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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24, 1852. r WHEELING, W. VA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1896. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 190. | FARCE COMEDY Which Wasn't Down on the Programme'of the Houie. . CLEVELAND'S.ADMINISTRATION indicated by the Democrat* Daring Deb?M-Ch*lrman Cannou Plead* for Soonomr on the Grounds of the Short* age In the Treasury and Mr. Groevenor Ihowi what Hade It?A Funny Kplaode with fU "Grave" Side?The Senate Pro- J cccaiii|N WASHINGTON, D. C.t April 1.?The house to-day practically completed the J consideration of the sundry civil bill. < In the course of the debate on an I amendment to appropriate $75,000 for commencing the erection of a new mill- , tary post at Spokane, Wash., Mr. Can- < non, though the chairman of the ap- j proprlaUons committee, made an appeal for economy on the ground that , the condition of the treasury was such that no new project should be entered upon by this Congress. He was supported in his appeal by Mr. Grosvenor, , f of Ohio, who, in some plain gpoken , words, insisted that the necessities of j the situation must govern. He called , attention to ttie fact that during the , first nineteen months of the operation. * of the present tariff law the receipts | had been exceeded by the expenditures , J76.000.000. ( This of course brought on a political , dlscusiion. In which Mr. Patterson , (Dem., Tenn.) defended the administration and attributed the financial distress to Republican legislation. ^The J amendment was adopted despite Mr. Cannon's appeal. Mr. Blue (Rep., Kas.) ] made some Indirect charges against t the board of managers of the Soldiers' < Home, which were replied to by Mr. j Steele, of Indiana, one of the managers. During consideration of the sundry ? "? /P?n WflAfcn.V of. fered an amendment to appropriate 3 $75,000 of the $300,000 carried now by the ' bill for the construction of military i poets, to commence the erection of per- 1 manent buildings at the military post at Spokane, Wash. The site of the post comprising over 1,000 acres, which Mr .Hyde said had been donated to the government by the city of Spokane. i Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, opposed the amendment on the ground that the stringent condition of the treasury would not warrant the expenditure. 1 Mr. Grosvenor, (Rep., Ohio), In reply ] to Mr. Cannon, expressed his regret , that the chairman of the 'approprla- . tions committee feit It Incumbent upon > himself to make such an announcemnt t Economy was one thing, he said,-par- j simony another; but worse than either was the existence of public necessity , for the expenditure of money and the i acknowledgement that Congress could not furnish It "That admission," said , he, "we must accept." . He pointed out that the receipts under , *' ??-? '? /m* *hf? flmt nine* IQC piCBClll lauu > ?. teen months were 1481,000.000. over 176.- J 000,000 below the expenditures, and con- { trasted the receipts under that law with ' ' the receipts under the law of 1890, when J th?y segregated $660,000,000 for the first } nineteen months. ( Prosperity to the treasury and the * people would not come as long as the presant tarifT law remained on the stat- ( ute books. The Little Word "It" , ' "If the income tax had not been de- 3 elared unconstitutional," Interposed Mr. Talbert (Dem., S. C.), "there would have been bo-deficit" , "Oh, Mr. Chairman," replied Mr. Orosvenor. "we might have gone out on the high seas and committed piracy to procure money. The one is robbery, the other unconstitutional. Mr. Hyde's amendment was carried, . 64 to 87, despite the appeal of Mr. Cannon, urging members to stand by the committee. . . Mr. Grosverwjr's remarks drew the fire of Mr. Patterson (Dem.. Tenn.). He would not have replied, he said, had I* fnr ?h? tant thftfc the irentle man from Ohio (Grosvenor) appeared aa the advance agent of the coming McKlnley administration. When Q rover Cleveland retired In W9. Mr. Patterson proceeded, the credit of the government 1 waa unquestioned by the world. He attributed the financial Ills that followed to the Sherman silver purchase act of 1890, which reduced sold receipts at the custom houses to less than 4 per cent. 1 From that day the country had been In distress aad he insisted that It was not fair to say that the results of a. law during such a period were normal. With much vehemence he d>clar*d that the , financial Issue waa paramount. "Oh, If my fellow Democrats." he said, with outstretched arms, to his Democratic colleagues, "but felt as I do." This appeal waa greeted with deris- 1 ive Jeers by many of the Democrat*. "I know you will laugh," he continued, "but if the Democratic party would stand for tariff reform and sound money It would regain the confidence of the 1 people and be retained in power." ! Mr. Grosvenor replied In a 'witty speech. 'When an ambassador came from a foreign country," he said, "he waa asked to produce his credentials to show whom he represented: Whom, , ho asked, did the gentleman from Ten- ' ?? j nwwo rvyneawub. Cany (ho Jfewi to IHe White Home. "I represent the administration of i Orovcr Cleveland," replied Mr. Patterson. "Let us sing.the doxology," shouted a member on the Democratic side amid general laughter. "Tho gentleman will surely accept Che gentleman's credential*." railed out. Mr. Bailey, but Mr. Orosvonor shook his head. Ho doubted, lie said, whether Mr. Patterson represented even himself without a struggle. "Able ss tho gentlemnn is. ho romcs without credentials. Hi- In u guerilla." When somebody ajynln su^^ested that Mr. rauerson reprcRenieu Air. Cleveland, Mr. Grotvenor nam that .Mr. Cleveland had not been Ohio to rally a majority of hi* own party In cither branch of Congress. He was an Inhmaelltc; hi* hand was ngulnst every Democratic organization. He admitted. amid much merriment, that the presumption wn* that anybody who won always against a majority of the Democratic party ?a? always right. When he concluded with some words about the Interment of the remains ?>f the Democracy In November, the clerk, reading from the bill, shouted: "Buperintendents of national cemeteries:" Thie convulsed the house again, and Mf. Meredith (Dem.. Va.) shouted above the noise that his side could not be buri?d in a national cemetery. Later Mr. Bowera (Rap., Cat.), an ar dent free ntivtr iiepuiutmu. rrnrwn the nvrrlmtnt by relenting th* att.n Um made by tho manufacturer* of Phlla. Iclphlit and tho gold pro?n on the glivrr Republlrnnn. itnd offered it *i?rlrn of farcical resolution* to th? offset that th? allvor .crank* Mhould be cxpHlcd from Cnnwtx "Votu, vote," shouted wevcral member** After completing tho l?lll oxeept for a ?!r>Klc p.irairrnph. tho committer aro*?, and at J?:0& o'ofocktfre houiy ndjourned. fit the Htumtr. WARmNOTOK, I). C., April 1Ocoati mall *ub?Ullc* brought on an inlmatod discussion In the senate tolay, during the consideration of the l>ostofflce approrlatlon bill. Mr. Vila* opposed subsidies and pointed out 3Ut many Instances of what he declared n-oro excessive payments for mall serirlce. Mr. Perkins, of California, energetically defended the subsidies for :helr encouragement to American (hippins. .The subsidy Item was reserved (or a separate vote to-morrow. The balanco of the postofflce appropriation bill Was completed. Mr. Call. Florlad, Introduced a resolution of a radical character concernng Cuba, proposing the Immediate use >f a United States naval force to prolect Americana In Cuba from atrocities ind for humane reasons in general. ' Mr. George's speech on tht Dupont :ase occupied most of the day and Is lot yet completed. . A Populist Mcunrt. WASHINGTON. April 1.?In the senate to-day Mr. Butler (Pop.) Introduced a bill requiring die acceptance oC our current legal tender funds in payment nf notes, bonds or private obligations, rbe senator explained tbat the purpose nf the measurn was to put a stop to sold notes, gold mortgages, etc.. which were being wrung from the people owing to tbelr dire financial distress. The bill was referred to the finance :ommlttee. The Hawaiian Cable. WASHINGTON, April L?The senate committee on foreign relations failed to agree to report a bill for a cable to Hawaii. This result was reached after lultc an exciting meeting, and caused :onslderablo feeling among members, rhe advocates of a cable do not admit that the adverse vote will result In any thin? more sertolls than a temporary Jelay, but say they will be able to get together on the proposition In some shape. lftw Money Order Office. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Apr!J 1?The postoffice at Darby, Wyoming county, nrill become a limited money order jfllce, on April 6, by order of the postmaster general. Signed by the President. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 3.?The President haa signed the act repealing the statute prohibiting the appolntnent to the army and navy of persons svho held Confederate commissions. RHODE ISLAND LEADS OFF. rhc First Gnnof the Campaign?Itepnb1 leans Sweep the State in the State Election. PROVIDENCE!, R. I., April 1? Election day In this state proved an deal one for the voter, and throughout the state the Indications are those of x very heavy vote. A strange feature tias'been the disappearance of a contest over the state ticket and flghts lave been entirely on local Issues. With only Ave districts in the state to hear from at midnight, Governor Llppett is re-elected by a plurality of >ver 10,000. The total vote, with five nisslng districts, is as follows: For governor?LIppett, Rep., 25,116; Jttlefieid. Detn., 25,638. Llppett's plurality 9,477. Last year Governor Lipjett carried the state by 10,721, and his plurality this year will be about the lame figures. The Democrats acknowledge that the election Is a clean sweep !or the Republicans, as-tbey.h?ve-4o?t Cumberland in the asembly fight and he Republicans carry Providence. License won in this city, Pawtucket, Central Falls and Woonsocket. The Democrats win nave tnree memoers in :he assembly, a Iom of five oyer last fear. _ gCKBADER KTJ8T 00. rho Alleged Divine HmIif Declared a If a lea nee In Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, O., April L?A man named Schrader, calling himself the Divine Healer, has been In Cincinnati ?lnce Saturday last freely healing the ilck, as he styles his work. Ht wears a. peculiar robe, and on his head rests a. crown of thorns, the Inner thorns made harmless by cutting off the points. He claims that his power is transmitted from his hands or even rrom his clothing. To-day he was brought before the mayor,- chief of police and health officers for examination. The health officer told him pointedly that he was not only a nuisance, by blocking the Btreets, but he was a menace to the Health of the community by passing his unwashed hands over the faces of hun flreds of people, many of whom ore diseased. The health officer ordered him to leave the city at once. Bchrader promised to go. Hnigra ve Mn?tl*rre II la Bentenca* Spcclal Dispatch to the Intelligencer. MOIIOANTOWN. W. Vtu, April 1.? Prosecuting Attorney Baker received a notice this evening stating that a writ of error had been refused by the supreme court In the case of David Musffiave, who was convicted last June of imirderlng his wife and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. This is the ending of a long drawn out case. Musrrnvo committed the deed In December, IS91, and ever since that time han rouKht desperately every Inch of ground In the case, spending a good sited fortune In trying to get free. The record which went up to the court of appeals ronslstcd of more than 1,000 printed pages. _ Found Out what It wat. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. ST15TTBENVILLB, Ohio, April 1.? John Call, who lives two miles west of this city, was burning brush on his rarm. This afternoon his hired man found a ran of nltro glycerine and Call rowed It In the fire and was poking it with a stick, when an explosion occurred which blow Call some distance and shattered all the window panes in the house, some distance away, and was felt for a mllo in all directions. Call was unconscious when picked up, and will probably die of his Injuries. BBX27 TELE0RAM8. The city council of Omaha hns passed th?? curfew ordinance. T, O. Harbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake A Ohio Itallroad Company, died yesterday at Indianapolis. Another earthquake Hhock has been felt In the province of C&llbrln. Italy, causing a panic, but no damage Is reported. The treasury yesterday lost $.lor?.ooo In gold coin and $5,700 In bars, which leaves the amount of the reserve 113,. 249,688. At C'olumbus, Ohio, Edward Knuppo, after wounding Frances Russ, killed hiriifolf, Tho woman reium-u iu icSSTfi to him nn hou*eke*per. Tho unlvoroltlea In Spain, which were cloned <ui ncrounf of tho antl'Amorl* ciin rlotn by ntudents, liave been ordered to reopen their door*. Frederick A. Humphrey, of fihopre, Win., uald t^t.e the oldMt five Mni?on In the United Htnrji. died ye?tcr<lfly, iiffed nlncty-nve. Ho bclon*rii to the Maxonle fraternity for mnenty-fewr yearn. Mujur ]i. Frank HoiAt nx*prothonotory of Lebanon eounty. Pa., who tied luflt October $7,r.ro xhort in hi* account*. hn* hoen found dead In a flold In Aufitrftllft, There waM ? bull#?/ hole In ht? heud and r revolver with una empty chamber wum by hits side. DAYTON'S EFFORT " ?? 1 To Make Geological Surveys of Practical Benefit : I IS SUCCESSFUL IN THE HOUSE J 1 1IU Amendment to tbo Sandrjr CItII Appropriation BUI Providing that tlie j "Benth SUrk" Prarlclon Mull Apply to All the States Adopted?Rivers and Harbor* BUI Vol Llkeljr to bo Reported Be* t fore Monday?Cuban Reiolntlon Wmy FauthUWeck. y WASHINGTON, April 1-Through o the persistent efforts of Congressman J Dayton, an Important amendment was 0 to-day made to the sundry civil bill, when the provision for the national ge- a ologlcal survey was being considered, J and the overwhelming sentiment In Its favor Induced Chairman Cannon to per- ri mlt It to go through without objection. ? The proviso, wmcn manes wc xuiure surveys of practical benefit, has the r sanction of the committee of the whole, c and will to-morrow come up in the house a as an agreed proposition. b The amendment provides that when surveys are made there shall be erected ? on the ground, In the ratio of one to each ii six square miles of territory, stone or Jt iron monuments or "bench marks," ap- s proprlately inscribed, so that by compar- b lson with the map the deposits and their character and extent may be readily ascertained. Strange to say, In all previous f urveys, o: ,U1" i ? ??/* ft n?? ni>nvlolftn tho in for- n matlon of the people has never l>een a made. Its value Is Incalculable in a a state rich in minerals like West Vlr- tj glnla or Pennsylvania. a The western members made the first fj move, and succeeded In getting the ^ amendment to the bill, but applied it to t! states beyond the Mississippi. Director fl Waloott, the head of the geological survey, brought It to Mr. Dayton's notice, ^ and he enlisted others In an effort, w which was ultimately successful, to v make the law apply to all the states. gj the township provision for the west d finding its equivalent In the six square r( miles clause finally admitted. w The sundry civil bill will command at- jc tcntlon to-morrow, and succeeding tnat c< will come the Cuban resolutions. It is, therefore, not anticipated that the riv- h ere and harbors bill will be reported w from the committee before Monday. The n measure Is bslng carsfylly revised and ti when reported will be the result of more di hard work than has been given a similar tl bill In years. It Is believed that it will n contain sundry items of interest to West o; Virginians, Jn addition to the more im- 0; portant ones heretofore noted In the In- w telligencer. ci Congressman Hullng returned from Charleston to-day. Col. John Slack left j< to-night for the state capital and will i> not return before Monday. a . ? pi THAT STEEL TRUST. fa di Nothing Known of It in London?The n; Report Discredited. LONDON, April l.?Persons wno are In a poaittorrw jiju*c amine siuempntr jj on the subject say they have heart a) nothing of the formation of the re- a] ported Bteel trust, covering the whole world and Including the American, JJ British and continental Arms, whose * representatives are said to be going to meet In Paris during the present ? month. The rumor Is discredited here n; and It Is said that It is not believed jj1 possible to reconcile the divers Inter- J;1 ests. ' Secretary Brough, of the Iron and Jj steel Institute, saJd there was a steel 11 rail combination which Included the 111 British, French and Belgian, but not 01 the American manufacturers, and perhaps this is the so-called trust referred JJ to. i fc WOtllil mil 00 vniMri u PHILADELPHIA. April l.-James ra M. Swank, general manager of the American Iron and Steel Association, In tt response to a request from the Assocl- 01 a ted Press for a statement regarding oj the rumored combination of steel com- tl panles, safd to-day; "I have no deflnito tl Information about a pooling arrange- tl ment, but any arrangement among man- ai ufacturers is justifiable that secures a T .fair reward for capital and labor and tl does not unfairly advance prices. There si is no danger tnat prices will be thus ad- 01 vanced. Our iron and steel manufac- cc turers have never yet taken undue ad- fe vantage of their customers." h? The numerous tluanclal failures w among iron and steel manufacturers 01 during the last three years prove that the price of Iron and steel, with the ex- Ic coptlon of the short-lived boom of last summsr, have been too law to be profitable to capital and insuro good wages ?? to labor. The prices of coal and coke and Iron ore have also been too low ?? _t? ..KMMMI |n IhaU nMtliiitMnn IOT' llll IVIIUTI ilCU Ml tHVU f The prices of these raw materials and to of the flniiihed products derived from vj them have been lower than ever before . known in this country. Recently the ftl prices of raw materials have been ma- tt terlnlly advanced by a concert of action pi among producers, and this action 1ms ci made It absolutely necessary that the lo manufacturers of iron and steel shrould alio materially advance the price of their products." fli Irim and Steel I?rlrr?. NEW YORK. April 1.?Representa- tc tlves of the iron and steel industries of the United States will hold a meeting in this city to-morrow, probably at the er Hotel Savoy. At thst meeting some- C< thing may be done regarding the rcgu- ai latlon of prices of iron and steel. The B recent advance In the prices of stool bi billets and rails was made necessary, le It was said by an Iron man hero to- fr day, by reason ?of the Increase In the to price of Iron ore which recently wont hi Into effect. Some such advance In the price of billets and rails would have nj boon generally mauc irrvnpncuve oi c-? whether there was a steel pool or not. The muse assigned to-day for an Improvement In the iron and *te.el trade is the reoeptlon of order* for large <li)ontltlen of rail* by the Cample and Illinois ?te*i and Iron companies for Bhlpmcnt to Japan. Jj} BY-PRODUCT COKE PLAHT. w The I^?rgr?t In llic L'nlftd \v I'h]N>clr<l Navlug. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. April 1.?The B contract has been let for the erection of j1! the largest by-product coke plant in Vl the United States to be located at Me- M Keesport, adjoining the Natlonol Tube Works. The capital to bo invented will ni , l>e about $1 ,i)00,(>00. which I* being fur- ni nishod by the ('nlon Gas Company, <>f b< Philadelphia. Forty acre* of lond has been loaded near the tube works, in- tr volvlng the tearing down of more than P one hundred dwellings. It In Intended tl lo erect 129 Otto-Hoffman by-product tl coke oven* on this property. The udStntnge of those a vents will be nppar- ft) #?r.l. when it is stated that the coke tr cost* practically nothing, ns the money made in the wiving of the by-product* will pay for th" burning of the coke, it l? intimated that he woxte of gas K nlofte in I he old bee hive ovens Is 21 oi per cent greater than tho gab cohsumy- b< tlon of the whole United States. I Ci !&&<?, .......!J.Ali* TEN PERSONS PERISH u Brooklyn Tnuauil no? Tin. IVarrow Ejcapa ot Otlu?-ta<rUlsu ClnutHtaaM * NEW TOBK, April 1.?Ten persons erlshed by suffocation la a Brooklyn cnement house early to-day. The tunes of the victims are as follow*, 'he dead: .August ' Bruno, his wife and two hildren. Sally, live yean old, aad ohanna, eighteen months. Lena Calabria, eighteen years old. Nlcolo Trails, eight years, his daugher. Lena Tralla. twenty-four years. Domlnlck Trails, his son, twenty-four ears, and eight-days'-old baby. Cornelia Marettl, twenty-six years. The Are started In the lower hallway f the building, which Is a four-story enement in Union street, ana oezoro he sleeping tenant* could be warned f their danger all escape was cut off. The flames swept up the staltways nd the halls and rooms were quickly lied with smoke. Ten of the tenants rere suffocated in their beds. The section of tho city where this terIble disaster occurred is near the water ront The majority of the residents re Italians of the poorer class, and hey form the biggest colony of their ace In Brooklyn. The firemen suceeded in gettig the Are under control iter a abort time. The damage to the ulldlng Is estimated at $4,000. There were many exciting Incidents onnccted with the Are. One man, an talian, whose name Is unknown, limped from a window in the third lory and escaped with only a few urns and bruises. Narrow Kicapr. The family of Joseph Estoslte, living n the second floor of the house, had a *?? tuuam arrow eacupu uuiu. yi?wi. oucu roused they found their way cut off nd the flames were sweeping1 Into leir apartments. Estosito led his wife nd three children to the cornice in ront of the house and guided them long it to the building adjoining, from le roof of which they were taken by remen. Each floor of the burned building 'as divided into five rooms. There as one largo front room, with two rindows opening on the street A nail bed room adjoined, with a winow also opening on the street. In the ?ar was another large room, with two indows, with a good sized kitchen ad ining. The front and rear rooms were jnnected by a hall and. bed room. An iron ladder at the rear of the ouse ran down between the kitchen -indow and the window of the rear 10m, so that it could easily be reached ora either window. It had boen rented so hot by tho flames, howeveh tat the inmates of the house dar&u Dt use it. Except the Are esacpes the niv niittat frnm the crowded rooms n the upper floors wm the narrow ooden stairway, escape by which was jt off soon alter the Are started. After the Are had been extinguished jhn Calabria was found unconscious Ing on the (Ire ascape. He had gotten at of a second story window, so comletely exhausted that he could go no irther. He win recover. HIS wife was Md in her apartments. Subsequently Ine other bodies were found. Story Sot IMIev?1. When he had somewhat rallied from is effects of suffocation and beat Calt>rla told the story of how he escaped nd left his wife behind without a trelor, and. while he seemed to be still jmcwhat dazed, he hod a clear consptlon of the events of the night. ater ne B&ia tnat ne naa inru carry In wife to the window, but could not nd hurt hia hands in getting out. He id called for help, but none came, as ie "house wan red" before the firemen imc. The Esposltos were aroused by ie calls of Are, and say that In Ave itnutes after they could not have got it of the building. In most cases death waa due to ilfocation. The bodies of the Buno unity, who lived on the top floor, were >und huddled together, showing that ie family awoke during the lire and ade efforts to escape. Buno's body was found olose beside ID window. The Italian family were i the floor below. Fire Chlof Dale [presses the opinion that the Ore was ie work of an Incondlory. He says lore was anybody In the house until fter the fire hud been extinguished, he chief is not at all impressed with 10 story Calabria tells. The latter iys he made several attempts to get it of the burning building, but on ac?unt of the heat could not He finally 11 exhausted on the Are escape, where was found by the firemen. The man us fully dressed and before he fell i the escape he was seen by the flreen on the roof of the burning bulldg. FIVE WSSE KILLED. errlble Boiler JSsplotlon at Greenville, MUAs?lppl. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 1.?A special i the Commercial-Appeal trora Greenlie, Mis*.. says: At 8 o'clock this fteraoon the two massive boilers of ie Planter** oil mill at this place exodod, wrecking the mill property and limine the death of Ave men, /ui folws: Henry Williams, colored, fireman. Oliver Humphreys, colored, aaalstant finan; Ieom Freeman. colored. lAborer. Horace Wilkinson, colored, carpenr. Ed Strasack. white, carpenter. Injured: Frank Wolfenden, chief igineer, badly icaldcd and bruised: >luml)uii Wanhlngton, colored, burned id cut by timber*, will die; Tom rown. colored, badly bruised and jrned: W. 12. B. Freeman, colored. K broken; Alex Hughes, scalp wound om flying timbers: Freeman Pondle* n, eolored. log broken and otherwise irt. The explosion occurred while Manner Alexander was at dinner and the LU80 was Htated to bo a dry boiler. FIVE WEBEHUKT rlnu? Wreck an tlir W Mt Prnn Road Pf??r FrMport. TAHENTyM, Pa., April 1-jThe "Rutr express on the Went Penn railway an wrecked near Free port about 0 toock thin morning and five perions cr* nerlously hurt. ? - r v* Moir.i..... I rncir nnmca ?. u. vn.cmj, utler. Pa. Infernally hurt, will prob.lv die; W. H. Walker. Eiitler. hurt icrnally; C. J. MoCalYery, SarvenaIln: W. M. Or?y, brnkeman: William urpliy. llutler. rtir. Inrt three were nit about the face Hi Imnda and are believed to be interilly Injured. The accident wa? caused r the mll? apreadln*. The two rear coaches Jumped the neks and went over an embankment. Ire broke out ?lmo?t Immediately nnd ie panenKerii narrowly cacaped with iclr Uvea. Fortunately the front ear which wni licit will! pnaengera. did not leave the nrlt. Itnblitieii AnlliuHiM Tmoin. CAPE TOWN, April I.?Sir Hcrculca obblnaon, the rovernor of Capo co|. iy, haa nathorlaed the raining of a xty of MO men at Mafeklnr. In Cape alony. un the border uf the Tnuiavual, . .. ... tor cervices In Rhodesia. The? men Win be commanded by Imperial officers Instead of by the offlo?r? of the Chartered Sooth Africa Company. IS GOMEZ DEAD? The Hapart la PcrmUtuit, Luka CemflrmUJa n-Progrtu of lb* War. HAVANA, April l.-Tbe rumor of the Heath of General Maximo Qomes Is till currant here and It la beinc added to by alleged detail* of hie demise. The latter art that the Cuban leader la told to have expired some days a?o of himoptyils, and the locality mentioned with some confidence as the soeno of hla passing away la Socorro plantation In the province of Matanxos. The remains are also said to have been Interred In the "Ofllclal Center." But no datea are rfven and no facta forthoomlnp to confirm the report. The Insurgent bands commanded by Bermudex In the province of Pinar del Rio, have ordered the oountrymen of Halo de La* vegas, wuemaao anu Pa?o de las Mangas to Join the insurgent ranks. The countrymen have complained to the government officials and a column of troops has been sent to transfer the families Into the towns. The insurgents have already burned the homes of these families. Several skirmishes have taken place between the troops and Insurgents in the province of Santa Clam as well as In tbe province of Pinar del Rio. At San Jose de las Lajas and at Qa[ brlel there have been outbreaks. Twelve Insurgents were killed at the former place and at the latter the insurgents hanged six ralllmen. The troops in Plnar del Rio have captured twelve insurgents. BIBMABCK'S BIRTHDAY. His ?lfhtyfirst Anniversary Observed. CoiiKrntalattviu Prom Frlrnds. FRIEDRICH8RUHE, April 1.? Prince Bismarck was eighty-one years old to-day, and In honor of his birthday bands of music played in the Schloss Park ail the morning. Representatives of the Hamburg senate. bearing the congratulations of that body, and several friends arrived nere during the day and waited upon Prince Bismarck, who also received many floral tributes and presents and a large number of telegrams. The weather was fine and cool and crowds of people asembled about the fates. But, up to the time this dispatch is sent, Prince Bismarck had not appeared in public. Prince Bismarck entered the saloon at 11:30 and found displayed on a table j his birthday presents. He was affectionately greeted by his son. Count i Herbert Bismarck, and his daughter, , Countess Rantzsau. t After Dr. Schweennlger had congrautlated the prince the latter closely examined his portrait painted by Lenbach, who appeared later, whereupon i Prince Bismarck greeted him with a ] "Good morning." i Among the presertts was a collection j of articles from Madagascar, sent by Eugene Wolf. i Included among those who were the i earliest in presenting their congratu General Count Von Waldersee and a deputation from the Halberstadt culrrasalers. _ DEflTBUCTIYl WATBB. Unpreccdcuted RIm of the Cnmberland. Great Dm mage In Tenneiire. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 1.?Dispatches to-night report an unprecedented rise in the Cumberland river and other southern streams. The rains have swollen all the mountain streams In the neighborhood of Williamsburg. Ky., and boomH to the value of <40,000 are In danger of being swept away. Heavy rains have washed away the dam at Annls Mills and Faulkners Mill which supplied the water power by which electricity was generated for use in the town of McMInnvllle, Tenn. The town will be without lights for some time and a number of people are thrown out of work. 1 ?inM? flAn/1 thai has ?rlatt<wl Pjifit Tennessee In years is prevalent In that section. Washouts and landslides are reported along- the lines of the Southern and K. C. Q. & L railroads. The power house of the Knoxvllle street railway was flooded this morning and In consequence every street car line In the city Is tied up. A number of factories have ceased operations, and several houses Along First creek In this city were washed away. All streams continue to rise rapidly. Bast AnaJec creek at Athens, Tenn., is higher than it has been for thirty ears. The streets and sidewalks of the town are ruined and many houses are flooded. The sawmill of T. J. Long and 10,000 feet of lumber, the dam and engine rpom ?f the Athens roller mills, all molas and patterns of the Southern Iron works and the feed and Grey district mill of Hoil and Qouldy are washed away. PBOHIBITIOfflSrS MAT SPLIT. Tile Factional Fight Btltveen the Xarrmv and Dronil donntn. ? c riTTSBUnOH, Pn? April 1.?The In- n tere.1t In the national Prohibitionist* v convention, by reason of the factional it content expeoted, continues to Incronae. r Joshua Levering, of Maryland, and ex- f Lieut. Oov. Metcatf, of llhode Island, v will ho the leading candidates for Pres- <1 Ident, representing the "narrow in ago" t wing of the party. C. F. Hentloy. of n Nebraska. anil B. 8. Thompson, of Ohio, will be the candidates on the "broad guage" platform. Col. George W. Bain, of Kentucky. Is being urged as an Independent man and tbe contest Is oxpectcd to be a lively one. Booth-Taekrr Arrives. ivivn, Ajirn a.?rtcucnvn 01, - Qeorge Booth-Tucker. recently op- 1' pointed by General Booth us command- f er of the Salvation army In tho United h States, to succeed Balllngton Booth, ar- n rived to-night on the steamship Majestic. He was met at tho dock by a group of Salvation army officers and ' Informed that his baby l>oy Bramwell n was dead and that Ills wife was 111. j\ The new commander proceeded at onco p to the bedside of Mrs. Booth-Tucker. o loiter In the evening Commander p Booth-Tucker went to the national a headquarters of the American branch of t< the Salvation Army In West 140th street t: where he was greeted by a. throng of A enthusiastic members of the orjcanlra- n tlon. After an informal Introduction by Commissioner Cariclon and the r.ttendent greetings, air. Booth-Tucker said: |j "The Information which has been Jrtaced before me during my brief so- i ourn In America to the effect thnt BallIngton Booth has charged that the Lon- j don officers supressed three cablegram? sent by him to his father is to me a sur? prise, "I think the least Bnllinnton Booth n might have done was to ?rant an Inter- n vlflw to hi* own sister. It seems so un- ?i reasonable tn un to have him auk that witnesses should ho present." "Bnlllnuton Booth wan not dltiMitM. We drny that In to to." p I flppalyt*'* Kltrwiior. (Copyright, 1K?. by the Associated Preti.i KINGSTON. Jamaica. April 1.?T. el Slmonnam, formerly mlnlater of war for HaytJ, has hern elected president to succeed <len. lllppolyt*', aepcased. . by tho senate an<l houae of represents- t< Uvea. to Perfect trsn?iulllty prevails and thore 7 nrr no Indications of any dlsxallsfac- j? Hon with tho choice for executive. 13 . Ilk's RED HOT TIME. Politics an Practiced In the "Sm> ond City" of the State. MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO-DAY ' XoUbUItorUu BltUmmof th* C?nU?t OunoerMi Colon lu Wards wltfe Illegal Volere?Men Don^t Oo?ut-Ttu Demo. ' mtk Frmmdt of Lut Yur tfce Mala * iNM-Biag Control Against Burnt CUittnshlp?Heads of BMk lliMa'ipv (food Men, Howrren From a Staff Correspondent ' 2 HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. April t? To-morrow Huntington Indulgss la -v1 municipal election. That It will be an ' J exciting, hard fought contest goes without saying; were It otherwise It \ j&j would be so unusual as to be really no- - "?i table. The people of the Second City are born political lighter*, and as the *.v>! two great parties are evenly divided, ; A7J there Is always "fun" as they csil It here. To-morrow's election will prob- 1 ably develop more "fun" than either party organliatlon will relish. fl?3] Probably nowhere In the country are ? ^ 3 city election campaigns taken up with the interest thai Is always seen hers. <j The Importance of tho offices cuts no ;1 figure; they light Jusl as hard pvsr a cemetery trusteeship as In national and state contests. The office, In fact, is not considered; the Innate combattlveness of the opposing parties Is aroused and the little side show game of "win or lose" goes on with all . earnestness. Three months after eleo tlon tne "Doys" oegin nsunnR on iud y next election?they have them annuallyhere. . ' This year's oontest Is given even un- fi usual significance on account of th* rank steal of which the Democratic rr councllmen were guilty last spring, when "Davy" Mathews and the others v?| on the duly elected Republican city . y$ ticket were given an opportunity to J whistle that sweet refrain "Where art . *j we at?" to the enticing strains of "Thf . $8 Rjiztle Daszle." A great deal wan heard of this shady political Job Just .-v&J] after it occurred, but the Democrat! M have never been able to give a defense *;? that defends. This counting-out of ' >3 Republicans In '95 has been made tha principal lsnue in the presnt campaign . M and it is claimed very many Demo-. crats who denounced it at the time , are going to vote their condemnation 'jjB pf such proceedings to-morrow. iV-iJi The opposing tickets are headed by : Mayor Jill Ensign, Democrat, and ''-V0 "General" Jamen Booth, Republican, . ;| the candidates for mayor. Mayor Ensign Is a man of unblemished character ud Integrity; has been identified with \ rJ Huntingtonslnce Its start almost,hav- , *-J Ing come here in the early 'seventies l<s2J it thf? head of what has since become the chief enterprise of the town?the * 'rj Ensign car building works. If be is . $ ible to do what his more ardent supoorters claim?get the bulk of the vote ."::M )t the Ensign tVorks men?he will unioubtedly be elected, but this the He- v'ji publicans say he cannot do. ' ' " h The Republican standard bearer la "General" James Booth. Mr. Booth is ; ^ :omparatively a new man In Hunting* \\l* ton, having come from Bramwell, out ;3? :ho Norfolk & Western road, where he ; vas wry successful as a coal operator. .;v. He, too, Is a man of character, In tegity and ability, and would make an . nterprlsing chief executive If elected. l-jjg put the contest Is not one of men. : The posslbllty of trouble of a serious % iature on election day Is admitted by .?? >oih party organisations. Both com- J nlttees say It will be avoided if pos- ; ilble. The cause of trouble is the "col- -v?rU?at_fon" tactic* nursued by the Dem- '1-1 raratfl undoubtedly, and claimed to to but in use by the Republicans, too. The r' Third ward Is full of recent DemocraUo mportatlons, token there In the hope S $ ?f turning that usually reliable Repuo- } ; lean ward Into the Democratic column. . ?? These men are occupants of "ehaaty" >oats along the river front, and many '< tro clnlmed by the Republicans to ba -}/ esldents neither of Huntington nor of {Vest Virginia. In the First ward, lightly Democratic, the Democrats al- : *ge the Republicans have colonised . ^ >ne hundred negroes from outsldo the lty. , ' UstfA The great danger will be in attempts r o vote one or both of these crowds, v? randldate Booth soys there will be no J enort to violence on the part of the' V-J Republicans. His lieutenants will \ trenuotisly object to any and all Illegal ~ ' otlng, but where their objection Is ? Without effect, the matter will be ad- . . ??| purned over until a court of low qea <rt teuM-mine the validity of the pro- ^ ested vote. " If there Is a series of disgraceful out- J ireaks here to-morrow It Is safe to lepubllcans will not be the raovinjr ,;-j ouse. . Though the Democrats proroes to oe r; onfldent of victory. It i? by . i*3J rood jurt^H that enough Democrats' ?9 rill, by their ballots, vote to rebuke the teal of last spring, to easily place the \. j|S tepubllcan ticket ahead. But tftSM iarnum club Democrats are the best rorkers In the stae, and they will un- vlvJ oubtedly make a last ditch stand, hat may land them victors by <Slr 1 leans or foul, R. M. A. Senator Oiautllr r "GipUini." CONCORD, N. .H., April 1.?8enstor 'handler to-day wrote Senator Lodge v;.y? xplalnlng tho action of the state con- ..^jl entlon In endorsing both Recti and "Sg IeKlnley. saying that the plank waa ;J[ concession of tho Reed men to the ;'.^g fcKlnley sentiment. Senator Chander says he acqtilesoed In the con- , $?| ess Ion. though he knows It to have >18 een cowardly, as the Reed men outUmbered the McKlnley men. ; : jffl W?i?i Unrrboa ArrirM. ; N'KW YORK, April l.-Gen. Benjailn Harrison arrived at the Fifth tvenue hotel to-day. He was aceotnanl?*d by D. M. Ransdoll. ox-marshal f the District of Columbia, and hla $}] rlvate secretary. Russell Harrison; 'tag! nd Mrs. McICee will arrive in the 1st- jfflfl :r part of the week and remain until . h?? wedding of the ex-Prosldcnt and Irs. Dlmmlck, which In to take place Sfl ext Monday at St. Thomas' church. NlMiiuhlp Arrirtl*. HAMBURG. April L-AfrivM: CM. dH omiji. Balllmoro. SOUTHAMPTON. April l.-S?II?d: ;u Aim. (from Bremen), Nfw York. '.JW LIVERPOOL, April 1.?Sailed: la- ,,[} lana. Philadelphia. If(Mf Xninc Appointed. Yesterday HlM Hollo Ollflllan wm . qSl! ppolnted nurse at the county inArm- -;mJ ry. to take the place made vacant by rjwl he death nf Mia* Emma DavU, Weather Purrmtt for TonJuf. ' -.ffiaBj For We?t Virginia and Weattrn |||j ennaylvanla. fair, decidedly.eoldarj ._-;5m rot?h and blink westerly winds. ' i&SgE For Ohio, /air: decidedly colder In ;i<aj utom portion; froi?h and brUk WflftU .*2i My wind*. l.ornl Tetuperatnr*. vj. Tlio temperature ycgtcnlay of ob??rved y C. 8ehnt?itf, druffglnt. corner Four- '/tfflH onth ami Market vtreot*. was at fola. m S7I3 p. m ......... Cf flslj n m W T p. m # -hMM ?n KiWeatltor-Chanffi* M