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PRESIDENT OF rriAiiAr nrin MIANUt UtHUi I J Fanre Expires in tbe Falace of the Elysee From Aq Attack of Apoplexy. fBE NATION'S NEW CBISIS i frime Minister Dupuy Warns the Prefects to Be Vigilant. Jtn*Ident Faure Was Stricken Suddenly I While at Work In His Study, and Died tea Few Hours?Medical Aid Was of t So Avail?Premier Dupuy Informed the ; Functionaries of France's Bereavement ?Me Issned a Note Appealing For Vlclknee-IIi? Grief of tlio Dead Statesman's Family?At His Bedside "When He Expired?31. Fanre's Career. - j b ?' I fun (By Cable).?M. Felix Faure, slxt, President of the third French Republic mad suddenly of apoplexy at 10 o'clock JEfanrsday night. He had been slightly in* disposed for a day or two, but ho did not feoasider himself as really ill. |. X. Faure was in his study in the Palace M the Elysee at about 5 o'clock Wednesday Htemoon, when he summoned his valet, otnplalning of fatigue and weakness. The P assisted Dim to a sora ana ur. numwas called to treat the President ; ISBSIDZXT M. FELIt FArEE, OF FBANCE. finding tbe action of the heart feeble, Dr. Humbert administered ether, bet declared that there was nothing sdllous about M; Faore's condition. Nevertheless, the Pres< Ident grew worse and other physicians were summoned, Inoludlog Dra. Potaiq and laonnelongue, and it was speedily realized that the cos* was desperate. Dr. Lanne* V? J r?K4- #* /%m a K{CU? uau siua^iojjo MXVU^U W ** M gbboring pharmacy, but their application had only a slight effect. \ The deatn agony began at 9.50 o'clock, and M. Faure passed away ten minutes later. His wife and daughter, Mme, Barge, M. Dnpuy and the civil and military Wfflclals of bis household were present. {The newspapers learn that M. Faure suf< need for several months past wltb heart isease, but the fact was not known to th? bablle. f M. Dupuy communicated the sad intelligence to M. Loubet, President of the Senatcj SL Paul Descbanel, President of the Chamber of Deputies; the members of the Cabinet and to other high officials, and aftsrkard addressed the following dispatch ta *11 prefects aud sub-prefects in France: j V I have the sad task to announce to you B>e death ot the President, which occurred pt 20 o'clock this evening, as tho result ol fen apoplectic stroke. Kindly take tbe necJ Bsary measures to Inform the population Immediately of the mourning that has fall* pn upon the Republic. The Government ?nAn "Aim onflna vlntlonaa of fltla ASU1AIO U^/V/iA JUUl OVUTO f i^llUUUU Ufc kUiJ painful juncture. ' I 1 By a curious coincidence, M. Dupuyoc* papieg the same place wlilcli be held when president Carnot was assassinated on June ttt. 1834. < 1 It vas painful to witness the distress ot pl&darne Faure and the children. Only With the greatest difficulty could *he bein< faced to leave the death chamber, anci Ten tben she insisted on remaining In MJ fj0> Gall's room, apart from the children, in rder to give free vent to her grief. VBOK TANNER TO PRESIDENT. M. Faure Won His War to the Top by Hard Work and Ambition. ' Francois Felix Faure, sixth President of khe third IteDUbllc of France, wrs born on January 20, 1841. His lather was Jean JPaure, a cabinetmaker. Faure was edu-l Bated in a private commercial school, and* was then sent to England for two years.' When quite young he married the daughter of M. Belluot. an attorney in Ambolse.l ' He became President of the Havre Cham-! ler of Commerco, and during the Franco-! Prussian war held the office of Deputy Mayer. In August, 1881, Faure offered himself as u Republican candidate for! Parliament in the Third District of Havre and was elected. He wus appointed .Voder Secretary of State for Colonies ftn the Gambcttn administration, and Kid the same offlco iu the Ministries of Ivi Ferry (1833), M. Brisson (1885) . and M. Tlrard (1887). In May. 1391, he became Minister of Marine In M. Dupuy's Cabinet, and was appointed Vice-President f the Chamber of Deputies, a position to ,vbich he wus several times elected. On tb? retirement of Cusimir-Perier, who resigned the Presidency on January 16, 1895, ke was chosen President by 430 votes as gainst 360 given to Henri Brisson, the election taking piaceon January 17. Killed by a Falling Icicle. / A huge ioiclo fell from the eaves of the Sex mills as Kansas City, Mo., a few days ago, and pierced the skull of Ulysses O. Gibson, a Chicago and Alton check clerk, Who was busy marking cars on<a siding! SThe ice pierced Gibson's skull and be died almost instantly. He was thirty years and pnmarrled. The New Congressional Librarian. The President at Washington has nomi fcated Samuol J. Barrows, who represent; the Tenth District of Massachusetts In Congress, to be Librarian of Congress. Tli? Labor World. Women's membership in trades unions is almost wnony connuoa to cue ciotning aau tobacco trades. Wages are dreadfully low in Cuba and Sundreds of thousands ot natives can be? kirod for fifty cents per day. Eighteen large manufacturers now use Hie union labels of tho Boot and Shoe Yorkers' International Union. ' The Labor Pre3S Association of the State f New York is composed ot seventeen lafcor papers published in the State. Japanese workmen are obliged to weai a their caps and baolcs an Inscription statteg their business and their employer's iHise. I THE NEWS EPITOMIZES,' v TVa?lilnsrton Item*. The War Department has honorably discharged Major-Generals Butler and Sumner and Brigadier Generals Kline, McKee, Wiley. Lincoln and Combs, all of the volunteer army. The Commission on the Codification ol the United Stfttes Criminal and Penal Laws recommended to Congress a law to prohibit the use of private letter-boxes. Private William J. Edwards, Company A, Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry. fouDd guilty by a court-martial convened :it Macon, Ga.. of murder, and sentenced to dishonorable discharge, forfeiting all pay and allowances, and to be confined at uara moor lor niDRiy-nine years. ine sentence has heen approved, and the penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., designated as the place of confinement. The Item of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the terms of the Peace Treaty was stricken out of the Siindrv Civil bill, on a point or order in the House. The fight for the Nicaragua Canal bill was resumed. In the Senate the Army Reorganization bill was reported by Mr. Hawlev. and a compromise proposition was submitted by Mr. Cockrell in behaif of the Democrats. The Military Academv Appropriation bill was passed, and the Naval Personnel and Postofflce bills were considered. Domentlc. Thieves ransacked the former home 01 Calvin S. Brlce, in Lima, Ohio, to which It Is supposed many valuables had been shipped from the Brlce home In New York. The amount of goods stolen is not known. Judge Thomas Mittenberger, of Bellefontalne, Ohio, was found dead In bed a few days ago and his wife In an unconscious and dying condition. Escaping gas from a broken fixture was the cause. Within sight of a number of fishermen a well-dressed man walked out on the Ice in the lake In Chicago a few days ago and, finding an airhole, deliberately drowned himself. No clue to his identity has been found and tne body was not recovered. The engagement of Miss Clara Fitch, of Louisville, Ky., to Edwin Stanton Carpenter, of Pittsburg, Penn., was announced a few days ago. In the afternoon Miss Fltoh received a telegram of Mr. Carpenter's sudden death in New York City. Ebenezer Havens, aged seventy years, was killed almost instantly at Rocky Hill, near Mlddletown, Conn., a few days ago, while cutting ice. Havons was working on a machine used to plane ice, when he suddenly slipped'and fell into it. Both of his legs were severed above the knees and he died in a minute or two later. Charles Davis was Instantly killed and John Sullivan and Gilbert Mott were Injured in a cave-in at the Central City mines, near Joplto, Mo., a few days ago. Davis was burled under tons of earth and rocks. Sullivan had one leg broken, and Mott had one leg badly bruised and received other severe bruises. According to the death returns filed at the Health Office, Louisville, Ky., a few days ago, Rosetta Washington died at 135 I - m n?fAtn>N?ti years ui natiiciau'/o uu^uwiovu, colored, whose age was reported at 109 years, died of pneumonia. j George Panzeter, forty-six years old, a maltster out of work, in New York City a few days ago shot and killed his wife, Anna, forty-six years old, and her boarder, John Goltze, because she refused longer to support him. Panzeter escaped. The United States cruiser Marblehead reached New York port a few days ago, after a temptuous voyage from Boston, Id which she narrowly escaped collision with the Cunarder Etruria. The Missouri Senate, at Jefferson City, hns passed a house resolution asking Congress to provide for the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people. Three persons were Durnad to death In the fire which destroyed the Arlington flats In Chicago. The dead are: Fred. A. Marte, a mail carrier, his wife and their Infant eon. Tames Pratt, a millionaire of Hackensack, N. J., a few days ago took out formal papers of adoption for a four-year-old girl in a State institution. Mr. Pratt has eleven children of his own, but he said he wanted to make tho number an evon one. Judge Zabriskie signed the papers. At Sneedville, Ark., a few days ago, the home of Charles Bannister, a farmer, was destroyed by Are. Three ohildren, aged seven, nine and twelve, were burned to death in the flames. J. W. Jorgenson. eon of C. E. Jorgenson, a wholesale furniture manufacturer, of Chicago, was arrested a few day* ago, charged with cutting off the hair of Erna Franskey, thirteen years eld. It is believed that Jorgenson has been guilty of similar offences during a period of five year3 past. S. Odakaki. representing the interests of the Mitsui family in Japan, is in Seattle, Wash., for the purpose of securing a number of bright American boys to be sent to Japan and China and educated in Oriental business methods, with a view of extending trade with the United States. The Mitsui family, it is said, i3 the richest in Japan, and its various interests are capitalized at over $50,000,000. The graduating exercises of the Military Academy at West Point took place a few days aso. Seventv-two youn? men received their diplomas from Colonel A. L. Mills, the Superintendent. Colonel Mills welcomed the young men Into the ranks of the army. The ceremonies took place in the Cullum Memorial Hall. Mary Hubbard, twenty-two years old, of Brooklyn, was arrested a few days ago on 6'jsplcion of having killed her two-monthsold baby, which was found dead in bed by her side, and was supposed to have been accidentally smothered. The New York and the Indiana left the Port of New York to join the other vessels of the North Atlantic Squadron at Havana fnr mnnnf*nr-AQ Much damage wa3 done by a heavy rain in Baltimore. Foreign. Emporar "William of Germany ba<* pardoned Henry Tledmann, of Now Sforlc City, who wa3 convicted of desertion from the Imperial Army. It was reported from Berlin tfcat Germany and the United State3 had made protests to each other regarding Samoa. Archbishop Chappelle, of New Orleans, the Apostelic delegate to Cuba, preached in the Cathedral at Santiago de Cuba last Sunday morning, theflrat sermon in English ever delivered in the city. There was was a large congregation, and the Archbishop's remarka were Intoned to attentively. The British steamer Klnsale, which left New Orleans on January 25, by way of Newport News on February 2, for'Glasgow, in command of Captaiu Murrell, passed the Irish cpast a few days ago. She signalled that on the voyage she had been boarded by a heavy sea, which swept the Captain overboard. The Gazetto de France, at Paris, publishes a manifesto by the Duke of Orleans, a pretender to the throne, reviewing tne present condition of affairs in France. No one pays any attention to it. Severe earthquake shocks wero felt throughout the State of Guerrero, south of Cuernavacn, Mexico, a few days ago. These shocks havo caused great damage to property in some of the towns. Every building in tho city of Chilisancingo has been damaged, and many structures are demolisbed. The following appointments have been made at Havana, Cuba: Demetrlo Castillo to be Civil Governor of the Province of Santiago; Ramon Ebra to be Assistant Secrotary of Justice and Instruction. The League of Nations proposed by Lord Charles iioresford for the settlement of tho Far Eastern question is not enthusiastically received in Great Britain. ICO reium to Juuraeiuus, rraats, n iovv , days ago, from his Algerian trip of M. Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intranslgoant, the radical organ, led to a renewal of the anti-Semitic demonstrations and street fights which marked his departure for Algiers on February 4. Windows in several churches and synagogues wore smashed. Baron Olof Rudolph Cedarstrom, who recently married Mme. Adelins Pattl in Wales, has been granted a certificate of naturalization and is now a British citizen. In this he follows the example of the prima donna, who beoame a subject ct Queen Victoria last year, THEFBBKCHFBESIDEHC? M. Emile Loubet Elected to Succeed the Late M. Felix Faure. i M. DUPUY AND CABINET REMAIN. | _ i The National Assembly at Versailles Elected M. Loubet bj One Ballot? Tlio Ken President Begs For Unity? < lUrnnrofrotlnni In Pnrll.Tlie Provinces Satisfied With the Election* Pabis (By Cable).?The National Assembly at Versailles Saturday afternoon elected M. Emlle Loubet President of the French i Bepubllc, to succeed the late M. Felix Faure. The official count showed that 812 votes were cast, and that M. Loubet received 438, M. Mellne, 279, and that fifty were scattered. The votes not given to M. Loubet or M, . Mellne were divided between M. Cavaignac, General Jamont, General Saussler and . others. President Loubet kas asked SI. Dupuy to ! retain the Premiership and the presc-nt Cabinet to remain. After the announcement of the result in , the Assembly, M. Chauveau and many members repaired to an adjoining salon, where ( M. Loubet awaited them. The result of the ; election was then communicated to him, i and he received the congratulations of his . friends. , The newly elected President promised to devote his best efforts to fulfilling the , wishes of the country, and to "reunite the | Republicans, who have drifted asunder, by the current of unhappy events." j The Premier, M. Dupuy, then formally ( transferred the Executive power to M. j Loubet, and congratulated him upon his > election. , Tue President, In thanking II. Dupuy, j expressed the hope of having the support j of the Cabinet. , M. Loubet left the palace in n carriage, ( accompanied by M. Dupuy, and followed } by the Ministers. The crowds ' along the route acclaimed President Loubet with cries of "Vive 'la Republlquel" "Vive rArmeel" "Vive Loubetl" j LOUBET INSULTED IN PARIS. Republican Gnarda Culled Oat to Olsperis < (Hostile Mobi. ( Paris (By Cable).?President Loubet ar- i rived here from Versailles In the evening and was received with military honors. *?*-1 iiAAlAtMBfiAnc #*Am fhn I ALU iU JTOJJU VYCU awuidiuoiivug j.*vs4ju kuw . crowds the President proceeded to the Elysee Palace In order to pay a tribute of re- 1 spect to the remains of President Faure. * He then went to the Foreign Office, where he received the high officials or state and j the Diplomatic Corps. As the Presidential.carriage left the St. ? Lazare station a band of thirty or forty ] persons ranged themselves on either side ] of the landau, under the leadership of a ' couple of individuals, who kept giving sig- < nals for Bhouts of "Down with Loubet!" and "Resign! Resign!" The noise and excitement were redoubled when the carriage stopped at the Elysee. Here"1 two compact hostile groups were massed, hooting and blowing whistles. MM. Loubet and Dupuy spent ten minutes with Mme. Faure, and then proceeded to the ' Qual d'Qorsay. On the journey thither M. ' Loubet was moro favorably received by the public. The appearance of President LSubet in a carriage at. the statue of Joan of Aro " where a crowd had gathered was the slgaal for hostile demonstrations and cries of 'Panama! Panama!" T? *r\ awIab /\f "DornmtP' 1 AU U^pWOlbtVU WW iuo WAlOa Vi * **uuu?u? tw supporters of the President raised ] shouts of "Vive Loubet!" At this, stage of , the demonstration a detachment of mounted cuirassiers appeared and cleared a pas- i sage for the President's carriage. Suddenly MSI. Deroulede, Mlllevoye and j Habert appeared. The mob surrounded 51. ' Millevoye, who donned his Deputy's belt, j which is his uaual method of signaling to 1 his friends? and from 400 to 500 of his sup* ' Dorters ranged themselves behind the three J Deputies, phouting. "Down with Loabetl" * ".Resign!" and "Panama!" M. Mlllevoye tben waved the tricolor flag 1 above M. Deroulede, while the latter har- f ansued the crowd. .. - : The demonstrators then marched to the 1 Rue des Pyramides, shouting and flaunt* J iHg tricolors. The police attempted to stop them and tried to seize the flags. But ( the mob resisted and finally marched to the Avenue de 1'OperA, where u Urge force of police was stationed, In front of the Military Club. This detachment of police 1 succeeded in dispersing the demonstrators,, a downfall of rain assisting' tn the work. The street demohstratlSns were renewed at midnight. The Republican Guards, f mounted and on foot, took ud their station i at the corner of the Boulevard and the Rue t Drouot. The police olear< 1 the streets and the approaches to the office of the Libre 1 Parole. MM. Deroulede, Coppee and Foraln arrived together at the-Rue Montmnrtre. Deroulede and Copee attempted to make 1 speeches andtnuch scuffling ensued while 1 shouts of "Vive l'Armeel" and "Hernia- I slon!" were frequently henrd. The police Intervened qnd scattered the t crowd, making many arrests. * Telegrams received from the provinces i show that the announcement of M. Lou- < bet's olectlon was received with sat sfactlon. ( 3 CAREER OF M. LOUBET. I Emtio Lou bet has long been a prominent figure In French politics. He has been in several Ministries, has presided over a Ministry, has been a Senator, and twice .Presi- ' dent of the Senate. His most conspicuous appenrance in politics, up to the present, was in the great Panama Canal soandals, which wrecked the Ministry of which he was the head. He was bora at Marsanne, Department of theDrome, December 31,1833. He studied law, obtained the doctor's degree, ani practiced his profession at Montellmar, of which he became Mayor. In 1876 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and took his seat with the Republicans on the left. He was Instrumental In the overthrow of the Broglle Cabinet In 1877, and was re-elected a Deputy the same yoar. In 1881 be was again elected from the arrondissement of Montellmar. M. Loubet stood for the Senate in 1835, and was eleoted, and became Minister of Public Works In the'Cablnet of M. Tlrard, which existed for three months. In .February, 1892, upon the fall of the de Freyclnet Cabinet, he was-asked to form a Ministry. He was successful, and himself took the portfolio of the Interior. His direction of nfTalrs, while'satisfactory to the Ex treme Left, aroused the bitter hostility of the moderate Republicans, 1 who were in the majority. This difficulty ] Nearly 200 "Blind Tiger" Indictments. The Grand Jury of the Circuit Court, at Louisville, Ky., a few days ago returned i nearly 200 indictments against persons for I running "blind tigers." This is the larg- ] est number of persons ever indicted at one ) time for a single offenie in the State of 1 Kflnhiftkv. Meat Inspection Bill Is Passed. The Bundesrath at Berlin, Germany, has , passed the Meat Inspection bill. The pro- i ceodings in the Bundesrath wore private. Thebill, in draft form, will now goto the Reichstag. Liberal Victory In Nevr Brunswick. The provincial election in New Brunswick resulted In a victory for the Liberal party. Out of forty-six members clected only three are Conservatives. Two of them are from Westmoreland and one from Sunbury County. In St. John the whole Government ticket was elected. The Emmerson Government is now firmly established. A Child's Terrible Death. three-year-old son of James Etter ltv ing in Montague County, Texas, was killed a lew days ago in falling on the ground. A sharp-pointed Btlok entered the ohlld s mouth, penetrated the head and caused almost instant death. . i I :="- ' . . . r j~ .pi i ? iw I |l | was Increased by the troubles arising oat of the complaints of the miners ot Carmaux. TrooDB had to be summoned to *V? n*sA t V. f n ma^A 4-Ua uuiut tuo uiskuiuauuoo, auu buio uiauo vuu Loubet Ministry still more objectionable to the moderates of the Left, and of ooarso to the entire Bight A bomb was exploded November 8 at the door of the offices in Paris of the Cotnpagnle de Carmaux, which owned the mines, and killed Ave persons. The Ministry was then given greater authority to :ontrol public meetings and demonstrations, and the red flag was ordered off the streets of Carmaux. A few days later the Panama Canal scandals put an end to the Ministry. M. Loubet again stood for the Senate and was eleoted, and was chosen its President. He was re-elected to this post January 12, 1899. 1 Belief Felt In Europe. London (By Cable).?Telegrams from European capitals and the comments of the press express a sense of relief .'that the crisis In France has been safely passed, and generally approve the result of tne election, and welcome M. Loubet tothe.Chlef Magistracy of France. . TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER. Over a Score Killed and One Hundred In* Jnred In a Collision Near Brauela. Brussels, Belgium (Ry Cable).?An express train from Calais, having London passengers on board, came in collision a few days ago with a stationary train at Forot, near this city. Twenty-one persons wero killed outright and more than 100 were more or less injured. There wero no Americans or English among the viotims. The train left Tournay In the morning, ind reached Foret a few houi "? 1st*. Immediately afterward the ?' express dashed at full speed Into tL _ 'in and ran into the Tournay train, wu^a was standing at the platform. It is said that, owing to the fog, the engineer of the express train did not see the signals. The scene of the wreck presented a terrible picture. When the locomotive of the sxpress train leaped on to the roofs of the thri?A renrmoat carriages of the train from rournay, they crashed through them and ground the carriages and their occupants into an almost lnextrlcablo mass of splintered wood, broken and twisted ironwork, ind mangled humanity. Six of the bodies >f victims were found intertwined in tne wheels of the express locomotive. STEPHENS FOUND GUILTY. Former Professor - In Lafayette College Convicted of Arson. Eastoh, Penn. (Special).?George H. Stephens, former professor in Lafayette College, was tried here for setting-fire to Pardee Hall in order to revenge himself jpon President Warfleld for dismissing him from the faculty. He was found guilty. R. C. Stewart made the closing argument for the prosecution, and then Judge Scott ielivered the charge to the jury. ' He said that a confession made by a defendant could only be received as evidence (Then the facts contained therein were supported by corroborative proof. Evidently Che jury found plenty ot corroboration, for it was only out an boar, and most of that :ime was consumed la waiting for the sake >f appearauoes. 8tephens received the verdict apparently ivithout surprise, and betrayed no feeling whatever over the result. In faet, it is stated th$t he expected to he convicted. It is not believed that he will he tried on tie indictments for malicious mischief and larceny still pending against him. Ho Is aocused of stealing 127 books from the college library. TO DISFRANCHISE THE NEGROESThe North Carolina ^ Legislature Pane* the Constitutional Amendment. Baleioh, N. C. (Special).?The amendnent to the Constitution of North Carolina, limiting the suffrage, has been vdopted by both branohes of the General Assembly. It passed the House by a vote >f 81 to 27, and the Senate by a vote of 11 to .Co Before becoming a part of :he Constitution, however, it must be mbmitted to a vote of the people of :he State. This will be done at the next general election, which, under the new ilection law, will be held in August, 19014 roe avowed objeot of the amendment Js to sliminate the ignorant negro vote. To do his, educational, property and poll tax jualincations are preaonoeu. iu piavsuii his disfranchising white voters a farther provision Is made that any person can vote whether he possesses the other qualiflcaions or not, provided he or his ancestors :onld have voted on January 1, 1867. CONFLICT AT TALIEN-WAN. Three Hundred Chinese Killed In a Fight With Busalana. PzKiy, China (By Cable).?A serious oonlict bos taken place between the Russians md Chinese at Talien-Wan, 300 of the latter >elng killed. The trouble originated in a question of taxes. Talien-Wan Is one of thp two ports leased >y China to Russia recently. The o.ther is Port Arthur. Both are in the Liao-tung province. Talien-Wan is an important town, promoted by fortifications. While the Cliinise flag still Is allowed to fly, the Russians eally are In absolute control and have seviral thousands of troops there. The Russian lease was signed at Pekin >n March 27, 1898. it is ror twemy-uvo rears and may be extended later by com* non acoord. FOUR FOUND ASPYHX1ATED. 2ai Wu Turned and Death End* a Night'* Revel In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Penn. (8peclal).?Mrs, Charles Fahrenkamp, aged thirty-three rears; her two children, Florence and iVilliam, aged respectively ten and nine rears, and an unknown woman, aged ibout thlrty-flve years, were found dead a ew days ago in a room in Mrs. Fahrentamp's home. The gas was turned on and lie had apparently been extinct for several lays. Scattered about the first floor were remnants of clears and cigarettes and 3mpty beer and whisky bottles. The bodies were found by a neighbor, nrho had forced an entrance to the house. Wra FahrankamD was lvinc on the floor ind her daughter nearby. The unknown woman and the boy were In bed. Mrs. Fahrenkamp's husband, who is a traveling talesman; for a New York company left lome about a week ago on business for his Irm. Tha Brooklyn Navy Yard Fire. A Board of Inquiry has been appointed :o Investigate the cause of the recent Brooklyn Navy Yard Are. A Notorious Qroek lirlganil Killed. Serrantos Ferrantos, supposed to be the notorious Greek brigand "Sotoros de Sarmtos," was murdered a few days ago In New York City by a fellow couutryman named John Zighouros who was arrested by the police. Nebraska Senate For Expansion. The Nebraska Senato at Lincoln voted gO to 122 In favor of expansion. The question was upon a resolution Introduced by a Populist member calling upon Congress to at once withdraw the troops from the Philippines. Tlie Whirl of tko Whool. San Francisco has just held a six days* bicycle race. The new National Cycling Association Is preparing to go ahead with its efforts to control racing. The annual report of the secretary of the Grand Lodge of American Wheelmen showed a failing off for last year. Midnight cycle rides are becoming popuThn nntinndnans seem to itti iu auokiauii. prefer small wheals and small tires. Vienna, Austria, h&s made a beginning of constructing bicycle paths through its streets. Ground has been conceded for the construction of a new street on oondltlon that a strip be prepared for the usd of bicyclists. -frnmrni0rm* THE DEFENCE OF SCHLEY An Answer to Charges Made to the Senate Naval Committee, HIS PART IN CERVERA'S DEFEAT, Rear-Admiral Schley's Statement as to His Actions Before and in the Destruction of the Spanish fleet O.T Santiago?Declares All of His Movements Were Under Strict Orders. Washington, D. C. (Special).? Bear-Admiral W. S. 8chley, having receive d permission to answer the charges made against him in the communication recently sent to the Senate a few days ago handed to the Committee on Naval Affairs a statement la which he disclaims any purpose of coatro versy with the Navy Department. The letter of the Department, he says, so fur as It relates to him, can be summarized under the following heads: ?ne aeiay oa uienraegos; tae atiegea slow progress toward Santiago da Cuba from Clenfuegos; the retrograde move" meats oa Ma; 26 and 27; tbe battle ot Santiago, and tbe destruction of Cervera's fleet. 4 The Rear-Admlral says that his orders from Sampson oa May 19 were to blockade Clenfuegos, which he proceeded to do. He had no knowledge that there were any lasurgents about Cleafuegos who were friendly until the Marblehead arrived on the 24th. On his arrlvul he sent Commander McCalla, of the Marblehead, ashore to establish relations with the Insurgents, the result of which was made known to him at 3.40 o'clock on May 24. Then (or the first time he learned definitely that the Spanish fleet was not at Clenfuegos. Within two hours he started for Santiago. The Bear-Admiral then states that he cannot see any ground for a criticism adverse to him, as he was on the spot acting under orders which gave him entire discretion. Rear-Admiral Schley quotes from a dispatch from Sampson in which the latter told him to hold his fleet off Clenfuegos a3 the Spanish fleet must proceed either to Havana or Clenfuegos in order to deliver munitions of war, which were supposed to be with It. Rear-Admiral Schley adds that the document is not in the appendix or executive documents, but it shows that he was expected to hold his fleet off Clenfuegos. A3 to the slow progress toward Santiago on account of the Eagle, he states that she was a part of the force wblch Rear-Admiral Sampson had seen fit to send him, and he had no right to abandon her. He had been ordered to procoed "cautiously." Had he known, however, that the Spanish fleet was In Santiago Harbor, no consideration for the Eagle would have prevented him proceeding there at the earliest possible moment. Speaking of the "retrograde movements," which the Secretary, adopting the language df Bear-Admiral Sampson, characterizes as "reprehensible conduct," RearAdmiral Schley says tbat in forty-two years' service "never was such language used to characterize conduct of mine, a?d I see no reason for it now." As to the battle of Santiago, Rear-Admiral Schley says the facts of that contest speak for themselves. He asks the committee to contrast his reports and those of Sampson containing references to himself. The Rear-Admirul gives the details of th? absolute location of the Spanish squadron inside the harbor on May 29, which dlsoovery was, he ?ays, the result of a determination to satisfy himself before sailing for tbe w6st. The question of the presence of the enemy determined, he decided not to risk serious disablement until reinforcoments arrived. Rear-Admiral Schley quotes the Department's dispatch of May 29 In these words: "The Department looks to you to ascertain the fact of the presence of the enemy, and that the enemy, If in the harbor at Santiago, does not leave without decisive ac inn ? nnmm?nHriT on thla. the Rear-Ad mlrnl says: "Id obedience to the above order and xvithont any further order or Instruction from any one, I did ascertain the faot that the enemy was at Santiago, and the enemy did not leave without a decisive conflict." Detailing events conneoted with the battle of July 3, he says that at 8.45 o'clook of that day Bear-Admiral Sampson made signal from bis flagship: "Dlsregwd movements of the Commander-in-Chief," and steamed eastward to 81boney. "This," says Bear-Admiral 8ohley, "left me the senior officer present, and necessarily clothed me with the responsibility of the command." Continuing, he mentions the signals which were made from his flagship to the fleet to engage the enemy and prevent their escape. Describing the manoeuvre of the Brooklyn which left the enemy's sblps unmasked by the cruiser and exposed them to the concentrated fire of the squadron, the Bear-Admiral snys, in consequence the result was that within thirty minutes the Spanish ships were on flre and riddled with bullets. The capture of the Colon was effected at 1.15 p. m., and the New York, Bear-Admiral Sampson's flagship, did not arrive upon the scene of action until 2.23 p. m., when the latter assumed command of the squadron. In conclusion Bear-Admiral Sohley con tends that the turn or tne urooKiyn iu mo battle of the 3d was "the crucial and deciding feature of the combat and of decided advantage." ROBBERS GET $60,000. , ' Safe Opened While the Trala Was on a Siding at Cherryvale, Kan. Chebbyvale, Kan. (Speolal).?While the Coffeevllle train on the Santa Fe Railroad was standing on a siding here a few days ago the express car was broken open and about 860,000 taken by .the robbers. The job was done inside of twenty minutes and was evidently carefully planned. The train arrived here at 7 o'clock In the morning, during a heavy fog, and was run onto a siding, giving the right of way to the fast express soon due. The express messenger, In accordance with the usual custom, locked the safe securely, fastened the doors and ran over to the hotel near tho traok for breakfast. The whistle of the approaching express train warned him that it wa3 time to return to his duties, so he ran back to the express car. He saw the doors wide open. Tney uaa been forced from the outside. The iron door of tho safe stood open, and all the money was gone. Paper and waybills were scattered over the floor of the car and boxes overturned. The morning was dark and foggy, and the robbers forced an entrance into the car through the door furthest away from the railway station. A SliarlCT Shoot* Two ltrotlxeri. The killing of Harry Sloan and the mortru wounding of Callon Sloan, his brother, by Deputy Tom Rice, caused much excitement at Enterprise, Ky. Rice was serving a warrant for larceny on the Sloans. Harryattacked Rice with a knife, and wa3 shot and instantly killed. Callon received a ball through his che3t, and is expected to die. Polo y Bornabe'* New Position. Senor Polo y Bernabe, formerly Spanish Minister to the United States, has been ap pointed Minister to i'orcugai. Newjy Gleanings. An antl-eartoon bill bas boon passed by the California House much to the indignation of the State press. A cirgo of American wheat which arrived nt Valencia, Spain a few days ago gave great satisfaction. The New York City Board of Estimate tftis voted to Issue $7,673,640 bonds for new schools and school sites. Linns W. Dexter, of Vlneland, N. J., died a few days ago, aged eighty-six years. He Is said to have been the inventor of angel cake. Luclen M. Ohlpley, who financed the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, died a few days since at his home in St. Louis. _ L . . TRAGEDY ON THE OCEAN. rt While the Ship Wa? Sinking the Captaln't U Wife Died in Hit Anna. Noutolk, Va. (Special).?The crew of the gohooner James E. Bailee, shipwrecked and J| abandoned at sea, arrived here a few days ago and told of their terrible suffering and the death of the wife of Captain E. H. Dar llDlf, XVUU was 11 ii,nu. 1U uoi uuovuuu .1 at iu j. The Balles sailed from Cazones. Mexico. .. for Now York on Jnnuary 23, with a cargo 111 of cedar and mahogany. She was a doubleflecked three-master or 3200 tons net reari3ter. All went well until February 11, when off the Delaware Capes, about nine- N? ty miles at sea, where the storm struck her. The storm increased in violence, and on Monday the schooner sprung a,leak. On Tuesday, while the pumDS were being worked to "the utmost, they broke beneath the deck, and the schooner began to fill fast. By nightfall she was awash, the seas swept over her, and the crew, lashed to the rallf suffered fearfully from ve the cold. gB The waves carried the boats and the tafif- .h rail away on Tuesday, and shortly after- * ward, in order to lighten the standing rig- by ging, the masts were cut away and went th by the boird. For three days the crew, i without food or water, were lashed to the rail, the seas washing over them almost Q< continually. ot On Thursday, about noon, the schooner Mount Hope, Captain McLean, bound from . New York for this port, came along and Iei took them off. They were brougnt nere m and were sent to New York on the Old Dominion Liner Jamestown. wi THE CHANCE IN THE CABINET. hi hi Mr. Hitchcock Take* Office as Secretary Hi of the Interior. Di "Washington, D. C. (Special).?Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri, recently i United States Ambassador to Russia, on te jc ? . t ethax allex hitchcock. fe (Secretary of the Interior.) ' n( Monday took the prescribed oath of office jjv and entered on his duties as Secretary of jr the Interior. ^ to MORE RICHES IN COLORADO. v th of Iltird Dlicovery of Valuable Ore In tho Great Isabella Mine. IE ni I Colobado Spbinos, Col. (Special).?The J; great Isabella Mine created a third aensa- sfl tlon a few days ago by encountering for te the tbird time In two months unusually ** rich bonanza ore. In December,a vein afl carrying $1000 a ton was opened on the ^ ninth level of the Lee Shaft. On January or 27 a streak in that vein was encountered which assayed on select samples as high tJ{ as $100,000 a ton. The run of the vein ineluding the streak has turned as high as mi $20,000 from the smelter. The latest, or third, discovery is a vein aj somewhat larger and which, from its loca- i tlon, Is believed to be the famous Buena j0 Vista vein, whose chnraoter is syivanitje. ^ This vein "plDched off" two years ago. While it was being worked a period of wj eighteen months It netted the oompany $300,000 for dividends. The vein was en- gj countered on the tenth level of the old 0B Buena visia some. - at / to FINLAND'S RIGHTS CURTAILED. Ml as Baula Take* Away Certain Liberties In nil the Home Government. to de St. Petebsbubq, Russia (By Cable.)?An tjj Imperial manifesto has been issued depriving tbe Finnish Parliament and Senate W of the exclusive right heretofore enjoyed {e] of disousslng measures designed to bring az Finland into closer conformity -with'tho [e; rest of the Empire. m; to Stockholm, Sweden (By Cable).?The Czar's manifesto relating to the Finnish ai Parliament and Senate has excited intense m indignation throughout Scandinavia. All 01 the newspapers protest against tbe Bus* C< sian coercion and declare that Finnish to rights to home rule have been practically be destroyed. All Finnish affairs, it Is asserted, will be settled at St. Petersburg. G* th BILL TO PAY SPAIN PASSED. ? Tlie House Adopts a Measure Appropriating Twenty Millions. ^ Washington, D. C. (Special).?The House, ea by a vote of 219 to 34, passed the bill ap- ca nrnnrtntinj? 820 000.000 as a navment to 7" r"r ? ' - - at Spain for the Philippine Islands. The ai measure, as passed, oontalns no declaration of the policy of the Government with pi respect to the islands. flj ? tr France'! New President. D M. SMILE locbet. m Gambling in General Lee'a Camp. Owing to the fact that a number of American gamblers have been plying their trade H among the soldiers of the Seventh Army tv Corps, at Havana, Cuba, several gambling d< outfits have been seized and destroyed iu 0 General Fltzbugh Lee's camp. ti The Cretan Chamber* Opened. The Cretan Chambers at Canea, Island of Crete were opened a few days aj;o by tc Prince George, the High Commissioner oi bi the Powers, who received a warm greeting, ci A bill embodying the Cretan Constitu:ioa v< was submitted. S| Triple Tragedy in Maine. Mr3. Albert Hoyiler and her slitoen-year- w old stepdaughter, ITlssTlnkham, who lived jf near Washington, Maine, were murdered 0 by Albert Heysler, the woman's husband, a r< few nights ago. Heysler afterward com? H mltted suicide. Temporary Insanity and b domestic infelicity are assigned as reasons o for the crime. u. b tl Heir to the Egyptian Throne. Princess Ikbal, wife of the Kbedive oT Egypt, gave birth to a son at Montazih, ti Egypt, a few days ago. Their Is great re- _ jololng over the birth of aa heir to the ^ Egyptian throne, * ? -^ } m m isa 'i le Army Beef Inquiry Calls Him > n i _ the Mrst witness. 1PUTED FRAUD TO NO ON^H iwiptptr Interview* With flener^^^^H Miles TVere Erroneous?He Says tank Conditlom Caused Investlgatloc^^^Hj ?He Presents the Reports of His Offlfl fl eero Regarding the Qnauiy ox mv ona^H WjisHnroTov, D. C. fSpoclal).?The Ln-,^HB stigation of General Miles's charges re-fl^H .rding the beef provided for the army in e war with Spain was begun on Monday the oonrt of Inquiry recently ordered by e President. Jfl The court formally organized with Majormeral James F. Wade as President.' The her members are Brigadier-General H iorge W. Dayis, Colonel George L. Giliple and Lieutenant-bolonei George B. - .ifl avis, the last named being recorder and 9 iting Judge Advocate. General Miles was presented as the first Itness. He was sworn, and after stating 9 s rank and office, he was asked about m s statement before the War Commission. a said he made one. and upon Colonel ja avis submitting a printed report ot that \J atement General Miles examined and apoved it. S Then he was asked about an alleged in- .? rview whioh appeared in the New York .9 lurnal ot December 28, whether It repre-^ ? M nted completely or In part what he said. 'S sneral Miles read it and said: -a "I do not reoall anything In that inter- ;3 ew that had not been given in my testt-j ony or transmitted in my reports. You' 111 observe it contains a number of my 9 cilnatlons to name officers or my rfnthores, and refuses to answer. It must -,al erefore be incorrect in its representa- ml Then being asked about an interview: . a om the -New York Herald on' February 1, m "I have a letter from the gentleman who,' M understand, wrote this, In whjch he says TB i is willing to swear that I declined to be , 39 tervlewed, and that, thinking something; M id beeq given out, he had proceeded to .Jfl rite what he knew were the facts." % He declared the interview an erroneous m Mentation of what he could possibly have General Miles was then questioned as to 'J9 bat hi# idea as to the beet supply to the my was when the war broke out. He ated that when it was possible beef on) " m e hoof was the best for the army, and) ' ? ought that Cuba and Porto Blco were ex- J llent grass countries. However, he uu- J irstood that our troops were receiving J Iterated beef. "la Referring to the canned roast beef, as {] stlngulshed from the refrigerator beef,' ,3 >lonel Davis read a portion of General* -;g| Ilea's War Commission testimony, gob- .' 3 imning It In severe terms. General! '' a ties said the oanned roast beef was issued' 1 volunteer and regnlar troops alike on. , J e transports and In Oaba till the arrival a the refrigerator beef. 3 It was fully tested by both the regular* J id volunteers. The first oomplalnts of it | - M jnerial Miles said he heard at Tampa' J Dm some of the Bough Blder* from M in AntonJa, bat he paid little at- 1 ntlon to it at the time, not re Izlng fully that there had been an? M ange from the standard ration. He ;aln heard of it aboard the Yale, when the afl en declared they could not eat it, and be M dered the Inspeotor to inqnlre Into ft. M ;aln be heard of it in the trenches at San- ' R igo, but be was still largely ocoupied with II e campaign, and he thought, nothing #;j ore of the complaints than be would of - J laring that some man waa "Woking" fl iout his coffee or of his hardtack. & What finally drew his attention seriously 1 the matter were the reports of officers ' I at, the whole Fifth Corps was weak 1 id prostrated. This was in August, I len a question of a parade through 1 >w York was broached. General 1 ites at that time reported tnat i ily about one-flfth of the mea Mont auk Point were In condition march through New York. General lies said this seemed to him remarkable, . j there was no yellow fever at the Point, id he thought the men certainly ought / be over tbelr malaria. He therefore orired an Inquiry Into the beef, about which ere had been so muoh complaint. "Did you report It to the Secretary of ar?" asked Colonel Davis. General Miles In reply went at some ngth Into an explanation of the routine of my headquarters, showing why he prerred to conclude his Inquiry so that be [ght have something tangible to present the Secretary. General Miles's attacks upon the canned id refrigerated beef before the War Com- j lsslon were then taken up specifically Collei Davis reading the testimony of the ^mmandlng General in which ho referred"', It as "embalmed" beof and said it had ? j sen sent as "a pretense of experiment." 1 J In answer to a question of Colonel Davis, Bneral Miles said he thought his use of 1 e words "pretense of experiment" was * > f ifortunate, and he disclaimed any Inten- I m to impute fraud to any one. | "As far as Indicating fraud," he said, "I [sh to state that no such inference was tended. It was perhaps an unfortunate :presslon, and had my attention been, tiled to it I might have amenaea it to say well, 'on the theory of tin experiment.-' 3 a matter of faot. it was an experiment,, ?d a very costly one.'-' General Miles said he flrst hoard comalnts against the beef at Ponce. The ""j rst direct statement that it bad been ' eated chemically oame, he believed, from r. Daly, who presented it late in Septem?r, and appeared subsequently before the ar Commission: It was general talk among the officers at once, General Miles continued, that the ifrigerator beef must have been subjected some ohemlcal treatment to make it keep ir re vent v-two hours. Dr. Daly's, howre r, was the flrst'offlclal report. General Miles then read a long sumary of 100 letters received by him at Army eadquarters, giving the various terms in hich the army meat was characterized. bese inoluded "embalmed," "decom:sed," "Injected," "poisoned," "spoiled,"id the like. In addition, he showed a summary of reDrts on refrigerator beef condemned and irown overboard from transports. C. C. HH samans, from the Yosemite, reported the jndemnation of 8000 pounds, Lieutenant* t>lonel O'Neill, of the steamship Chester, 100 pound?; Colonel James Hamilton ewis" 10,000 pounds. General Miles then described the nansating qualities of the canned and refrljf ator beef. HI This practically concluded General ilea's testimony before tbe Committee. U Prisoner* Released in Havana. One hundred and sixty prisoners in the avanajall, Havana, Cuba, whose release as recommended by tbe Board of Parans, were liberated u few days ago. Tbe nited States Government is under obligaon to returm them home. To Reimburse the States. The House of Representatives, Washing. >n, has passed the Senate bill to reimlrse Governors of Stales for expenses inlrred by tbem in the organization of jlunteers for service in the war with pain. Boys Try to Wreck a Train. Three attempts have been made at Keaneo, 111., In the past two weeks to wreck o. 6, the Burlington road's eastbound verland "flyer." Two boys have been ar:sted. The boys, William Long and I [ugh Vanduyn, were seen by the section / oss, James Trout, placiug an obstruction a the tracks a few nights ago, just a few linutes before the flyer was due. The oys tiavebeen reading dime novels about rain wrecks. Cost of Klondike K?l!ef. f The relief work in the Klondike under- ' f iken under an act of Congress by the War department, Washington, cost about 142,000. ' ' I