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m JHB IfflT BILL PASSES. i .fteorsranization Measure Adopted bv { the House by a Vote of 166 to 125, I 'FORCE IS TO BE 100,000 MEf ilnthorlty Is Left to the President to Re' <lnce the Number to 50,000 in His Sis eretlon?Amendments Abolish Anaj ' -Canteen* and Prohibit the Appointment of Civilians to the Engineer Corp* k Washisotox, D. C. (Special).?Tbe biil k lo reorganize and increase tbe standing I ?rmy to about 100,000 men, but leaving tho & President authority to reduce the size of D fnfantry companies and cavalry troops to lixtv men each, thus fixing a minimum o' | US about 50,000 enlisted men, passed tlie K Honse on Tuosday by a vote of 166 to 126. HK This was the result of a week of hanl B -and often picturesque fighting on tho floor, -daring the progress of which the oppoHE Jition compelled those in charge oi SB tho measure to give this discretionary IB fiuthorlty to the President and to 9X| make other modifications, among MH Which vras a reduction , of 331 In the. Kg camber of staff officers. In consequence ol the modifications, on the final vote but air Republicans voted against the bill, j Messrs. Barber (Md.), Connelly (111.), Loud B ??*' )? Johnson (Ind.), McEwan (N. J.) and I Jwadsworth (N. Y.). This Republican defecI jtlon was, however, almost offset by flvo I members of the political opposition who I / voted In favor of the bill, Messrs. Berrv r <Ky.), McClellaD (N. Y.), McAloer (Penn.), I "Taylor (Ala.), Democrats, and Skinner, I t>nnnllot I i The feature of the seneral debate, of B ^rhlch there was considurable, even under ^ ;ho flve-mJnute rule, was the controversy V between Mr. Cummings, of New York, and R "Jlr. Cannon, o? Illinois, over the former's * -proposed amendment forbidding the -asa of the army to quell strikes or riots except upon the appeal of the Governor -of the State in which the disorder occurs. Mr. Cummings said that organized labor opposed an increase of the army for Che reason that it feared it would be used L unconstitutionally to oppress it. Mr. Can^ noa retorted severely, saying that Mr. Cum mines, by assuming tc put labor in the atH tltude of opposing the enforcement of peaca And order, did not represent, but slandered PP^^abor. I ~ ^ The Army Bill as Anally passod' is radl1 cally changed from that-originally reported to the House. The most important changes .are: | 1. Abolishing tho arbitrary clause necosI -sitatiug the enlistment of 100,000 men and r leaving to the President the option to inr crease above 50,000. i 2. Eliminating the proposed grade of k lieutenant-general and providing for only I alx major-generals aua twelve brigadier| generals. B 5. Abolishing the army canteen by pro-vlilnc that no officer or enlisted man shall detailed to serve liquor in any post or j camp of tho army, or to soli intoxicating r- "liquor?. ' 4. Deducing the age limit under which -civilians may be appointed to tbe staff iroix fifty years to forty and requiring all civilian appointees to pass a mental and -physical examination to determine their litneas for positions. I 6. Prohibiting civilian appointments in the engineer corps and requiring all vacancies to ba filled by appointment of West Point graduates. ' 6. Eliminating that clause of the bill -which sought to give officers and soldiers - ierving in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip| pines additional pay of twenty-five per cen1 tarn for their several grades. m The staff officers were also reduced by H -ceariy 400 from the number reported by the committee. i On tho minimum basis provided for, the .new standing army will cost at least $70, 900,030 annually. It will consist of a staff *nd line of about three thousand officer?, twelve regiments of cavalry, thirty regioentB of Infantry, one corps of artillery, made up of 344 seacoast batteries and twenty-four field batteries. i The bill also gives tho President discretion to recruit the orcanizations servlcsr In Cuba, Porto Rico and the islands ot tho Pacific in whole or In part from tho inhabitants thereof. , COLORADO'S COLD DISCOVERY. la Said to Be the Klchoat Enonn on Tills Continent. Beitveb, Col. (Spesial).?What is said to be the greatest gold discovery ever made ; on thta continent, and perhaps in the ivorld, is the rich find just reported in the Isabella property at Cripple Craek, which caused the prcatest excitement in the Denver and the Colorado Springs &tock Exchanges. In a stope Jast started irora the 850-foot level the company has twenty and a half feet of sylvanite ore that will run into the thoufiands, nnd besides this there is a strike of metallic gold frcm two to three inches .thlpk nnrl nlirhtv n?r flnf> ATHniii?or Kllburn, of the Isabella, has given out the -following statement. li"Some of the pieces of ore arn eighty per cent. gold. I never saw such mineral, and I do not believe that itsliko was over mined la this or any other camp in the world. We tiave hud no assays taken on the rock, but ti ton of It could be picked out that would run anywhero from OEO.GOO to 6200,000. Armed guards are watching the property. "The strike was mado In the new oi^e body, at u depth of 850 feet below the surface. The chute has been cut at tho spventh level. 200 feet above, and filso at the filth. At the latter place an assay was obtained in the breast of the drift on two feet of ore that went better than $1000 to the ton. There was blocked cut in the one level between the ninth and the seventh level $5.000 000 -trortii of ore. I do not say this to further excite the stockholders, hut to correct -some reports which have been current." The Isabella has an area of 145 acres and fa situated in the centro of Cripple Creek district. It has six shafts and a total gold output of nearly $3,000,000 in the last six year?. The first discovery made in Cripple Creek was one of the claims now a part of the Isabella consolidation. A Philadelphia Widow Strangled. Mrs. Mary Lawlor, a widow, aged sev?ntv-cno year3, of Philadelphia, Penn., was found strangled to death in her home a jew days ago. The police have no clue to the murderer, but suspect that It was tho work or thieves. She was reputed to have saved a little money, which she invariably carried in a small bag fastened to bdr waist ondernenth her skirt. The bag is missing. New Ambassador From Mexico. President Dias, of Mexico, ha3 appointed Manuel A9piraz, Assistaut Secretary of Foreign Relations, to be Ambassador at "Washington. He is a native of Puebla, is Rfty-flve years old and was prominent in the Liberal party in the Administration of Juarez. Fifty-flrgt Iowa Leavo Hollo. Tho United States transport Pennsyl.. rania, with the Fifty-first Iowa Regiment on board, has been ordered back to Manila, Philippine Islands, from Iloilo in order to permit the soldiers to go ashore. They ftave f*oen afloat moat of tho time sine Movember 1. Takes American Wife's Name. It is announced in London that Queen ^ictotia has been pleased, at tho desire of Mr. Leander J. McCormfajj, of Chicago, to jffraut a llcen3o for MrJMsraerlck E. Goodfcardt. of Hadlow CasW;<fl?ubridge, to as Sume the name of McCOrmick. It is Raid fto be the first occasion upon which a Britisher has addgd his American wife's maidJen name to his own. Mr. Goodhardt is the Conservative candidate for Devonport. t ... ....... iBmall Sqnndron to Be Sent to Europe. | The Navy Department, Washington, has ^Aeterminedt) send a small squadron to organUa nkfiA SENATOR PLATT ON EXPANSION. He Argtied Vlgsromly For the Ratifies*' Hon of the Peace Treaty. Washington, D. C. (Special).?ilr. Piatt, of New York, on Friday afternoon broke the spell of silence which has made his career in the Senate more or less nota. ble by delivering a written speech on the poiiey of territorial expansion. The junior New York Senator is in hearty accord with 8exat0p. thomas c. platt. that sentiment which sees in the transfer to the United States of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines the only rational and prudent method of meeting the responsibilities entailed on this country by its victory over Spain. In his speeoh Mr. Piatt argued vigorously for the prompt ratification of the terms of peace agreed on at Paris, taking the ground that the future government of the Philippines should be discussed hereafter as a question of purely domestic policy and interest. No other issue was before the Senate to-day, Mr. Piatt contended, than the simple one of transferring responsibility in the archipelago from Spain to the United States, and on that issue practical-minded statesmen could tlnd no substantial pretext to disagree. CANNIBALS 'lN NEW CUINEA. They Captured Shipwrecked Sailors Who Were Tortured and Eaten. Vaxcouveb, E. C. (Special).?After e?caping death by drowning, eleven ot the crew of the ship Manbare were captured and eaten by cannibals of New Guinea. The Manbare was bound for Sydney, Australia, when it was caught in the terrible gale of December. Near Cape Nelson it began to sink. The crew, eighteen altogether, left the vessel In two boats, and soon became separated. One boat, containing twelve men, was Anally thrown ashore ten miles from the cape. The sailors were seized by natives from the Interior and hurried off to the village of the chief. One man, James Greene, escaped. The victims were stripped and bound and killed, one each day. A wild orgie was participated in by at least a hundred savages, who had gatherod for the feast. In several cases the sailors were tortured by the old women and children of the tribe. The eyes ot one were gouged out. The doomed men stoically watched the elaborate preparations for their death. A huge pot filled with boiling water was used for the fea3t, which on the first day was prolonged away into the night. In most cases the men were beheaded, tholr heads being stuck on poles and paraded before the men who were to suffer the same fate. Greene was rescued by a steamer, after tramping without food a day and a night to reach the coast. The scenes of horrot he had witnessed turned his hair snowy white. DIED IN THE SUPREME COURT. Former Attorney-General Garland's Sudden UeuiUe Id Washington. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The Hon. Augustus n. uinuuu, wuu waa Attorney-General during tho first Cleveaud Administration, was strickon with apoplexy while arguing a case befue the Supreme Court shortly after the opening of the court'a few days asro, and died soon afterward. Augustus H. Garland was born in Tipton County, Tenn , in 1S32. His parents moved to Arkansas and settled in Red River Valley while he was a baby. He studied law, und aft6r his admission to the bar he practiced in Little Rock. He drew up the Constitution of the Confederacy and was in the Confederate Senate at the close of the war. In 1867 be was elected to the United States. Senate from Arkansas, but was not permitted to take his seat. In 1874 he was elected Governot of Arkansas without opposition. In 1876 be was elected again to the United State.? Senate. He was re-eleeted in 1883, but did not serve out his term on account of his appointment as Attorney-General by President Cleveland. FIVE DROWNED OFF NORWALK. Disabled Stoam Canalboat Goes on tne i Kocks and Is Sunk. Sorrff Norwalk, Conn. (Special).?Disabled by an accident to her stearins gear during a trip up the Sound, tho steam canal boat J. C. Austin, owned by Jucob F. Scboelkopf, of Buffalo, who?e agent is George D. Gllson, of New York City, ran on to the rocks off Norwalk early Friday morning and sank. Accompanying net wa3 the consort Daniel G. Fiske, ioadeJ With coal consigned to Westport. In an effort to escape live of the persons aboard the two vessels lost their lives. They were Captain Lavigne, of Jersey City; Engineer Thomas Young, of Buffalo; deckhand, name not known; V. Greenwood, of Lee Centre, N. Y., and >Ir3. Helen Callahan, of New York City. The Austin, which was of 135 tons, nlnety-flve feet long, was built In Lockport, N. Y., in 1886. Her home port was Buffalo, N. Y. The two barges were laden with coal from Perth Arnboy. LYNCH LAW UPHELD. Ohio Salt to l'ecover Damages For Xexl of Kin Falls. Uiibasa. Ohio (Special).?The suit ol ? " ?- * V. ? .Kenjamin uaucuu ujjiwusi mo vuuuij vuu>mlssionors to recover $5000 for tho hang, lng by a mob of "Click" Mitchell two years ago ended a few days ago. The case was in progress for a week and attracted great crowds. The jury wa3 out nn hour, when a verdict in favor of the county was returned. The case will be carrlel higher. The suit was based on the act which nwurds $5000 to the next of kin of a persou who suffers death at the hands of a mob Mitchell was convicted of felonious assault sind was under a life sentence when he was taken from his cell and lynched. Bulgarian Cabinet Re?igna. The entire Bulgarian Cabinet resigned .\ few days ago, owing to the discontent aroused by the adherence of M. StoilofT. the Premier, to the schemes for Macedon ian autonomy, which are considered to bo antagonistic to Bulgarian aspirations for in \fn<??. UUltt 1UIU? ^OUVUiiuauv imtuvuw ~ donia. Deposit of Opals Discovered in Mexico. A large deposit of opals of fine quality has been discovered near Chihuahua, Mexico. A company of Americans hns beon formed to work the property auil place the stones on the market. Comptroller Dawes Accused. W. JI. Cox, a stockholder of the Con tlnental National Bank of Memphis, TenD. in his complaint in a legal action, accuses Comptroller of the Currency Dawe3 and tbe casnier or tne D.inu 01 ueing iu cuuuslon to prevent exposure of the alleged fraudulent management of the Institution Admiral Cervera't Trial. It Is stated In Madrid, Spain, that every surviving officer and sailor of Admiral Gervera's squadron will be cited to testify at his trial by oourt-martial, whiob, it is believed, wilLresult in senAtlonal develop. NEM FOREIGN LANDS. Happenings in the Philippines, Eng- J land, China and Cuba, to Ri fr PRESIDENT ELECTED AT IL0IL0. The Vigayans Have Chosen an Executive Friendly to Agalnaldo?The Jacobins Celebrate the Death of Charles 1.?Empress Dowager of China Selects a New Emperor? Brigandage in Santiago. Manila, Philippine Islands (By Cable).? Senor Melliza has been elected President of the Ylsayan States by the insurgents at Iloilo for a poriod or two years. He has - % 1 --l J Ul- fA A rttilnoMrt ACKnOWied^OU uis auojjiuuuo LU n^uiuuiuua Several representatives of the Hollo Gov- f eminent have arrived here for the pur- / pose of conferring with the Luzon insur- ^ gents. / Business Is resuming at Ilollo and sugar *h is entering from the islands of Negros. ' 8hips are loading hemp. The sugar crop is far below the average, and shows an estimated deficiency of about nine thousand tons, valved at $74,250. Although matured, the crop Is not belntr harvested, ? owing to the lack of labor, but with the $] subsidence of the excitement the local au- sp thorltles are persuading the natives to re- Cf turn to the provinces. tl? th IN MEMOKV OF CHARLES I. American Jacobites Join in the Exercises in Honor of the Kin;. me London (By Cable).?The anniversary in of the execution of King Charles I., who m was beheaded at Whitehall on Jaou- sti ary 30, 1640, was celebrated on Monday by m HARBOR OF ILOILO, PHI (Ilollo, the capital of the Island of Panay an Philippine grouo, is near the southeastern from Manila. The town lies near the sea oi sea, and the rest of it on the bank of a cree the Legitimist and Jacobites Leagues in London and the Provinces. Numbers of wreaths and floral crosses were deposited Na at the root of the Charles I. statue, in Whitehall, in the presence of the leading i Legitimists and Jacobites, who stood bareheaded during the ceremony. n" Conspicuous among the tributes was a wl shield, surmounted by a crown of immor- na telles, from the American Jacobites. At- fi tached to it was a white silk ribbon, in- 2? scribed: "America remembers her martyred Si NEW KULElt FOR CHIN'A. Cu en The Successor of th* Present Em Said to Have Been Chosen. Pekix, China (By Cable).?It is stated among weil-lntormea tjnmamen mac me Dowagpr Empress and her relatives have definitely chosen a successor to the present Emperor, and that a change of rulers is impending. The Einperor is still kept a prisoner on anllland In the palace lake. The drawbridge connecting with the island is raised every night, and the ice about his prison is kept broken in order to prevent him from communicating with his adherents. The Empress, influenced by Kang-Yl. has become wholly anti-foreign. She virtually ignores the Tsung-li-Yamen, or Foreign Board. BRIGANDAGE ABOUT SANTIAGO. Much Lawlessness Reported in the Province?Plantations Guarded. Santiago de Cuba (By Cable).?Reports of incendiarism and brigandage in unfrequented parts of the province are being received anny. jtusi ampler xvoiumuoj. reported that a courier named Arturo Varrio3, who was sent by General Ewer from Mayari with sixty-flve letters for San Luis, has disappeared and no trace of him can be found. It is believed that he has been murdered. Captain Lee reports that it Is necessary /to maintain a constant guard along the (* teiegraph und telephone lines in order to Erevent them from being cut maliciously y irresponsible natives. Most of the large sugar plantations are being operated under armed guards. EMPLOYES PARTICIPATE IN PROFITS. Procter & Gamble Soap Company Distributes Twelve Thousand Dollars. Cincinnati, Ohio (Special).?At the plant of the Procter A Gamble Soap Company, Ivorydale, a suburb of this city, where the m? famou9 Ivory 8oap is made, the twenty third semi-annual dividend to the em- nU ployes wa9 paid Saturday. This company, sp since its adoption of the plan of declaring ori a dividend to its employes on the amount va of their salaries, has declared and paid ja twenty-three semi-annual ^fld two extra i>ei dividends. i Five hundred and seventy-five em- au ployes, representing 500 families, were m{ benefited by a six per cent, dividend, and on more than $12,000 was paid out by the W<1 company. r8i This is the fourth dividend paid by the on company to its employes within the past co year. Two semi-annual dividends of six m< per cent, each, and two extra dividends of i three and five per cent., respectively, r making a total of twenty per cent., have 3e< been paid to the employes In the past th year. m< Lord Herachell In the Saprem* Court. Baron Herscheil, some time Lord High ' Chancellor of England, appeared with the t5 Supreme Court of the United States at ac Washington on Monday and occupied a a I sent upon the bench on the right hand of of the Chief Justice. thi en Two Drowned in ? Mill Pond. JUI John Rue, in trying to rescue his son, who had broken through the ice of Snyder's Pond, near Freehold, N. J., was drowned a few days ago. His son, John ] Rue, Jr., was saved by Walter Probasco, the' j3 brother ot Emerson B. Probasco, who went thi down and wns drowned. a3! Suicide or a'Hscl'trate. George McWhorter, for thirty years Justice of the Peace at Milwaukee, Wis., com- ?e mltted suleido a few days ago by shooting ye, himself ia the bead. As Justice be did a laDd office business marrying couples from 30 adjoining States. Despondency over de- WI feat for the office he held so long is sup- ra posed to have led to his suicide. He was ' unmarried and about slxty-flve years of sp age. Hi Fa General Gomes Demands #60,000,000. General Gomez, the Cuban leader, demands nearly $60,000,000 from the United States, and refuses to disband hie army un- As 1 til the money Is paid. A no ITO PROMOTE ORATORY. Jofferson Coolidfe'i Gift to Harvard College to Encourage Public Speaking. Boston, Mass. (8peclal).?T. Jefferton jolidge, former minister to France, and >w a member of the high joint commission onttlA ?h? ^r?ntrov(?r?lea with Canada.has ven a fund of $5000 to Harvard College, om the interest of which two prize9 of T. JEFFEBSOX COOLIDGE. . ] .00 each are to be given for the two best J eakers In the three trial debates h?ld,at imbridge every year prior to the selec>a of the representatives of Harvard In e great Intercollegiate debates with i rlnceton and Yale. The successful con- 1 stants must be the best and the second < ist in all three of the trials. Mr. Coolidge lieves that here In America we have too uch oratory and too little argument, and 1 the training of public speakers he thinks < ore attention should be paid to the subance of the discourse rather than to the < anner in which it is delivered. i ILIPPINE ISLANDS. d chief town of the Visayas, part of the extremity of the island, about 250 milea a marshyland. Part of it fronts on the kO REWARD FOR NAVAL HEROES. tjt Department Awards the Medal of Honor For Gallant Conduct. PTashinqton D. C. (Special).?In recog:lon of gallant conduct daring the war th Spain a number of enlisted men of the vy hare been awarded medals of honor, rgeant John H. Quick, of the Marine rps, who was highly commended by ptain G. F. Elliott, his commanding leer, performed an aot of bravery at sece, Cuba, where, in the midst of the emy's bullets, he held his ground and united states medal of hokob. | :naled the Dolphin to throw shells into s enemy's hiding place. He gets a medal. ' The Navy Department has also com* ' mdedthe courage displayed by Lienten- 1 t Francis Boughter, William L. Morln, atswain's mate, second class; Axel 8und- 1 1st, chief carpenter's mate; William eyer, gunner's mate, and Samuel Triplet, iinary seaman, who were engaged at rlous times in sweeping for contact mines 1 the approaches to Calmanera. All have ( en awarded medals. Alexander Jardine and Thomas Cavan- 1 gh, firemen, first class, will receive ' idals for herol3m on board the Potomac the night of November 14, when,the tug is ordered from Gat Island to Nassau to port the presence of the Teresa ashore the island. Lieutenant W. H. Willard, i mmaadlng the vessel, is also com- . jnded. \.n acoldent on the Iowa gave P. B. J iefer, coppersmith, and B. P&nn; fireman, sond class, an opportunity to display eir courage. They will, too, receive idals. 1 A Boston Newspaper Pined. I rhe Boston Herald Company was fined 00 by Judge Bond in the Superior Court j Boston a few days Ago for publishing in . leadline in connection with an account the trial of the city teaming fraud cases, ! d words "Guilt is Evident." The publi- j tlon of tbe headline was considered pre- ! iicial to tbe case, and resulted in the ' imissal of the jury and an order for a w trial. The Saltan's KIghta in Egrpt, [t is reported that the Sultan ot Turkey ' about to protest to the powers against ' 9 British protectorate systeai and to re- ^ sert Turkish suzeraiuty over Egypt. * Personal Mention. Jonathan Ross, the new United States nator from Vermont, is seventy-one | ars old. ( The Empress Dowager of China has me skill as a painter. She is fond of . estling, and frequently Indulges in thia , ther virile form of exercise. The Czar of Russia in May next will , end a fortnight on the Riviera, where s Majesty will be visited by President 1 iure of France and Emperor William of irmany. 1 Mr. William Watson, the British poet, ,9 received a legacy which raises him ove (ear or care, as far as money goes. 1 i he Is still very young, a grwit career fa 1 >w predicted for him. 1 ' '.V-; r v. < ' * GEN. ALGER'S TESTIMONY.1 i He Appears Before the War Investi n :??! g<umg uuinmisbiuiii DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION. The Secretary of War Testifies That He Wai Never Interested In Nor Profited by Contracts?No Complaints Regard< lug Food From the Army Itself?Declined to Issue a Statement. Washinoton, JD. 0. (Special).?Secretary Alger, In response to an Invitation of tbe War Investigating Commission, appeared before that body on Thursday. The Secretary was sworn by General Wilson. During the continuance of the war, said Secretary Alger, lie had been Kept con* Jtantly advised of all actions taken by the several bureaus. The chiefs of bureaus often reported to him several times a day. [f he had not beeu advised of any important fact in regard to departmental work the head of one of the bureaus was to blame. "Was the head of any bureau guilty of failure to discbarge his duty during the lOL.inuance of the war?" asked Governor Beaver. "No, sL*," replied Secretary Alger. "Did any report come to you of any Irregularity or of any fraudulent practices In the contracting (or supplies furnished to iny department?" ' "No, sir." "Did you directly or Indirectly have any Interest in the selection of any of the :amps occupied by any of the troops?" "No, sir. I never had any Interest in any jamp. I do not know that any one connected with me bad any such Interest." "Have you received any complaint from :ho Major-General of the Army while at Porto Rico as to the quality of refrigerated ind canned roast beef furnished the irmy?" The Secretary replying, referred to his annual report, quoting a dispatch from General Miles asking that no more beef be sent because h? could get a large supply there. General Miles had said something ibout beef that had spoiled there. Secretary Alger next told of the Inspection of camps, especially the tour of inspection by General Miles. He (Alger) never had received uny official omplaint from the armies in the field in regard to fresh or canned meat furnished the troops. "Have you any Information that meat pras chemically treated?" "Nothing but what has been brought Dut by this commission. Beef," he went >n, "bus been used as an army ration for many years, and its use was not an experiment in the Spanish War. No complaints had been received from the camps in rejard to the beef." When asked whether he was personally Interested In contracts for furnishing meat . the Secretary said, with posltiveness: "I am not. I,.never had, directly or In lirectly, interest in any property, in anything, supplied to this Government." He had never received an official report :bat beef furnished-the army had caused lickness, He had received reports from leveral sources, that nt Chickamauga and 2amp Thomas there had been a lack of nedicines and supplies. The reports were nvestigated and supplies ordered at once, ie had never received a report from the iurgeon-General that be was unable to furilsh supplies. In regard to the arrival of he Fifth Corps at Montank, be said that ivery possible precaution bad been taken :o make the camp healthful and comforta>le. There bad been many deficiencies hut it was impossible to remedy, but sverything that could be done had been lone. This closed the examination, and Secroary Alger was asked whether he wished to rolunteer any statement, but he declined ;o do so. DESTITUTION IN COBA. riie United States Engaged In the Work of Believing the Dlatreia. 1 Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Twenty thouland persons are fed daily in Cuba at the ixpeoao ortne unicea states, rue muctuaory >f the military administration is working ;ow?rd the relief of fifteen or twenty thouland more, and'probably another million ations will be required in addition to the wo millions ordered on the first of the nonth. Since January 10 1,S00,000 rations have >een sent to department and district comnanders. The supply ship Comal, now on ler way around the island, is disembarking :he remainder of the 2,000,000 rations oriered for Cuba on January 1. Reports received by Governor-General Qrooke from Matanzas show there are 19,)00 destitute persons outside tha cities in :hat province. Dr. De la Calla, who wa3 sent to Plnar del Rio, reports that there ire 4000 dostitute in that department. Dr. Echeverrla, wbo has been collecting Information In the Province of Santa Clara and :ho cities of Matanzas Province, reports :hnt about 11.000 need food on his esti mates, while General Leonard Wood is ible to aaj' that 8antiago Province is not in need of further rations. TORTURED BY BACILLI. Physicians In Vienna Used Patients For Ttfurderons Experiments. Vienna, Austria (By Cable).?It has been discovered that the physicians in the free hospitals of Vienna systematically experiment upon their patients, especially newborn children, women in n delicate state ind persons who aro dying. In one case a doctor Injected the bacilli of an infections disease into thirty-five women and three new-born children. In another case a vouth who was on the high road to recovery was inoculated, and be died within twenty-four hoars. Many dying patients have been tortured by poisonous germs and many mon have been inoculated with contagious diseases. One doctor, who had received an unlimited number of healthy children from a foundling hospital for experimental purposes, excused himself on the ground that thev were cheaper than animals. A Jeraey City Clergyman Killed. The Rev. Walter A. Coar, of Jersey City, S\ J., was struck and instantly killed a few nights ago by a Pennsylvania Railroad :raln a few miles ontside of Philadelphia. The bead was severed from the body. He ivas thirty-flve years of age, and was a son jf Robert Coar, Water Commissioner, of Jersey City. Cecil Rhode* Abandon* mKallvray Scheme Cecil Rhodes, who is now in London, England, has abandoned for the present lis scheme of a continuous railway line 'rom the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo, Egypt, and will content himself with askug a guarantee for tbe extension of the Buluwayo railway to the Zambesi. When the Cortea Will Meet. The Premior, Senor Sagasta, at Madrid, Spain, has announced that tbe Government has decided to convoke tbe Cortes on February 10, whether or not the United states senate riuiues mo ncmj vi Cycling Notes. The official roport shows that 408,8GD bicycles wore taxed in France the last Us:al year. Tho demand for an easier way of detaching and attaching the front wheel continues anabated. A new military tricycle has just been tried t>y tho French army, and is said to have proved effective. It is said that agitation has greatly itrengthenad American wheels in foreign favor, and sales have been remarkable. Long cranks and high gekrs still form a fruitful topic of dlsoussion among engineers and those who claim export knowl dgootthe aubiwt, % r - *.r:CERMAN REPORTS FROM SAMOA.; Tliey'Bay That Chief Justice Chambers Opposed Mataafa Actively. Eehlik, GermaDy (By Cable).?The Government has received official reports from Samoa givlnpj advices np to December 27. They say that Chief Justice Chambers ac tively opposed the election of Mataara and WILLIAU L. CHA1TUEB9, OF AX.AEAKA. (The Chief Justice of Samoa.) issued manifestoes la behalf of iffalletoa Tanas. He also noted in other ways In a manner apparently constituting a breach of the neutral functions Imposed upon him. The English missionary, at whose house Justice Chambers resided for a time, also supported Malietoa. Justice Chambers, the advices say, is at odds with both Dr. itnffel and Consul Rose, the German officials. PAY FOR CUBAN SOLDIERS, The Patriots Will Be Asked to Take S3,-' 000,000 on Account. Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?It is learaed at tte War Departmeat that'Rob ert P. Porter's mission to Cuba is eatlrely of a financial aad statistical character. He will ask it the Cuban army will disband on present payment of $3,000,000. Oar legal right to make-tliis payment was referred to the Attorney-General^ who held that this sum might ' lawfully be advanced to the insurgent troops, on condition that the Treasury be subsequently reimbursed from the revenue of the island, and it is understood that this course will do pursued if it Is found that the desired results can be obtained thereby. It is well understood that the sum domanded by tbo Cuban troops on account of their back pay is fully tea times this. It probably will be represented to them that as any payment whatever on this account must be chnrged up against the Island of Cuba, tho United-States, as a temporary guardian of the island, is in duty bound to avoid burdening it at tho very outset of its independent.', existenco \wltn a load beyond its ability to bear in the shape of obligations. The Cuban'soldlers will be asked to take'this sum as a payment on account, leaving tho future Government of Cuba to add to the remuneration later on, if it shall see lit. FARMERS WANT REPRESENTATION. National Party Organized to Elect Members to Congress and State Legislatures. A vox, 111. (Special).?Tho conference of delegates from the farmers' organization in Fulton, Warren and McDonough counties has declared for the holding of a National Convention to form the national farmers' party. It is planned to hold the convention not later than the first week la March, Chicago being favored as the con ventiou place. Eldon W. Bradbury, who has been engaged In tho work of organization, read a declaration of principles, which was adopted, in which it was declared: , "We hold that the only free and just government is that in whloh the lawmaking bodies are composed of direct representatives from snch industries and occupations as have a majority of tbe votes in tho Congressional and legislative districts defined by our constitution and the laws of our States. "With an abiding faith in the truth and justice of our belief we appeal to every tarmer in tbe United States to join hands with us in effecting oar purpose, which is . the nomination and election of farmers as mombers of Congress, and farmers as members of our Legislatures." PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE DEAD. Wife of Prince Ferdinand of Ualgarla Succumbs to Pneumonia. OOFIA, .Bulgaria, ^y vauin;.?rnuuca] Marie Louise, wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, died in the royal palace on Tuesday. The physicians state that the direct causo of death was pneumonia. She gave birth to a daughter on Monday. The Princess was in her twenty-ninth year, ana the news of her death was a great sbock to her husband and relative?, as she had enjoyed robust health. She always took a deep interest in diplomatic' affairs and, it is said, was directly responsible for more than one ministerial crisis In Bulgaria. * The deceased Princess wa3 the eldest daughter of Duke Robert of Parma. She was born January 17, 1870, and wus married on April 20, 1893, to Prince Ferdinand, the reigning Prince of Bulgaria, youngest son of the late Prince Augustus of SaxeCoburg and Ootha and Princess Clementine of Bourbon-Orleans, daughter of Eing Louis Philippe. Ferdinand was chosen Prince of Balgaria by the Powers. FOUND DEAD IN A TRUNK. Philadelphia Man Adopts a Penn Yan Woman'* Novel Method of Snlclde. Philadelphia, Penn. (Special).?Robert T. Rink, Jr., twenty-eight years old, took his life a few nights ago in the same strango manner as that adopted bv Miss Ayers in Tenn Yan the other day, by closing himself in a trunk end then swallowing poison. Rink, who was a picturo frame glider, boarded at No. 212 North Juniper street. Not putting in an appearance on the morning of his death his room was opened and the search revealed Rink's body in a trunk, the lid of which was closed. In the trunk was a half-emptied bottle of whisky and on a table in the room was found the remnants of a crystalized powder, with whlch^lt is presumed Rink ended his life. Rink was in poor health and had told his landlady ho would like to meet death as had Miss Ayers, of whose suiolde ho had read. The Cl>l>iose ltevolt Grovrlnjr. Ten thousand rebels are besieging ShuChau, the third most important city In the Province of Anhoui, China. If Shu-Chau falls all tho northern and central portions of Anhoui will be at the mercy of the rebels. An Imperial General, while trying to recapture Ku-Yang was defeated, losing 2000 men. Two New Torpedo Boat* Acceptcd. The Navy Department, Washington, has accepted Anally and paid for the torpedo hoat Farragut, built by the Union Iron Works nt San Francisco, Cal., and the torpedo boat Rowan, buitt by Morun Brothers at Seattle, Wash. Murdered by a Pauper. Charles E. Page, Superintendent of the Town Poor Farm nt Amesbury, Mass., was savagely attacked by Edward Mann, one of tuo inmates, and killed a few days ago. Mann is in custody of the police. The trouble started overSuperinteudent Tape's determination to keep closed a door which 1 Maun wanted left open. Royalty Unsafe In Japan. It is announced In Berlin, Germany, that the projected visit of Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia to Japan has been aban-i ' donea, the Japanese Government having Intimated its inability to guarantee their i personal safety. i 1 EAGAJI FOUND GDILTl I ^niipf.Martiol ^Anu'/^e Him flnnn 1 uum rmui IIUI Wlllivt> inn wj(V? All Specifications. THE SENTENCE IS DISMISSAL. Cnmmliiary-General Faud Guilty / the Charges of Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a flmtlautn ? The Court Recommends the Exercise of / Executive Clemency. Wahinotojt, D. C. (3pecial). ? General ^ Charles P. Eagan, Commissary-General of. ^ - ,j Subsistence, has been found guilty of conduct unbecoming an ofllcer and a gentleman and of conduct to the prejudice of .< good order and discipline, and of the specifications thereto, and has been sentenced to dismissal from the United States Irmy, , ' but with a recommendation from the court for the exerolse of Executive olemency. . Under the regulations, the court, having reached the oteclasion that ?Jthe -accused was guilty, had'no choice In selecting a penalty, the regulations prescribing abso- \ WJal lately bat one punishment?dismissal?for the offense. Therefore, thegnly hppe for Hi General Eagaa Is in the direction 'of com- . mutation, mitigation or disapproval, Colonel Davis, the Judge Advocate of j conrt-martial, finished his revision <jf the 1 record of the court's proceedings Satur- j day afternoon and at once placed the 1 papers fn the hands of Secretary Alger. ' This action settled at once any doubt that may N hav? existed as , - 'M to the routine to be pursued In the treatment of the oase. As for Secretary Alger as soon as he has read the r?cord. he will plaoe U at once with the President, who under the law Is the final reviewing au- v"A thority. It is his privilege to add to or take from the strength of the court's- reo- '^3 ommendation that clemency be shown. ? * GENERAL CEORCE S, GREENE DEAD. The Oldest Llvlnr West Pointer at the ' Time o t His DeatU. Mobbistowk, ' N. J. (Special).?General George 8. Greene died from old age here a ' Hflvaiim TT? Imm? thr?*?nna. Amu / eral Francis V. Greene, G. 8. Greene, Jr., tx>th bow at Morrlstown.and Major Charles ;.<? / jr oekzbal oeobge 8. geeexz. T. Greene, United States Army, retired, of ',: Brookfleld,.Conn. George Sears Greene was born In Aopon- -- t sag. Warwick, B. L, May 6,1801. He was / ?* graduated at West Point In 1833. His pro- ,n$ (esslon was that of A'dvll engineer. He /<< served In the Civil Wsrand rose to therank . .??0| ot major-general. After the war he was : 2 chief engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, and & was later Chief Engineer of Publlo Works < in Washington. SIX MEN ESCAPE FROM JAILTrnated Prisoner Left Cell Doors Unlocked ?Two Prison?ra Left Behind. Cantos, Ohio (Speolal).?A jail delivery ';'g Sunday morning gave six prisoners their liberty. All are under indictment for - ^ felonies and were to have been tried dor- " ing the present term of court. They are *3 James Sullivan, charged with highway robbery; W. H.-Cummins. Ralph Oat- , ' i nahan, Charles Beed, Frank 8alSer and - y James Campbell, charged with burglary ana larceny, Campbell was a "trusty*; ana on 8aturday night pretended to look'tho cell doors. Instead ho turned the keys with the bolts outside the grooves, leafing the prisoners the freedom of the corrldors. The bars of a rear Window ware dfewnd and the prisoners escaped to the court below ana bare not been heard of slnoe. Robert Gibson and Michael x> ' Reamer, charged with criminal assault Vupon little girls, wero not given tho chance to escape. The "trusty" locked ;; their doors. John Lontzenheiser was free to go, but as he was charged with petit -i larceny only he did not take the chance. Senator From Men Jersey* ' " * ff JOHJf KEAS, JS. (He has been eleoted to the United States Senate to succeed Senator James Smith.) A Womin'i Inhuman Crime. Judge Shlpmac, of the Warren County Court, N. J., has sentenced Mrs. Zacbnriali Cooper to three years In 8tate's prison. , She was convicted of most iubuman treat- * ment of a mere baby. The woman, who is about fifty and the wife of a farmer, already bas spent three months behind the bars because no bail would be accepted for her. The child war adopted by the Coopers, the child's parents being Mr. and Sirs. JohnPaff, of Oxford. Owing to the enormity of her crime Judge Sbipman said he felt no compunction in Imposing the sentonce. The jury convicted ber in Ave minutes. Thu case excited the horror of Warren and adjoining counties. Austrian Deputies Fight. In the lower house of the Austrian Relohsrath at Vienna a few days ago a disturbance arising out of racial differences led to a hand-to-hand light between Deputies. The ushers finally succeeded in separating the combatants, but the sitting came to a close umid a scene ot great turbulence. Cubans Honor Jose Marti. A memorial tablet to Jose Marti the Cuban patriot and the first President of the Cuban Revolutionary Government was unveiled at the house In whloh he was bora In Havana a few days ago, the Cubans making an Imposing demonstration. A ~ i ;-g 4- . tJMi ^