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Si 7 THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESS ENGKw TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 14, 1899. AGAIN Our Troops Storm Aguinaldo's Entrench ments and Rout His Forces. THE MONADNOCK'S HEAVY GUNS First Shell the Enemy's Position, They Are Charged by the Infantry Some Desperate Fighting-The Insurgents, Fighting All the Way, Driven Through Caloacan-Their Loss Severe, Ours Slight-Plan for an Uprising in Manila Frustrated. . The Attack on Iloilo Thought to be Post poned or a Short While. Manila, February 10. :10 a. m. -The rebels at this hour seem to have se lected Malabon as the base of opera tions for their next encounter with the Americans, as they are concentrating a considerable force there and at Cal oacan. Many small bodies of scat tered rebel troops are straggling in from the right and others are un doubtedly arriving from the north and the interior provinces. Aguinaldo is reported to have established his head quarters at Malabon for the purpose of rallying his forces for a decisive blow. In order to cover their movements, the rebels again opened fire on the out posts of the Kansas regiment. They kept up the fire from the jungle for about twenty minutes, but without ef fect. The Americans reserved their fire until a detachment of the enemy emerged from the bamboos when a well directed volley made the rebels scuttle back to cover like rabbits. Be yond this, there was quiet along the entire line. Some soldiers belonging to the Four teenth infantry have unearthed sev- era! tons of bpanish shells evidently . stolen from the arsenal at Cavite and hidden by the rebels in the vicinity of Paranaque. Fifteen car loads of shells have been brought in here. The troops also found a modern naval gun and parts of its mount, which had un doubtedly been stolen from one of the sunken Spanish warships. KXPECTJNG AN UPRISING IN MA NILA.. AO p. m In anticipation of a na-) tive uprising in this city, unusual pre cautions were taken here last night by the American military authorities. Fortunately the steps taken proved unnecessary. The Philippinos are evi- dently con onvJnced that an uprising oe sinaa to The Visian commissioners, arrested on board the Uranus, sailed for Iloilo yesterday, with the Tennessee regiment on board the United States trans port St. Paul. No vessels have cleared from Ma nila for Philipine ports since Satur day, consequently no news has yet reached outside point 3 Even the guard of the Pennsylvania regiment stationed at the convalescent hospital on Corregidor island know nothing i'cout the hostilities until the supply boat notified them yesterday. The Uranus cleared for Iloilo on Sat urday, but instead of sailing on Sun day she was detained by the American authorities. Scouting parties of the Lakota regi ment yesterday, surprised some Philip pine scouts at the bridge across the Paranaque river. The enemy retired huriedly, swimming the stream in order to reach the main body of the rebels, entrenched opposite troop K, of the Fourth cavalry. A few rebels have concentrated at Paranaque. While they are entrenched, they are fully exposed from the water front. General King's headquarters are now at the village of Pasig, which surren dered yesterday without opposition. Many other rebels are coming in, hop ing to be allowed to enter Manila, but they have been refused the necessary permission and are now afraid to re turn to the enemy's ranks. INSURGENTS AGAIN ROUTED. 7:40 p. m. The American forces at 3:40 o'clock this afternoon made a com bined attack upon Caloacan and reduc ed it in short order. At a signal from the tower of the de la Lome church, the United States double turreted Monadnock opened fir from the bay, with the big guns of her fore turret on the eartUwoiks with great effect. Soon afterward the Utah battery bombarded the place from the land side. The rebels reserved tneir fire until the bombardment ceased, when they fired volleys of musketry as the Mon tana rsgnnent advanced on the jungle. The Kansas regiment, on the ex treme left, with the Thiri artillery dc-' ploying to the right, charged across the open and carried the earthworks, cheering undtr a heavy fire. Supported by the artillery at the church, the troops further advanced, driving- the enemy, fighting every foot, light into the town line, and penetrated to the presidimcia, and lowered th Philippinp flag at u:.50 o'clcck, p. m. The enemy's sharpshooters, in the jungle, on the right, fired a: lnj rang the Pennsylvania regiment, but the jels were soon silenced by schrapnel .iells and the Pennsy Ivan inns remain ed in the trenches. As the Americans advanced they burned the native bats. The rebels were noed down like gras but the American loss wa-3 slight. NOTHING DEFINITE AT WAR DE- t x? t'att 'VT' AiiiAiJi.. Washincrton. February 10. Up to the close of office hours today C-eneral Otis sent no news to the war department indicating any further conflicts with the natives. He had a few casualties to report, these in Lnsvver to inquiries from anxious friends of individual sol diers, and he gave notice to the de ravtmcmt that he had been obliged to buy a la:ge number of horses u- sup ply the transportation needed io meet thj large Increase nesid owing t.- tne lenp'l.er.ng of the American l:ns Thsf horses, so-called, are really the little native ponies, which, it is raid at the war department, have been found to be th best animals for pack and .dnfi pJi poses that can be secured. Some big American hcrses have been 'taken to the islands by the troops, but they have sickened anl died and al together have proven to be wholly un fit for the climate. On the other hand, General Otis reports that he has mounted several troops of cavalry on the little native ponies with good re suite. Tho same state of affairs holds good with respect to the- instruction- of 'General Otis. Again Secretary Algr said this afte-noon ihit he had not sent any instructions since the begin- DEFEATED nlng of hostilities and would send none. He fully expects that General Otis will make no terms with Aguinalda while the latter 13 armed, and that a condi tion precedent to dealing with him at all ishe return of the insurgents and the surrender of their arms. Certain ly General Otis is not expected to now take any action that will amount to a recognition of the insurgents as a foe to be treated with on the basis of an independent nation. ATTACK ON' ILOILO DELAYED. For reasons that they will not di vulge, officials do not expect the at tempt to be made to land the Ameri can troops at Iloilo immediately, though that was the understanding a day or two ago, based on General Otis ad vices as to his intentions. It is possi ble that it has been concluded to be good policy to allow the native in Panay to learn for themsiivs the dis astrous fate that has overtaken Agui naldo's forces in the neighborhood of Luzon, hoping that they may be in duced to abate their resistance to Gen eral Miller's attempted landing Then, too, as there are considerable foreign in terests in this town, which is second only to Manila in the Philippines, it may be deemed necessary to give for mal notice of the American purpose to attack the place in order to enable proper precautions to be taken. Even the or S of the result would not reach here for two days, as Iloilo is distant from Manila, about 350 miles and the waters between are not easy of navigation. A 1ISPATCH FROM OTIS'. The following dispatch from General Otis tonight: "Manila, February 10. "Adjutant General. forca hrtwem Mann. and rnnr where Aguinaldo reported to be and threatened attack and uprising in city. This afternoon swung left of McAr thur's division which 13 north of Pasig (Qut a CiftRsu Qx Wi(R VLjm ) slight; that of insurgents considers.- I misdemeanor river, into uajoacan, driving enemyeasv I ble. Particulars in morning. Attack preceded by half hour's firing from two Admiral Dewey's vessels. "OTIS." A ItKCtlULlCAN G A. SI IS Tiiey Mpeak of a Snrprlse to be Sprung: in Uesard to the FruucsiUe Aineud uieut Stubborn niglit JSxpected Over Dispensary Kill Messenger Bureau. Raleigh, N. C, February 10. This was the coldest morning of the winter, the temperature being 9 de grees. Extremely low temperatures are reported in the western part of the state. , When the constitutional amendment regarding the franchise comes up the republicans in the legislature will otter some amendments. One of them says they have a surprise in store, tot tne democrats, but the latter smile at the statement. There are plenty of votes to carry the amendment, even if eight or nine democrats who have in the cau cuses been excused from voting do not vote for it A tender of five or six populist votes is made in case they are needed. Hepublicans say all. the populists save one will vote for the amendment No subject before the legislature at tracts larger audiences than the fights over dispensaries. The growth of the dispensary idea this year is remarka ble. One of the great fights is over the one at Greensboro. It is promised that there uill be one even greater over the Charlotte dispensary bill. Marshall L. Mott son of Dr. J. J. Mott, and now solicitor, wants Judge Ewart's place. He has been here several days, but not until last night was his object discovered. ) The arrangements for the impeach ment of Judge W. L. Norwood will be rapidly pressed. The Code provides the form of impeachment. It is assert ed that the vote in the house on the question of impeachment will be over two to one, or about the proportion of the vote in committee yesterday. All the new directors of the peniten tiary, that is the ones elected by the legislature, were on hand this morning, to take charge. As was outlined in j this correspondece ten days ago, Cap- j tain W. H. Day, Governor Russell's ap- ; pomtee as supenuieuueui, manes uem- !al nf thA lpjHalntnre'R richt tn rpmnve j . . . . rnnDnHnT1 nn c. i preme court decision that an office is ! property and that he is entitled to it for the term of two years from Janu ary. The Raleigh members of the noto rious Third Regiment, returned yester day and the local negro population gave them a most effusive greeting. There were 115 of them, headed by Colonel James H. Young. The Board of Agriculture will prob ably by the notable collection of North Carolina minerals owned by Garrett Ray, of Yancey county. A re port on it was made yesterday. Lawyers from all parts vof the state arrived here today in large numbers to attend the meeting tonight at which a State bar association will be formed. Representative "Willard comes out in defence of his bill to tax the gross re ceipts of railways. This is the bill which the railways are fighting so ear- nestly and which they declare to just and discriminative. be un- TWO I3IPOBTANT B1LL9 Proposed Reorganization of tho " partment and Cdllge of A gxl en ltnre- rtbe Separate Car 11111 Decided on tne Committee (Special to The Mesenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 10. Mr. Winston's bill regarding the depart ment of agriculture and mechanic arts provides for the board of trustees to have charge of the department of agri culture and of the College of Agricul ture arid Mechanic Arts. All powers now conferred on the board of agricul ture and trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical college are conferred on the new board. The bill provides for nine directors, one from each congres sional district, practical fanners, who shall select officers and agents for the work of the department of agriculture. The purpose of the bill is to thorough ly reorganize the Agricultural and Me chanical college. Twenty-one trustees are provided for. The textile school, if established, will be under the control of this board. Chemists for the board of agriculture are to assist in teaching at the Agricultural and Mechanical col lege. It is believed the Joining of these departments will result in a saving of money. One experiment farm will take the place of two. The committee on railways, Allen, of Wayne, chairman, decided this evening to report the following as the "Jim Crow" bill, taking the place of all others: "Th,at all railroad companies engaged as common carriers in the transporta tion, within the limits of the state of North Carolina, of passengers for hire, other than street railways, shall pro vide separate, but equal accommoda tion om their passenger trains for the white and the colored races. Such rail road companies shall provide one coach for first class passengers of the white race and one coach for first class pas sengers of the colored race, and one coach which shall be divided by a. par tition, one part assigned to second class passengers of the white race, and other part assigned to second class passen gers of the colored race. It shall be tne auty or sucn companies to place said second class car between two first ( class cars with the second class com partment for the white race next to the first class coach for the white race: Provided that the conductor of any train shall have power in case there is an excess of passengers of either race, that could not be foreseen, to assign them; Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall apply to freight trains with passenger car attached, to relief trains operated in case of acci dent, to Pullman cars, to through ex press trains that do not usuallv ston a.t aA s,.adQwa, o xreTo servants trav-) eling in attendance uoon thrir om. I ployers, to officers or kuj guards trans- I porting prisoners, nor to prisoners being: so transported. The railway commis sion shall have discretion as to ex empting from the provisions of this act railways whose gross earnings do not I for any conductor not to comply with this law, and any railway company's failure to comply shall sub ject it to a Denalty of $100 a day." STATE B Vtt ASSOCIATION Tlie Organization as Effected at Ital efsli Argument Closed In the Matter ' Of J, V Wilson It ill 1 WM V t'nmmttt- slouer I Raleigh, N. C, February 10. There was a large arid representative attend ance "of lawyers at the formation of the bar association tonight. P. D. Walker, of Charlotte was elected president; J. Crawford Biggs, Chapel Hill, secretary anO treasiirpr' vipp. nrocMnfc W TV Pruden J R Bridgers H G ' Connor T. M. Argo, J. A. Lockhart,' Geo. Roun- tree. E. K. Proctor, Jr., Z. B. Walser. R. KHackett, B. J. Justice, O. F. Ma- j report placing Catawbi cSSaE "au ot labor statistics it will super son, J. C Martin; executive commit- r.attnn an rmmripo fn thA i vise the nublic Drintine. tee, F. H. Busbee, H. A. London, R. B. Peebles, J. C. Manning, Clem Manly, W. It. Allen. In general terms the object of the association, as expressed by the con stitution and by-laws, 1 is to promote justice, establish more Intimate social relationship between lawyers and to elevate the standard of the profession. Meetings are to be held annually. The initiation fee is $5 and annual dues $2. Tonight Avery and Bynum closed the argument in the matter of the re moval of J. W. Wilson from the rail road commission. The decision of the committee is to be made public tomor row afternoon. From the tone of ques tions and remarks of the committee it is inferred that Wilson will be vindi cated. The house committee on counties, cities and towns reported unfavorably the bill to allow additional commission ers for Chatham county. The reason given is that the board of commission ers there is composed of one democrat, one republican, one populist all good men. Whipped and. Pilloried in Zero Tem peratnre Wilmington, Del., February 11. With the thermometer standing at ze ro, three culprits were placed in the pillory for an hour at the Newcastle jail yard this morning. - On account of the intense cold the men were well covered with blankets, but when released they were so be numbed that they could scarcely stand, Upon being thawed out, two of the three, together witih six others, were sent to the whipping post One man, convicted of murderous assault, receiv ed forty lashes, another twenty, and six others fifteen lashes each. The back of the man who received tlie forty Ushes was badly cut. Uort truin cue wouuua. L.astpanUh Troops Leave Cnba Washington, February 10. General f TT . . , Brooke at Havanna today reported to the war department that the last Span- ish troops left Cuba February 6th. Gen- eral Castellanos coiner on the last shiD. .--- CURE ALL TOUR PAIRS WITH Pairv&iHer. A Uedic.ne Chest la Itself. g Simple, Safe and Quick Cars for gj CRAMPS. DIARRHOEA, COUGHS, COLDS, RKEOKf ATISS2, f NEURALGIA. ; 25 and 50 cent Bott!os.! f A BEWARE OF IMITATION". H P BUY ONLY 1ME 6!V!ME.3 PERRY DAVIS' . jg Resolution Reported to the House. AID OF PUftUG SCHOOLS ftlll Introduced In Earn louee for A p proprtatlon Tb ere far ol 100,000. More Town Wanting DlpVarIce. The IIodm Paes the Textile School and the County of Scotland Dills The I Anti-Trust Bill Tlade Speelal Order! for Today (Special to The Messenger.) SENATE. Raleigh, X. C, February 10. The fol lowing bills were introduced: By Sen ator Robinson (by request) to establish a dispensary at Clinton. To protect bona fide creditors. To prohibit hunt ing on a man's lands without permis sion. To prohibit fishing with nets half a mile long in Neuse river. To provide that the supreme court shall pass upon all points raised in appeal and shall not be barred by technicality from ren dering opinion. Bills passed as follows: Declaring the Southeastern railroad duly incorporat ed. To amend the charter of Red Springs. To remove the state arsenal from the capital square. To Improve the roads in Anson. To give telegraph and telephone companies equal rights. To establish a dispensary at Madison, Rockingham county. By leave, Senator Mclntyre intro duced a bill to appropriate $100,000 to the public schools , Bills passed as follows: To incorpo rate the North and South Carolina railroad. To incorporate the bank at Chapel Hill. To incorporate Coleman cotton mill. To establish a dispensary at Clayton. To incorporate the Great Council of North Carolina Order of Red Men. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Bills were introduced as follows By m r -w-x . a . j -w a a. a Bridge ,o to a. . ; " , , iT v . convicts on public roads f Vii-rnWh ' ,,r tv.,- amend the charter of Kenansville; also to incorporate the town of Wallace. By Mr. James, to prohibit picking deer ; 6 eo rr. tonsrue. without consent of land owner. 1 board of internal improvements to sell the Atlantic and North Carolina rail- j way at the minimum price of not less than $300,000 and to allow the private J stockholders to come in if they desire to do so at the same price. By Mr. Currie, of Moore, to amend the charter of Sanf ord. To establish a department of agriculture and mechanic arts. The reDort of the Judiciary commit- tee in favor of the imoeachment ot W. L. Norwood as judge was presented by Mr. Foushee, and made a special or der for tomorrow. A resolutio'n was embodied in the report providing that a committee of three from the house impeach Nowood at the bar of the sen ate of high crimes, and misdemeanors, and declared that the house will prove its charges, and that Norwood be brought before the senate to answer I the charges made 1 y leave j.yxi. iiviiua.li iHuiwuicu a. t ' bil1 to appropriate from the general fu"2 VOO.OOO to the public schools. 5?e , XF?l2!J&: Eigthh district, and Davie and Tad- kin in the Seventh district. The bill to establish the Vance tex tile school as a department of the Ag ricultural and Mechanical college came up on its third reading, and passed ayes, 45; noes, 36. The bill to create the county of Scot land out of four southern townships of Richmond came up on its third read ing. Mr. Patterson, of Robeson, endeav ored to secure a postponement because of the absence of Mr. Wall, of Rich mond, but the house declined to post pone. The bill passed ayes. 75; noes, 9. By leave, Mr. Robinson introduced a bill to incorporate the bank of Cumber land, at Fayetteville. The house took up as a special order the Stevens anti-trust bill. The com mittee had amended the bill so it did not apply to jobbers, canning, fishing or cotton mill corporations which are not agents of any trust. Mr. Robinson said the bill was now aimed directly at trusts, and did not injure any of the mercantile or manu facturing inductries of North Carolina. Mr. Williams, of Iredell, asked if It would interfere with the buying and selling of fertilizers. Mr. Stevens said it would depend upon whether the goods were made by a trust or not. He said it would not affect this year's sale of fertilizers, but that it had prohibited a combination to con trol prices. The bill passed its second reading without debate. It is entitled "An Act to Punish Pools, Trusts and Conspira cies." On third reading there was a debate. Mr. McNeill asked whether section 5 of the bill did not put a premium on dishonesty, and Mr.. Stevens replied, "No." Messrs. Rountree and Stevens had a colloquy as to the Virginia and Caro lina Fertilizer Co. Mr. Stevens said the thing to do was for North Carolina SfiJS, firms in that trust to get out of it section 5 in it the bill was a strong I one. He denied that section 5 encour- j aged dishonesty, and contended it d LTl!S&,f Mr. Illlams offered an amendment , to strike out section 5 and ln hJs ooinion it put a premium on dishonesty, i (Yesterday the committee on Mr. i Foushee's motion decided to strike out section 5. This morning it appears. In ; consideration of Mr. Stevens agreeing to certain amendments of the bill sec ! tion 5 was allowed to stand.) Mr. i Boushail said he was not prepared to , vote on the bill finally today. He moved to reconsider the vott by which the bill 4 was ordered on its third reading. Mr. Stevens finally agreed that the i bill should become a special order at f noon tomorrow. . The bill passed to change from April i 1st to February 1st the date of expira , tion of turpentine leases. Brunswick ; Cumberland and some other counties i are excepted. j The bill to make an appropriation for the white institution for the blind and the one for the negro deaf-mute and J blind at Raleigh came up. It carried an annual appropriation of 116,500, and jvir. atierson, 01 noDeson, 10 exienu , tee The atter wiH elect a superin the time for beginning work by the tendent , who wU1 msUtute quo war- also of $200 per annum, for each pupil In excess of 200. Mr. McLean, of Harnett, ably sup ported the bilL lie said no further ap propriations for buildings would be ask ed for for twenty-five years. It has purchased twenty acres iOt land at $40 an acre in the suburbs of Raleigh near the necro Institution. It is sucrosed that the bill will carry a total appro- i priatlon of $55,000 annually. There are ' now 21$ inmates, and there are many " applications. For four months the In- i stitutton has been Derated on credit. The I1S.530 is mainly for buildings for girls at the white Institution for the mind. Mr. McLean said this and other oesireu appropriations can be made without increasing the tax rate. Mr Thompson, of Onslow, said it would increase the tax rate. Mr. Leatherwood spoke warmly tn support of the bill. The bill passed Its second and third readings with hardly any dissenting votes. ine Dill passed to estahHuh pensary at Smithfleld, Johnston county. -MOKE Jl 1UCIAL DIMTIIICTS Two Sew Onn to Take Place of Pre ent rltnlnal Circuit Organization oftbe cw Penitentiary Hoard (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 10. The committee on Judicial districts and courts this afternoon voted to recom mend that there be two additional su perior court districts In lieu of the two present criminal districts. A sub committee will talk with Governor Russell In regard to Judges. It is said he will nominate whomever the demo crats name. ! The state treasurer today received $103,000 in payment of the thirty-seventh semi-annual dividend of the North Carolina railway. The bill to allow the people to vote on the continuance of the dispensary at Monroe was discussed before the committee by Ashcraft in opposition and Armfield in support. Representa tive Stevens favors leaving the matter to a vote. The new democratic penitentiary di rectors met there at noon. As a mat ter of courtesy they Invited Claud Dockery to preside and also invited the other fusion members to sit with them. Dockery and the other fusionlsts de clined. Cotten, who was the only dem ocratic member of the old board, acts with the new directors. The latter elected A. B. Young chairman and W. ! C. Newland. W. A. Osborne and Sena- tor E. T. Travis an executive commit- ranio proceedings, co oe neara at once tne superin tendency. The executive committee also nas tne appointment ot tne officers. Iay says he will Join in expediting the quo warranto suit. The fusion directors met by themselves injs miemoon. THE PUHL1C Iit IJVTINC; wvoMWecommiUee iieport on Two Bills, i:tablUhlus llareau ot Labor andPrintius and Providing lor the Public Printline (Special to the Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 10. The joint committee on printing met today and unanimously agreed upon Hoey's bill.abolishing the office of bureau of labor statistics and creating the bureau of labor and printing, the number of officers and salaries remaining the same. Both the commissioner and as sistant, who will be practical printers, will be elected by the general assembly and begin office March 1st, the term of offlce belng two year8. In addition to the work formerly done by the bu- Another favorably reported bill of Hoey's provides tor election ol pubttc printer and empowers the Joint com mittee on printing to make a contract with the printer, who will be selected by the democratic caucus, at the fol lowing prices: Plain composition; 30 cents per 1,000 ems, rule and figure work 60 cents, every token ol 250 im pressions of press work 20 cents; law sheep binding 30 cents per volume of 600 pages; for every sixteen pages over i600, 1 cent per 100, and for all other printing, the customary rates for print ing, t to be approved by the commis sioner of labor and printing, who shall also approve all requisitions for paper made on the secretary of state. Kipling Sned br HiBrolheMnLtw Battleboro, Vt,, February 11. Beat- tie Balestler, a brother of Mrs. Rud yard Kipling, left here for New York today with the avowed purpose of bringing suit against his famous brother-in-law, claiming $50,000 dam ages for alleged malicious prosecution and false arrest in 1896. About two years ago Balestler and Kipling met on a highway near Bat tleboro and had an altercation. Kip ling caused the arrest of Balestler and claimed under oath in court a few days later that his brother-in-law had threatened to take his Jife. Young Bal estler was bound over to the grand Jury and put under bonds to keep the peace. The case was to have been tried at the Septemberterm of that year. Mr. Kipling, however, sailed for Eng land in August and the case was drop ped. Young Balestler claims that he had no opportunity to tell his story and he now seeks Justice in bringing suit. EGZEM FACE Condition Such Could Not Go Oat. In Physician's Care Five Months. CUTiCURA Cured in 1 Month. I had eczema on th face for five month, dot lng which time I iu in care of pfcjciciin. I could Dot go ouL It wm ffoicg from tad to worao, "when a friend recommended Cuncuma remedies. After I washed my face with Cmcnu Boat ant used CrnccEi (ointment) and CmcTKABxaot.. test It changed wonderfully, and lit a mom. my fact wu at dean ot ever. TBOS. J. BOTH, 113 Buct Bl, Brooklyn, N. V. Ccncnu ErsOLTrxT, freatest of blood puri fiers and humor expeilers. parlnee the biood drcolatiBf nalds of litncoa Uhum. and tho ry mores tbe tome, whUe warm baths with Crn ccka Soap, and rentle anointings with CvrnxmA (ointment), steatest ot emollient akin cares, cleanse the akin and scalp of crusts and scales, allay Itching, horning, and Inflammation. 1 thus soothe and heal the most tortnrta. disflrur Iner tmmors of the skin, scalp, and Mood. wlUtloss ot hair, when aU oOer remedies laU. . old ffcieegfcoet the world. Form D. svn C- Cost, new sun isranag aaa vu fPT VCfl- Itsr10 Hatraad SUato All Sorts of Matters Un der Discussion. DENUNCIATION OF EAGAN And Criticism of Ue Administration forluLiilacT Toward llltu Oneof the- Feature or tbe lions Keoalonu Farther IMaeaawioa of the Proopoeta of Meavy Isefleit la tbe Treaoarj. Ueooln tion for Constitutional A as ad men I on Election of Senator SENATE. Washington, February 10. During tbe entire session today the senate had under consideration the Ic&rUlaUve, ex ecutive and Judicial appropriation bilL Litth? progress waa made, the tlmo largely being occupied with debate on minor topics. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, offered a Joint resolution, provldlnir for the ub- mission to the legislature of an amendment to the constitution provid ing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The resolution was laid on the t.ible. Senator Allen also offered a resolu tion declaring that tho senate reaffirm the doctrines and principles of the dec laration of Independence. The resolu tion further declares that thes princi ples are to be adhered to, not only in the United States, but are to bo deemed universal and are to apply to all who have a distinct society and territory of their own. Senator Allen asked for immediate consideration of tho resolution, but Senator Chandler objected and It went over. A house bill to establish a national military park to commemorate tho campaign, seige and defense of Vlcks burg. was called up by Senator Mon-?y, of Mississippi, and passed. The bill appropriates $GS.00O for the purpose stated. Senator McEnery. of Louisiana, ask ed that unanmous cotvswtvt ;tvtvtor a vote to be taken on his resolution de carng thia country's policy in the PnMppnes, next Monday, immediately after the disposition of the morning1 business, but Senator Money, of Flor ida, objected. was then resumed. At 2:43 o'clock p. m. the bill was laid aside (or the day. The message from the president, rec ommending a Vaclflc cable was read and referred to the comm)ttv on ap propriations. HOUSE OP ItEPHESENTATrVES. General debate on the Sundry civil appropriation bill wot concluded today. The speakers during the day touched a variety of topics, but as a rule the debate lacked spirit and interest. Mr. Dockery, democrat, of Missouri, congratulated the country upon the statement made by Mr. Cannon yes terday. Had It been " made earlier, he said, the country might have been sav ed many millions of dollars. Mr. Dock ery produced figures to show that there was already In lght a deficiency of $67,000,000 for the next fiscal year. But this was exclusive of the additional expenditure ot U,t00,000 Involved in the naval personnel bill, the new ships to be authorized in tho naval appropria tion bill, the Cuban claims, the Sll, 000,000 tor public buildings and the enormous expenditure VnvoWed n the Ilanna-Payne subsidy bill and the bill for the construction of the Nicaragua canal, should either ot these latter bill be parsed. Mr. Dockery was not sure, but what expenditures would have to be cut down at homo in order that wo may be able to support a great army and navy abroad. Mr. Dearmond, democrat, of Missou ri, argued that if the people were to be made to bear additional tax bur dens an Income tax should be Imposed. The time had come, he declared, when the policy of tho government must be determined. Messrs. Dearmond, Gillett of Massa chusetts, and others discussed the policy of expansion, and Mr. Lentz, ot Ohio, severely criticised the adminis tration for exercising clemency ln the case of General Eagan. The latter charged that there was an evident dis position to reward those who attacked General Miles because the latter had had the manhood to tell the truth about the alleged rotten food fed to our troops in Cuba and Porto Rico. He de clared that General Eagan' s attack upon General Miles had no parallel ln military history. He had called Gen eral Miles a liar for simply telllns the truth to which &0.000 private soldier could testify. The troops had been fed rotten beef, said Mr. Lentz. and yet General Eagan was to be suspended with pay for six years and then retired. upon three fourth's pay because he had denounced the truth as a He. He was to be rewarded for attacking General Miles. With his pay during the sus pension and calculating the length ot his life according to recognized mor tality tables. General Eagan would draw 178,000 from the treasury after he had been convicted by court-martial of a most heinous offense against mili tary discipline. During the course of the debate, IXr. Hepburn, chairman of tbe Inter-state and foreign commerce committee, gave notice that he would offer the NIcara-, gua canals bill as an amendment to the sundry civil bill. A Case of Small pox In Italelgh (Special to the Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 10. There Is one caae of smallpox in Raleigh. Peter Scott is the patient's name. He has been away. six weeks working on a railroad from Tarboro to Pinner's Point. He reached Raleigh at 4 o'clock this morning and went to his home on North street. He was sick, and the; matter was reported to the health offi cers, who went to the spot The city physician waa summoned. Scott was found to have smallpox. The other in mates of the house were immediately vaccinated and a nurse, who has had the disease, was secured. The place is isolated and guarded. m .X J