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f f FILIPINOS ROUTED American Soldiers Captare Ca loocan and Pnt Aguinaldo's Followers to Flight. i ? Tin 0PEH B1TTLI 8 . i Shrapnel Dealt Death and Ruin to tt Enemy's Forces. V ;-i ? Caloocan TVai the Strongest Rebel Po? u tlon in the Island of Luzon and Aguii aldo Bad Gathered the Flower of H Army There?The Place Was Shell* From Two of Dewey's Ships and Froi |" Lend?Then the Troops Advanc* With a Rush and the Rebels Took I Fllcht?Onr Losses Were Slight, Bi the Enemy Snflered Heavily. Manila, Philippine Islands (By Cable).Another victory has been gained by tt American troops, and the town of Caloocar which was undoubtedly the strongest reb position In the Island of Luzon, is our The place was not won without a struggh Aguinaldo has been doing everything 1 bis power to draw supporters to his bat ner in order that he might attempt to r< trieve the disaster that befell his forc< when they attacked the Americans and t i . mmm^________ ''J*. " A PHILIP] (Type of those surrounding Manila which ??_?_____^_____ recover the prestige that he has lo.* through doreat. xne reDeis oaa regains some of their courage and for three hou: >> , they held their position. Then they coul no longer stand the American lire an abandoned their fortifications. Caloocan, which Is about twelve mill north of Manila, is so situated that it within easy range of the guns of warship There Is no high ground, the town beln separated from the Cay of Manila by a wid Btretch of marsh. The plan for the attack on the place pre vided that the warships should open tt ball. At half past 2 o'clock on Frida afternoon, therefore, the monitor Mona< nock and the gunboat Concord, which ha been ordered up the bay by Admiri Dewey, opened fire on the town. The shells went true and much damage wf done, in addition to making the rebe very uncomfortable. At the same time that the warships b< Kan shelling, the Sixth Artillery and tt Utah Battery opened fire on the rebel ii trenchments on the landward sides of tt town. The artillery and the warshlj pounded away until 4 o'clock, when orde: were given for General Harrison ( Oti?'s brigade, except the Pennsy vanla Regiment which was held as reserve, to move on the enemy's works. Tt men had been impatiently waiting for t'c order, and as the word was passed dow the line they responded with cheers. T1 movement was made in the following o der from left to right: Twentieth Kansi Intantry, First Montana Infantry and T^ii Artillery, the Twentieth Kausas and tl First Montana being supported by the Fir Idaho Infantry and the Third Artillery I the Fourth Cavalry. The FIllplno3 were awaiting the advan< of the troopts, and as the Americans begi to move forward the rebels started a ra tling fire, which made considerable nol but did no groat damage. The Amerioai declined to answer, but pressed stead forward. They marched through tl woods and banana groves from the lei but on the right the route was main through paddv fields, which afforded i protection from the rebel fire. Not a single stop was made until the reached tbe intrenohments from whic most of the natives hastily scrambled i the Americans drew near. The rebels tri< !,y to make fhelr way to the shelter afforde by tbe town, but scores or them railed i reach their goal, being stopped by Amer can bullets. Just at this time the Filipinos wei thrown into worse confusion by tbe dl covery that they had been flanked, company of First Montana Infantry, und< command of Major J. Franklin Bell, Chi of the Bureau of Military Informatioi > whose services here havi1 been lnvaluabl had volunteered to eseoatethe flank mov< ment, and moving off to the east hai without being detected, arrived on tl enemy's flank back In the town. The n, tives saw they were trapped, and scatte Ing, fled like sheep, many of them dro] ping their weapons in their anxiety to e: cape. The Americans had jumped the trenche and, yelling and oheering, were in ft pursuit. It was simply a rout, and provi that, even with the aid of artlUclal d th? TTIHnlno* nrn no match for t! Americans who are fighting them. As the Twentieth Kansas and First Mo tana regiments entered the town from tl > South, some of the fleeing natives set fl to the hats, whose roofs are made of ni] grass, thinking to start a blaze whl i would destroy the place. In this they we ? disappointed, however, as the America extinguished the fires. The losses of the Americans were sligl but the enemv suffered heavily both killed and wounded. Most of the casui ties to th? Filipinos were caused by shra nel, the creaming and effectiveness i: which caused terror among the natives. After the Amerlcams were in possessli ^ . ? Bursting of a lleaenolr. The reservoir at the Big Dipper mine, ' , the Iowa Hill mining district, near Aubui Cal.. burst a lew days ago and the wat carried away the entire mill, blncksmi shop and dryiag-house. Five Chinese a one white man, Joseph Fnrber, w? killed. The loss of the mine is abo $20,000. The Big Dipper is one of t richest gravel mines in California. ? German's Instlgatod Mataufa's Attack Mall advices received at San Francisi Cal., from Samoa confirm previous repo: that Mataafa's attack was instigated a assisted by Germans. Prominent People. William A. Clark, the new Senator frc Montana, was once a clockmaker. John D. Rookefoller made $5,000,000 o j,' day reoently by the advance of Standa Oil securities. Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, is an e thuslast on Bobby Burns, and attends i celebrations held in honor of the Scot pout. Ruskin's sixty-four books bring him 520,000 a year. Swinburne, who wrll very little, makes 85000 a year by ] poems. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison will aocompa: her Husband when the ex-President go abroad this spring In the Interest# of t Venezuelan Commission. _ A o! the town It was fonnd that there was only one house in the place that had a flag* I staff. Tbls belonged to Mr. Higgjns, an - ?QgU9Qman, woo is ^resident or tne uaguypnn Railway. He lent the staff to General GENERAL ELWELL 8. OTIS. Otis, and at half past five o'clock the Amorlcan flag was floating over the town. Its appearance was greeted with enthusiastic . cheering by the troops. id SIGNAL MEN IN DEMAND. n A New Corps to Be Orc&nlzed From d Volunteers in the Philippines. to Washington, D. C. (Special).?Owing to the pressing ne6d for additional signal corps men in the Philippines and the difficulty ot getting reinforcements there from the United States, it has bpen decided by _ the War Department to strengthen the corps !0 now in the islands by the addition of one company of sixty meD, recruited from tho volunteers in the forces now stationed a. there.' The company will be recruited 9 from the best men obtainable in the cor* vloe and offloered by the best non-com' missioned officers that the company oomn manders are willing to spare. The new i- company will be divided into batches of , twenty men, who will be distributed among the companies already organized is there, making a leaven of forty old men o to each of the new companies. PINE VILLAGE. have been captured by American soldiers.) 3t QUESADA'S TALK WITH GOMEZ. d. . rs Both Think That Our S3,000,000 ia Iniufld ' flcient For Cohan Troops. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Senor Gon3a zalez de Quesada, In an interview a few Is days ago, said that Genoral Gomez and he ^ consider the 83,000,000 the United States Government offers to pay to the Cuban troops insufficient to cover the whole case, but a good working basis to begin with. je j ' bexor ooxzales de qdesada. 10 A movement has been started which will result in the appointment of a committee to report to toe Cuban Assembly the beat method of raising a loan of from $7,000,000 to $9,000,000 on the guarantee of the cus5? toms, and of obtalninc the co-operation of tb? American authorities. :o l' TRANCE VICTIM BURIEO ALIVE. ^ Shocking Discovery When Mr. Itigle?'* A Body Wm Exhumed For an Antopsy. 3r Nohth Toxawanda, N.' Y. (Special),?The body of James Kigley was exhumed a few days ago from the village cemetery of Pens' dleton, for the purpose of making an autopsy. 16 The diggers found that the glass coverIng of the coffin had been broken, and the r" dead man's features were horribly dlstorted and sprinkled with blood. This and '* the positions of the hands and feet showed that Rigley had been burled alive. 8everal physicians who saw the corpse declared l4 that what had been supposed to be death 3a was only a trance. No one would make nnv uctlmofa DO fa ftAttr lnnr? offo* Kij 4m. I UUJ Vjumuiu IV itvsw iV/u^ oiioi UU 1U* 116 terment the victim of the ghastly mistake had revived and attempted to break from tte tomb. 116 Rigley.succumbed altera short attack of r? the grip. Dr. Monterey, his family phyP* sician, had no doubt of his death, and he oa was buried the Saturday preceding the re day on whioh the body was exhumed. The 03 fact that he held several life insurance policies led to the disinterment, In order that the autopsy might show the exact \a cause of death. il- _ p0f Deaths From the Plague in Bombay. There were 1600 deaths from the plagua on in Bombay, India, during the past week. A Menace From the President. In The President sent a messago to Conrn> grees, Washington, a few days ago, calling 6* attention to the urgent necessity for the Ith construction of a cable across the Paclflc id Ocean. It did not make any specific recir? ommendation as to the mode by which the ve cable shall be secured, the main point beho iDg that it is imperatively necessary that a cable should be laid now. President Signs Peace Treaty. -U? rta The treaty of peace was signed by th& nd President at Washington at 2.35 o'clock Friday afternoon. A Family of Six Frozen to Death. )m John Fichsler and his family, consisting of a wife and four childreu, were found ne dead In their home, seven miles east o? rd Wakefield, Mich., a fow days ago, by neighbors who had callled on them to in vestigate, the Flchlers not Laving been o? seen about for several days. The family froze to death. Flchsler was a miner, but u hud not been employed for nearly a year, . and the family had been in poor clrcum^ stances for many months. Ills ' Poisons Ills Twin Brothers. James Hughes, a young son of Mrs. I03 Mary G. Hughes, of Reading, Penn., gave be his twin baby brothers poison a few days ago In mistake for medicine and both died. corny Mffm! Fival of the Blizzard of 1888 Strikes the Atlantic Coast. WHOLE SOUTH FROZEN UP. ?u Avalanclie of Snoir DeicenJg, a Hnr ricane Sweeps the Coast, and the Biting Cold Extends Over the Whole Land, Bringing: Death and Disaster? Eastern and Southern Cities Tlod Up. New Yoni Citt (Special).?The entire country from Florida to Maine and 1000 miles inland was swept by the blizzard of 1899. The storm extended from New England to the Gulf and as far West as Oregon at the North and Texas at the South. The dispatches received from the various sections of the large territory affected show intense suffering and general delay of traffic. The South has not been spared, and Washington in particular has suffered severely. the fall of snow there having reached more than twenty inches. The mercury there, however, did not fall so low as at other places further south. Some thermometers in Kentucky registered as low as thirty degrees below zero. Pennsylvania is suffering much, and the impediment to traffic in the coal regions, it Is feared, may result In a serious coal famine. Trains are delayed on all roads, and in some instances all effort to get trains through ceased for a time. The snowstorm that began so gently on Saturday evening and continued at intervals during Sunday developed Monday into the severest storm that has visited the country since the blizzard of 1888. As the day advanced the high wind took on the force of a hurricane and piled up the snow in such a manner that' almost alhthe railroads leading into the city and into Jersey City practically suspended the running of trains by nightfall. The surface cars and the elevated trains managed to keep running at uncertain intervals, but ail the other trafflo was at a standstill. The city was practically Isolated before night came 5n. ' Stories of the effect of the blizzard come In from all along the Atlantic slope. Early Monday evening, after much delay through3at the day, train service on the railroads centering at Philadelphia and Baltimore wa? abandoned. In the former city the snowfall had reached almost a foot and a half, and business was practically paralyzed. The snowfall in the mountain regions of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia was even greater, and with the severe temnerature caused much suffering. The storm extended as far South as Mobile, and in the South Atlantic and Gulf States much loss of early vegetables and fruit yyas caused, and the cold was severely felt. Danger of coal famine was reported from a number of Virginia cities and at Pittsburg. Train wrecks, due to the cold and storm, occurred near Pittsburg and near Lancaster, Penn., with the loss of the lives of an engineer and two firemen. The steamer William Lawrence, of the Merchants' and Miners' Line, of Baltimore, rras wrecked off i'ort Koyal, S. C., and a number of lives were lost. In Washington the storm was the most Bevere ever known. The city was cut off from railroad communication with the rest of the country, and a coal and provision famine is feared. Three State Legislatures, those of New Tork, Pennsylvania and Delaware, were left without quorums. j Th? Ohio and Missiaalnnl rivers are I choked with ice. Coal cannot be carried down them to waiting cities. Death, suffering, destitution, privation and discomfort are more general than at any peaceful time in the history of the country. Through the northern part of the' country the blizzard was merely a severe trial, 'entailing a great deal of inconvenience and some suffering; in the South it was unprejedented disaster and ruin. Not only did the snowfall in the Southern cities paralyze l raffle and suspend business, but, the low temperature breaking records all over that part of the country, has probably ruined the general fruit crops and has made it almost certain that the orange groves are frozen. What the damage to the orange crop will aggregate it is Impossible to learn at present, but the indications are that it , will go far into the millions. < From every Southern point in telegraphic i jommunication with New York City came oad news of the storm. In Delaware tbe joast patrol has been abnndoned, railroads ran on short schedule or not at all, tele3T;inh ltnpa bp* rlnwn and in the cities the '.rolley lines stopped running. Virginia reported blocked road3 and lack of supplies. In Norfolk there is fifteen inches of , snow, the harbor is filled with ice and business was practically suspended. Richmond is also having a hard time and is worrying about necessary fuel. Baltimore J is buried twenty-one inches deep and the trolley wires are on va'cation. Savannah, having had only five snowstorms in thirty years, was inclined to regara this one as a foke at first, and everybody-turned out to | snowball his neighbor. When the temperature dropped to eight degrees, thereby establishing a new record, the joke wasn't jo evident, and the jovial inhabitants re- , tired to their houses to embrace the stove. The coal supply is scant, business has stopped and labor is huddling under blankets and declining to be tempted by double wages, on account of which shipping is at a standstill. Atlanta also stopped business nad devoted all its snergies to keeping warm. Mobile reports the destruction of the fruit and vegetable crops, and probable ruin for most of the farmers of tnat section. Chattanooga has a new record, ten degrees below zero, also six inches of snow. N?w Orleans, full of shivering strangers in light clothes specially constructed for the occasion, celebrated Mardi Gras with its toes and noses and fingers Dinned in a temnaratnra of six decrees above zeio, the coldest snap by several degrees ever known in that sunny city. How New England Fared. Boston, Mass. (Special).?With the thermometer standing at about twelve degrees above zero the heavy snowstorm banked up great masses of snow, delaying traffic in spite ot all efforts to keep the lines dear. Reports from various Now England points show that there have been an extraordinary fall of snow and nigh winds, which have caused high drifts, and in many instances completely cut off truffle on the rallwuy lines. At Provincetown the heaviest snowstorm experienced for years prevailed, and a mountainous sea was running off the Cape. A large number of sail craft put into the harbor badly damaged by ice. Judge is Found Guilty. The Circuit Court at Cleveland, Ohio, found Judge P. E. Dellenbaugh guilty as charged in the third sepciflcution, which related to the "O. K." that he as judge placed on the Manning divorce decree, in which it was alleged he was also interested us counsel. He is accused of bribery. Stock Starving In Oreeon. Thousands of range horses are said to bo starving to death ia Eastern Oregon. In every section with few exceptions, the owners of both horses and ? have despaired of saving mora xnail percentage of their stock. Cycling; Xote*. German makers are said to ho overstocked to tiie extent of 170,000 machines. I The cyclists of Austria are subscribing lo ereot a monument to their late Empress. With their big gear3 the Eastern riders have found the bills of San Francisco tiresome, but climbed them nevertheless, to the surprise of the coast riders. The quarter-mile cycle track at Belleair, Fla., has been resurfaced and remodelled. The track is now claimed to be the fastest quarter-mile traak in the country. Beginning with Now York in 1890, twelve States have passed laws requiring bicycles to be carried as other baggage. Virginia vas added to tills list during the oast year. 1 ' At Plymouth a blizzard hurled mjoti I drifts tea feet high, causing a completi blockade or street trafflo. Storm In New York State. Albany (Special).?A heavy snowstorm accompanied by high winds, raged all ovei ] this section of the State. Railroad travel suffered considerably. Trafflo on the New York Central waj ? ? 1*1-'? J? J imUa aI fKa mnol vumpieimy ueinoran^cu iu synoui iu^ mu^i valiant efforts on the part of the corapanj to keep the division between New York and ( Albany In operation. Communication between Highland Falls and West Point was completely cut off. Four passenger trains were snowed In al * Highland Falls, and the passengers ap? pealed to the citizens for food. Several baskets of sandwiches and jugs of hot coffee were sent down. There is intense suffering. In Rookland County many roads were impassable. No trains were running there. Through the country drifts seven and eight feet make driving impossible between 9 Nyack and West Nyack. In Kingston srow has drifted consider* ably, owing to the high winds. For five 0 days the thermometer has registered from s sixteen below to zero, and there is much 0 suffering. The snowfall in Erie County has been 11 very light, not enough to affect street cat 3 travel. n 'OUR TROOPS TAKE ILOILO. 5 Panay's Capital Falls After Bombard* ment and Attack. t Manila, Philippine Islands (By Cable).- 0 The United States forces under BrigadierGeneral Miller captured Ilollo, capital of v the Island of Panay and seat of the so- a called Government of the Vlsayan Federa- ^ tioc, after a bombardment. ? BRIGADIKr.-GEKER.VL a. P. MILLER. a The rebels set the town on Are before evacuating it, but the American troops ex- ? tipgulshed the flamts. There were no casualties on the American side. /j The United States gunboat Petrel arrived . with dispatches from Brigndler-General Marcus P. Miller to Major-General Otis, 1 announcing that Hollo had been taken by v the combined military and naval forces on Saturday morning. General Miller, on receipt of his instruc- , tions from Manila, sent nfttive Commissioners ashore from the United States transport St. Paul with h communication for the rebel Governor of Iloilo, calling up- 3 on blm to surrender within a time stated, b nnd warning him not to makeademonstra- t tion in tho interval. v The rebels immediately moved their gnns and prepared to defend their position, a Thereupon the Petrel fired two warning \ guns, and the rebels immediately opened 1 fire upon her. . 1 t The Petrel and the Baltimore then bom- t barded the town, which tho rebels, having set on fire, immediately evacuated. . ( American trooni were promptly landed c a\<- . ..ingulshea the fires In all cases of forfc.jjh property, bnt not before consider- 1 able uamage bad been done. j It is believed that the enemy's loss dur- f ing the bombardment was heavy. SEVENTEEN INSANE WOMEN PERISH. Burned to Death in an Asylum Cottage 1 at Yankton, S. D. Yasktos, 8. D. (Special).?Seventeen female patients in the State Asylum here were t burned to death at 2 a. m. in a Are which t destroyed one%of the cottages on the asylum t grounds. There were flfty-two persons s In the building, forty patients and twelve j attendants. The thermometer was twenty- , three degrees below zero when the Are ( started, and the flames were fanned by a ^ strong wind from the prairies. The efforts , to chock the lire were seriously handl- , capped by the cold. The attendants had f great difficulty in restraining the Inmates t of the main buildings, who saw from the y windows IUB Klttra ui uio uic, auu ? time were in a state of great exoitement. Owing to the crowded condition) of the main building the cottage where the fire started was occupied by the female patients. The basement was used as a laundry, and it was in the dry room of the laundry that the Are is supposed to have started. As soon as the alarm was given the attendants made every effort to save the patients. As many of t'jam as could be aroused and got out of their rooms were sent or carried down the narrow passageway from the third story to the ground. There was no time to dress, and rushing out into the snow in their night clothes, the women suffered terribly from the cold. As quickly as possible tbrosH who got out of the cottage were hurried into the main building. The fire spread so rapidly that before all inmntM r?n?ld be arotton out the atten dants bad to rush from the building to save themselves. All that remains of the structure are the bare, gaunt walls. At the bottom of tbe , basement were found the bodies of the seventeen victims. KILLED BY A SNOWSLIDE. , Twelve Miners Crashed to Death in Their Cubln In Cherokee Gulch. Silver Plume, Col. (Special).?An avalanche of snow swept down Cherokee Gulch, carrying away about a dozen oabins and covering twenty-five miner.1, twelve of whom were later found dead, the others being rescued alive by their comrades. The cabins carried away were all occupied by Italians, who were employed by the Dives-Pelican mine. They had not eone to work, but were caught in | their cabins, which wera crushed and swept down the gulch. Mrs. Festilheno was rescued. Her two children and hugband were killed. The reason assigned for the snowslide is the rise in temperature experienced during the night. This softened the snow, and a great mass became loosened and was soon tearing down thesteep mountainside, carrying everything in its path. Governor's Mansion at Frankfort Burned Fire a few days ago destroyed the Governor's Mansion, at Frankfort, Ky., tho oldest building in Frankfort, erected in 1797, and occupied by thirty-three Governors. A forco of men under the super-nnr Ri-nrllnv tnok tho valu able paintings and books from the building. ^ Gftorcl?'s Peach Crop Suffers. Advices received from the peach-growing centres in South Georgia indicates ^hat the pe;ich aud plum crops have been cut ofT at least a third and maybe a half by the cold snap. Admiral I)e\iey Buys an Island. Admiral George Dewey has purchased thirty acres ot una on uurrisu isiuuu, uctween*>IainH and New Hampshire, and on his return from Maulla he will erect a cottage there, It is said, and live on the island. Admiral Dewoy is a son-in-law of the late Ichabod Goodwin, at one time Governor of the State of New Hampshire, who once owned the island. Kngllicer and His Boy Killed. Delaware and Hudson train No. 4 was de'rallcd near Cummings siding, about tw* mlleg south of Fort Ticonderogn, N. Y. The engine nas turned over, and the engineer, \V. R. Combs, and his Uttlo hoy, about ten years old. were killed. i " 'MAINE MFllmfi rhe Anniversary of the Disaster Ob* o^rwArl ki# imorirnn nrti nni/. 3CIV&U ujr inw niuvi ivun vwiwnji CUBANS JOIN IN CEREMONIES. 'lowers Placed Upon tho Graves of tlu Maine Dead In the Cristobal Colon Cemetery?An American Flag: .Raised Over the Wreck In the Haibor?Services In the Merced Chnrcb. Hay asa, Cuba (By Cable).?The sun hone brightly Wednesday morning for the rst time In several days, when the wreck f the United States battleship Maine, detroyed in Havana Harbor on the evening f February 15, 1898, was decorated with a irge American flag. At 9 o'clock the tars and Stripes were hoisted at halt* last by Captain Eaton, of the United tates auxiliary craiser Resolute, who, rlth Mrs. Eatos Rathbone and Mrs. Dudsy, and ten sailors of the Resolute, rowed o the sunken battleship. The only others aking part were a battalion, with officers, f the First Maine Heavy Artillery. An immense rope of greens was festooned bout the fighting top, each loop hung rlth laurel wreaths,four feet in diameter nd tied with red, wjilte, and blue ribbon, 'he Cuban Club of Havana had placed an rtfflclal wreath on the boat crane, and bis Captain Eaton transferred to the peak f the gaff. At 10 o'clock high mass was celebrated a memory of the Maine victims in the lerced Churcb, at which Major-General iudlow and several of his staff were presnt. The ceremony, which was very imiressive, was attended by Brigldier-Genral George R. Ernst, representing Majorieneral Brooke, Commodore B. J. Cromrell, Captain of the Port, and other naval Ulcers, the City Council, the Executive Jommittee of the Cuban Military Assembly ,nd other mejnbers of the Assembly. In the afternoon the graves at Colon Jemetery were decorated in the presence if the American officials, military and taval details participating. The graves rere thickly oovered with flowers. The procession from the city consisted ol aarlnes and sailors from the Brooklyn and he Resolute, the band of the Brooklyn, lajor-General Ludlow's staff representing tlm, American women In ambulances, cariages containing American visitors, a roop of the Seventh Regular Cavalry and ne Cuban society. It was met by Governor-General Brooke ,nd staff at the cemetery, where a wagonoad of floral tributes "presented by the American* women and local societies were leaped upon the graves, each sailor and aarine also contributingome floral token. ?he crowd looked on in silence,some kneeing. It was 2.45 p. m. when the procession eached the cemetery and the ceremony fas over in half an hour. THE NEW MAINE STARTED. Tint Piece of the Keel Laid At Cramp*' Shipyard la Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Penn. (Special).?The anliversary of the blowing up of the battlehip Maine in Havana harbor was marked lere with the beginning of work on a new rarship to bear the same name. The new Maine will bo built by Cramps' ind at the company's yards at 11 o'clock Wednesday the first piece of the keel of the -essel was laid. There was no formality in he proceedings, but the shipyard was hrown open to the public. The Maine will be a sister ship to the )hio and Missouri. She is to have a speed ?f eighteen knots. The builders will endeavor to have the lew battleship ready for launching on February 15 of next year and to tave her ready or service on the third anniversary of hei >redecessor's destruction. A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE. rhe Brooklyn Jiavy Yard's Ble Itlachinc Shop Totally Destroyed. New Yobk City (Special).?In a mounaln of flame that illuminated the sky foi nlles and drew thousands of spectators tc he scene, the big machine shop of the team engineering department in th? Brooklyn Navy Yard was burned to th rround early Wednesday evening. Th? lestructlon was complete. Nothing of any ralue was saved, and the building, which ,vas an immense anuir, noa wtts mo piiuti)al machine shop of the Navy Yard, is n ew portions of brick wall that still stand is naked reminders of what the building ras. Besides much valuable machinery, a arge number of patterns of engines o] nen-of-war were destroyed, that ^cannot je replaced. Among these were the onlj mtterns in existence of the engines of th< jattleship Maine, and It was a singular concidencc that exactly one year aj?o ? or :he night of February 15, 1893?the Maine lerself was blown to pieces in Havana Har 3or, while on Wednesday the keel of the jew Maine was laid in Cramps' shipyard rhus the famous battleship is now entire!} relegated to me past, i?uu uul even a<.< patterns left, and with her final oblltera :ion a new Maine steps into her place. Patterns for the Chicago, the Raleigh the Atlanta and the Cincinnati and man} at the older ships of the Navy, besides i vast number of valuable drawings wer< also destroyed, and cannot be duplicated The loss in figures is estimated at $1, 300,000, of which $350,000 went in the build Ing and $400,000 in the machinery. NO NICARAGUA CANAL NOW. rhe Home Kulefl the Hepburn Meaaari Oat of the Sundry Civil Bill. washington, v. u. (.opei-iiu;.?oy m< deceive vote of 127 to 109 the House 01 Wednesday sustained the action of th< Chair in ruling that the Hepburn NIc aragua Canal project could not' be addec as a rider to the Sundry Civil Appropria tlon bill. This action means the abandon ment of the enterprise by the United State; for the present session of Congrass. This result was reached after n battli royal between the leading advocates of thi measure and those who were opposed toiti enactment as a rider on an approprl&tloi bill. There was no apparent division o sentiment among those who spoke asto th necessity and desirability of construetinj the canaJ, and nearly all favored Govern ment ownership anil control. The onl; division was as to the expediency of put ting it on the pending bill in defiance o the rules. IStrong appeals by Messrs Dockery, of Missouri, and Moody, of Mas sachusetts, for the maintenance of the in tegnty of the rules doubtless had much ti do with bringing about the decision oi iu House. Seventeen Injured in a Railroad WrccLPassenger Train No. 22 on the Pittsbur; and Lake Erie Railroad was wrecked few days ago near Fleming Park, Fenii The fireman died of injuries and saveiitee; passengers were baaly injured. England's Claims in Nicaragua. England's claims in Nicaragua, it is sal in London, will be relinquished to Ameri cans for a reasonable consideration. Pnnn>fO?K Will IlftVAttifllt*. Congross will investigata the army i^e scandal. Newsy Glcaninc*. Another sold discovery ha-> been rep.^rtci on McDonald Creek, in ilio Ji'orthwos Territory. An enactment in Washington require horseshoers to pass an examination and t be licensed. The Delaware Legislature has passed i law requiring that barber-shops bo closet on Sundays. Mail advices from Fokin saia that tb British Government ba.1 advised China 110 to submit to the French demands ut Shanghai. Colonel Hiram M. Bledsoe, who has jits died in Kansas City, was the commande of the famous Bledsoe Battery in tho Civi War. *?nr' kiriifn rnt^AiiiTCfNi f ,inc Ncwa c.ri i umittu,. , Washington Itcmi,' It has been decided at a Cabinet meeting to arrange at once for the payment of *3,JOO.OOO to the native troops In Cuba. The payment will be made by officers of the War Department specially detailed for the purpose. The bill extending the anti-contract labor laws of the United States to Hawaii was reported back to the Senate from, the Committee on Immleratlon. with amendments making the bill cover all immigratlon questions. Representative Stone, Chairman of the ?;ommiuee on coinage. wetgnts ana Measures, introduced a joint resolution authorizing his committee to have compiled from the official records "all communications, soeeches and motions relative to the Coinage act ot 1873. so as to present a full parliamentary history of the introduction and consideration of said act, and that they report the same to the , House." General John H. Patterson has been placed on the retired list. Representative Underwood, of Alabama, introduced a joint resolution authorizing the President to transfer Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson from the construction corps to the line of the navy and to promote him to such rank as be may determine, with the advice arid consent o"! the Senate. * The President and Mrs. McKlnley a few days ago received members of Congress as their guests. The reception was a large one, despite the snow-blocked streets and avenues and the unusually low thermometer. The House Committee on Ways and Means agreed to favorably report the bill appropriating $500,000 for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo In 1901. The bill provides 4200.000 for a Government building and 8800,000 for an exhibit. Captain D. W. Glenn has received a telegram announcing that Lieutenant Castner, United States Army, and two enlisted men, who disappeared in the frozen wildernp<?? of the Klondike in last An crust, have arrived safelv atWeai;e, one of the stations in that region. Chairman Cannon, of the Appropriations ! Committee of the Honse, in the coarse of a debate on the Sundry Civil bill sounded a a warning of an Increasing deficit in the country's finances, announced that tbe passage of the Nicaragua Canal bill and the Shipping bill would be impossible, and hinted about a probable necessity for issu, Ing bonds for available funds to conduct the departments of the Government. Uoraeitlc. A sixth attempt was made a few days ngo to burn the Russell House In Russell, it. Y. The proprietor was absent. His son, R. Richardson, was arrested. William Fry# and seven other prize does, valued at $1500, were killed by coal gas at 1 a house in South Boston. Mass.. a few days ago. Tbe dogs were the property of Charles C. Hammerer, of Dorchester. They were of the Boston terrier breed. l An explosion at the Hubbard blast fur> oacn at Sharon, Penn.. a few nights ago, resulted in the instant death of Patrlok Moore, who was blown from the top of the stack to the ground, ninety feet. Dennis Carney was fatally burned. Christopher Peters, Freeman Carll and Richard Rowland were seriously hurt. The furnace was practically wrecked, the loss being $40,000. The east and west wings and tbe administration buildings of the penitentiary at Huntsville. Texas, were destroyed by Are , a few days ago. Tho 600 prisoners confined in the 'winM were removed unin jured, although some bad narrow escanes 1 from sVjffocatieD. Most of the guards lost all their clothing and personal effects. A bill to protect Kansas creameries from , oleomargarine, by compelling the manu[ "aoturers to color this product has been rejected in the House, although 10,000 , farmers in the State petitioned for it. The Boston brig Mary GIbbs, Captain ' Horace P.. Coombs, which left Newport, News, Va.. 150 days ago for Para, Brazil, aas been given up for lost by her owners at Boston, who also believe that the crew of eight men perished with the wreck. The Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, pas> tor of Plymouth Congregational Church, in Chicago, has accepted a call to All the pulpit of Central Church, succeeding the Rev. Dr. Hillis, who recently accepted the pastorate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Governor McLaurin, of Mississippi, is critically ill of pneumonia. Tbe disease has settled heavily on bis iungs, and in his present feeble condition the physicians in ittendance greatly fear that he cannot jtand a prolonged "attack. Dr. Kramer, prominently connected with Ibe German Legation in Samoa, arrived at San Francisco, Gal., on the steamer Moana, and it is believed he brings important advices for his Government regarding the situation in Samoa. Dr. Kramer says the 1? , -Mtuilliuu ia 4UIO- pciiuiug tuc uwwwjvu V? [ :he powers. City Treasurer Pressey, of North Yakima, Wash., resigned at the demand of the City Council. His accounts are estimated to be -.hort 85000. The Fire Committee of the City Council of Terre Haute, Ind.,.held a lively session, a few days ago, when It tried Fred Snott, a colored flreman, on charges preferred by "Goody Clark," a colored barber. While Scott was testifying Clark flred four shots. Two of them hit Scott, and one struck Councilman Smith. Scott was fatally wounded. Clark was arrested. At a meeting of the Brown University Corporation, held at Providence, R. I., the Uev. Dr. James Monroe Taylor was unanimously elected President of the University. Dr. Taylor is now President of Vassnr College and was formerly pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church In Providence. "Handsome Dan" and "Old Eli," the two Jlaxim guns presented to the United States Government for the use of the k cruiser Yale durins the Spanish war. will be returned to Yale College, New Haven, as a war memorial. , v 3 Belmond, Iowa, a town of over 2000 in1 habitants was the scene of a disastrous 9 Are. The thermometer was twenty-one degree below zero, and a strong wind made the firemen's efforts to check the flames 1 ineffectual. Thirteen business blocks and " a number of residences were totally destroyed. The 1033 will foot up over $150,5 000. . A stringent anti-gambling law has been a enacted by the Idaho Legislature, to re3 -dace a law which became a dead-letter. 1 : f Foreign. ? Lord Salisbury, the British Premtei. 7 sent a formal protest-to the French and " Italian governments against tho agreement y whereby Italy ceded a part ol tne Kooarta * coast in East Africa to France. The appeal for $11,500,000 in connection J with the Chinese Imperial Railway five ' percentage cold loan has been a phenoj menal success. It was applied for Ave e times over. Terrific gale3 have again prevailed on the coasts of the British Isles. Many ports suffered serious damage from the waves, ii esplanades being washed away iu many * cases. Shipping was battered severely, and severul minor wrecks, with some loss ' of life are reported. Senor Sagasta, at Madrid, Spain, is reported to Lave said that he expects a majority of thirty for ratification when the vote on the treaty is taken in the Cortes. a The American mission house at Hiroshima, Japan, occupied by the Rev. R. P. Alexander aud family, has been destroyed >y fire. Mrs. Alexander perished iu the tamos, and Mr. Alexander and the children i were badly burned. Princo Alfred of Saxe-Coburg, grandson of Oueeu Victoria an J sou of tlie Duke of Edinburgh, committed suicide ut Meran, ^ Austria, whither ho had been taken Irom t Berlin und placed in a private sanitarium. The cause of the I'riuce's removal from s Berlin was a gambling scandal compromis0 ing him gravely. He shot himself in the head. 1 Sir Thomas Lipton, the challenger for 1 the America's Cup, has purchased, it is reported iu London, the inagnilicent steam o yacht, Aejusa, for 5400,000, upon which he ? will entertain a large company during the races for the cup. The town of Digby, Nova Scotia, was alt most wiped out by lire a few nights ago. r All the business part of the towa fa in ashes ;j und the loss will be S200.WQ. I PROSPERITY m ENGLAND. ,3 rhi Business Inerwie Kmp? Pm? withl That Noticed Here. Lojrtoo* (By Cable).?Great Britain'* *V'. business boom keeps pace with that of th? I United States. Not la ten years has there' * 1 Deen suoh general prosperity In business; < ^ and stocks. Apart frojni the Sonth African,' boom, which jnalntaiap Its ?tren?th unex-j pectedly, gold shares are turner toaa sr the height of the boom of 1895. Thla feel-! , Ins of confidence may be expect*d to' con-1 tinne, If the Parliamentarians refrain from ' .':\X attempting to goad Lord 8al!sbnrv to belligerent action, as daring the last cession /J of Parliament, and provoke counter threat* , fl from other powers. Mo?f; of the stock . i values have attained a hitrher level than in -vmH years. ind an unusually lar^e nroportlon ~~ I are buying for investments, instead of 1 speculation. * As moat of the manufacturers here h&TA all the business they want, the increase in '.' '3gj the United 8tates' exnorts attracts less at? ' tentlon than It would in otdinary times. AN ARMY BEEF INQUIRY. The President Ajjpnlnl* a 'Board to IB- " j''3 vestiga'e the Meat Charget. ? " ?> Wabhiwotox, D. C. (Specia;).?tne Fresident has appointed a Court of Inquiry to - 'Sgsj examine into the charges touching th* . meat furnished the American army during ^ the war with Spain, and othof matters tovolved in the charges made by General : A Miles against the administration of war affairs. The conrt will conshtof MajorGenera! Wade, Colonel Georg? W. DarQr,^^^H Ninth Infantry, and Colonel GIlIe*r>I?, CorDs of Engineers, now statloaed la Nair York. '? This Court of Inquiry, it is ?|1.1 by per- "W sons versed in military jurisprudence..will be unique in that it will be dlretteilnlfa^H investigations against a state and not against a person, General Miles is named as the^^^^^^^H| certain allegations In the formal^H^^^^H is these allegations and not-GenJH^^^^^H that la the subject, of Inquiry. SUDDEN RICHES K.LLED U A Woman Who Inherited Two Men Who Struck OJuHB^H Scro, Ohio (Special).?John Colet^^^^^^D Village grocer, who was fast rich man because of the oil boom, cussing the situation xrlth his friend? days ago when suddenly he ceased and fell back in his chair dead. Woods died an hour after he bad wordtbat oil bad .been found andi^^^HR^| prooerty and tbat be soon would be Whzelixo, W. Va. (Special).? acquisition of waalth is said to have^^^^H| the sole cause of Mrs. J. P. Eddy's at her home in Ritchie County a few^^H^^H ago. Urs. Eddy received a letter small town in central Pennsylrania^^^^^J forming her that in the division parents' estate she had received $8Q,OOM cash and securities. The shook was great for her and she suffered a nerr^^^^H attack, which resulted in hfr death ? hours later. HBH RIVER STEAMER WRECKED. The Vessel Strook Crld|;? H Earned?3ever?l Drowned.' Nashville, Tenn. (Special).?Tboste^^Hfll P. D. Stagga, Captain Douglass Jones, wrecked at the bridge over the Tenne^^^Hf River at Johnsonvllle, Tenn., a f?w ago. Ia attempting to go under the dr^B^H bridge the boat sheered and struck/^H^H bridge, and the pilot-house and wno^H^I stacks were knocked off. The boat drifted helplessly down the stream, whH^^H was swollen by rains and melting sn^BHfl She is valued at 910,000 and la Insured. lflH| cargo Is valued at 915,000. The steamer drifted fonr miles down tB^H river and burned. There wero sixty peofH on board the steamer. All were saved cept the second clerk, Robert Scott, a^H six or eight roustabouts.. The people the steamer were taken'off in boats aiflN^R cared for by the residents of various plac^^^l along the river. THE FORMOSAN REBELLION. '^H Japanese Troop* Defeated 07 tne iusi^h gents With a Qeir; Lou. Victoria, B. C. (Special).?Advlcw frol^^H ;he Orient state that the Chinese rebels' ii^^H Formosa are gaining strength, and tba^^H many cities are being looted. Aboat th^^H middle of January a battle occurred. be^^H tweea the Insurgents aad the Japanese|^H troops at Taipehfn, resulting la a victoq^^H for the former, who, after succeeding flank movements in dodging the JapaneM^^H fire and coming to close quarters, fought^^H baud to band for three hours. Hundreds were cut down, and when th^^H Japanese were finally beaten back tbey between 350 and 400 dead on the field. Thc^^H rebel loss did not reach 100. Gets 825,000 For I.oss of Both Arms. Charles Miller, a former brakeman oa^^H the New York, New Haven and Uartford^^B Railroad, secured a verdict of $25, 90 ln^^B the Superior Court before Judge Blodgett^^H at Bostpa a few days ago. Miller sued fgc^^l $100,000 for personal iDjurle3, which >erai^^B caused by the breaking of a defective liak^HI by whioh the car upon which the plaintiff was riding was coupled 10 the locomotive. The plaintiff, who was employed as a brakeman by the corporation, was thrown"^ from the train and was mil over by several of the cars. The accident occurred at South Framiagham on February 19, /1837. and resulted la the loss oI botb c f tbe ,plalatlff's arms. j Death xdtlce Prevented Panic. H Advices from the Orient receive 1. at H Seattle, Wash., state that the death c ftbe H Japanese Princess Sandonoamlya protftably saved the lives of huadreds at a theatire iu Osake, Japaa. Tbe death in the rloy&l household was aaaouaced whoa the *>er formaace ac the Eabaki Theatre was anient half through, aad aa immense audience slowly filed out. It had hardly left Btbe building when fia&es broke out in the thlird story and soon reduced the bulldlngl to ashes. I B Alter Dismisses Two Cadets. I 1 Secretary Alger, at Washington, Aaa U summarily dismissed from tne Militak^fl Academy Charles L. Baender, of Moberl^^^^ Mo., and F. G. Lane, or Keusauga, Iow^^^H two cadets who bad been recommended the academic board for dismissal becaus^^^H of misconduct. Frightened by Earthquakes. Inhabitants of the vicinity of Belen. N'etr Mexico, are much alarmed ou account of a series of earthquake shocks that* have ocourred there recently. Many have b^takeu . H themselves to prayer and fasting. ' B Three Generations AVedded. A remarkable ceremony oceu:rod a few H days ago at the Isle of Orleans, Quebec. Pierre Pouliot celebrated his golden wed ?n.tmid nt the same nuig nc luo [inuu time his sou celebrated his stiver wedding and two sons of the latter were married. Thb ceremony attracted h pig crowd to the ciiurcu. Gnrcia'* liotly Keachea Havana. ^H| The United States gunboat Nashville, Hjl having on board the body of General.^^| Culixto Garcia, arrived a lo?v days ago ac Ml Havana, Cuba. liishop Williams, of Connecticut, Bishop John William?, oi Connecticut, presiding Bishop of the l'rotestant Eplscopal Church il the United Ctates, and in.^^H point or seniority tho oldest Episcopal^^H ? <_ .i,., tootih died ut his residence^^l uisnui. i" < "" ? ? in Miadletown, Conu., u fun days ago, iu^^B bis eistitv-becond year. He was taken with the grip, which proved fatal. Bishop^HH Wiiiiums whs consecrated Bnhop of Con-^^H necticut October 29, 1851. Ho was bora Oceriieid, Mass. Dancer to Ocean Llnsra. I Immense icefloes are repor.ou uj ships catering New York Harbor traok* of transatlantic iinws.