this finding the :ommittse reports and unanimousiy recommends the adoption by the senate of the fol, lowing resolution: ~ was not duly and legally clected to a seat in the senate of the ited States oy the legislature of the State of Mon- wana.” | . The report concludes with a strong recommendation for an early consid- eration of the case. A two days’ debate on the right of fon. M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania to a seat as senator was begun immediate- ly after the senate assembied yester- day. The debate was desultory in ‘vactei, Ue-fay at 4 p. m., under ay c special order, the case is to be disposed of. <A direct yote upon the proposition co seat Mr. Quay may not be taken immediately after the close of the de- has a bate. Mr. Chandler pending to seat Mr. held by the senate un that any subsidiary motion precedence over Mr. Chandler’s mo- tion. These include motions to indefi- nitely postpone, to postpone to a defi- nite dato, to recemmit to the commit- tee to amcid. In support of Mr. Quays right to a seat speeches were deliv- ered by Mr. Chandler of New Hamp- shire, Mr. Kenney of Delaware. Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania, Mr. Platt of Connecticut and Mr. Quarles of Wis- consin delivered speeches in opposi- tion to Mr. Quay. The House. The house entered upon considera- tion of the postoftice appropriation bill and the general debate which closed with the adjournment yesterday after- noon was devoted largely to discussion of pertinent matters. The minority of the committee dissented from the pro- visions in the bill relating to the exten- sion of the pneumatic tube service, special fast mail facilities and the cost of railroad transportation, and these were the main subjects of contention. RELIEVED ADMIRAL WATSON. Admiral Remey Now in Conimand of the Asiatic Station. Washington, April 25.—According to cable advices to the navy department Rear Admiral. George C. Remey as- sumed formal command of the Asiatic station at Yokohama last Friday. He hoisted his flag on the Brooklyn and relieved Rear Admiral Watson of the command of the naval forces on the Asiatic station. It is assumed that in accordance with the orders of the de- partment, Rear Admiral Louis Kempf assumed command of the second di- vision of the Asiatic squadron at the same time. He will use the cruiser Newark as his flagship and will con- fine his operations to Chinese waters. PRESIPENT WANTS YOUNG BLOOD.» Men Under Forty Favored for Im- portant Colonial Mi Paterson, N. J., April 25. that President McKinley, in a conyer- sation here, expressed himself in favor of the selection of young men for places. of responsibility in Porto Rico and the Philippines, recognizing that elderly men would not be able to easily adapt themselves to new conditions, and would not be able to give long ser- vice after they had acquired exper!-— ence. It is said that the president ex- pressed himself in favor of men under forty for the missions, 1 #Resol¥éd, That William A. cian Fn ee A nee capper reat