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THE "WILMINGTON MESSENGER TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1900. SENATORIAL DIGNITY PUT TO FLIGHT BY A HUMOROUS SPEECH BY SENATOR PETTUS. HIS AMUSING PERSONALITIES. Laughable Criticisms on the Speeches of Other Senators on the Porto Rico IlIU-TheSenate Continues Its Labors on "lhls Measure Morgan Amend- meiit IX'fe.tted -A Tilt Between Sen ators I'ora'uer unci Allen Private Claii.i lny In the House. SENATE. Ya?hi7ton, March 30. Merriment swept &iiy the traditional dignity of Hie son&t- today.- Staid sticklers for sMiatwi u decorum literally held their sides and shouted with laughter.while the crowded galleries joined in the laughing tumult, which not the faint est effort was made to restrain. Sen ator Pettus, of Alabama, the oldest member of the body his age being .r .u.iiUa Ui ur score : years delivered the funniest speech heard within the senate chamber in ! many years. It sparkled with wit and bubbled over with humor. Its sar casm was keen, but not bitter, and ven those who were the victims of it could not but enjoy its perfect good hu mor and its unalloyed fun. Throughout it all. Senator Pettus was as solemn as if he were delivering a funeral oration, i Senator Proctor, republican, of Ver- mont, delivered a forceful argument in support of free trade with the Island of Porto Ilico. Considerable progress progress was made with the Porto Ilican meas- ure during the day. most of the com- mittee amendments and several offer- ! ed by senators being disposed of. benator Proctor in his speech an- prove the civil government feature of JH-Pf? regret,tei hat ,n J account of the tariff provision he could provision he could not vote for it. As to the free trade proposition creating a precedent for the Philippines and Cuba, he said it will be time to cross those rivers when we reach them, and he predicted the eroding then would not be difficult. Congress, he said, is a creature of the constitution and not the reverse. He said: "Porto Rico and its people came un der the sovereignty of the United States by force of the treaty with Spain, and I think that all will agree that if any part of, the people of the island, levied war against the United States or adhered to our enemies, etc., they would be guilty of treason; but treason is an exclusively defined con stitutional crime, and it cannot exist on the island unless the constitution that defines it is in force there. "The people believe, as the president did when he wrote in his annual mes sage, that 'our plain duty Is to abolish the customs tariff between Porto Rico and the United States.' "We levy this tribute upon a people who are in the direst poverty and distress, resulting in a large part from our very action in taking possession of their island and destroying the exist ing markets for their products and opening no other, and to this is added, by the hand of the Almighty, the ter rible destruction of the tornado." j Senator Pettus then spoke,. first dis cussing constitutional features 'of the measure. From this time forward Senator Pet tus' speech was personal in its appli cation. " was very much entertained . by tht senator from New Hampshire (Mr. fJJallinger) yesterday." he said, "when he informed us that he was not a lawyer, and he proved It to us. not only by asserting it, but by his argu ment. Lawyers know that when you come to read a decision of a judge you must take all he says on a subject; that it will not do to take a sentence here and another therefbut that is exactly what the senator did in quot ing Justice Bradley in the Mormon church case." He then went on to relate an anec dote illustrative of his point, in which a, preacher of the old time when the senator was a boy had figured in Ala bama. "The minister," he said, "was as learned in the Bible as my friend from New Hampshire Is in the law. (Laughter). He said: 'Brethren, my text today will be the following: 'Sev en sods did Milcah bare unto Enon Now I expect, brethren, the preacher went on. 'if you would look to the com mentaries you would find various meanings to this text; but taking a common sense view of It. I will say this: !I expect that Enon was sick and the doctor told his seven sons, great strong fellows, that it was absolutely necessary that he should have milk for his nutriment; and thereupon the sev en sons went out to look up the cows. The cows had not come up the night before and so the sons could not find them: but they came across a bear and they milked her and carried the milk to Hnon; and so. brethren. It is writ, 'seven sons did milk a bear unto En on.! "That preacher," concluded Senator Pettus. amid an outburst of hearty laughter, "had as accurate a concep tion of the Scriptures as some of our senators have of the law of the land." Senator Pettus then referred to Sen ator Beveridge's speech yesterday as marvelous and said: "When you get a genuine orator he Is absolutely ab solved from all rules of logic or com mon sense (Laughter). When it is necessary in the fervor of oratorical flourishes to prove any proposition true or false, rules of common sense and the decent observance of what is due to others mus not stand in the way of maintaining 'my reputation as an orator. If it is necessary I must raw on my imagination for facts and on my memory for flights of fancy as Ovid Bolus' did. When an orator speaks he has a right in the fervor of his oratory here In the United States seaate In reference to the republicans and democrats and populists and any other men who may choose to take a seat here, to speak of them as ene mies to the government. He has a right to speak of them as opponents of the government. The government in his mind is 'me and my wife, my son John and his wife, us four and.no more.' (Laughter.) "Mr. President, the Master once had to select a man to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness of Canaan. He dia not se lect an orator (Laughter). No, he se lected one of these men from Iowa or Maine, and his name was Moses. And he was a stubborn man too (Laughter). But Moses told his Master to his face that he could not do it, 'because he could not speak to the people. And what was the reply? 'There is Aaron, he speaks well.' And they took Aaron along, not in command that was not H Jf MmlZ.Z W allowed but they took him along as chee. river. C. D. Cotney, of Amencus, a kind of deputy. And when Moses, Ga.,"was frightfully crushed, dying an on his Master's order, went up into the i hour later.. The engineer, J. M. Ben mountain for the tables, the orator left ton, was severely Injured. Both en in charge had a golden calf framed gines were demolished. (laughter) and he put all the people down to worshipping the golden calf (Laughter). More people worship the golden calf now than did In those days. But while Aaron and' his peo ple were all down worshipping the golden calf the man of God appeared and he pulled out his sword and de manded to know who was on the Lord's side, and the orator Jumped up from his knees, drew his sword and got on Moses' side and went to killing the Israelites along wltn Moses. All these orators will do the same thing (laughter) the last one of them. We a.n Instance of !t yesterday after noon. Consideration of the amendments was resumed. The pending amend ment was that of Senator Morgan, providing that the United States in exchanging the Porto RIcan coins for United States money should pay 100 cents instead of CO cents for each of the Porto Rlcan psos. After some discussion the amendment was de feated 12 to 33. The committee amendment as to the exchange of money was then adopted. Mr. Lindsay, of Kentucky, offered an amendment, striking out the provision ! in Section 15, that the governor should participate in legislation. Senator For aker accepted the amendment. i Senator Allen offered an amendment, ( the effect of which was to designate ; Porto Rico as a territory of the Unlt- ed States. In a spirited colloquy that followed I between Senator Foraker and Senator Allen the ,atter declared his belief that there was some hidden purpose In providing "this anomalous congres- sional government." ' "I resent that charge," said Senator Foraker, with evident feeling. "I de ; ny that there is any such thing. The senator when he speaks so Is without : any warrant whatever. I do not know why the senator uses language which is offensive and which, I fear, is In- : tended to be so." Senator Allen disclaimed any reiiec- tlon on Senator Foraker. At 4:43 o'clock p. m. the senate ad- Journed HOUS: IIOUSZ3 OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho Vii-i-.i co (lovntwl t Vi - Hav to war ciaims. The bill to remunerate the BriUSh cable company for expenses lncurred in repairing the Malay cable 4 ,i i , t,.-- ...kih wa n- V -m. a mm wrm w w AAA A m. mm mM iA aa f der consideration several weeks ago, was consigned to oblivion as was the v.... . r ioi, h claims of citizens of certain border counties of Pennsylvania who suffered losses during the various incursions of rebel forces into that state during the civil war. This bill has been before congress for over fifteen years and in volves about $3,450,000. Three bills were passed to refer the claims of George W. Lawrence (Involving $17, 000) in connection with the construc tion of the monitor Wassauc to the court of claims, to refer the claim of liiram Johnson and others for cotton burned in east Tennessee by the con federate forces to the court of claims. By a curious coincident Mr. Cox, of Tennessee, who commanded the con federate forces which destroyed the cotton in east Tennessee for which the government is now to pay, occupied a seat on the floor when the bill was passed. The bill involves about $21,- The house early resolved itself into committee of the whole to consider these claims. When the Pennsylvania citizens claim came up Chairman Ma-' han, of the war claims committee, ex plained the losses were in property taken or destroyed during the civil war by Stuart's raid in 1862; Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863, and Early's raid in 1864, when Chambersburg was destroyed. All these claims, he said, had been proved under acts of the Pennsylvania legislature. They were basell upon the constitutional guaran tee of the United States to protect the states against invasion. If the court decided that the claimants had no rights that was the end of the matter. By a vote of 26 to 58 the committee refused to lay the bill aside with a favorable recommendation and it was laid on the table 52 to 27. The conference report on the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill was presented and adopted. The house affirmed the action of the committee of the whole in each in stance. At 5:05 o'clock p. m. the house ad journed. THE NAVAL POLICY BOARD. The Gigantic Work This Board is Ex pected to Do. Washington, March 30. The first meeting of the naval policy board has been called for April 15th, and there after the board probably will meet once a week until it has reduced its work to routine form. The work of the board will be without precedent. The Intelligence bureaus of the war and the navy departments have en deavored to compile and have in shape for use in case of hostilities, Informa tion respecting the resources, in a war like way, of other nations, but this has been merely incident to other duties. The policy board is to undertake this work on larger lines and probably will be guided by European methods. It will be its business to provide in ad vance and have ready for instant use completely worked out plans of naval campaigns offensive and defensive, ap plicable to any maritime power with which the United States may by any possibility come into hostile conflict in the future. The preparation of these plans in volves an enormous amount of work, theoretical and practical. The military and naval reserves of foreign countries must be ascertained to a nicety and this Information must be renewed from the latest sources from time to time. Accurate coast charts and plans of defenses must be secured in order to avoid, as for as possible, the serious omission made by the British authori ties in the case of the geography of the Transvaal. The war college probably will be called upon to assist in the work by continuing on an enlarged scale the planning of the utilization of the Unit ed States naval forces in defensive campaigns. Another branch of the work will be the preparation of the plans for naval operations when the navy is called upon to act in conjunction with the army, both offensively and defensively. This involves questions of harbor de fense, and the protection of the naval stations. The Pearl harbor board is now engaged in a scheme for the es tablishment and fortification of a na val station In that harbor, and the pol icy board, probably, will have to pass on the report and recommendations. Later, steps may be taken to consider the establishment of a naval station on the island of Guam. A HEAD-ON COLLISION. Ocala, Fla.. March 30. The Homo- sassa train was wrecked last night at , V. A C4.t? V A 'W ---- i 4:30 o'clock by a head-on collision with 1 a wrecking train near the Wlthlacoo- MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE. The Verdict In the Jones Murder Case. Great Interest In the State Fair The Test Case as to Private Corporations. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, March 30. The committee on the Vance statue Is informed by the Gorham Manufac turing Company, which will make the cast, that the statue will be ready June 20th. Great interest is shown in the state fair here. The meeting of the execu tive committee yesterday was well at tended. The increase of the race purses to $2,500 meets with favor. An effort was made to make the figures $3,000. The grand stand Is to be care fully examined and unless it Is found to be perfectly safe will be torn down and a new one built, on the west side of the track. The present one is not well situated. J. C. L. Harris, a well known re publican, says he cannot discover any activity of his party anywnere in eastern North Carolina, and thinks it all a creation of the fancy. Among today's arrivals were Paul Jones, of Tarboro; T. M. Gattls. of Hlllsboro; C. W. McLean, of Lumber- ton; T. W. Clawson. or Wilmington; James H. Cook, of Maxton. Considerable interest is felt as to what will be the decision of Judge Si monton In the tax assessment matter, regarding the private corporations which refuse to exhibit their books. After the statement made by a state official to your correspondent months ago this action was not unexpected. The official said a third of the proper ty in the state escaped taxation. While the action is by one syndicate of mills it Is understood to apply to all that class of property and to be thus a complete test eas?. The jury was at 5:43 o'clock yes terday afternoon given the Jones murder case. A majority of people hardly expected the Jury to leave the box, as the public was of one mind In thinking quick death the proper punishment. Not until about 9 o'clock this morning was It known that the jury had agreed on a verdict of guil ty of murder in the first degree. The hitch was on the question of insanity and it is further said a juror or two , opposed capital punishment. The counsel for Jones said early this morning that he would carry the case to the supreme court, and that It would be almost a crime to hang a man of unsound mind. He said he had proved Jones unsoundness and that two years ago he had an epileptic fit and lay like a dead man for twenty-four hours. The popular feeling to wards Jones is very bitter. Nearly all the negroes express a desire to lynch him. (By Special Dispatch.) When the jury came into the court room at 10 o'clock the foreman said they had agreed upon a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner's counsel polled the jury. When the ninth man was reached he created a sensation by saying he had changed his mind since he had entered the court room and was for a verdict of murder in the second degree. Such an occurrence is said to be unprece dented in this state. It created a great sensation. The juror who had changed his mind was as white as a ghost. He appeared as if he was about to have a fit. The jury was sent out and returned in an hour and was again polled. All then answered guil ty of murder in the first degree. The judge sentenced Jones to be hanged May 11th in the jail yard. A motion for a new trial was over-ruled. Notice of appeal was given. It Is im probable that the appeal will be per fected. Jones' attorney now says he will examine the evidence carefully and see whether it is worth while to appeal. The judge said the prisoner's guilt was admitted and there was no proof of insanity. John Lee, a negro, aged 14 years, who murdered his married sister, Julia Holly, by poison, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, the solicitor having agreed to a verdict of murder in the second degree. No trial was held, the jury giving a verdict imme diately. THE CABINET SESSION. Philippine Government Discussed. Surplus in Government Revenues. Washington. March 30. The cabinet today discussed the instructions to be given; to the new Philippine commis sion, to be formally communicated to the commissioners within a day or two. It is known that it is the pur pose of the president to make the civil government of the Philippines, repre sented by the commission, superior to the military in all matters pertaining to the government of the islands, not strictly military in character. It is believed that Judge Taft, before he accepted1 the chairmanship of the com mission, had a perfect understanding with the president as- to the relations which should exist between the civil and the military authorities, and also that from the time the commission ar rives in Manila, its authority - will be supreme, under the president, as to all matters' of government. Secretary Gage occupied some time at today's cabinet session in making a statement of the receipts and expen ditures of the government. He stated that since July 1, 1899. there had accu mulated a surplus of revenue over re ceipts of about $53,000.000, and that by the end of June of this year it proba bly would amount to over $60,000,000. This surplus is accounted for by large receipts from customs, and by. a ma- j The report of Dr. Pollock ox: Mercer terial reduction In the expenditures on : university showed that institution to account of the war. The secretary is . be in a healthy condition. He asked of the opinion that the present rate of for an Increased appropriation for the taxation might safely be reduced to : loan fund. A subscription of $f00 was some extent and it was with a view to quickly raised for that fund. The re a possible recommendation to congress port of the board of education cover by the president on the subject that ing1 in detail the work throughout the the secretary made nis statement. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Latter's Opposition to Russian. De mands for Korean Concessions. London, March 31. The Times has the following from Seoul, capital of Korea : "M Pavloff the Russian mlniste- Russian steamship company at At- kinson Pont, commanding Masampo harbor, and. to nreven? a counter harbor, and. to prevent a counter claim by Japan of the neighboring area, he demanded that Korea should not alienate in any form any portion of Kojedo island to any other power. "Yesterday, at an imperial audience, for reasons not given, but surmised, PaYloff modified his original demand, asking, instead of Atkinson Pont, an other site within the treaty limits of Masampo. This demand Is unobjec tionable. At the same time, however, he insisted on the non-alienation of Kojedo. His action indicates that Russia claims the reversion of this is land, which is of high strategical value, as commanding the Korean straits, and it is bound to provoke Japanese opposition." j JliS TO SHELL BLOEMFONTEIN KRUGER ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO DE STROY THE CITY. NOTIGETO WOMEN AND CHILDREN To Leave Within Five Iays lirltlsh Camp at Warren ton Bombarded. Their Form Evacuate the Place ait Night Ex-Gon&ul Macrum's Suit Against Postmaster at Pletermarltz-bunc-iioors Iterated In a Skirmish. Funeral of GeneralJonbert. London. March 30., 9:20 p. m. The war office has Issued the following: "From Lord Roberts .to the secretary of war Bloemfontein, March 30. Ow ing to the activity of the enemy on our Immediate front and their hostile ac tion toward the burghers who surren- dered under the terms of my procla mation, I found it necessary to drive them from some kopjes they had oc cupied near the Karee siding station, a few miles south of Brandfort. The operation was successfully carried out by the Seventh (Tucker's), division, assisted by the First and Third caval ry brigades under French, and Le Cal- lais" regiment of mounted infantry. The enemy retreated to Brandfort and our troops now hold the kopjes. Our casualties were: Scottish Borderers killed Captain Going; wounded Cap tains Sellar, Luard, Peebles, Curgen ven and Edwards. Lieutenants Coul son and French and about 100 rank and file." BRITISH EVACUATE WARREXTON Pretoria. Thursday, March 29. A dispatch from Fourteen Streams, north of 'Warrenton, Cape Colony, says the Boers, March 28, opened a bombard ment on the British camp there and that the British replied feebly and evacuated the place during the night. FUNERAL OF JOUBERT. The funeral of General Joubert took place this afternoon and was attended by all classes. The foreign military attaches, in uniform, were among those present and the British officers, who are prisoners here, sent a wreath. There were universal signs of mourn ing. MACRUM SUES POSTMASTER AT PI ETERM A RITZ B URG. London, March 31. A dispatch to The Daily Chronicle from Ladysmith dated March 30th says: "Much inter est is felt in the civil case of former United States consul Macrum against the postmaster at Pietermaritzburg for an alleged breach of contract in handing over his private letters to the military authorities to open. Judge ment is expected tomorrow ." KRUGER WARNS BLOEMFONTEIN The Bloemfontein correspondent ol The Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday, March 29th, says: "Presi dent Kruger's latest proclamation warns the women and children to leave Bloemfontein within five days as he in tends to bombard and destroy the city and, to shoot the burghers whom he captures there." Vigorous measures have been taken by the British to harass marauding band.; of Transvaal Boers. The latter are resorting to guerilla methods, chiefly against Free Staters who refuse to join Kruger. The Bloemfontein correspondent of The Morning Post, telegraphing Thurs says: "Lord Kitchener and his staff crossed the temporary bridge at Nor val's Pont last night. He had 3,000 men. under his command and left 700 at Prieskau. He considers the rebel lion crushed, although the fire may smoulder for sometime. LIEUTENANT GILMORE'S REPORT Of the Capture of the Yorktown's Cut ter and Crew. Washington, March 30. The navy department has just received from Admiral Watson a copy of the report made to him by Lieutenant Gilmore of the circumstances attending the am buscade and capture of the Yorktown's second cutter and crew, at Baler, April 12th last. The report is a concise, plain, yet thrilling account of the strategy at the mouth of the river, which resulted in the loss of the lives of several sail ors, and the taking into an eight months' captivity of the remainder of the little crew. The report Is voluminous and has been covered several times before.wlth the exception of personal references to bravery of individual members of the crew. THE GEORGIA BAPTISTS. The Orphan Home and Mercer Collegs Matters. Griffin, Ga., March 30. The morning session of the Georgia Baptist conven tion was taken up in discussing the orphan- home at Hapeville, near At lanta. Some seventy orphans from the home visited the convention during the day and were entertained by the del egates and the people of the city. Sub scriptions were taken up for the bene fit of the home to the amount of nearly ! $7,600. 1 state, snowed very encouraging pro- gress being made in that field. SMALLPOX IN DAVIE COUNTY. Judge Robinson Petitioned Nr;t to Hold Court Next Week. Winston, . N. C. March 30. Ju-ige W. S. O'B. Robinson, upon . arriving hre ! lis ernoon from Allegheny county. 55 J fiS11113 f efco'S 5 j ??c,er requesting him not to hold ! DavIe superior court next week, on ac count or tne prevalence of smallpox in the county. It was reported to the judge that there were about twenty cases near Mocks ville and that one iKTfeiir ludu uievt v nil lilt; UJJixf'tr iuu morning. Judge Robinson wi'I render a decision tomorrow. LORD ROBERTS' PLANS A SECRET . London, March 30. In the house of commons today the parliamentary sec retary of the war office, Mr. Wynd ham, was asked whether an expedi tion was on Its way to the relief of Mafeklng. He replied that the gov- j eminent was precluded on mmtary i grounds from giving any Indications of Lord Roberts plans. A SHOOTING AFFRAY. A rro Attacks J. I. Farrtor on Streets of Wilson and Is Shot. (Special to the Messenger.) . Wilson, N. C. March 30. Wilson Is very -much excited tonight -over the killing of A. V. Hunt, a negro by Mr. J. D. Farrlor, one of Wilson's most prominent business men. During November 1S9S Farrtor lost an entire block of business houses here and HuntVas tried for the crime, and. while evidence sfflcient to convict was lacking, it was the general opinion that he was guilty. Since his acquital he has written sev eral letters to Mr. Farrtor. threaten ing his life. He has also made public threats that he would kill him. Tonight about 8 o'clock Mr. Farrior met Hunt on the street and asked him if he had made the threats mentioned. He answered yes and at once made for him. when Mr. Farrior drew his pistol and began firing. The negro ran down the street into the store of C. B. Ruffin. being closely pursued by Mr. Farrior. Four shots were fired, all taking effect. The negro cannot live till morning. Immediately after the shooting Hunt was taken to his home and Mr. Far rior was taken in charge by the sheriff. He is being held at his house to await the effect of the shooting. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. To a Wilson County Farmer Happen ings in and About the Town. (Correspondent of the Messenger.) Wilson, N. C. March 30. Larry Boykin. a prosperous farmer of Wilson county, now lays at the sanitarium here in a critical condition He had come to Wilson for guano After eettincr his load he started home. when his horse became rngnteneo and threw him from the wagon. One wheel passed over his head, fracturing his skull in two places. Drs. Anderson and Moore were at once called. Tney moved the wounded man to their hos pital, where an operation was perform ed. It can not be stated as yet wheth er there is much hope for his recovery The patient stood the operation very well and Is at present doing nicely. The death of Judge Dossey Battle was heard in Wilson with sincere re gret. He has held two terms of court here and has by his fairness and abil ity won the respect of every one Messrs. F. A. Woodard, T. J. Hadley and Rev. Thomas Bell went over this afternoon to attend the funeral. Mr. J. R. Boykin left yesterday for Wilmington to attend the funeral of Mr. R. F. Boykin, his brother. The death was quite unexpected, his broth er having no knowledge of his sickness 'Mrs. Foote, of Warrenton, with her daughters. Misses Minnie and Mable reached Wilson last night and will in the future reside permanently here They will for the present be with Mrs Foote's sister, Mrs. J. T. Wiggins.. Mrs. Dora Hughes, matron at the Kinsey seminary and Mr. J. D. Baker, of Nashville, were married here yesterday. The marriage cere mony was performed in the parlors of the seminary. The couple left at once for their future home in Nash county. Mr. W. J. Boykin. of the firm of Boykin & Whitehead, tobacco export ers, sailed today from New. York for Liverpool. He goes to make some contracts for the coming tobacco sea son. This firm has during the past season handled a large foreign bus! ness and it expects to increase Its handlings during another season. Mr. LaFayette Owens with Mr. Wiley Barnes left yesterday for Ral eigh with Mrs. Owens. She has lost her reason and it was thought best to place her in the asylum. THE DISTURBANCES IN CHINA. Inquiries Made in the British House of Commons. London, March 30. The parliamen tary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Brodrick, replying in the house of commons today to a question on the subject, confirmed the reports that dis turbances had occurred in the neigh borhood of Tien Tsin, saying they were apparently caused by the secret societies. He added that the foreign representatives had called on China to remedy the matters. The governor of the province in which the disturbances had occurred had been recalled and a new governor had been appointed. The under secretary also said that two British warships had gone to Taku to protect British lives and property. Old Domlulon Steamship Burned New York, March 30. The steamship Old Dominion, formerly of the Old Do minion Line, now the property of the Joy Steamship Company, plying be tween New York and Boston, was damaged by fire today. She reached her pier last night and about 3 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the cargo of general merchandise near the engine room. The crew which rushed to the pumps, were driven away by the heat, but the fire department, which was then summoned, confined the flames to the lower deck. Total loss $15,000. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned. Economy is the lesso ntaught by this saying. It Is true economy to take! Hood's Sarsaparrilla at this season be cause it purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood and thus prevents sickness and puts the whole system in a state of health for the coming season. Every bottle of Hood's Sarsaparllla contains 100 doses positive proof that It is econ omy to take only Hood's. Constipation is cured by-Hood's Pills. 25 cents. FILIPINOS HANGED FOR MURDER Manila, March 30, 6:16 p. m. Morales and Gonzales, who were found guilty or murdeflne a countryman, were hanged at noon today in the plaza in front of the church at San Carlos, province of Pangaslnan, an officer of the Seventeenth infantry presiding at the execution, which was witnessed by the principal citizens of the place. There was no demonstration. Tbooauda of gardm- c depend on Ferrr'sSeeda Terr year and nerer "offer disappointment. Cheap ratwti. tatea bring loss, not paring crops. it py py little i for Tkmmy'u 8zxxja. Fire cents per Baser ererywnere. and always worth It. llwara the Beat. I SO) Heed annaltrea. run & setott, esa FRENCH DEFEAT THE ARABS. They Storm the Town of Inrahr In Al geria. Parte, March 20, 2:15 p. m. An offi cial account has been Issued of the vic tory of the French troops over the Arab army at Inrahr. which assem bled with the object of attacking the French expedition which recently oc cupied the oasis of Insalah, soudwest of Algeria. The French learned of the scheme and decided to storm the ene my's position, which was successfully carried March 19th by a colunui lei by Lieutenant Coloned Ku. The town was first bombarded and then stormed, the Arab warriors making their lat stand in the mosques. They left GOO men killed and 100 wounded on the field. In addition, 430 prisoners were taken. The French losses were nine native tsol diers killed, thirty-eight wounded and two officers wounded. SMALL DAMAGES ASSESSED. Against Restaurant Keeper for Refus ing a Meal to Congressman White. Pittsburg. March 30. The Jury in the case of Assistant District Attorney Walter K. RUlown. colored, against William J. McCarthy, a prominent res taurant keeper who refused to serve a meal to Rillows and his companion. Congressman George II. White, of North Carolina, also colored, returned a verdict today In favor of the plain tiff for 64 cents. Rillows asked for $5,000 damages. HESTER'S COTTON REPORT. New Orleans. March 30. Secretary Hester's weekly cotton exchange statement shows a decrease in th5 movement Into sight, compared with the seven days ending this date last year of 4S.00O bales, a decrease under the same time year before last of 10, 000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been S9.407 bales, against 137.S4S for the seven days ending this date last year, and for the thirty days of March It has been 519,926, against S96.7S7 last year. The total movement for the 213 days from September 1st to date Is 8.212.944 bales, against 10.044.32S last year and 10.243.194 year before last. The movement since September 1st shows receipts at all United States ports of 6,041.278 bales, against 7,642,730 last year; overland across the Missis sippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 1.10659 bales, against 1.160,953 last year; in terior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 82. 202, against 336.S32 last year. and southern mill takings were 9SS.SU bales, against 904,014 last year. For eign exports for the week have been 121,093 bales, against 90,423 last year, making the total thus far for the sea son 4.663,780 bales, against 6.210.3SS last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 3.071,935 bales, against 2,875,939 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty-nine leading interior cities have decreased during the week 81.109 bales, against a decrease during the corre sponding period last season of 31.046. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought Into sight thus far for the new crop the supply to date Is 8,831,842 bales, against 10.311,895 for the same period last year. Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows a decrease for the week Just closed of 104,555 bales, against an increase of 44,104 last year. The total visible is 3.499.734 bales, against 3,608,289 last week and 5.231.371 last year. Of this the total of Ameri can cotton Is 2.810.734. against 2.892,289 last week, and 4,074,371 last year; of all other kinds, including Egypt, Ilra zil, India, etc, 698,000, against 716.000 last week and 157,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply there Is now afloat and held In Great Brit tain and continental Europe 1,881.000 bales, against 3.067.000 last year; in Egypt 187,000. against 252.000 last year; in India 329,000, against 651.000 last year and In the United States 1.103.000. against 1,261.000 last year. BRADSTREET-S REPORT. New York. March 30. Bradstreefs tomorrow will say: It has been a quiet week In distributive trade, except at some few western centres, this being especially true of the dry goods busi ness. Wholesale trade In this line has been generally completed, and. pending the effect of spring demand upon the retail trade the markets are in a wait ing stage. Alone of the agricultural staples, cot ton has weakened during the week, not because of any impairment of the statistical position, which. Indeed, re mains very strong, but really because some speculative holders have gotten tired and have given ear to reports of dullness In the cotton goods demand. New business in this latter line Is un doubtedly quiet, but most of the mills are heavily sold ahead and finished products have not advanced propor tionately as much as the cruder forms. Wool has been more actively, but con siderable business has been done at concessions. The demoralization In the sugar bus iness is clearly confined to the refining branch, because, while quotations of the finished product have been lowered, the heavy refiners have been large buyers and raw sugar has actually ad vanced, the result being a still further shrinkage in the margin of profit in refining. Little that Is new Is observable In the Iron and steel trade. New busi ness Is of a hand-to-mouth character and this might be regarded as a de pressing featurs were ft not for tha fact that producers are so heavily sold ahead. Bessemer pig Iron Is still as strong as the foundry' grades are weak, but the increase in furnace stocks of the latter Is claimed to be balanced by the reduction of manufacturers supplies. The recent advance Jn leather has tended to restrict new business but advices from the boot and shoe indus try are on the whole favorable. Thpre has hMrt vm'- of stocks of lumber and talk rt over production in some states of the south, but price weakness Is not as ret nota ble. Manufacturers and iobbers In car pets and upholstery report a heavy, season's business booked. "Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 2.9C2.249 bushels, against 3.9S8.228 in the corresponding week of 15&9. Since July 1st. this season exports of wheat aggregate 147.172.630 bUShelJL aeJnit "til n 74A last wai and 180,067,552 in 1897-93. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,193,63$ bushels, against 2,411.443 bush els in this week a year ago. Slnco July 1st this season, corn exports ag gregate 155.761.615 bushels, against year ago and 135.551.643 in 1837-98, Business failures in the United States for the week number 17S as coca pared Trith 190 In this .week a year ago.