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' SENATE FOB A PfifiE CUBA= Resolutions Passed According Belligerent Rigrhts to the Patriots. WEYLER DENOUNCEDASADEMON By a Vols of 04 to 6 ? Measure Is Adopted Declaring; That We Should Accord to the Cubans Who Are Straggling loi Liberty the Rights of Belligerents? Elcqaeut Speeches by Senators. WASfciNGToy, D. 0., February 29.?By the ' decisive vote of 64 yeas to 6 nays the Senate adopted concurrent resolutions expressing the opinion that a condition of public war exists between Spain and Cuba; that the United States should maintain neutrality between the contending Powers and request, ing the President to use the good ofllces ol the United States in recommending to the favorable consideration of the Spanish Government the recognition of the Independence * of Cuba. Before tho Senate met the Foreign Relations Committee held a meeting, and deelded, after some debate, that it would n?t aocept tho resolution of the House Committee, but would cling to tho ono offered by Senator Morgan, of Alabama, which is looked upon as even stronger than any yet seriously considered adding to it the resolution of Mr. Cameron (liep.. P?nn.), declaring tor the independence of the Cuban Republic. It was also decided that the resolution should remain u concurrent one instead of bein? ?hanged to a joint resolution. As agreed upon tho resolution reads as follows: Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That, in tbe opinion of Congress, a condition of public war exists between the Government of Spain and the Government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arm3 by tho people of Caba; and that tho United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between tho contending Powers,aooording to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States. Resolved, "farther, That the friendly offices of the Unlded States should be offered by the President to the Spaulsh Government for the recognition of the* independence of Cuba. Soon after the San ate met, on motion of Mr. Sherman, the business of the morning hour was dispensed with, and the resolution was taken up. Mr. Lindsay (Dem.., Ky.) was the first to address the Senate. He said that wtir was twrtnc carried on at the very doors of the United States beLweon tho people of Cuba and the Spanish Government and it would result either la the Independence of Cuba or In the utter destruction of her people. Expressions of sympathy would avail nothing to the Cuban insurrectionists. The United States had tho riarht to demand that Spain should givo to Caba somo sort of respectable government, some sort of protection, some sort of liberty, that would oommend itself to the enlightened civilization of the age. Spain owed to Cuba as much as Turkey owed to Armenia, as much as the United 8tates owed to Venezuela. If Spain did not pay the obligations resting on her, then the time had come tor step3 to be initiated; and they could be properly initiated only by the Government of the United States. Overtures should be ma le to Spain for the sale of the island to the Cubans, the United States to guarantee the payment of the sum agreed upon. ttfr. Sherman (Rep., Ohio) said that he did not disguise from mmseir tne aangor and possibility of hostile movements following the action of Congress. Spain was a sensitive, proud, and gallant Nation, and would not submit to what she considered an injustice. At the same time his convictions were strong?made stronger every day ?that the condition of affairs in Cuba whs such that the intervention of the United States must be given, sooner or later, to put an end to crimes almost beyond description. He sent to the Clerk's desk and had read extracts from a Spanish book, printed In a New York newspaper, melting hQrrlble cruelties charged against Weyler, some of the incidents being so bad that he directed the Clerk to omit them. He Bpoke of these doeds as barbarous atrocities and as inhuman orueltles, audsatd that Weyler was a demon rather than a General. He denounced the idea of putting such a man in oommand of a hundred thousand troops to ride rough shod, kill and slaughter a feeble body of people; and he declared, in the most solemn terms, that If this kind of policy is pursued by Spain In Cuna, and if tho people or the United States be informed of it, there is no earthly power that will prevent the people of the United States from goln;< over to that islan d,running all ovtfr its length and brea< itb, and driving out from it thos? robbers and imitators of tho worst men that ever lived in the world. [Applause from crowdsinthegallHry.j "II. air. snerman continued, -weyior carries out his projected plan, there is not n country in this hemisphere which will not contribute to put an end to this violence. It has lasted Ion* enough. That people ought to be allowed, in their own way, to form their own Government, to be as free as we are. Whatever." Mr. 8herman concluded, "may be the result of the adoption of this mens ure, I deilro to take my share of the responsibility for it. And, with a confidence in the judgment of the Almighty Ruler of the universe, Ibal ove it will be wise if we oan assist, and if all the other Nations of America will concur, in giving to the people of Cuba the same liberties which we now enjoy." [Applanse.] Mr. Caffery (Dem., La.) argued that Spain ;:.ust b-? reatea as belonging to the family of civilized Nations, au'l that there was not a scintilla of evidence to show such a state of affairs as would justify a recognition either of Cuban belligerency or independence. Congress had no power to make a recognition of Cuban belligerency or independence, and, it it had the Dower, the facts did not iustifv such recognition. Oilier speeches favoring the Cubaas were made by Senators Gallinger, Lodge, Frye. Allen, Hill, Gray, White, Vest, Pasco, ana CalL The vote was then taken, ani the result was the adoption of the concurrent resolution by a vote of to 6, as follows: Yeas?Messrs. Allen, Allisoi, Bacon, Baker, Bate, liorry, Brown, Burrows, Butler, Call, Cameron, Cannon, Carter, Chandler. Clark, Cockrell, Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Dubois. Elkins. Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gear. Gibson. Gorman, Gray, Hawley, Bill, Irby, Jones (Ark.) Jcna3 (Nev.) Kyle, Lindsny, Lodge, McBride, McMillan, Mantle. Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Ore.). Morgan, Nelson, Pasco, Puffer, Perkins, Pritehard, Proctor, Quay, Roach. Sherman, Shoup, Smith. Squire, Stewart. Teller, Thurston, Turpic, Vest. Walthall, Warren, White and Wilson?CI. Nays?M^rs. CafTor/, Chilton, George Hale, Morrill and Wetmorc?6. A Mur;lcrer'a Awiul Worlt. John Mr.ckin. a young man, shot and instantly killed his wile, Lizzie, and her mother, Bridget Connors, and perhaps mor?nil?r nr/.tiiirlofl TVrnrHs PomiorB his fnfhor.in. law, in Jersey Cily. N. J. Ho was enraged beeausn lie ha I beeu ex-ludedfrom his wife's parents' home and was not allowed to &eehls two young children. Resubmission Killed in Iowa. Th House at D-\s Moines, Iowa, has killed tao resubmission oI the Prohibitory Amendrr.' nt by defeating '.he resolution aud tabling a tno.iuii l<> rtcoEsider. Tlja Lilian* World. Bricklayers are on sirike in Cincinnati. Upholsterers went on striken Chicago. Rusinnss is trood for members of the Mill Wrights' Unions. * Machinists and molders continue on striko In Easton, P -nn. A big striko of building tra-iea' unions occurred in Buffaio. United Garment Workers have 123 unions in New York City. Union upholsterers were requested to kecj awa> from Chicago. A genera) strike of union clothiDg cutter* In Chicago took place. Granite cutters ar? preparing to demand an eight-hour work day. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Item*. Last w'ps liiO applications for patents wei-f received. the lnrgest in the history of the Patent Office in any single week, indicatinar a renewal of business prosperity. Tho Agricultural Appropriation bill was passed by the Senate. A telegram to tho Navy Department announces that tho Alert sailed from Acapulco, Mexico, or Corinto. Nicaragua, to give protection to American interests in the event of any serious outbreak following the incipient row at Leon. Tho House Committee oil Merchant Ma rine wnd Fisheries has authorized a favorable report on a bill providing that no v?3sel shall be considered a vessel of the United Slates and entitled to tho privileges appertaining to suoh if all its officers are not citizens of tho United States. Chief engineers and assistant engineers are included in this provjslon. Commissioner of Pensions Lochran bos informed Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood that her appeal from the action of tho Pension Office in requirinR her to refund $25 in a certain claim has besn allowed, and that the money will be returnud to her. A '.?ill authorizing increase of the enlisted force of til" Navy was passed unanimously by the Senate. The Yenpzuelan Boundary Commission met and began consideration of the merits of tho dispute. Thomas P. Morgan ex-Commissionor of the District of Columbia, died a few days ago at his residence in Washington. Attorney-General Harmon submitted to Postmasier-Genera! Wilson a decision to the effect that the numerous bond and investment schemes conducted throughout the country are lotteries, and not entitled to the privileges of the mails. The Grain Committeo of the Produce Exchange presented arguments to Congress to show that New York has lost her position as the leading corn mart through unjust differential rates. The President approved the Urgent Deficiency bill; the actamendingthe act for the relief and civililization of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; joint resolution extending the public printing act to include mono Krapns. Duiieuns ana reports 01 me weoioxical Sarvey. Roar-Admiral Chnrlcs C. Carpenter and Medical Director Philip S. Wales, ex-SurgeonGeneral of the Navy, each celebrated his sixty-fourth birth 'ay by retiring from active setvice on account of ago. Domestic. Archbishop Peter Richard Kendrick died in St. Louis. Mo. The Lynch faction in Mississippi bolted the regular Republican Convention. T. Picrpont Morgan, of New York City, obtained absolute coutrol of the bankrupt Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In an address in Now York City before a Grand Army post Rear Admiral Meade, U. S. N. (retired), uttered a warning against British encroachments in tho Caribbean Sea. Tillio Strauss, of New York City, was blown from the platform of a train on the Susquehanna and Western Railroad down a thirty-foot embankment, and cscapod with slight Injuries. A lire at Johnstown, Penn., consumed many business house?, and the entlro business portion of the town was threatened. Loss probably will reach $200,000, Mrs. Lillie Raymond, <-lothier, agod twentyfive years, formerly of New York" City, was found frozen to death at Porter's Corners, N. Y. At Richmond, Va., tho ill feeling between Senators Flood and Flanungen culminated in an altercation in which Flood struck F annacen ovor tho huad with a stick, Inflicting a severe wound and rendering him insensible for somo time. The affair hap peneu in the Sonata chamber. Theodore Huight, aged fourteen, of Astoria, N. Y., accidentally discharged a rifle and killed his younger brother, Fletoher. .Much damage tms beeo inflicted along the Hudson ia New York by the ice gorge. A gasoline tank in the engine department of the Raolno Harlware Company, at Western Union Junction, Wis., exploded. F<re followed the explosion, and the works were damaged to the extent of $150,000. Five men were fatally burned. Mrs. Rose, wife of a drummer in the West Point (N. Y.) band, saved her daughters from being burned to death at the cost of her own life. Frank Bates, of Stanford Station, Conn., shot and killed himself in a busy street in Bridgeport Miss Elizabeth Lindsay, seventy yoara old, of Stratford, Conn., killed herself in an eye and ear hospital in Now York City by jumping over tho banisters on the ilfth floor and falling to tho second floor. Fire destroyed the six-story brick piano factory of Andrew Stolz and Fred Bauer, in New York City. Loss about 3100,0 0. Charles Carleton Coffin, who was widely lf?^n\rn In Itfurorir unH nrvlifinil ?tirrtlno HiaH sud !only of ai'oploxy in his home ii\ Brookline, Mass. Ho was seventv-two years old. A wheat elevator containing 700,000 bushels of grain was burned at Minneapolis, Minn. A cold wave caused the floods in Now Yoi'k and New England to recede; many mills were shut down owint? to the high water in the latter section. One of the severest snow aud windstorms of recent years visited New York City; eicrht inches of snow fell. Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter, Republican, has withdrawn from" the Senatorial race before the Kentucky Legislature, in a letter whioh was read before the roll call of the joint session. Crazed by liquor, Michael Kracmer, shot an i killed his mother, Mrs. Margaret Kraemer, and then committed suicide, at his home in Long Island City, V. Y. The Bank of Belle Plain, Kan., a private institution with a capital stock of $20,000, faile.t to open its doore. 'aspar Hadlen. a German farm hand, *tabbei and killeJ Miss Louise Trebbe in South Man -heater, Conn., because she would not nmrry him. The liev. Allen Thompson died at Bordentown, N. J.. az? 1 '00 yeats. He was bora in Burlington Couuty on M iy 21,179!5. f. M. Pillshury, th?> American chess champion, was one of the passengers on the s' tamer New York, which stranded in New Xoric Harbor. H? was on his way from the recent tournament at St. Petersburg, where he failed to holil thi rank he had previously won among the Europeau experts. Frederick W. Dunton, a nephew of Austin Corbiu, was arrest e 1 In New York City on a chargeot fraudulently obtaining nearly $10,000 on promissory notes. A ma i Newfoundland dog bit nine boys on the east sido of New York City. A'freds. Seer, a theatrical printer, eommitie i suicide in his office in New York City. S x thousan 1 garment-workers struck in Baltimore, Md., and 20,000 persons wore forced into idleness. A conference of Republicans and Populists in Alabama passed resolutions looking to fusion. Voreltrn Notes. Emperor William visited Count Lanza di Busea, the italiau Ambassador to Germany, and requested him to convey to Kin;,* Humbert an expression of his "sympathy with Italy over her reverses in Africa. Nicara^u^ and Costa Rica arc settling tli< ir boundary dispute on lines laid down by President Cleveland. A motion protesting against Federal interfererieeiri the school question was earned in tH'.j Aiaaito'na Legislature by au overwhelming majority. The sLory thnt Nanscn reached the North Pole was reiterated hy a Russian merchant writing from Ust i'ausk. /' A general engagement has occurred" near Mateares. Nicaragua. The loss was'heavy on both ?ldos. The rebel troops worn defeated by the Government forces, who are J fully armed and equipped and are very enthusiastic. % Admiral Albnvht von Stoseii died at Oestrich. Wiesbaden. He was born in 1^13. During the Franco-Prussian War he wa Superintendent-General of tho Commissary Department in the German army in France. Tho port of Cabauas. forty', miles west o TTh vnnti wliii-h hul l.?on h l<l Im Pitch Delgado'.s insurgent forces for a wnuk or more, w.is bombarded and laid in ruins bv the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. [BILK GMT MM ! Humbert's Army Routed in Aby sinia With Heavy Losses, ROMAN POPULACE INCENSE! Troop# Under General Baratierl DiIti Back and Surroanded?Thoasam Were Killfed? AU tlie Artillery ai Provision# Captured?Cri?pl'g Cabin Offered to Resign. Bome, Italy, March 4.?The disaster whii has jest befallen the Itallnn arms at Adi Cor Adowa) is the most serious suffered 1 any civilized army la recent years. T1 latest despatches say that the Italian loss in killed alone exceed 3000. The Abyssinians captured sixty guns, mo than half the Italian artillery, and all tl KINO HUMBERT OF ITALY. provisions and ammunition. The detai are meagre, but all the information at har gives a gloomy view of the plight of tl Italian foroes. The telegrams from the seat of war si that opinion Is divided as to whether Ge; eral Barateri was led to make this despera attack upon Etng Menolek's army by a d sire to retrieve his reputation before the a rival of his successor or by the direct orde of Premier Crispi, who wished to be able 1 go before the Chamber with news of a vi tory. Whatever induoed the ill-starred cor mander to risk al.nost certain defeat, the r< suit was little short of the annihilation i his army. One despatch say3 the troops were lll-fe before they went Into battle, and were parti subsisting upon mules which had died < hunger. In fact, the commissariat of tt armv was In anawul condition. Despatch) from various points of Italy described tl whnianmintreas Hncrrv and Danlo-striokej Troops are nndor arms in many places I prevent uprisings. Sine Humbert hastened back to Bon from Naples. As soon as he arrived 81gn< Onspl presented the resignation of the Cab net. ITie King declined to accept it. 8ign< Crispl. accordingly, decided to go belore tt Chamber and ask lor a vote of confident before deciding upon his course. Meantime the Government is etrainir every nerve to prepare and hurry forwai large re-enforcements. The actual nuc ber of men in General Baratieri's commani according to the official figures, was 28,8! Infantry, including 7300 natives, and 18! artillery, with 70 guns. The troops ( route number 15,460 infantry, 990 artlllei 3, V SPAIN'S ONLY FIR8T-OLAE and 36 guns. Inoludlng the troops In ga rison, the Italian force will then exceed 6; 000. ITALVSJtEVERSES. I'hla la the Third DMeat tVhloh the Abyi alnlana Have Inflicted. This la the third severe defeat that tl i Abyssinian* have inflicted upon the Itallm since the latter attempted to extend the power In the domain of Kin? Menelel About three months ago five companies Italian troops, under command of Maj< Tosselll, were surprised and surrounded I a foroe of 25,000 Abysslnlaos. The Italian made a desperate resistance, and fougl until their ammunition was exhauste; when the Abysslnians oharged upc them and massacred nearly the whole fore Fourteen Italian officers and over 700 mf w?rfl killed. Onlv a small number of tl Italians succeeded" In breaking through ti beleaguering lines and making th?ir escap to Makalle. Subsequently the Abyssii ians besieged Mukalie, and, after pra tically reducing it, alb wed the garrisr to evacuate the place and retreat wit their arms and baggage. This was the sei ond great reverse for Italy. Afterwai several minor engagements were fougl witii varying success until the forces of Kin Menelek Inflicted another and worse defc: upon the oombinei forces of the Italian Iu a recent report sent by General Baralle to the Government the Italian command* said that the Abyssinian Ras or GeDera Makonnen, had at his disposal 20,000 goc soldiers well armed wltli second-hac rifles originally used in Europ H? had also a certain number i guns with some European artillerymen. 1 oppose these at the time the report was mai General Baratierl bad 80,000 men, 18. I whites and 12,000 natives, at his immedla | disposal, but since that time he has receiv< largo reinforcements from Italy. Throug out the campaign there has been muoh bitt 'cselingin Italy against France, which h jeca accused of aiding the Abyssinlaus. DANBURY'S BICGEST FIRE. .'teen Buildings Humect anil Many Fain lies Made Homeless. The most disastrous flra in the history < ):inbury, Conn., started at 8 o'clock a. m. Clwari S. Park's iur-cuttiu.!? taotory c .Maiden lane. A furious sale prevailed. B fore the lire was subdued, fifteen buililin had bsen destroyod aud others made valu le?s. The fire was caused by the explosion of tank of naphtha from au unknown caus The factory was a three-story structure wood, arid most of tlr; building n<j;ir it v,*i; > ill woo !. Tim flatn is spread with arc.i rapidity. Aid was summoned from tstth and iv'v; Mliford. Frank E. Eastwood, forly. a llremau, w; caught under the roar wall of the Meek liuildlns wfton it fell, aad was probab latally injured. Captain Fred Hoyt, of Hoso Company N 2, was also badly injured, but wiltreeove Mrs. Sadie Carpenter, a colored woma about forty-five years of age, became frigt wncdwhentho flames began to approach t house in which she livod. on Mapie avenu and jumped from a second-story wicdo She broke both lugs below the knee and h thigh. Five horses in Weed's livery stable we burnod to death, aud several wagons we destroyed. The total loss to buildings and tenants estimated at $150,000. The total insurau is about $75,000. 1 CLEVELAND ON HOME MISSIONS. "' The President Pre?Ide? at a Pre?byte*l?o Mam Meeting In Netr York. Grover Cleveland, President of the United >* States, presided at the Presbyterian "Home Mission Bally" meeting, at Carnegie Musio Hall, New York City. It was a grand gathering of more than 4000 persons, which waa . organized under the auspices of the New J, York Presbytery. The vast throng cheered the President again and again during the deliverance of his address. The President reached Carnegie Hall at Jn 7.45 o'clock p.m. and was received by the ds Committee of Arrangements, and ushered d upon thestatje. He was greeted with oheere, which lasted nearly Ave minutes. The platet form was crowded. The hall was one dense mass of humanity. As Dr. John Hatl and Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage took their seats on ,u the stago the audience yelfed wildly. The President j/reeted both. Dr. John Hall ia tha nt fVin f!h(nf 'Rrnflutive; sni uu mo **su? v. v.... , )y Dr. Talmace on the left. Dr. Hall onened he the big meeting and introduced Mr. Cieve.'and. To long continued applause and 1 cheers President Cleveland arose and made an earnest plea for aid for the cause of the re Presbyterian Home Missions. He alluded to lje his Presbyterian training, and how Preshy_ terianism had been instilled into him by his father. As President Cleveland finished wave after wave of applause swept over the house and did not oease until he arose and Introduced the Rov. Dr. Willla-n C. Roborts, Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, who offered up a prayer. Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage then snoko for an hour and three-quarters. Professor Booker T. Washington, the famous colored orator, reoeived a grand ovation from the crowd. He recited pathetically the story of his own life. He was eloquent throughout, and more than once did President Cleveland clap hi? han'is after some especially interesting outburst of rhetoric. Professor Washington devoted his words to the Christian reformation of tho South and urged the I need of Christian missionaries among his J own people. The audience sanpr "My Country 'Tis of Thee." and benediction was pronounced by the Rov. Dr. D. J. McMillan. . - *- 1 J. UU v TD6 ?Tes\<ienr sqook anuus wnu u<?ui; I every one of the SOD' persons who occupied s3nts on the platform. After he had closed the meeting with a few words of thanks for the Christian sympathy shown by thoso present, he was couducled to his carriage. It is estimated that nearly $300,000 was subscribed during the meeting. k AID OFFERED TO SPAIN. 'd Her People Determined to Keep Cuba at ie Any Cost. The Spanish Government has received a ty number of offers of pecuniary and other nld in the event of a war with the United States e? growing out of the attitude of the latter on r- the Cuban question. The peoole appsaf to re be determined to uphold the Government in to Its intention to keep Cuba a Spanish colony, c- no matter at what cost. a- The Cabinet is greatly encouraged by the 8. attitude of the Continental press, which, of generally speaking, expresses much sympathv with 8pain. In Spain itself, however, id the.support of the Government is duo to |y pure patriotism. Among the offers of assistjf ance the Government has received is one ie from the Spanish Transatlantic Company, >3 -which has offered to place its entire fleet of io ?teamHhips at the disposal of the Govarna. ment, making no conditions whatever. The to offor lit* been accepted, and eight of the steamers will be armed with nine to twelve )e centimetre guns. >r - J- STRENGTH OF THE NAVIES. 10 Spain Can Boast ot Only One Firit-Clais 70 Bnttleahtp, the Pelayo. iff Spain has but one flrst-clas3 battleship, :d tbe Pelayo. Tho United States has two battleships in [() commission, and will be able to Bond Ave 35 more battleships oat to sea witnw tne present >n yer.r. y Spain bos thirteen armored fighting ships is BATTLESHIP, THE PELATO. ,r- of />ne kind and another, carrying a total of 315gtins. The United States has also thirteen armored fighting ships, earrying a total of 200 guns. According to naval experts, the new ships of the American navy are superior to those of .any other?Power on the glob*. Of unarmoreil vessels, Spain has 118 and ie th'' United States has 38. as The comparative strength of the American jr and Spanish navies Is shown by the foliow? lng table: 0f United 3r Spain. States. ,y Armored s.tips 13 13 da Unarmorsd ships 118 36 ^ Dispatch vessels 2 1 j Tralnlngand other ships.. 7 85 Torpedo boats, No. 1 G9 8 e> Torpedo boats, No. 2 70 1 ,n Total guns 935 1,255 10 Total ships 333 130 l0 Officers 1,782 2,80fl )0 Seamen 15,560 12,201 a. Marines 10,026 6,100 c. Total activo list 2',308 21,161 >n Three of the Spanish unarmored fighting :h slilps have already sunk of their own accord c- 1n Cuban waters. They are the Bsina d Regonte, wrecked in March, 1895; the Sanlt chtz Barcaizte/mi, wrecked In September, ig 1895. and the Cristobal Colon, wreoked in it uciODer, ioso. 9. MET DEATH IN THE FLAMES. sr J, Lives Lost in a Burninj Ap.trtmont Honso >d in Ctica. e_ Tho Gonesee apartment house, In Genesee of slrest, Utiea, N. Y.f w;i9 burned and several 0 lives were lost. qq Mrs. Hugh Hughe3 fell to the walk while to escaping and died soon afterward. Mrs. jci John Wood, a niece of the late Governor h- Saymour, her 'laughter Mary, flfteon years of er a?<\ and Noble Hopkins, sixty-five years of as aje, wore also burned to deato. It was also I believed that two persons who were uncon' ?-iou3 in tho hall when somo of tho Inmates (!-.caped went down in the ruin9. aud that IWD servants were also burned to death. ii- Tho building was seven stories high, with tea flats on each floor. About sixty of the . flats were occupied, aud there wero probably _ three hundred people in the building, in ' The teuants who wero first alarmed es,n | chped by the st.iirs. but the flames soon cut _ J off this means of egres?. By the fire escapes " I in the rear many sjot to the ground, several being severely burned. When this mode of e" escape was also cut oil more than forty lunauts remained in the building. Tho lad;i der? and aeriul truck proved inadequate, ie; ; and tho tenants were lowere.l from the liftb, n' ' s;:;rh and seventh floors by means of bed; clnlhef. "I .r. .... ?1.1 Irtat linr " i JirA xill ^uws, au Viu UWIU IU, el | on tins rop.i at the !lfth floor and was diislm.l to dentil. James Pjttor jumpoJ from the 13 second floor aud broko his log. and maay other minor injuries are reported. 'y The buildins: was the largest of its kind in Uiica. It oost about 6129,000 aud was in?* sured for $90,000. The total loss, it is said, ,r* will bo close to SoOO.O1 0. n, , |^0 Crop Loss In Argentine. Recent advices from the Argentine Rcpublic, received by the Bureau of the American Republics, indicate that owing to a sucre cession of rain3 the wheat crop has been ro materially damaged, and the yield will fall below that of last year. The maize crop jg promises to be bountiful. The linseed has O0 suffered severely uud the quality is reported to be inferior. A very large portion of the crop is lost. HOUSE AClTDil AS TO CDBA, Quick Passage of the Resolutions Re- < ported by Its Own Committee. J DECLARE 'FOR BELLIGERENCY, They Also Agae That the Cabana Deserve Freedom and Fveatnally Mast Be Freed?An Apology Kecelred From Spain? Frompt Dlmoiral of the Bar celona Outrage?Offer* Separation. Washington, D. C., March 8.?Interest in the complications threatening to arise between Spain and this country oentered In the action of the House of Bepresentatives on the concurrent resolutions before it recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cuban insurgents and suggesting ultimate tnterven* tlon on the part of this Government Ja uuoa to protect American Interests there. The voice of the House in favor of recognizing 1 Cuban belligerency and suggesting friendly interrention on the part of the United 8tatea was almost unanimous. By a vote of 263 ^ It OMA9 ESTRADA PALHA. ' (Minister P^onipotentiarv of the RepuUio ol . Cuba.) J yeas to 17 nays It adopted, after a spirited j debate, a substitute for the Cuban resolu- : tions which passed the Senate the week be- ; fore. The resolutions are as follows: "Reso Ived by the House of Representatives . (the Senate concurring), That in the opluion of Congress a state of public war exists in Cuba, the parties to which are entitled to ' belligerent rights, and the United States should observe a strict neutrality between the belligerents. s "Resolved. That Congress deplores the de- * structlon of lifo and propurty oaused by the ' war now waging in that island, and, be- ? lleving that tho only permanent solution of the contest, equally in the interest of Spain, the people of Cuba, and other Nations, would be in 1 he establishment of a government by the choice of the people of Caba, it is the f sense of Congress that the Government of OiniAR xVahM Itfld l?a 1?AA^ IUO UUllCU DIULVO DUUUIU uoo Ikj oes and friendly influence to that end. "Resolved, That the United States has not C intervennd in struggles between any European Governments and their oolonies on this continent; but from the very close relations between the people of the United 8tates and those of Cuba, in consequence of Its proximity and the extont of the commerce between the two peoples, the present war is entailing such losses upon the people of the (Jnited States that Congress is of opinion that the Government of the United States shoald be prepared to protect the legitimate interests of our citizens by intervention, if necessary." The temper of the House was clearly shown by the general tone of the debate and by the action taken, when, amidst a scene of great excitement, the Honse suspended its rules by a vote of 175 to 19 and gave Immediate consideration to the resolutions presented by Chairman Hitt, of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. After a debate nominally limited to seventy minutes, but. on account of extensions of time to several speakers, lasting about two hours, the resolutions were adopted by a vote of 2G3 to 17. Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Atwood, (Mass.,) Boutelle, ("Maine,) Gillett. (Mass.,/ Hrout, (Vt.,) MoCall, (Mass.,) Moody, (Mass.,) Bimpkins, (Mass..) Walker. (Va.,) and Wright. (Mass..) Republicans; ana Messrs. Black, (Go.,) Cobb. (Ala.,) Culberson, (Texas.) Elliott, (8. C..) Harrison, (Ala.,) Russell, (Ga.,) Tuciter, (Va.,) and Turner, (Ga.,) Democrats. Tbe resolutions were then sent to the 8en- < ate. where they were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. They are now so nearly like in phraseology those passed by the Senate that it was not thought that ] there would be any conflict between the two - Houses with regard to them. SPAIN PROMISES REPARATION; She Expresses Deep Regret for the Auaalt I 011 Oar Consulate at Barcelona. 1 Washington, D. C.t March 8.?The Span- j ish Government has promptly disavowed any responsibility for the assault on the United . 8tates consulate at Baroelona, and, In addi- . tion to expressing deep regret over the occurrenee. has offered to make complete repa- ( ration. This information reached the State , Department in a cable message from Mr. ( Hannis Taylor, Minister of the United States , at Madrid. Secretary Olney laid the dcs- . patch before President Cleveland, and on his return from the White House to the Depart- ( meut he gave It to the press. The despatch . follows: 'Minister of State has just called to express deep regret that mob has Insulted Barcelona consulate, breaking windows, and offered complete reparation. He informed me that the Government on its own motion nas taken ' every precaution to guard legation and my < residence. I have asked no protection." 1 Prior to the receipt of the despatch mes- i sages reporting the assault of the Barcelona I oon-ulate had been received from both Min- < ister Taylor and Mr. Herbert Bowen, the ' Consul at Barcelona. SenorDepuy de Lome, < the Spanish Minister, also was Informed of 1 the news, and he waived ceremony and i called on Secretary OJney at his residence to ' express, in advance of instructions, the re- < grot of his Government over the occurrence. An authoritative denial was given to tha report that Spain had demanded that the United Slates Government disavow the action of the Senate in adopting the Cuban res- ' ol.ulion. It is said that no such aotion has < been intimated to this Government. < The Stanford Estate Wins. Justice Harlan in the Supreme Court ot the United States at Washington announced ( the decision of the Court in the case of the United States against Jane L. Stanford, { executrix cf the estate of the late 8enator q Leland Stanford, of California, In favor e of the exefctitrix. This was a suit J brought in Ihe United States courts in California to recover something something over $15,000,000. Mr. Stanford's proportion as a stockholder of the Central Pacifl'' Railroad Company of tho allege I * liability of tho corporation to the United s Scat03 for bonds advanced to it bv the Gov- t ernnwit. The decision in tne courts was i ntso against the United States. < Out of tlio Common Kan. One-eighth of the entire population of t Great Britain live within the limits of London. j The Calumet and Hecla mines. Michigan, produced 75.00 ',000 pouuds of copper in 1835. A Covington (Ky.) woman mates a handsorno living by raising Angora cats for the market. Dundee proposes to turn its college intc a university. That will make Ave universities in Scotland alone. Arizona is beginning to put on the frills oi civilization. The first passenger elevator in the Territory is being pat in a new block of J buildings at Phoeniz. / 1 w ' to? * SPAIN'S QUEEN RECENT WRITE& in Anthorlxed Letter to the New Tork Journal Expressing Her Views* The following cable message from the Jueen Eegent of Spain to the New York lournal la the most interacting as well as he most authoritative utterance that has yet some from the Spanish side on the great [uestlon of Cuban freedom: queen regent op 8paix. Madbid, March 2. [Tio President of the Couaoil of Ministers to Hearst, Editor Journal, New York: The Oonstitntion of Spain provides that he Sovereign shall not int?rvena in politics ixoept through the responsible Ministers. Under the clrcumstauoes Her Mtijesty, the Jueen Baj?ent, has ordered that I, beins thf? ihlef of the Government, shall make answer o the despatch of the editor oi the New York Fournal. Nothing has transpired in Madrid against he United 8tates, for those who took p:irt in he demonstrations did not in auy manner rass through the doors of the two buildings ?ver whloh the fla? of the Ualtod 8tates loats, nor did they utter other cries than hat of "Viva Spain!" The Americai consulate in Barcelona is inder military guard. It is not known from whence the stone rhich broke a window was thrown?an inJgniflcant act. Yet it would be impossible to deny that he sentiment of disgust iu Spain to-day 13 inanimoU3 and exceedingly deep-seated, as ndeed it has not been felt since the beginling of the century. It is based on the proposal to recognize he belligerency or a few insurrectionists, vho do not fixedly possess a single foot of he ample territory of the Island of Cuba; lor have other communication with the sew han deserted shores, where, during the nigh' 1 hey disembark their contraband article lor dare to attack any town of importance, lor auoept formal battle; nor do anything nore than Are estates and burn small settleaents and assassinate Spaniards. Joined to the disgust which this propo3ilon has excited is chat of seeing the truth 0 notoriously disowned, as was shown in reent debates. Nothing 13 easier to prove than that the Ipanish army scrupulously respects the ights of the wounded and of prisoners, and onducts war a3 humanely as war has evtfr leen conducted in America or Europe. AN AMAZING NAVAL BILL !n(1ani'i Great Armada for TVblch th t Expanses Will Be 870,000,000. The speech of the Bight Hon. Georgo H. tosohen, First Lord of the Admiralty, In the Sritish Hoass of Commons revealed a naval irogramme of remarkable magnitude; alhough eight battleships, twentv-one raisers and forty torpedo boats are now mder construction, Ave new battleships, hlrteen cruisers of three classes and twentyil?ht torpedo boats are to be added to the lavy. All these torpedo boats are destroy>rs designed for overhauling and sinking orlinary torpedo craft. This Increase 1s slccilfloant, since the Qerman navy, while itrong in torpedo craft, has few torpedo >oat destroyers. The new battleships, while nferior In displacement to the largest In the Jerman navy, will be superior In speed, one esson taught by the Chlno-Japanese war lavlnc: be-in well learned. The naval programme Involves new dooks it Gibraltar and elsewhere, vast expendiures for ordnance and a large increase in the number ol enlisted men. The expenses of the navy are run up from B42,600,000 last year to 670,000,000. This :ompletely wipes out the surplus In the Treasury, so that the Income tax will not be owered. The policy 1s costly, bnt the popllar cheers with wnich tho speech was revived Indicate that public feeling favors any lacriflcee on the part of taxpayers so long as laval defences are made impregnable. VICTORY FOR ZELAYA. Completely Roots the Rebels and Kills oi VFonndg 500 of Thetn. After six hours'fighting at Matearis and Nagarote the Nicaraguan Government forces have completely routed the rebels nnier General Ortls, and have captored a portion of the rebel artillery. The rebels were commanded by General Ortls in person. He is an ex-President, was banished by President Zelaya about a year ago, recently laniea in mcaragiw* aim u> toe lender of the revolt of the Leonlsta. Matearls and Nagarote were recenllv captured by the Government forces and occupied, pending thn advnnoe of the main bo iy 5f the President's army. The enemy's forcea consisted of about 1000 men, and the two towns mentioned were held by about an squal number of Government troops, who were commanded by Generals Paiz and ?strada. Plve hundred rebels were killed or woundid. The loss on the Govern oient side was jonslderably less. Public Debt Decreased. The debt statement jast issued from Washngton shows a net decrease In the publlo lebt, less cash In the Treasury, daring February of $15,997,734. The interest-bearDf debt inoreased 675,252.330. The nonnterest-hearing debt decreased $115,830. and :ash in the Treasury Increased $91,116,228. The balances of the several classes of debt it the close of business February 29 ware: [nterc!>-b earing debt, $822,615,170; debt on vhlch interest has censed since maturity, ill,667,630; debt bearing no Interest, $375,191,679; total, $1,199,774,479. Ecuador Takei a Hand. The President of the Republic of Evador ias sent a communicaiion to Queen Regent Christina asking Spain to proclaim the laiependence ot Cuba. One Month'* Coinage. The monthly statement of tho Director of he Mint shows that during the month of Pobruary tho total coinncro at the United Jtnte3 mints a^gra^ated $2.77o.l80f of which 61,240.00 > was in gold doubl t cables, $1,>0 i.OOO in silver dollars ani 439,18') in minor :oins. A Tale Crew Going to Henley. Tho Yiilo faculty at New Haven, Conn., ;ranted tho petition of the n.ivy for p?rrafsiion to spnd an eight across the watsr to en?r the {i"nlcy (Eas?laad) re>:ntta. Tha vote vat tin; r.vsi'.lt of concurrent notion by the iciidemic aud soieniii'l faculties. Miscellaneous Ncivs Xolcs. Mra. Caudle is running a boarding hoiiao it Rock Port. Mo. This year the Gregorian calendar ha3 boon ntroduced into Korea by order of tho Kintj. Figures from New York, Brooklyn nod va ious nonrby places show that mensles is ex remely prevalent. A company ot Alsatians belonging to thn Gorman infantry deserted, and marcheJ icross the frontier into France. Oaotain Jamieson was held blameless by ;he Board of Inspectors for the grounding )f the St. Paul on the New Jersey coast. All the European Powers have recognized Prince Ferdinand 03 ruler over Bulgaria, in iccordance with tho request of the Sultan. SPAIN INSULTS ODB FLAG | The Nation Indignant Because the I United States Favor Cubans. H AMERICAN CONSULATE ATTACKED Ten Thou land Peoplo in Buo?lon? FtHdt I M ? Protent Agalnrt the Action of tho I Senate?They Say the Senator* GroMly Intuited Spain?Spain Getting He* Fleet Beady for W?r. , M Madrid, Spain, March Spain has in- H terpreted the debate and vote in the United H States Senate on the resolution to grant bel- H liferent rights to the Cuban patriots as 'H threat of war. The 3panl3h Government so fl anderstands it, and the Spanish people have anlted in a great National Insult to the Y United States. fl Telegrams from various son roes describe ' H the popular demonstrations against America I throughout Spain. In several oases they ' culminated in mob violence, resulting in at- I tacks upon United States consulates, the de Btructlonof United States flags, and threats against Americans. The piopular anger U against America in Madrid extended to all' classes, but the authorities prevented them | from going beyond bounds. Faoiio sentiment Is souniversal that elaborate prepare Hons were made to prevent an outbreak. All Madrid went, as usual, to the bull ring ' In the afternoon. When the show was over 20,000 men attwnped a street demonstration.. The troops and police in large foroe prevented the orowd from congregating in one spot, and no one was allowed to approach within several blocks of the American Legation. W7 iK I v >> I CHITED STATES KIM3TEB TATL0E. D Large bodies of people marched through I the streets singing National hymns, cryint] "Dbwn with the Yankees," ''Death to Uncl4 Sam," and other anti-American cries. Ad H attempt Was made to mob the United Stated M Consulate, but the police prevented damage; H Tho streets continued to be crowded until 10 o'clock p. m., there being frequent coliidou ' HI with the police. B| United States Minister Taylor declined 4 guard at his private residence, but the aui thoritics, as a precaution, kept a strong |H foroe of gendarmes In the neighborhood. H| AN INSULT TO AMERICA. H The United States Cnnsala(e In the City of Barcelona Attacked. Babcelox a, Spain.'March 3.?An attack wa4 H m&de upon the United States consulate li Barcelona, notwithstanding the fact that th? |H building was guarded. During the day ? H procession comprising 10,000 persons, headeq by four Bepubltcon members of the Obambet of Deputies, paraded through the principal IH streets of the <utv as a demonstration asalnsj M| the action of the American Senate. A strong guard had been p aced about the Amerlcaij H| gUii^umiD iu ouuui|/buvu vt uvuwftv. . As the procession passed it there was somd HQ derisive whistling, interspersed with cat] H calls and other tokens of disapproval Soma of the paraders tried to force*their way intd H the building, but the police and gendarme^ eucceeded in driving tbem away, bnt not ^H until they had been forced to charge upon the HH mob with drawn sabres. |H While this trouble was going on the main Hi body of the profession continued its murch H to the Town Hall, where the leaiors of the demonstration handed to the Mayor a |H| strongly worded protest against the action Ha of the American Senate. '^H Subsequently a firreat crowd assembled in ^H the Plaza Catalona, and a number of patri* ^H otio speeches were delivered. Thi crowd then proceeded to the American consulate, 9H wherethey gave vent to their patriotism by 01 stoning the building, much to the damage of the windows thereof. ^H In the evening there was another outburst ^H of disapproval of the United 8:ntes ant ail B things American. This time it took th'? form ' of publicly dishonoring the American flag. B 1 The rioters had purchased somewhere a EH large Amerioan flag, which, after it had H been dragged through the streets, was pulled ^H * - iJ A# ((T An/? llwn flnafnl'* HI TO Diece* uuiiu unco ui uuua, iiiv wp,... and "Down with the Amerioans!" |o9 After this outrage ou the Has: of the Halted H States the mob became more violent, and a BO proposition to make a furth-r demons tration against the American consu ate was speedily anted upon. The mob proceeded HH to the consulate, in the mean time arm- BH in? themselves with stones. Arrivd at the consulate a perfeot volley of missiles . was directed against the sht Id over the doorway bearing the American coat-of- Hfl arms, which was battered almost to pieces. The mob in some way bei-ame possessed of several American flags, which wore destroyed amid ribald je3rs ana expressions of con- HI tempt for the Nation they representor. Until a late hour the bou evards were thronged by an excited crowd, sin trine? the IH "Marseillaise" and patriotic Spanish songs. HH SPAIN'S NAVAL PREPARATIONS. H Making Beady for Action in Case of Wai BH AVlth the United States. Madrid, Spain. March 3.?Tho Ministry ol bh Marine has ordered that several torpedo boats and one torpedo catcher, in addition to the warships Pelayo, Vizcaya, Oyuendo. Maria Teresa, Lepanto and Alfonso X1II.J BH be made ready for the immediate dispatch ^H| In the event of the United S^at??s acknowledgln? the Cubans as Oelliger^nts. Hfl iHnlml Beraneer has also ordered that the training squadron bo held in readiness for sorvioe. The probable objective is Cuba. BB Fifty merchant vessels will reeoivo armaments'and will be used as transports or cruisers should the necessity arise. Several flH Captains in the mer hant service have offered to arm their vessels ana turn them into nrivateers in the event of war. A Captain in Barcelona has informed the Government that if he bo granted letters of marque be will lit out and maintain at his own cost a swift steamer to prey upon tho marine com- |HH meres of the United States. The Duko of Tetuan, Minister of Fore'gn BbI Affairs, has s"?nt a long cable dispatch ta Senor Dupuv Le Lome, Spanish Ambassador at Washington, instructing kim to present to the American Government a formal renlamnfion against the insults offered to Spnir In speeches delivered in the Senato durins HflQ che discussion of the belligerency resolution^ |HE Cntnlali Prumiftl'i Vif? VTfl. OJfMI..... ? Madrid. Spain, March 3.?C.'inovas De SHH Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain. says HH "The granting of belligerent rights to th? Cuban rebel* is not a casus Dwlli. hut Spaiz will decinro that it is not the act of n friendiv Nation. I do not thin:; that Spain i.' |^B threatened by foreign aggression, but m?s. urcs shall be taken for the detaiice or Snau- HH ?h rights, chiefly in Cuba. As r-gartiB <!em HH instratiousia the streets hen*, I stiall repre% thetn severely if they are attempted." Our Fleet Heady. Admiral Bunco's fleet at Hampton Roads j^HI ?*., is being held in readiness for saillni rders, and tlio uncompleted battleships auc j^^RE oonJtore will be made readv for sea at oncn