Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?Sor^iad? b, C^ns^'th, Bill In HOHB^^eQat(> Act Arter th? WP^ Rccrsiy^S W^^^8H1.\GT0c. (Special).?The Cur. jyfoSiTjty11 flri~n up by tbe Republican Caucus Committe? of the House of RepreI ' - ? * * ~ eontatives passea iae nuusu vy a.wio ui , 190 La favor of the bill to 150 against it, a majority of forty. The bill bad the support of every Republican in the House and of eleven Demo* Brats?Messrs. Claytou, Driggs, Fitzgerald, Levy, Ruppert, Scudder, Underhlll and Wilson, of New York; Mr. McAleer, of Pennsylvania; Denny, of Maryland, and Ur. Tbayer, of Massachusetts. All the other Democrats voted against the measure or were paired against it except Mr. John Walter Smith, Governorelect of Maryland; Mr. Stallings, of Alabama, and General Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama. Mr. Stallings has not been present in the House this session, owing to illness, and one of his colleagues announced that if present he would have voted in the negative. General Wheeler is serving in the Philippines. Mr. Smith is, therefore, the only memter of the House who dldnot go on record upon the bill. i 1 No unusual sceues attended the final fe, vote. Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, asked if S/. It would be in order to move to recommit the bill, and was told by the Speaker that It would not. None of the free coinage men asked unanimous consent to make such a motion or to offer a free silver amendment. The announcement of the .. vote wa3 greeted with loud applause on the Republican side. The currency bill will now go to the Senate, where ii: will be referred to the Committee on finance, which will not take any action until after the holiday recess. The bill will then be taken up and the committee will eventually report as a substitute for it the measure drawn up by the Republican majority of the committee. Senator Aldrlch, who will have charge of the bill in :iie senate, is conuueiu mm it will pass before the end of February. There will then be a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses, and the measure that wiil finally be enacted will i be framed by the Conference Committee, A which will adopt some of the features of ft the House bill uud some of the Senate bill. Whatever ma> be the final details of the measure, it is certain that it will enact the V gold standard aud provide for Increased r national bank circulation. Stiver Republicans Issue an Address. Washikotox, D. C. (Special).?After the passage by the House of the Oarrenoy bill Silver Republican leaders adopted an adpress setting forth their views as to its effect. This address is directed "to the memt?ers of the Republican party who still beieve in bimetallism," and declares that the passage of the bill "marks the culmination of a policy long carefully pursued by certain iufiuences in control of the leadership Df the Republican party, and justifies the action of the men who, in 1896, refused to remain in that organization after the adoption of the St. Louis platform." FILIPINO GUERILLAS TAKEN. ' tlajor March Hu Abandoned His Far. uit of Aguinaldo. Manila (By Cable).?Major Peyton C. March, of the Thirty-third Infantry, has abandoned his pursuit of Aguinaldo and has reached Bagnen, in the heart of the Grand Cordillera, where the range is ten thousand feet high and food is scarce and travel almost impossible. Major March's command was depleted twenty per cent by the two days' murch from Cervantes to Bagnen, so he returned to Cervautes. General Grant has nearly cleared Zambales Province. He discovered, hidden in Bubiff Bay, a steamer, the Don Francisco, of 180 tons, fully equipped and coaled. She is supposed to be the vessel Aguinaldo was keeping ready for his escape. Major Smith, with three companies of the Seventeenth, surrounded aud captured another band of guerillas, which were terrorizing a large section north. The troops killed several of the band. General Hughes has captured insurgent strongholds at Capiz and Rocnblon, the C*Ty co-operating. On* man was killed And one wounded. The insurgents in the Island of Pa nay ?re apparentlysuppressoar V " CADETS WILL STOP HAZING. Vtat Pointer* Hare Determined to Fractic* It No Mora. West Point, N. Y. (Special).?By unanimous vote the cadets have resolved to stop hazing at the Military Academy. The decision was reached when it became evident that Colonel Mills would use all his powers to suppress it. The movement began in the first class, and ali the other classes socn followed its xample. i?urinpr tne post summer Dazing bad been unusually severe, and the utmost vigilance of the authorities was necessary to keep the cudets within bounds. The authorities are delighted at the good sense displayed by the cadets. Harder In a Mlnneiott Jail. John Dougherty, Charles Brobst, Philip Bowe, Casper Schmidt and William Backbush have been indicted for the murder of a man named Miller in the jail at Eden Valley, Minn. Miller had eloped with Schmidt's wife and was found and looked up. The Grand Jury has discovered that a mob broke into the jail, choked him to death, and left his body hanging in his cell. The ODronor's Jury had returned a verdict that Miller committed suicide. New Outbreak of a Kentucky Fead. The Phlipot-Griffin feud has broken out fresh near BengetowD, Clay County, Ky. Samnol and James Pbilpot and others, on one side, and Edward Boger, Henry Hampton and others, on the other, met on the highway and enRaged in a pistol flght. Rogers foil at the first volley. One of the Philpot faotion was seriously wounded. Ruth of British Volunteers. There was a rush of volunteers for South Africa in London and Edinburgh. \ Famine Prevaillnc in Persia. !?"->!ster Bowen, at Teheran, Informs the Slate Department ftt Washington that great distress prevails in Persia In coase quence of the high prices of bread. He says the situation is crowing worse every day, nnd the prospects are that the pooi will be face to face with starvation th? entire win jr. No Danger of a Cuban Uprising. Before sailing for Havana Governoi Wood outlined his policy, and said there was no more danger of an uprising in Cuba thau in Naw York City. 1'romlnenC People. General Methcen is a Poor law reformei fas well as soldier. ^ Henry James, the novelist, does most ol 'his writing at night. lierr Krupp, the guumaker, has th? ^^Aar^est income of any mauufaoturer In Eu^^^^^^sident Erugor is anxious to go to the he is restrained by hid ooanCrispi, former premier BpBnglj^ween operated on at Naples foi BHB3finR?r. the Populist, from North be the youngest man lo |BHBWilipino While Directing an Attack on San Mateo. HEJEtTON THE FIRING LINE, / General Lawton Laughed Wiien Warned of Danger by His Stall Officers? Hi# Heart Was Pierced by the Hall and Death Was Almost Instantaneous? He Rose From the Ranks. Manila (By Cable). ? Major-General fieary W. Lawton has been shot and killed, ile was killed at San Mateo. He wa3 fetunding in troat of his troops and was ehot in the breast. He died Immediately. General Lawton started from Manila Monday night with cavalry under Captain Lockett, and battalions of the Twenty* fointh and Twenty-seventh Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Sargeat, for the pur* pose of capturing San Mateo, where Geronome was said to have three hundred insurgents. *' st'* ?vJrlk MirOS-OESESAL H. W. LiWTOX. (Who was killed at San Mateo by a Filipino sharpshooter.) I Sun Mateo was attacked at 8 o'clock, and a three hours' fight ensued. General Lawton was walking alone: the firing line,within throe hundred yards of a small sharpshooters' trench, conspicuous in the big white helmet he always wore and a light yellow rain coat. He was also easily distinguishable because of his commanding stature. The sharp3hooter3 directed several close shots, which clipped the grass near. His staff officers called General Lawtoa's attention to the danger he was in, but he only laughed, with his usual contempt for bullets. Suddenly be exclaimed. "I am shot," clenched his hands in a desperate efTort to stand erect, and fell into the arms of a staff sfficer. Orderlies rushed across the field for the surgeons, who dashed up immediately, but their efforts were useless. The body was taken to a clump of bushes and laid upon a stretcher, the familiar white helmet covering the fac6 of the dead General. After three hours' shooting the miiDinos ware dispersed into the mountains. Colonel Lockett took command when General Lawton fell. Mrs. Lawton and the children are living in a Government residence In Manila formerly occupied by a Spanish general. CONFIRMED ItY GENERAL OTIS. Death of General Lawton Causes Great Sorrow In Waslilnctou. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The War Department received the following oracial confirmation of the killing of General Lawton, near San Mateo, Luzon. "Manila.?General Lawton. engaged in driving insurgents from San Mateo, section of country northeast of Manila, killed instantly at 9.30 yesterday morning. A preat loss to us and his country. Otis." General Lawton'* dwath greatly shocked the officials of the War Department, to nearly all of whom he was known personally. Hitherto his luck in battle had been marvelous. He had been in hundreds of skirmishes and midnight attacks. He wis regarded as a man of action and of splen did courage. The Indians came to know him as the most active, vigilant, wary and determined or foes, and his pursuit nud capture of Geronimo, the famous ADache chieftain, had gone down in history as one of the most remarkable campaigns ever undertaken with the small force in hand. It was learned at the War Department that instructions had been received from the President to prepare General Lawton's commission a3 a brigadier-general In the Kegular Army to fill one of the existing vacancies, and the Adjutant General's clerks wore at work on the commission when the information of his death was received. General Lawton't Career. Henry W. Lawton was born in Ohio on March 17,1343. Like other Americaus who carved their names on the roll of fame, he had nothing to help him along in lite but a sound censtitutiou and a plaiu education In the public schools. ? He served in the Union Army throughout the Civil War, having entered the service as sergeant of Company ?, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in April, 1861. He was successively Dromoted through merit on the fleld of battle to First Lieutenant of the Thirtieth Indiana Infantry in August, 1861; to Captain in May, 1662, and to Lieutenant-Coloqel In November, 1861. In March, 1865, he was brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious service during | the war. He entered the regular establisnment iq [ July, 1866, as Secoud Lieutenant of the (Forty-flrst Infantry, colored, and remained with that branch of the army until January, 1871, when he was transferred to the Fourth Cavalry, with which he ramaiued 'until September, 1883, when he wa9 ap'polnte.l inspector-General, with the rank of Major. j Later he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and Leld that rauk until the opening of the war with Spain, when President McKlnley appointed him Brigadier-General of Volunteers and asisigtied him to the command of a division of the Fifth Army Corps, commanded b> General Shatter, General Lawton sailed for the Philippine Islands on the transport Grant January 19, 1899. Gayle Elected to Congress. By a majority of from 2800 to 8200, June Gayle (Silver Democrat) was elected tc Congress from the Seventh District of Kentucky to succeed the late Evan Settle. *The opposition candidate was W. C. Owens, the nominee of the antl-Goebel Democrats, who wa3 also supported by the ltepub llcans. Germany Wants Danish West Indie*. Tt 1= nasiiFtoH in Rarlin that If tllft TTnltml I States interposes no objection, Germany J will open negotiations to buy the Island ot ] St. Thoma?, D. W. I. Xeirjj (Jle-inm The city of Berlin will build an extensive system of underground railways. A statue to Lavas30r,the automobillst, is to be erected on the Bols de Boulogne, Paris. An interesting scheme for tunneling tlie Straits of Gibraltar has been mooted in Paris. The Iowa State Board of Control has de? oided to adopt tbe grade system ot clothing for convicts. , At Ahmedabad, Guyarat, India, there are 5000 Christians alone who are suffering from famine. Women teachers of Philadelphia are asking for the same salaries as men for doing tbe same work. . *' ; \. 'i * w I MLSTMTPffl(T Securities Drop Many Points and Two Failures Are Announced. BANKSCOMETO MARKET'S RELIEF The Stock Exchange Experiences One of the Worst Day* In Its History?Treasury Offers a Flan of Relief?Proffered Loans of #11,000,000 Aid the Strln. I gent Money Market?Millions Lost. New Yobk Crrt (Special).?Much the worst panic that Wall street has seen since the memorable crash of 1893, commonly known as tho "Cordage Smash," came upon the Street Monday, and when the day was orer market values had declined millions upon millions of dollars, men who but a few hours before had counted their money by the thousands were ruined, and gloom was everywhere. In many respects, Indeed, It was probably the worst singleday panic the Street had ever known. Becorded transactions on the Stook Exchange reaohed the enormous total of 1,531,160shares. On the exchanges of other cities there were also crashes and abnor- mally heavy trading. From various cities throughout the country came reports ot. disastrous speculative losses, both la looal Ud in New York stocks. ; Money was lent on call as high as. 188 per cent, per annum, and. there was a' meeting of bank presidents, followed by^ offers to lend $10,000,000 to stem the tldk. of liquidation. The Produce Exchange JTru3t Company, i a concern with more than. .$5,000,000 capital and surplus, closed its doors, aud there were false rumors that one other trust company and half a dozen banks had sus pended payment. It did happen that the Seventh National Bank served notice on the Clearlug House banks that after twenty-four hours It would cease to act as Clearing House agent for the International Bank and Trust Company. That company deposited city bonds with the bank to protect its checks aud its secretary announced that it was absolutely solvent. Tne 8tock Exchange firm of Henry Allen & Co. collapsed with estimated liabilities of more than 51,000,000. There was a violent collapse in values on the Stock Exchange, where prices of shares dropped from $8 to $21, the decllues of $2 ,to 49 a share between sales being a frequent happening. Late in the. afternoon the presidents of the larger banki met at the Clearing House to adopt measures to relieve the situation, but It was not until the bankers had offered to lend millions of dollars at six per cent, that the baokbone of the panic was broken. XfArtnMmA ortfnal o n ^ onnf inwanf IU.UdUi.ilUU bUU mm vvu?(4JbVM? losses were enormous. Trust company stockholders had $5,000,000 tied up, while depositors' money, to the sum of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, had been locked up. A. brokerage firm bad failed with liabilities o( more than $1,000,000, while securities worth several times thut sum were involved. And the loss to holders of securities,, when the slump In the market prices is considered, had mounted up into many more millions. The crash was purely speculative in its cbaraoter?similar to the Grant <fc Ward failure in 1884. On Monday the failures were comparatively few, and none of the. Clearing House banks or big Investment, houses in Wall street was threatened. In fact, the break from the high interest; rates came when J. P. Morgan Sc Co.' dumped $1,000,000 into the Stock Exchange and lent it at six per cent., although the firm might have got 100 per cent. I The panic in money was provoked by : the failure of the trust company when the tension in the money markets was great, for fear the foreign markets might be upset by uews from the Transvaal. Already' speculators had been crippled, and tbe fear that more bubbles would burst threw j tuuui iu 11/ pauiui The investment and conservative trading ' element of the stteet took it as a matter of ' course. They had expected a speculative whirl of some sort. It happened tbut the bears won because a weak spot in a local financial institution had been uncovered. TREASURY'S PLAN OF KELIEF. Ready to Deposit With the Banks later* nal Revenue Receipts for Thirty Days. WASHiN<yx>N, D. C. (Special).?The Secretary of tne Treasury announced, at the close of business on Monday, that he would increase the funds in depository bauks now existing and would designate new depository bunks, which maj> apply and qualify themselves by deposit of United States ! bonds, as the law requires. To such banks the incoming receipts from internal revenue, estimated at about $1,000,000 per day, will be distributed, The large balance in the Treasury will enable the Government to deposit to a total of $30,000,000 or $40,000,000, should so much be applied tor. AFFAIRS IN PORTO RICO. Anomalous Position of tli? Island Makes It Unsafe for Investors. Ponce, Porto Bico (By Cable).?Intense Interest is felt here in regard to the action ot Congress respecting Porto Bico. Busi? ness in Porto Bico remains absolutely paralyzed. Nobody will invest acentprun-1 dertake any enterprise until the island has some standing, In addition to this, the local elections, which have been in progress for over a month past, have annihilated what little business-was left. .5 The $200,000 which the President some time ago gave to the island from the Emergency Fund, together with other lands on hqad, mate $690,000 which will be spent between now and July 1 next upon the roads of Porto Bico. Nearly all the contracts havejbeen let, and the work. I* being pushed rapidly. The work of .taking the census, by no means a Email task, is rapidly progressing, and the districts from which complete returns have been sent in., show a decidod increase. Basing calculations upon the last census, which gave the population as 894,000, it is estimated that the present census will show over 1,000,000 in habitants " upon this small, but fertile, island. Court Uphold* Rights of Striker*. Vice-Chancellor Reed in an opinion tiled at Trenton, N. J., declares that under a law enacted In 1883 worklngmen may combine for the purpose of inducing or persuaf'ug other workmen to leave or strike, so loiig as the methods employed are persuasive and not coercive. i - Suspension Bridge Kails. The suspension bridge across the Brandywine at Wilmington, Del., partially collapsed a few days ago and precipitated thirty men and three horses and carts into a deep pool. Five men were more or lees injured. The bridce was 100 feet long and (fifteen feet above the water. The wire 'cables at one end broke. Wealthy Farmer Killed by a Hoc. Jobn Van Doren, n wealthy farmer living near Whitehouse, N. J., is (lead as a result of injuries received a few days ago, when he was attacked by a hog. Mr. Van Doren was seveuty-eight years old. The Labor World. A gold pen makers' union has bsea formed la New York City. Dayton, Ohio, building crafts are forming a building trade council. Boilermakars and iron ship builders . gained twenty new organizations during the past 3U'.nmer. . 8teel workers of Scotland demand aflveper cent, increase In wages, bused on tiio improved condition of trade. With the clos? of navigation 'longshore labor and lake seamen will have to seoli new ayenues of employment. The machinists of Philadelphia are arranging for nuking a united stand for the Qine-hour day on May 1.1900. - v ? : . . ENGLAND IS ABODSED.= An Army of 180,000 Men to Be As sembled in South Africa. LORD ROBERTS REPLACES BULLER General Kitchener ITill Go to Command the Chief Army of Invasion?1Queen Call* Out the Entire Reserve?North* ?rn Fart of Cape Colony Practically In Rebellion?New Campaign Planned. Losdon (By Cable).?'The Ministers have faced the crisis Dravely. , Lord Roberts will ro to Cape Town as Commander-in-Chief, with General Kitchener as his Chief of Staff. The best two men are called out and General Buller is left in command in Natal. The following notice was posted at the War Office: "As the campaign in Natal, in the opin Ion of Her Majesty's Government, is likely to require the presence and undivided attention of General Sir Bedvers Buller, It bas been decided to send Barpn Roberta.of Kandahar, and Waterford as CommanderIn-Obief in'South Africa. wittoJGord Kitchener as Chief of.Staff." i . rjaiD xittKiit; -toa? fiOBzars. (He has beea ordered to South Africa td supersede General Buller In oommund of the Britlflh'IOECe&) But a short tlm^befW^he following an "Acting upod tuaLadt^eo of the military authorities Her i^Jtt|t^QpTefament has approved the followli^j^ieMnre: . . . "All the remalnlDg portions of the.army reserve, including Sectjott 1), aro\ called: out. The SeveDth CtYMdBUmicbil.balaK mobilized, will pi-oaead. W^O&EteAtj&ca' without delay. The Oommander-TlPflHfcl in South Africa has been fi'ithorldo^Kj*. continue to ratae at his discretion* troop3, monoted. "Nine battalions of militia la addition to two battalions which have ulready vol- 8 anteered for seryice at Malta and one fox 1 service in the Channel Islauds, will be allowed to volunteer for service outside of the 1 United Kingdom; and an equivalent num- I *??> nt miiiti/i hAftnlionq will be embodied ! !or service At home. "A strong force of volunteers, selected from the yeomanry roglments, will be formed for service in South Africa. "Arrangements are being made, and will shortly be announced, for the employment in South Africa of a strong contingent of carefully selected volunteers. The patriotic offers which are being received from the colonies will, so far as possible, be accepted, preference being given to offers of mounted contingents." These startling orders mean that almost the whole strength of the British Empire will be thrown into South Africa. The mobilization of the troops will be pushed with the greatest possible speed and tho ' fastest ships from the British mercantile < marino will be used to hurry the forces to ( the Gape. It is calculated that these reenforcements will begin to reach South i Africa in about Sve weeks. i Meantime, the original campaign will .: t be abandoned and a general policy of mart i time will be adopted by the commanders ^ of the forces now in the field. All the Indica- s tions now point to tho beginning of a great 1 campaign late in January. Meantime La- < dysmitb, Kimberley and Mafoking must i wait. Their situation is perilous, but ac- s cording to all accounts there is no serious danger thut famine will be added to theii \ other sufferings. } The news of Great Britain's tremendous i preparations may spur the Boers into seri- 1 ~ ? - " / oolnn Kofnro M??? f pnqh British' T uua a^iwivu wotv*v ?Uw ? troops arrive, but thus far they have shown no oeslre-to attack entrenched forces,whtli i the British disasters have been oaused bj lust that thin#. General Buller reports to the War Offlo# that bis losses were: Killel, 82; wounded. 667; missing, 348; a total of 1097. The Times, commenting on the situation eays: "Neither the Crimean war nor the Indiat mutiny gave rise to greater dangers to tb? empire than that with which wo are now menacod; nor at either of those critical . periods was Great Britain so* isolated politically, or regarded with such dislike and suspicion.are now almost everywhere apparent.$fWe are fighting not merely for supremacy In South Africa, but for our 1 Eositlon as a great power. We know we I ave miscalculated the strength of our foe, and we are resolved to make that miscal- s eulatlon good." 1 The Liberal organs foreshadow a serious reckoning for the government when the J time comes. The Daily Chronicle bints that Qabsrai Sir William Butler, who <vas c recalled from the Cape command because 1 of his Boer sympathies, loug ago advised f the Government that the prosecution of ' r Mr. Chamberlain's policy would make 8 ufnr frfiA f!;inA Imnerfl. f tlve.3 fi REBELLION IN CAPE COLONY. I Whole Northern Part of the Coantry B With the Boera. f Steiikbtboom, Cape Colony (By Cable).? ! As a result of the British reverses, the wbole country to the northward is virtually in a state of rebellion. The natives tbere, as well as those in . Basutoland, are said to be much disturbed and to be losing heart regarding the j strength of the British. t Cap*^owk (By Cable).?Secret meetings of Boer sympathizers continue to be held in various parta of Cape Colony, and the attitude of the Dutch farmers is truculent. . l DcnCis (By Cable).?The Natal Govern- ^ mont Gazette announces that General Bui- ' ler has appointed a commission to inquire ^ Into the losses of the people of the c6lony 0 resulting from the Boer Invasion. ? Died of Hlcconghlus:. ' Stephen Drew, an aged farmer living T^onKnvo ^Ann illari n fAW davQ flffn I U Of* J. JL/ouvmjj uivu .. ? of hiccoughs. He began to hiccough Dearly j. two months ago, and coughed almoet incessantly night and day for weeks. * Three Children Horned to Death, Three small children of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, of Nieholasvllle, Ky., " aged six, three and one year, respectively, f' were burned to death u few days ago. They had been locked in the house while P Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds wore on a visit to t a neighbor. The parents returned in time J to see the house collapse. C VFanti a New CrnUer Charleston. J Representative Elliott, of South Carolina, 3 as introduced a bill in the House of Representatives at Washington for the building of a new cruiser to be named the 3 Charleston, to take the place of the cruiser & of tha* name reoently lost in the Philip* ? tines. t BIG FAILOBE B BOSTONThe John P. Squire Company, Meat Packers, Makes an Assignment. A NATIONAL BANK GOES DOWN. The Broadway National In a Itecolrer's Hand*?State and City Money Tied Up -Concern* Affiliated With the Sqnlre Company Take Action?Xo Feara ol Additional Disasters. Boston" (Special).?The John P. Squire Company, one of tlie largest concerns In the meat packing business in the East, has made an assignment to Herman W. Chaplin, a lawyer of this city. The liabilities are estimated at $3,000,000 and the assets at $5,000,000, the latter including a recent appraisal of the plants, in East Cambridge and Somervllle, at $2,030,000. The company was Incorporated in 1896, and has a paid up capital of $3,030,000, stock being largely held in the Squire family. The business will be earrled on ^without change by Mr. Chaplin,'as .the assignee. The oreditors are chiefly bank*, the Globe National Bank, of this otty,. helm? one o? the heaviest. , Cther Boston ban^s are involved to some -extent, but. the indebtedhess is largely outside of Boston, divided principally>among banks In New England StAtes.in which the Squire Company kha? branch stores. > These corporations affiliated withy the John Jfr Squire Company h*ve voted to assign to H. W.'Chaplin: tiafce Champliin ,Provision-Company, Burlington, Vt.j?New BfatiipabU'e^rovIsioaK'CompaQy; Concord, N. HYJohn B. To.wie & Co., Corporation, Manchester,'.'Maine^Provision and Cold Storage Ck>mpany.jp6rtland, Me.; Holyoke Provision and Gjpa Storage Com pauy, noiyoice, aiass. v As a result oC the failure of the John P. Squlro Company the ?roadway National Bank here, In which the Squires were largely interested, did not open Its doors the following day, and a notlco at the eh*, trance stated that the affairs of the batik were in the hands of the Controller of-the Currency. i The news that-.the hank had closed;, caused eon8lderab&*?xettemetit in tenant cial clroles, which had not i.?ntteely-iecoir-ared from the di3torh*nce opdaslOned by the announcement thinihfe Gl<^ejl%tlpna' Bank bad received credit Jtroo^iMCt?arinj* House to the extent oftflQ0,000. It did not take longjor thft hews of tbft trouble to circulate widely^ua: all ports, of wild rumors were addeia to tl^e main fact. These reports aad?m?ntloh^! gthate . banks with which tha Bquirea Wet?!.iBO^J nected, and onoor two Institutions w^oj^'f it was said, would-be most likely tffwM.'i the influence of the disturbance^ 76r an hour these conditions prevailed, mrt as one after the other of the banks mentioned was found to be doing business as usual tne agitation began to subside, and by 11 o'clock affairs apparently had resumed their hormsUtate. . , The Broadway National Bank was incorporated in 1353. Its last statement, prepflnted at the close of business December 9, showed the following figures: Capital, $200,000; loins, ?1,993,000; circulation, 45,000; individual deposits, 52,313,000; ttue bants, *131,uuu; uue irom agents, |874,000. Expenses: Clearing house, f?7$,0(K); due from banks, 8163,000; Ave pec bent, funds, $2350; legal tender, $153,000;., , specie, 8113,000. . It seemed to be the opinion among bankers that uo important failures wouldJWr low the closing of the institution, A. pSrfflInent banker said that the management of financial affairs in Boston was in the bands of able men who would do all in their' power to avert- additional disasters. The city of Boston was a depositor in tho Broadway National, and 897,000 of city I money is tied up. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts also had a deposit la the Sank amounting to about 850,000. .. LIEUTENANT BRUMBY DEAD. Admiral Dewey'* Flag Lieutenant tin Victim ef Typhoid Fever. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Lleuten ant Thomas M. Brumbv, Dewey's flag lieu tenant at tho battle of Manila, died at th? Barflald Hospital from typhoid fever ant i complication of diseases. Lieutenant Brumby, after returning 'rom Georgia, where he "went to accept a sword given him by the people of hlj State, was taken down with a mild form ol !ever. His system, weakened by his ser? > WTM a iinohltt f/Y XT I Hi, itaudthe disease, nod about Thanksgiving [>ay he was taken to tlie hospital. Othei iompllcations followed, and for a week >efore the collapse came his life was deipulred of. Lieutenant Brumby was appointed a na,*al cadet from Georgia, entering the eerrice In September, 1873. His present comnlsslon dates from .the24th of August, 1892 He served on tho New York and the Ver nont from 1893 to 1896. He was at the Naral Observatory from Septeinber,-ja97, tc. ranuary, 1893, when he was ordere&to th*, )lympla as flag lieutenant. I Iu August, 1893, President McKinley ad-,: \ ranced Lleutenaht Brumby Ave numbeft.: or "eminent and conspicuous conduct It >attle." In October last tHe citizens o ' Georgia prosented to him a handsomi iword and gave him a great reception at Atlanta. CHILD CAUSES FOUR DEATHS. rhrovra Powder Into a Fire and.Caases n Kxpioilon. Louisa, Ky. (Special).?At Alliance Post >fflce, Floyd County, Nelson Hamilton was >ourlng outcome gunpowder from a kog, vhon 111? four-year-old son picked up n imnll amount and tossed it into the fire, ftie explosion threw some embers Into he pile of powder and a terrific explosion 'c'. lowed. The father and little sod and two oldei ihlldren, who were In the room, were cnocked Insensible. The celling was lifted rom its place, the walls spread, and the ippor part of the house came down and itopped about hnlf-way on the walls, thus astening all the doors securely. When tho oldest daughter regained conolousness sufficiently to renlize that the louse was in flames she tried to open a loor, but at oooe saw the hopelessness ol uch an effort and began tc screamed for. ielp. A neighbor arrived In time to burst n n door and get the tortured person* out, >ut they were so badly burned that all died ritkln a few bours. British Losses In Soath Africa* The British losse3 in South Africa, erluding deaths from disease, now reaeh a otal of 7630. 50.000 Lafayette Dollars Coined. The 50,000 Lafayette dollars that were uthorlzed to bo coined at the Mint in hiladelphla out of tho silver purchased y Congress in tbo interest of the memorial tatuo of General Lafayette, to be erected a Paris, were eoiued ii few days ago. The rst coin was sent to President MuKlnley, i rho will present it to President Loabet, i f France. The -second was sent $o Mrs. IcKiniey. Bolivia's New President.^, ' General Joe Manuel PaQdo, the .adccessul Bolivian revolutionist^!^ bM^uiKtjsd 'resident of the Republic/' The new chainle39. "machines are far ighter than any chainlesfmaoblne heretoore made. A new war cycle, to be used for scooting mrposes on railways In place of armored rain?, has been successfully-tried at Cape 'own, South Africa. Oil has been tried for sprldfcUng roads In (alias, Tex., recently, with the same sueess wtich has attended its use elsewhere, ut the complaint is made that tne oil iniries bloycle tires. Charles Dani, the cyclist, whose fame p to the present time has been based on i Is defeatu^ ZMMBerman, at Florence, has een engaged aa the leading tenor of the ivrio Theatre. Milan.' . 1 ...., 1TWWP IT BIS POST" Americans and Cubans Salute the New Governor-General, HE FORMALLY TAKES COMMAND. Great Enthualasm When General Wood'* Steamer Arrived at Havana ? All Claaaea Welcomed tlie New GovernorGeneral?Cuban Papers Comment Favorably On His Appointment. Havana (By Cable).?The welcome given Major-General Wood, the new GovernorGeneral of Cuba, on entering Havana, was. according to all the old residents, without parallel ia the history of the island. Th? elaborate dlaplay of bunting in the harbor and the multitude of boats and bandi stowed that the hastily formed Reception Committee had done excellent work. More* over, there was a heartiness In the cheering that was quite unusual. General Wood arrived here at daybreak outhesteamor Mexico, Captain Mcintosh. The steamer was gayl7 decorated with flags. 'From Cabanas Fortress a Major General's salute of thlrteen<guns was flred, and ttte Cubans from the Pupta flred a Governor-General's salute of twenty-one guns by the explosloa of petards. Civil Governor Nunez was the flr3t man, -after the pilot, to board the Mexico. He wa3 accompanied by Commissioner of Customs Bliss, Generals Chaflea, Richards and III IfaitA* T n /Ias^A A HA?? fiuui^uio/o, innyui uuaio, a uopuLtiiiuu Irona tl)B courts aad from every depart"meat ot Government* Ev^rf*" launoh In t&e harbor, bargos and rowboats wero hired aad decorated with bunting.' Evea a big ferryboat, with a band, was pressed Into service. Three band3 played during the Lour which General Wood remained on the Mexico after her arrival. " Then he boarded a launch supplied by the Entertainment Committee, while a salute of twenty-one rockets, each having American or Cubau flags attached, was fired. Much enthusiasm was manifested on every side. . Very Beautiful was the display made by the proeeislon of launches which qa?orted the new Governer-Gtmeral to the stforA. Many of the launches towed large and ga'yly decorated boats. m-A. large crowd received General Wooi^t jilnehlna Wharf, and upon landing there he was greeted wlth^^rtyclS |^^.wa5 stoat stfeam of calle^^^-th?^^^' nfre npi e new Go^KoPGeDeml ixico. W is given to General Wood *oi$ More, as tae committer thought that to de tola might show a want of proper respect for Oeneral Brooke, the retiring Governor General. At noon General Wood, with Lieutenant Brooks, his aide, went to the palace and colled on General Brooke. The latter presented the members of the Cabinet and the officers of his staff. He then turned his offlc? orer to General Wood. When told o( the death of General Lawton General Wood was deeply affected, and for several minutes was unable to converse. The local papers devote considerable space to .the reception, declaring that General-Wood Is the most acceptable mun wlio could have been appointed to bring Cuba onfrpfhor difficulties and info a quiet har'borT > ' CUSTOMS FRAUU3 IN HAVANA. Ten ,6hlel (AppraUera .Arrested by Secret *?*> Hivjlsjl XBy Cable).?A, sen|fgj?;wM :aused In Havana by tne a?MM>xjrea the Chief Appraisers otpithe CinW# staff, on the charge of being Hregffigion with many Hwvana merohaats OTuKdte the^^rnmeDt out of Urge sad^^K^ Colonel Bllsi obtained evidence ejftpgh to warrant the arrests, and, to insuiBjConvlctlon. 'The (iHHP a^?3 compliahed by a classlflcatioaraMfeUcldB under which valaable goods^ren#; 1 aw'ty Those under arrest areSU^HK^lm,^! Enrique Vueltas, EnriqaeJ^^^^HKaa j Chacon. Enrique Cubas, PtnHRndi} SAMOAN TREATIES RffflWift, Senate Committee, Deapitejj^Mpfe.^Dppo Washington, D. C. (S$q^Bft?The Senate Committee on ForeljflNJKttons au* thoriz*d a favorable reponggnflBtos two treaties negotiated w lih and He was met on this proposition JBffthe lag mare than wandering tribes^^pwith' . the argument that the United 9|^H?oaJd seouro complete control of Kgo Pago Harbor, which this treaty furnishes. Punishment Awaits Saiooanf. Beblik (By Cable).?Advices reoeivpd here from Apia, Samoa, say a slight disturbance has occurred at the village of Vuat- . vanu owing to depredations upon the property of three chiefs who were expelled for ' refusing to pay the poll tax Impose&J?y the Consols of the Dreldbund. The Consuls have demanded that the guilty parties be sent to Apia for punisnmenc, wmcu u? been-promised. Effeet of Knral Free Vail D?ll??ry. Sixty post offices in Carroll County,Maryland, have been ordered abolished by the Pont Office Department at Washington in consequence of the establishment there of the Westminster wagon free delivery. All are offices of the fourth class. The new service not only brings a fourth-class post ' office to the door of nearly every pptron of the old offices, but also provides free delivery and a bouse-to-house registry and money order system. Hereafter It Will B? Puerto Rico. The name of the new island possession of the United States in the West Indies is to be officially spelled hereafter "Puerto Rico." So the President hus decided on the recommendation of the Board of Geographical Names. Ttie President was guided In his decision by the customary spelling of tbo word in Spanish, the languaga of the Island. I'rinnia Oflerft a Rat Ilounty. The Prussian authorities, by proclama- J ?inn ;iak residents of ports on the North | Sea and the Baltic to destroy rats in their various towns. A premium is offered. j? ??????? Killed Four Black Hear* in h Cave. W. W. Arris, while chopping wood on Old. Trunk Mountain, near South Paris, Ke., found four black bears in a cave where they had taken quarters for the winter. Arris bad no weapon other than un axe, but he slew the four animals with* out sustaining u scratch. From the State he will receive a bounty of $5 for each bear. The pelts are worth $25 each. Two Years For Deroulede. Paul Deroulede has been sentenced to two years' Imprisonment for libellous statements and denunciations of the High Court (the Senate) at Paris, France, which la trying him tor conspiracy against the Government. > . VAiiAiS -1 THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. ' Washington Item a. The President has com mated to Imprisonment for twenty years the capital sentences Imposed by oourt-martlal opon four American soldiers, members - of s Washington regiment, in the Philippines, for attacks upon native women. The State Department has been informed that the Government troops of Venezuela have defeated the forces under General Hermandez and that peace is at hand. , The marriage of Robert Bromley, honorary attache of the BrlejKh Embassy, and the daughter of Lord Pauncefote, tb? British Ambassador, yelll take place on February 22, Washington Birthday. Captain Jewell, who took the Brooklyn from this country to Manila, has been re-' Ilev^d at his own request from the com- f. mand, and ordered to return to the United states. will give place to uaptam u. M. Thomas In command of the Brooklyn. The Brooklyn arrived at Manila a few days ago, winning easily the long race & from this oountry which she had been runDing with the New Orleans. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, introduced in the Senate a bill to punish violations of treaty rights. The text of the treaty between the United ' ? States, Germany and Great Britain for the . ? partition of Samoa was made public. The postal authorities of New York City will ask for $2,500,000 to improve the aer- JH rice in the city. The President nominated Edwin T. Mor- -3 fcan, of New York, to be Secretary of tb? V Legation of the United States at Seoul- ifl Korea. ; Oar Adopted Iilnndi. i Scattered bands of Maoabebes which b*T* ij Seen operating in the north of the Luzon' yM Province are being collected with the in- H :entlon of sending them back to Manila, as, at (here Is much sickness among them, and (bey are unfit for further mountain work. -U American operations continue to b* a )rosecured with vigor in 'Luzon. I Two Hnanfah shins. from Cadiz and Bar- '.9 ielona respectively/arrived .at Havana,,' '3 Cuba, with one thousand emigrants. Mr. Conley, who was at one time private ".'a secretary of Captain Oberlin 51. Carter, has ' been placed under arrest at Havana, Cuba, >< Dy order of Seoretary Hoot. Only seven ports of Luzon besides Manila 'are in the possession of American troops to-day. Tnese are Subfg Bay, Iba, Lin- ' gayan, Dagupan, Cavite, Yiganand Aparri. ' Letters hare been found among the rebal; ' archives at Manila giving outlines of a plan to obtain arms and ammunition front \ , ihs Americans to oss against them after* ward., . & Lieutenant Chadwlck, with thirty Macabehea, Tialted the mountain town of Pan*poea, P. I., and received the surrender of a company of inanrgenta, including thres ofScert, with their arms and ammunition. ~ Senor Mablni, the Minister of Foreign j Affairs of the so-called Filipino Government; who. was captured by General Young's forces 9om%tims ago, arrived In Manila. ' The* appointment of General Wood as 'M Military Governor of Cuba is satisfactory tcvatf factions In that island. ltAimacMii. . V . reB In Now York Cftyr the Cbnnrb of th? ^ Messiah's congregation applauded tho ^ Rev. Dr. Minot J. 8avag*~w<rra*Jie urged - ^ that Americans ahoald stand by l&aglaad ohonld occasion require. Children of New Jersey towns bar* been sating "brandy drops," and one was fcxtnd lu a street intoxicated. The Woman's. raj Christian Temperance Union has commenced a crusade against the candy deal* .-T'ij Fire completely destroyed the sohooi annex builalng of St. Michael's Orphan ' Asylum in Pittsburg, Penn. Loss, $100,000; . 4 insurance,.<50,000. Booker T. Washington has received a J letter from John D. Rockefeller agreeing 'da to^gUe <10,(100 to the Taskegee Normal Jr ..and industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala. Z^5 tiDndley Ferguson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, i killed a detective who was employed to ,r watch him. V - ? . i'. v M - :] CUntnce A. Ll^tald, the ten-year-old sob .? ; of AiWMtitofeld, "of Stouevilie, Mass., wits V j dr?.wMl.^ska^ng at the Stoneviil* U Ancient Or lor of Hlber-^^H BRMyfcrglar oamed Collies', whoi?^| ^HVBVMapted to arrest at Xooahead. yKM uHHnll'O find a shot which bit Collins. . Murpby'is expeoted to die. Collins will v*>Th#??V, J. T. Sunderland, D. D., form- BR TOfa^wtor of Unitarian churched la Ana jtroflK Mich., and Aalcland, Ca!.. has ac- M Wpfced a call to the Hlgbgate Unitarian Ownb, London, England, the church of which tho late Bev. Dr. Speare was pastor. % J>r. Clark Smith, sixty-flve years of age, *<JH at, Pair Haven, Yt., attempted to aHght -aM from'a moving" Debt ware knd Hudson ex* jW press trata at Fair Haven and was crushed fl to death between a oar platform, and the Ctorm, JH La., a mob hanged'a negro; to '^9 pole. The negro hod assaulted J te for the deaf and dantba?^H| Penn., whs destroyed by Is escaped uninjured. awHI tCtba last alleged n?embariaHB^B the sang of boy burglars who carried " seirlea of burglaries 1a the uelghborboq^^^H 5f Conn., has been arrested., ColoradfrNHiMjrinjr salt against the Petfi^D ?ral Governmenttest theooostltutionJ^HM Ulty of a refusal toboU silt* bullion demand. \ H The Island of M(Xi>raL>{^n^> South Africa, was awtmt- a terrltlc <jy-|^^M elone, which did Imiivecse dmmaj?e, destroy-JBH Ing many booses in Mo??m|)iqao, XD The draft of a bill intvodhped br M. 81*-|H| moad Lockroy,whloh provides 9100,000,MO 3QB for strengthening tUe Fren^ navy senals, has been distributee 4n the Chamber of Deputies. ^ President Zelaya, Of Slea'Tftgua, has appointed S^nor Fernando Sauchoz Mi of Foreign Affairs, and Senor Taieo Mlni^^^H ter of Public Instruction. England, with the rest of Biu?p. bas'S^H been suddenly plunged into lnt?n8?i,.<*oldjS^l weather, the mercury in tbe country.faUv^BN lug to seven degrees above zero. Skutiog-^HH has begun, and hunting has beeu suspend-9Ha It is rumored in Rome, Italy, that King^^^K Menellk of Abyssinia Is restless, and claim* part of the Soudan, being probably en couraged by the KuosIhds and French. Two offers to raise regiments l?i the UH United States for service la South Africa have been received by the Canadian Minis- 9H ter of Militia. A dispatch from the Boer headquarters flH outside Ladysmith, South Africa, says that nn American named Harry Spauner wasL '^H killed there, and that he was buried with ,*>^H [nil military honors. The greatest quantity of ice on record forming In the upper Scheldt. Fears are ^ ulready entertained that the navigation will be blocked in the. lower Scheldt as is 1891, when navigation was stopped for slz.-'^H| wetsks. W ~Senor Silvela, the Premier, replying to a question on the subject iu the Chamber of '<|HH Deputies at Madrid, Spain, said the report VH that an alliauce between Spain and Russia, based upon the eessiou of Ceutu, th? Spanish seaport town iu Morocco, opposite ' Ihpolfur w u iniMinn) i Owing to a disagreement witli the flal- /.^Hj tan, Mahmoud Pacha, his brother-lu-Iftw, lias fled from Constantinople. Ha escaped on n French steamer, taking with him his two 90ns and his wife's jewels. ; Edmund Morris, general inspector of the fl Ontario Bank, died suddenly from heart 'BE failure in Toronto, Out. His son is an oflflcer in General Bulier's army la South -flB Africa. MB The Federal Assembly has elected Watther Hauser, Radical, of Wudensweil, Zurich, to be President of Switzerland for 1900. He was Vice-President during 1899. Mme. Laoroix and her three children were found dead In their lodgings in Paris, lH France. They were very poor and had n killed themselves by Inhaling the fumes ot dhfireoal. -yjM|