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MARCH 1S99. Spain AkuIii Sturm Centre. Judging from this morning's news, the 01 ue u. p--- Madrid is but the precurs-or of violent and r. 1 doubtless revolutionary events, which are not likely to be long postponed.

The tendency to a general outbreak has been apparent throughout Spain for months. The loBg-befooled Spanish people are stupid with amazement at the effacemeut of their country from the colonial map of the vrerld. and are quite ready to believe the monarchy and all its agents and higher ad- fiy tllO 1-fllfimItV 1 ignorant and irascible commonalty, under sach conditions, is the easy prey of dema ggHs and adventurers, and the unfortunate kingdom is full of such gentry. Exactly what form the impending storm way take it would be impossible now to say. No one knows the relative strength trf the Carlibts and Republicans, both of which factions have been waiting iaipa- ifejuly for an opportunity to overturn the vaawy and the existing order generally.

Esther of these elements, if backed by the cH8MriHg generals who, like Weyler. hav particular love for the Queen and little llfAiacua mipVit lii rnnr onniiirh in spItg power. Possibly, in the end. the whole matter will result in placing cither Don 1 CarJos or his s-on on the throne. What might be called a republic by way of a tewporary makeshift, would in reality wtnt to nothing more than a military Uetatorbhlp.

As that kind of government wwIh involve the certainty of endless riot, reveluiioii, aud anarchy, it would not suit the cabinets of Europe, and they would not be long in finding a way to restore some strong monarchical regime at the capital. As always happens in the case of any Spanish proposition, it will depend largely, aua Ule iaie trover weveianu-nave neen and perhaps wholly, upon who can offer anJ are willing to abide by the conse-the most alluring bribes to a few leaders Quences. who are regarded ns holding the balance of what consequences surely would pow er hPiu-oii tho factions. One thine seems to be settled, and that is that the present throne is bound to be demolished. Queen Regent Christina has not jtopular at any time, and her unpopularity has not diminished any since the war with America.

Her latest action, in appointing General Polavieja to the war portfolio, has simply destroyed what little credit she evw had with the nation. The most un- Tilmiennt mid fV(ii crnpl thlnirs nn lipinir saW of her in this connection, and. likely as not, they may be devoid of the least truth. All the same she has man- incur me eiiumy 01 a iwrge numuer of influential officers who are insanely jobIous of Polavieja's rapid rise over the if her mistake i been a fatal one. this matter may have Tho situation is so acute that the news of a royal flight from the Escunal may iiouic with any tick of the cable instru-inonL And that may probably happen con-erently with the sudden appearance, of 3on Carlos in the Basque country at the head of an army.

The present government Ktatus cannot last. What may follow we can ouly surmise. the Desert. One of the features of the closing night of the Fifty-fifth Congress was a lively effort made by Senator Carter to secure the passage of an appropriation bill. The object of the bill was to provide for the watering of the arid lands in Montana, Ke'vada, and other far Western States, at the Government expense.

It is said that this measure, if it had been successful, would have added immenfae tracts of land to that already under cultivation in the Northwest. The proposition, however, in connection with the immense amount cf good already done by similar irrigation schemes in the "West, suggests an interesting- train of thought. To the members of the First American Congress it would have seemed utterly absurd that a large tract of land, practically a desert in its natural state. eould be made fit for the habitation of human beings. They could have under- stood the principle as applied to a small farm, but the idea of making half a State arable by any such means they would have f.m dlsmissed as a chapter from Gulliver's "Voyage to Laputa." Yet the thing has been done, not once or twice, but many times.

What is more. It is averred that the climate as well as the soil of some of the Western States has been changed by this means, and that Nature, in solitudes once' fit only for the coyote and the sage-hen, is now fostering the efforts of man to establish homes. What fairy talc of Dean Swift is more marvelous than thU? Another fact which Is known to scientific men is that the cutting off of forests in many States is not only affecting the water supply, causing floods and droughts alternately, but fhat it actually changes ths climate to some extent, making it more changeable than in former years. This is one of the strong arguments for the preservation of our forests by law. agalns the reckless depredations of the lumbermen.

With all the materials now at hand for fuel and building purposes, there Is no need that we should lose our forests; and If the present unscrupulous waste of timber continues, it will not be long before some other sections of the country besides the far Northwest will bo begging Tor artificial Irrigation; By proper forest laws enforced new, the country can save itself an expenditure of millions in the future. As time goes on, doubtless, man will learn -better hnd better how to control the mighty forces of nature, and to turn to those which he cannot "Traveler Front Altruria" Howells puts into the mouth of nis Al-trurian suggestion on this line. In telling of the Altrurian Department of Public Works, he says that one of the first things accomplished by it was the cutting of a canal through an isthmus which connected the continent with the mainland, so that the equatorial current could flow along the shores of the coun- try; and he states that by this means the climate was changed from inhospitable bleakness to balmy warmth. Changes greater than anything in the fanciful descriptions of this book may yet be wrought by American skill and inventive genius in years to come. may discover, one of these days, that we are not only shaping laws and customs, but a continenr for the home of the greatest people of the world.

In European coun-tiiss engineering skill has grown but slowly, with the growth of the nation, hampered by the greed of kings and the hindrance of foreign wars. Here we have a free hand. The science developed through many generations comes in the prime of its strength to a land unmarred by the hand of man. We have no ruler but' ourselves; The will of the people determines what this continent shall be whether it shall be made desolate by the greed of a few, or beautiful by the enlightened effort of the many; whether our children's children shall have a healthful and delightful home, or whether they shall work all their lives to undo the conse-quenceb of our mistakes. Which shall it be? McKinley.

(lie- I.ilit-rntor. While Dewey and Otis are waiting for fresh troops, the rebellious Tagals give evidence lhat they llavc not learne( their lesson thoroughly, and it is quite probable that another severe drubbing will have to be administered to them before they can be convinced that there is nothing in sight for them but submission without any sort of qualification. As the actual state of things in the Philippines comes to be better understood by the American people, the criminal char-aqter of the Hoar and Hale anti-expansion doctrine grows daily more plain and horn ble. The aged Senator from Massachusetts who has been leading the fight against national prosperity, glory, and destiny has been often quoted as saying that when the public should rightly understand the situation in our Eastern possessions a vast majority of citizens would begin to clamor for evacuation, and demand that the Government should accord to the downtrodden and outraged inhabitants of the isles the right to erect a free, independent, and representative government of their own. On this subject Mr.

Hoar has always delivered his utterances as one having the full knowledge of the facts. We have been sometimes inclined to doubt both the extent and reliability of his information, but it would be wrong to do so longer. From 1 statements recently made by official and other credible persons familiar with the Philippines we are able to believe that the sage of New England has known all along just what the freedom and Independence of the archipelago would mean to Its popu-, lation and to civilization aud humanity, and that he and his philanthropic asso-j ciates Schurz. Carnegie, Pulitzer, Hale, uu ll "ul "icuu 10 snow 111 me ugni 01 our present knowledge. We know, for example, that several of our large and populous Islands arc Inhabited by Mohammedan pirates, slave dealers, and slave holders, aud that on them uncounted thousands of I human beings are held in bondage under 1 conditions worse than death itself.

Oiir amiable subject, the Sulu Sultan, has a merry habit of sending out expeditions to capture I men. women, and children in any conveni- 1 eni. jmn me uicuipciamj. aume 01 inese he sells to the Dutch planters in Borneo; force he and his chiefs keep and work, or lititflinr rc flin ffnrr thmn A more cruel and bloodthirsty lot of wretches never befouled the earth's surface. There are two things about them, however, that jiauuan wuutu appeal iuiaLiicLicaii (U the heart of a New England anti-expansionist.

They have a vast love of liberty for themselves, always believing that the just rights of government, as far as they are concerned, are derived from the consent of the government. And they do mean to be hampered in the exercise of these rights, especially if such interference were calculated to limit their ability to steal, enslave, and murder their fellow-creatures. The second point of attraction which they present is the exchangeability of slaves for New England rum, the manufacture of which blessing has waned considerably with the desuetude of the African coast slave trade. Now philanthropy and the commercial instinct are so mixed up in the consciousness of elderly statesmen like Hoar that it may well be doubted if they know where one begins and the other ends. Thus, philanthropy admonishes us to depart in peace and leave the noble savages and barbarians to themselves, and to endow them with the opportunity for more freedom and more slaves.

Commerce comes along and in the ear that there is a future great market for rum in the pipe dream, 'Filipino Republic." The people of this country have heard quite enough from the Tory and Hessian anti-expansionists in the line of appeal to do a discreditable and infamous thing in abandoning the Philippines to a saturnalia of misery, blood, and horror. Almost to a man, Intelligent Americans are determined that, as long as Providence has put the icTinrc nf i Vi cen (t nni Vio nn tro1' tbev sha11 be redeemed and civilized, and such filthy blots as slavery and canni-j balism wiped off from them. There is a golden chance for President McKinley to pass into history as a great liberator, ivorJhy to stand and rank with the martyred Abraham Lincoln, as a friend and benefactor of his kind. "His countrymen will 1 emnrisn. nor ermlirp.

him nil tho mon nmi ships he may need to make the issue suc- cessful. There can and will be no possible-retreat from the Philippines. Now that President McKinley has a full-fledged Director of the Twelfth Census at his disposal, it might be just as well to set him at work without delay. By way of getting his hand in, we may be excused for suggesting a little preliminary enquiry, the results of which we are quite sure would be instructive to the Chief of State. Let Director Merriam ascertain how many of the- population of the United States like Algerism as the chief cornerstone of the Administration, and whether a majority are Inclined to vote for its continuance as the leading governmental policy in 1900.

If it be objected that the information would be hard to obtain, let the Director ignore the statistical and adopt the political method! Let him go out to any ancient place or places and, mounting the stump as he well knows how to, begin to make speeches in praise of Alger. The consequences might be painful to the former Governor, but they could fall to be educational as to the White House. Wo believe, by tho way, that that classic structure already has" been partially advised on the subject, through the vox populi of Boston. Without much stretch of imagination it can be said Uiat Louis Philippe Due d'Or-leaus is on his highness travels. Expelled from Belgium, he Hew and lighted In Turin; but the Italian government has invited him to make his pretentious royalty as scarce as possible, and it is a question what port will be open to him during the present political storm.

Probably, at length, he may find it necessary to take refuge in Princeton or Hoboken, as several members of his family have before, and in the days when the American premium on derelict princelcts was not as high as at present. Considering the compliment Representa tive-elect Roberts is- accused of having- paid the fair sex, in being married to at least three of Its members at one time. it looks like tho basest ingratitude for the women of various agitating organizations to make the campaign against him that they are. It would seem that he had fallen heir to "the sale of liquor In Government buildings" as far as hysterical petitions go. What will the enraged sisters do if that other plural Mormon, the elder Cannon, should walk into the Senate, as It is not Impossible he may? Congress gave the Administration another object lesson in Its refusal to provide for an additional major general of the regular army.

The proponents of that scheme shrewdly gave it out that the President would at once appoint General Wheeler to the office, should it bo created. But the Higglnson trick had made a good many old birds wary enough to look up the army register in order to sec if Alger might not have a face card of some sort up his sleeve. They discovered that his Michigan man, Shaffer, the hammock hero ofSanliago, was on the eve of letirement as a plain, ordinary, inconsidered brigadier, and they jumped to the conclusion that he was concealed under the department woodpile. The new major general did not, therefore, evolve, and our Falstaff within a few weeks will pass from a list which, as far as he is concerned, ought not to be called active, to private life and the retired enjoyment of exactly one star. GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Secretary Aider's Ket Ircmeiit. One point that appears to be definitely settled, according to the talk in Administration circles, is that Mr. Alger must leave the Cabinet. Whether he departs voluntarily or waits to be kicked out is a matter, it Is bslieved, that Mr. Alger must decide for himself, but that his days are numbered as a member of Mr.

McKinley's official household hardly admits of any doubt. Many close friends of Mr. Alger believe that he will fight against his enforced retirement to private life. He Is known to be vain and vindictive, and he can undoubtedly give the President and his friends a very uncomfortable quarter of an hour If pushed to the wall. However.

Senator Hanna and other Republican magnates have weighed the matter carefully and have decided that Mr. Alger "an do less harm to the Republican party outside than inside the Cabinet circle. Mr. Alger, it is believed, will cease to ie a member of the Cabinet within thirty days. The talk of Gen.

Joe Wheeler as Mr. Alger's probable successor meets with some credence. It Is argued that it would be a good political move on the paTt of Mr. McKinley to place General Wheeler In charge of the War Department, as it could be to in the coming campaign as proof cf the broadgauge. non-partisan character of the present Administration.

It is not thought that Gen. Anson G. McCook. of New York, stands much chance of succeeding Mr. Alger.

McCook would be. it is said, almost as objectionable to Senator Thomas C. Piatt and the regular Republican organization of the Empire State as Whltelaw Reid. Mr. McKinley will probably decide upon Mr.

Alger's successor while off on his vacation with Senator Hanna. Cmidldntc tor Senntor (liiny'11 Speaker and present Rcpresentative-at-Large from the Keystone State. Galusha A. Grow, is making an effort to succeed Matthew S. Quay in the United States Senate.

He has issued a circular giving a comparison of the Republican and Democratic vote in the State of Pennsylvania on Governor and Congress-man-at-large last fall. The point is brought out that his plurality for Con-gressman-at-large was 182. 6S5, while Stone's plurality for Governor was only The circular concludes with this statement: "Of the sixty-seven counties in the State Grow received a plurality over his Democratic opponent in forty-six of them. Governor Stone received a plurality over his Democratic opponent iu thirty-six. Grow's majority in 189S over his five opposing candidates was 126, 01Q.

His majority in 1896 over his five opposing candidates was 270,997, being a larger majority than was ever given in any State of the Union to any candidate for any office." The friends of Grow claim that these practical demonstrations of his popularity with the peopleof Pennsylvania make a convincing argument in favor of his- election to the Senatorship. Although past seventy years of age, Mr. Grow is still vig orous mentally and physically. Ciiliuii KraiiclilHCM. "We drew the teeth of the Afger War Department ring," said a prominent Senator today, "when we had an amendment added to the Army bill limiting the life franchises in Cuba to the time of the military occupation of the island the United States.

I am satisfied that the- Attorney General will decide the amendment is legal, but at any rate, as the matter stands now? the Cuban franchises that the War Department syndicate have for sale are deprived of any great commercial value. No one is going to pay very much for a franchise that has a string attached to it and may be terminated almost any day." The Lnat Speech of 11 (Jrent Ahm. (From the New Yoik Journal.) Channcpy M. Dcpew, Senator of the United States "Oue day last summer two transparently rural young women visited my-office, and nothing would satisfy them but that they should see me. I said: 'Well, 'em They came in and sat down.

I asked them where they were from, and they an-swered that their home was in a Village in the of Virginia somewhere, and that they here to see the sights of Xew York. There- was some more talk, and then I remarked that time was pretty plenty in Virginia but very precious here, and asked what I could do for them. "The elder of the two spoke up and said tliat they had read in their local paper that there wcie two things for visitors to Xcw York to see, the Urooklyn llridge and Chauncey II. Depew. I asked, 'have you seen the 'Oh, said Mic, 'we have; and now wc'ip ready to go back to Virginia." The Way of the World.

(From the Chicago Tribune.) lie sighed "For a time," he said, "I tried to live up to my ideals." "And then?" they asked- "Why, then," he explained. "I tried to bring my ideals down to niy Own TTJBMOIL AT HABRISBTJKG. LeirlnlatorH 'Denounce PuhllMhed Ilevort, of Frlilny'M Proceeding. "March 6. When the comparatively few member3 of the house of representatives, who are in the city, took their seats this morning there was a surprise in store for them.

A member from Philadelphia examined the bound copy of the "Legislative Record," which is placed upon each desk, and found that it contained a stenographic report of the proceedings of both houses on last Friday. The Quay men professed the utmost surprise and Indignation at the discovery, and denounced the report of what they term a "rump" organization on the files as an Insult to the dignity of the house. The law under which the "Legislative Record" of Pennsylvania is printed, Is a regular onediffering from that in force at Washingtopt and most of the States. The work" Is 'done by the government direct, but by contract at so much per page. The contractor furnishes the stenographers who make the report, and is naturally willing to have as many pages as nossi-ble.

The "Record" is only regarded as a semi-official document, the journal kept by the clerk being the recognized authority. Still, lttis published by contract with and under the direction of the General Assembly. The "Record" for Friday last not only contains a full report of the proceedings of the two houses, but of a brief personal dispute between Speaker Farr and Representative. Bliss and others, after the former had declared that the house had adjourned. Also by some mistake of the stenographer, W.

C. Kreps, of Franklin, one of the most radical Quay Republicans in the legislature, Is made to participate in the organization of the anti-Quay house, and to address a parliamentary enquiry to Mr. Bliss, after the latter had been chosen chairman on motion of Mr. J-'ow, of Philadelphia. Kreps is very wrathy, and promises to make all sorts of trouble for whoever was responsible for the use of his name in such a connection.

Speaker Farr is also indignant, and is endeavoring to decide upon the proper action to be taken in the premises. TELEPHONE FIRMS COMBINE. Independent MnnufucturerN I'uitr to 0)ionc the Hell Company. Chicago, March 6. Efforts are being made to consolidate the independent telephone manufacturers of the United States.

The movement, which is in opposition to the Bell Company, started in Chicago, and has progressed far enough to warrant th promoters in approaching firms in New York, Boston, and Baltimore. It is said the leader in the plan for consolidation Is P. Burns, President of the American Telephone Company. This, however, Mr. Burns will not corroborate.

He said his firm had been approached by the promoters of the consolidation, but that it had not given an option on its plants. He says that his company, with its connections, manufactures 65 per cent of the telephone equipment in the country outside of that produced by the Bell C'om-pnny. MARTIN MAHON STILL ABSENT. Snj lie Will "Not Appenr sis Witncx VtcaliiNl Fnj ne Moore. Atlantic City, N.

March 6. Martin Mahon, the New York hotel man who was the victim of Fayne Moore and her "badg er uubuanu. hi -y for several days. John ilson. of Nortu inroima Avenue, wno nan met in New York, came across him yesterday and to Wilson he said he should not appear against the woman.

Mahon Is reported to have said that the reason ho did not desire to appear was mainly due to the ridicule he was subjected to. during the trial, in the New York papers. FLOODS THREATEN RICHMOND. WhurtM Alone: the Itier Front Cohered With Wntcr. Richmond.

Va. March Richmond is threatened w'lth one of the most damaging floods in its history. Warnings from up-river points are of such a nature that urgent efforts have been made to get ready for the muddy tide. Men and wagons arc busy moving goods out of Its reach. The official, report at 9 o'clock last night was that the river was twenty-nine feet at Columbia and.

rising. The highest water will reach here this morning. It is now over the wharves. THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. to jjleet Here for the IDOO Session.

Baltimore, March G. The selection of a church in which to hold the next session of the Baltimore Annual Methodist Episcopal Conference, excited considerable interest at Saturday's session of the conference. Invitations were received from Grace and Madison Avenue churches in Baltimore and the Metropolitan Church, Washington. A vote resulted in the almost unanimous choice of the Metropolitan Church, or which the Rev. Dr.

Frank M. Bristol is the pastor and of which President William McKinley is a member. Texmi Torylmn llriioiinec-il. To the Kiiitor of The Times: The Tea Legislature in adopting the resolutions coiidemniiur the policy of the Government in the prosecution of the war iu the Philippine Mauds, ha cnliuhtvned the world upon the subject of Tea- sentiment. It will -trikc the minds of all the Mexican veteran- a the mort inexcu-able act the Legislature of Te.x.is h.w been guilty of -ince its orsrjnizjtiuii.

Docs it seem consistent that a Texa- Legislature coin-posed (presumably) of the descendants of the men who, under the lead of -iich heroes as Sam Houston, struck down the flair of Mexico, and set up the "Lone Star" ot Texas over a territory that had been wrongfully withheld from our Government since the ce-sion of Louisiam in tsn.1, should thus act? Has the Texas Legislature any Knowledge or recollection of the series of events that mici ceded the independence of that Territory, When Texas anitlicd for ad mission to the Union during the Democratic Administration of Mr. Polk, and tiie vilification and abuse to which all Democrats was subjected by the Hartford Tory politicians of that day? Th hope was cxprea-ed by a prominent Hep-reentative that the American Anny might be welcomed with bloody hands to" hospitable graves, when United States troops moved forward to enforce the mandate that has ever been recognized as the grandest act of the Government in the line of its manifest destiny! Theie are still in existence some of the men who crossed the Kio Grande at Fort Brown under a flag that lcre the inscription, "Our country, right or wrong." This army ot expansion, unfortunately, left behind in the glorious State of Texas Mime of the bacteria that have bred the present legislature. The blunders of the Demociatic party have become proverbial within the last few decades, and if the sentiment expressed in the legislative resolutions aro to le adopted as Democratic national principles, it would be consistent to nominate Cleveland as the national candidate in 11XW and to provide a coffin of Millicient capacity to hold a large amount of obesity and political bury the party, "candidate, and name forever out of sight. V. W.

JACKSOX. The Complaints of Soldier. To the. Editor of The Times: Referring- to the general evidence of witnesses before the Board of Enquiry on the embalmed lteef 1 discover that you have to pay your money and take your choice, i. some are for and wine are against the quality of the beef.

Allow me as a soldier "of three wars, viz. Mexican, Indian, and the late rebellion, covering a period ofi-slxteen years, to state that from my experience when soldiers are faring well they complain most, i. men who have enlisted to be soldiers. A soldier will never complain. I consider when, man puts on the uniform of a soldier he should 1ecome a changed man, pro-x'iding he enlists with a view of his country, and shouldrbc prepared to go through' Hades if necessary and eat polecats and rattlesnakes, and drink water out of Buffalo wallows and eat Major sltitssell's beef, as some of the witnesses before, th, Board have done, Colonel Minor, for instance, mvsvjlf included.

II don't 'advocate either of the parties in the beef controversy I simply wish to impress upon men who may hereafter enlist in the army to make up their ji'ndto bs and not expect to take their mother along to take care of them. ir 'A soldier that1 complains in time of vyar is not worth the powder 'and ball to 1:01 him all this I know from personal experience. Kespectfully submittcd, o- 0 WESLEY lAUICWOOD. Washington, March i. AJST INVENTOR MISSING.

John Billiard Miller Strunffcly Ali- Ment From HI Home. New York, March C. John Ballard Mil- ler, an inventor, with an office in Manhat tan, has been missing from his home, in Elgh'y-third Street, near Twelfth Avenue, Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge, since January 22 last, when he left Bay Ridge to meet a friend in Manhattan. His wife, formerly a Miss Eberhardt, whom he married Ia3t September, is almost prostrated by his disappearance. Neither she nor Mr.

Miller's friends can explain his absence. Mrs. Miller fears that some harm has befallen him. There 13 a mortgage on the Miller home, which was purchased from Walter Johnson, and it Is thought possible that certain installments shortly due on the property caused Mr. Miller much worry.

But this fact, his friends say. can in no way be connected with his disappearance. Mr. Miller left his home, as was his cus tom, on the morning of January 22 last to go to Manhattan. He remarked to his wife that ho had an appointment with a friend named Cushman at the Astor Houses He did not return that day nor the next.

When a week passed without any iiding3 of her husband Mrs. Miller -became much worried. Trusting, however, that business was responsible for her husband's absence, Mrs. Miller said nothing about It until another week had passed AWthout any tidings. Then friends were informed and a systematic search for some trace of the missing man was begun.

It was learned that Mr. Miller met Mr. Cushman, as arranged, and after completing his business with him arranged to meet him again in the afternoon. He failed to dD so, and from that time all trace of him was lost. So far as is known, he did not have any great amount of money when he left home.

He was not a drinking man and his habits were always regular. He is described as being about 5 feet 10 inches in height, with Iron gray hair and mustache. He wore a fashionable gray sult, black overcoat, and a derby hat when last seen. He is forty-three years old. FLAMES IN NEW YORK.

Hotel null Cnfe Hiu-ucd In Brookl? 11 Horouli. New York. March 6. A hotel and cafe at 1577 and 1579 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn borough, were destroyed by fire this morning. The occupants had to flee in their night clothes.

During the fire Fireman Donohue was painfully injured by a tin ceiling falling upon him. Firemen had a bad scare from a blaze in the dry goods district this morning. Flames started In an underwear factory and soon the whole upper story of the building was afire. By prompt work, the firemen were soon In control and the loss will net exceed $25,000. COLLISION ON THE LAKE SHORE Trainmen mid I'nsKpiigers Injured by the Westfield.

N. March 6. About last night eastbaund passenger train No. 10, on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, came In a head-on collision near here with engine No. 79 that had failed to make the switch and clear the main track.

Engineer Turner, of the fast train, had his right arm broken twice, and his fireman, Regan, was pinioned under the tank, and had both legs badly crushed. He was taken to Cleveland, Ohio, his home. Gil Thompson, of the Westfield accom- modation engine No the nead an(1 cuest was hurt about His fireman escaped unhurt. The engines are complete wrecks. Fourteen passengers were more or less hurt.

JOHNSON NOT A CANDIDATE. The Former Couuressiiinn. Iloivcrpr, iKiiores a I'ointed (Question. New York. March 6.

Former Congressman Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, when asked today of the report that he was to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Ohio Governorship, was true, said: This is the first I have ever heard of it." On being questioned as to whether ho would refuse the nomination if offered to him, he declined to say anything. EIHE MENACED MANY. Xenrly One Hundred Hotel GnestM Foreed Out in Scant AMI Scranton, March 6. The lives of nearly one hundred persons were jeopardized by a lire which broke out in the Lackawanna Valley House blosk early yesterday morning.

The Ilames started In V. J. Weichel's jewelry store on the ground Hoar and bursting through a rear window, which opens on the air shaft, raced to the hotel apartments on the second, third, and fourth floors, filling the corridors with smoke even before the guests could be aroused. All of the occupants of the hotel were gotten out safely, but so hasty was the exit they were compelled to make not a single one of them appeared on the street with anything on save night clothes. There was one corridor on the second floor devoted to sleeping roams, and everybody in these rooms had to make their way to safety by means of ladders, the smoke having cut off their retreat by way of the main corridor.

Charles F. K. Henckeroth, a Phlladelphian, xvas among them. The firemen succeeded in subduing the flames before much damage resulted. TO CONTROL GREAT ELEMENTS.

Incorporation of the tailed Kleetrie Company. Trenton. N. March The United Electric Company, of New Jersey, which has been recently organized with the design of controlling all the electric light, heat, and power business in Essex. Hudson, Passaic, Bergen, Morris.

Union, and Middlesex counties of this State, was incorporated today with the secretary of state. The capital stock is $20,000,000. F. Stillman. of Rah way; W.

J. Davis, of Harrison, and Thomas J. George, of Newark, were the incorporators. The Havana IlrenUfnt Vender. (Havana Letter in the Chicago Itccord.) The perambulating breakfast vender is a feature down heie.

Men aie seen about 11 o'clock in the forenoon traversing certain portions of Havana with breakfast buckets made after the fashion of the American laborer's apartment bucket, in which are carried to the door fish, one kind of meat, iotatoes, bread and butter, coffee, and pet haps eggs or some others additionadl article. By this practice many families avoid the necessity of cooking- the midday meal. The breakfast vender is not alwajs an inviting-looking- but this matters little with tho- people if he sells a fairly decent meal and if they can avoid having to cook for themselves. In very hot weather the practice is said to be much in vogue. Thfc A'nvj- Personnel Hill.

(From the Xew Orleans Times-Democrat.) Chiefly is the Xavy Personnel bill commendable In that it equalizes the pay of the seamen with that of the soldiers; and in that it amalgamates the line and staff naval officers. From this time forth.the fctaff ollicers will have the same training in the art of navigation, gunnery, etc, as the line officers; and the line officers will have to make themselves as proficient in the knowledge of all the vastly complicated machinery of modern warships as the engineers now are. The education and training of line and staff officers will henceforth be conducted together, and their education and training and practice will be the same so that, should at any time the nseessity arise, the engineer will be able to manage the ship and the line officer be able to run the machinery. Pre 111 at nre Work. (rrom the Concord Monitor.) The Democratic party might have waited until Congress met in December before outlining its policy.

There was no call for a definition of its position. Many things- arc likely to happen age, the life of such a marraT'gYcatly endanger-before December. Peace and order may lie re- I cd. There is a certain naitohidreathing which inar stored in the islands. Aguinaldo may have sub mitted to the authority of- the United States, and acting Under hia advice all of the Filipinos- may unite in asking our protection and assistance in framing a suitable form of government for thec islands.

That nightmare "the consent of the governed" may have vanished in thin air. The importance of retaining the Philippines may ho apparent to even the most skeptical. There may be no issue on expansion. MUTINY ON AN OIL CAEEIEB. Three KIukIciuIct 'shot 1- the Chntitln.

Philadelphia, March' 64-Capttln Torrance, of the oil carrier Tancarville, which has just reached port." told an exciting story of the steamer'a Ia3t trip to Belfast, ibi The run was devoid of unusual interest until January 25, when-u'strong gale from tho northwest sprang up. For three days the storm raged, causing a spare propeller to break from its fastenings and roll from one side of the vessal to the other. It was feared, that the propeller -would eventually tear a hole in the 3hip's side and her. It was decided to summon all hands to put the wheel In a safe place. To Captain Torrance's surprise only the officers responded to his call.

The rest of the crew refused to leave the forecastle. With a loaded pi3tol Captain Torrance ordered the men to work. Before they would yield three of the ringleaders were shot, one of whom died before the vessel reached Belfast. Another of the crew became so badly frightened that he lost his reason. wounding of the ringleaders caused the others to return to duty and the.

propeller was made fast. Captain Torrance was exonerated by the authorities at Belfast MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED. Former Governor; Whyte to As.si.st in ait Important fuse. Baltimore, March 6. Former Governor William Pinkney Whyte is counsel in a suit to be tried in the United States courts and the State courts in New York to recover all or part of $15,000,000.

and. if possible, about $7,000,000 accrued Interest. Associated with him are Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador to Gen. B.

F. Tracy, former Secretary of the Navy; Silas S. Pettlt, of Philadelphia, and Huntington utilnelanuer, of New York. The defendant in the case is the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New-York, represented by Turner, McCIure Rolston. Former Governor Whyte prepared the bills In the case at the 'litigation of Mr.

W. J. Antelo, of Philadelphia, who Is his personal client. The litigation grows out of an issue of bonds in 18S0 by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company. The certification of these bonds was undertaken by the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, and for four years they were offered and sold for" SD and 30.

It is now asserted that the bondholders never got anything for their money. The whole property was disposed of for in 1S94. It is held that the road was never built as stipulated in the mortgage and a Hen of S5O.C0O acres of land In Oregon was never discharged as required. A question Involved in the litigation is the duty of a trustee, as to whether or not such trustee before issuance of the bonds Is to see whether or not the terms of the mortgage are being or have been complied with. BLEW OUT THE GAS.

Two IlourdiiiK-IIoiise Immtte I'oiiitd Dead in ilnl imorr. Baltimore. March 6. Miss Sophia "Wallis. eighteen years of age.

was found dead in bed yesterday morning at Mrs Frank A. Carter's boarding-house. 10-) East Franklin Street, death resulting from gas asphyxiation. Miss Wall is" home was at Edesville. Kent county.

where she leaves a sister. Miss Bettie Wallis, a school teacher. She came to Baltimore early in January to take a course at a business college. Until Saturday she boarded at the Ais-quith Home for Working Girls. 411 Als-quith Street, where lamps are used for lighting purposes, as she was accustomed to using in the country.

About 10:30 o'clock Saturday night Miss Wallis went to her room, a small hall room on the third floor. Not being familiar with the use of gas. it is presumed that she blew out the light. Then she got Into bed and fell into sleep that ended in death. At breakfast yesterday morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, she was missed and a servant was sent to her room, but returned and said she could get no response to knocks.

One of the men boarders then went to the door and at once detected the odor of gas. He broke open the door, found the little room filled with gas. and the gas valve turned on full. Miss Wallis was dead. Dr.

Alexander D.UcConachie. 16 West Franklin Street. whoAs hurriedly called, said she had been dead several hours. Coroner Frank W. Germon gave a certificate of accidental death.

Charles Kestner. who conducts a boarding-house at 1443 Eastern Avenue, yesterday morning about 11 o'clock found one if his lodgers dead in bed in a room on the third floor. The gas in the room was turned on full, and death was caused by suffocation. whether with suicidal motives or by accident is not known. From papers in the dead man's pockets it was ascertained that he was a Pole named Michael Kello.

and that he worked at Sparrow's Point for the Maryland Steel Company. KILLED ON THE ELEVATED RAIL A Teleisnipher'n Head Severed From His Hod. New York, March 6. Dinkle Joyce, aged forty, a telegraph operator, fell under the wheels cf an elevated railroad train at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street this morning, and was instantly killed. His head was severad from his body.

CURRENT HUMOR. Cruel Innuendo. (Kroin the Chicago NVvs. Mij. Muriluson Ye-.

thK is. an heirloom. We vioithhft part uilli-it for a great deal. Mis. Hanlcigh Oh.

did vour hu-tund get i for von at Paddington'sT They liad such lovel bargains in them last week. Tin Proper (From Puck.) Kirt Lohbvist The Senator savs lie can't support our bill without beinsf invoiL-istent. Second Lobbvist Well, he ought to have sene enough to be inconsistent, before it is too late. A Possible Inducement. (From Puck.) Mamma You nui-t be very good during Lent Tomniv, Tommv-EasterJ -A hy, is Santa -Claus coming again at Compulsory- Piety.

(From the Detroit Free Pre-.) "Ambrose. di you faat during Lwit?" "Yes; my wife and the cook go to church so much that I have to." DuriiiK the Blizzard. (From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.) "Briggs was going home with a dozen eggs in a bag; and two fellows held him up." "Did they take his money?" they took hVs egg." The llieycle Heart. (From the Xew York- Jlcrahl.) Dr. J'chott, of X.iuheim, fiennany.

who. has devoted considerable time to the study of bicycling from hygienic point of view, gives these facts as the results of his studfe: Bicv cling, just as mountain climbing, accelerates the action of the heart, and thcu- quickens the pulse. This naturally tends to enlarging the heart during action, a process which during rest takes a backward turn, and the vital organ resumes its normal state. Hy violent, or, say, excessive exercise on the wheel, when the pul-e beats at HO psr minute, tlie condition change. The expansion of the heart does not fall back to the' normal, as is best proved by the "used up" look of th cycle racers hftcr a tournament.

Should this tsrained exorcist continue the enlargement of the heart continues with it, and fatal results arc inevitable. The older the wheelmen the easier do the. muscles of the heart assumo undue proportions. and, the arteries bccomlnjJfgs elastic1 with is; an infallible warning wjllvtauirssiml climbers, which, however very with ipe cycier, ior 111 uis- vav: 11113 iitit caused by his rnn supplies- him wltlPnVore oxygen than is necessary. ly-o All thoe things should "bo Mkcn.

in- due consideration by anient Bicyclin; as an ecreic be takcnf.onlyliy persons Whose heart and lungs are In. thebest natural condition. NOTES OF THE DAY. Of Shakespeare'- famous characters, Uamlot peaks 1.303 lines; lago. Othllo, 850..

and Lcar.TTO. Cyrano Bergerac. however, spwks1 more lines than any character of any importanc-ei since Hamlet. Cyrano ba- G22 speeches, varying in translation, but containing: in all about, O.j'JO words. At a meeting of women's clul in Maine one of the speakers of a girl she had JIbowii early fir lif, and who bail died irmne.

AfMr th? fiireral the husband remarked that he "did not see why Mary Ann should have teak for to his knowledge she had not been uti of that kitchen for thirty yrars." I'mler the workings of a new rota Ben's polk-emen are receiving instructions in tfce htr. Every week a number of legal uitia.s pcrtauv in to matters, vvhieh. crane ai'der their dalljr olwrvation are propound-d to lhi. ami tW-. system of examination believed to have gfa6-ly irapTOvi-d the efficiency of the forte.

Water power furntshet! hy the Mlh of tlie Pnoqualrme Hirer, twenty-fonr mite bBi Seattle and thirty-four from Taeerea, fc to iin-d for electrie and trarumie-ion povvr in li two cities. The plant will post alwwt SSttfjIKiiX. and 12,000 Iiorf-power is to ho supiiWed. A new featurt- of the venture is that ahirainum wire Is to tued. Here is a scheme that the manager n3 at hii theatre in Portland.

Ore. After the 3' tra lai flm'heil the overture 'a neat sign ri to the view of the audience from the tJc tlie It shew these ncigjr wotvjir "TiiS is tin- proppr time for the laiKe to- remove ttfeei: hats." Aral if they are net -dreadr off, tfce sign works wonders. Atlins. has a domino game at jifagW' tliat probably has. no eoual in the world.

A Kn-tletran ami his sons started this game several year? siix-e. and it it- not ftniehfd jet. IlMPt one and then the other hare been in the lead, until now tlie en of one nf tHe an i 138Jh1. the score of tlie other son 133.085. and the futRac brings Hp the rear with Ud.OU).

A movement las been inaugurated to nave the first annual reunion of the Heugji UWers af the late war held in El Paw, hceanses tliat city furnl-heil 3 great numlcr ef the rfd5.s Governor Roosevelt has notified Ex-(TwrrK" Prince, of Xew- Mexks. that will viait ttlar. Territory-this. yir, and while kwn in the st Southwest the efftwt will be made to bold the reunion. The eclipse which has come over Byron's tame is trikingly illustrated by the report that at the needed for the proposed mormraent at Aberdeen only ha been sahcrilJed.

awl tliat it Is probable tliat project will abandoned- In all Britain there no adeouate monument to the- lwt who. in tlie BjinSn af his contemporaries, was the greatest? HcgBslt bard since blukespean. In futcre all ancient of Beta and archi- tecturafiy rnterestnrx buildings hi Ran, brfere Ieins pulled down will lie carefully dvawa and ground plans taken, together of tlte interior and exterior. Mr. lUrlmtiR.

the feiraaH i etcher, has alro Iw-rn invited to make IrawifKrt nn large Hrale of these boiMtasrs. which will sent to the Mitse f'arnavjler. which emlleeM all iciics emmec-trd with the hi-Uiry oi A inrioos, burial eerenwnv. -ay a Par- tefe-gram in the "fudoti Mail." wa witAnh-3i Le Mans the other day. An old of B-CHiis died ami left orders tlut on the way tw tie cemetery the colfin 'Mould I l.i's- on a Ms favorite tavern and pfcterd on a chafer, awl thuC of Iiramiv -buuhl he placed oa the cair Rh.

All tht- cotnpanr were then to drinlt to fcfe li-altli. This programme was. carried out, and the cortege re-nined it war. Alxwt hahies are rmen each yeaev an average of seventy every minute; that i. ten more in each minute than there are Wats af th etotk.

A man with a pronounced weVc- iit-y for statistic- ba. acur.tl tliat 0J1 tae little otto wer ranted in Ha af cradle, the cradles WbuM gndk- the earth. If carried one by one in their mothers' am past a given point, the proce-rion wobhI cantffmu night anil Uav for 3 tweiYe-Munllt. A new alloy has been dw-overed. which i safd to he a wonderful substitute tor gold.

It esn--i-N of 91 pert- of cooper to parts of Tiie eper is nutted and. the antiraany is adiled. together with a little Hsnc--aMi ami cutlwiute oi lira? to increase the den-Uy. The produi can he thaw n. wrought, and oMered.

Iifce the trecjs metal to which it heaes a strikine resemblance when poUsbed. The 5t of manufacture is about 2i cents 3 poowL A romantic wedding- was celebrated at IleSsn-land recentlv. when a hme-e naval aieer was married to a voong German lady. The happy bridezTouni bad bevn uperiutenHcs the huiM-iug of a war-bib for the Chisce government at Kibitz, when htr ntl- ih aTjnaiolans of the 1 lady in iUesiin. with the re-uta.

that far her i sile hf remaiiH-d Iehfnd in Oermanv when his I felIow-if5cer returned to their native eaentix. 1 liecame converted, and married the lady af Si clioice. Count C. Apraxin. a millionaire Rwiun.

who died recently in St. Petetsbunr at the aee-of eighty, had ali-olute contempt fur evervtMng: in the lsiie of di-piiy. lie always dressed potwly. walked about the citv a great deal, and was contintiaiii mjXfnir individual charitable donation-, invariably exacting preouse that the recipient mut never tell wb save the aid. Among- tlie mrR of hw own -ocfcd station he wa general! regarded a- a roi-er.

ht lnwrBfc of lHr persons cuufd testify to lit? The movement for the formation of people's clubs in Xew York 1- now well undr way. awl the first club is to be established somewhere the neighlHirhcod of Cooper I'nicn. The ohjttK is tlie study ot problems of the day awl 5exM intercourse. All persons ot good character over sixteen years of age. and of lt sescsv are efii-ble for member-hip.

The clnVf fearon whirfc Is attractinsr attention is that lwKr- will he sW in these- cluls at cost whenever the i-sires it. The dues ace te 23 cents a month. Tlie effkial hi-s is sot ctthfcively a rriascnXae prerogative. There are times when eoott etiquette demands that women, too. fciH fcl-s.

On tlie occasion of the Crown Prince af wedding the bride. Prince-si otbie of tlie sister, wjw nblised to htatear fewer than IjO es. The Kins if Oeee t-ceivrd three kis-e. did hi- pjeea. so SA the Empress rmlerkk awl the Kim; ami Qnaon of Denmark ami Kai-er W'ilhe'm and the Ktaptt-.

while- all the Princes and Princess present tt-ceived one his apiece. Some of tlie district messenger companies have extended their service to ripply their putrans with Iwys in livery as ilwor-opcncrs. and far general "buttons" service. These hoys. Hvery and all, may be had hy the hour, and have proved a distinct convenience te hoHsekeepets The students of the domestic service pjalnVm agree that it- solution 5 comimr through the extension of outiiIe service.

When it is ioss-ble to secure trained a-i-tants at medentw rates for short period-. bou-ehoW work will be placed on a new footing-. Tlie Earl of Aneastcr. in his sixty-efcht yean of life, lias borne more names than InH the lot of most peers. He lwgnrr life as Mr.

Heath-cote, the son of Lord AveJand; at the age af thirty-5vcu lie succeeded his father a Baratt Avc-land; ten years ago he became twenty--ond Lord illoughby Di- Ereshy. in swees-kwi to his mother, and sLr yeurs ago lie wasTnade Earl of Aneaster. It was through his rnnther tliat he came into possession of mo-t of his; 132,000 acre5, and of his thre castles in England. Scotland, and tVales. Major Gen.

E. S. Otis is an alumnus the L'niversity of Rochester, cki- of "He had many classmates who have since dirtingui-fcetl themselves, among; whom are Capt. Vi. Iiaik-ness, LI- of the Xatiunal Oberva4ry.

Washington; Iicv. Dr. II. I- Moreliowe. of the Home Jtirdnn Society; Rev.

D. Cephas 11. Crane, of IK-tn: Rev. Dk Lomnal Mos, of Rev. Dr.

Jad of Rochester Theological Piaf. Almon C. Bacone. of the Inifian I'luvowiir. Indian Territory, and W.

O. Stoddard, the nav-eli-t and historian. Much lias already been written conceruiag thi women of the Philippines, for the siildeetJi engaging. For all their dark faces, they nave figure the grace- of which is- accentuated he the very garments they wear." They have htros dark eyes and luxuriant black hair, which they take great pride; it 1st and glov-y. annointed with coceannt oil.

cleaned" and washed with lime juice, and usually worn In a coil or knot held by a golden, comb or ornamented pins. Hat's and lwniicts are unknown among; the Kilipimw. so no deubt many an American huslwd wishes he lived hare. Tlie native women have finely sliaped feet, that nevr knew- a stocking; they wear low- slippr el an Oriental pattern, sometimes wooden shoes. The dress of a Filipino woman usually con-fets at a sirigle garment with wide sleeves; a piha-ekjth lantlkerchief is generally -worn around ttih neek.

and evervone wears a. rosary or a crncin.x. Housekeeping in the native section is quite primitive in its details. Love-makinx. courtihip.

and marriage are here conducted In the mariner common in Oriental lands, the Iaver serving-" the father of his future wife. Fifteen years is the customary age for marriage here In the Philippines..