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THE DAILY REVIEW. VOL. XXL JTO. DECATUB, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY MORNING, MABCH 1, 1899. TEN A WJCEK NAVY IS CRIPPLED Ships Must Be Retired foi Men to Man New Boats.

A LETTER FROM LONG Secretary Beplta to Scbley ABI Bad Faith by the Admiral. Washington, account ih- comparatively -mall increase in th nnmJier of fnli-itel men in ihe navy pro foi by naval ofticiat, tfwy will lie left absolutely witliout rro vision for manning The 'big battleship Kentucky, now nearl ((Depicted at, or th Albany, almort finished at th Armstrongs' in England. Tlie depJrtmen will be obligexl. in order io man tihe.se ships which itlie government i bound to tak off the contraftois' h.inds as soon us t'ley c-ifinplMcd. In snme ships out commission.

LONG MAKKH ANSWER IntimaiPi that Bohlej Kept Back for Hia Own Beneflt, 'March senate com mittce on naval affairs today anode pub fit- Secretary Uong'- second letter in this com rnujik-ati being in reply to Adimira letter. Tae 'matter whid the sK-ietaiy takes up is Admiral Schley's mention of Admiral Sampson's letter May 211. -which uhe hays seems to given certain -enator-i the ini that the department, ha-, held that kttcr. On this point, he sas: First--That tJiis letter not in the of the depart nu-nt on Feb. (i nor wa.s its existence known to the ill' jnrtment at that time.

was in Adniiml Sihley until the (Hi of February when it sent to the d-pj rt men tiro i it-, request to be furnished all ofHcia MforJs iclaling to hn duty 'fomtnaii ler in chief of the Flying Squadion, am Hug officer in the Atlantic fleet Third--In its insti notion-, with, to maintaining the blockade of Cienfue- it not nioip explicit than the letter of Admiral Sampson on -May 10. SAMIMXVS OKDEIIS. PiKU'th--That on May 21. the d.iy aftei it wo-i Admiral Sampson -sent orders to ('ominodore. in dupltca.tc liy the a Marblehcad, -which 01- ik-i-, were received by Commodrre Schlcj during the early forenoon of the 2M and 24th directing 'ommoJore iSciiley to proceed, i all dispatch, but nuitiou-Jy, to iSantiago, rf satisfied Hull the Spanish fleet not Oienfuegos Tile set of ordei, --ent by the Hnwk was received on the s.uno day as thi letter of the 20th and.

l.e.uing a latci date. May of revoked the iiisinu-iioiM to contained in 1he letters of the l(Uh and 20th in obedience to thcso in- ftruction-s the Flying left Cien- ftiegn, on the alternoon of the 24th. but did not reach the iimnedi ite vicinity ol 1'ort Santiago i the tiling of the Jftthof-May. The secrotai quote-, the admiral's icf- oience to the department's order rece.ved ly him on the 27th of May directing him hely to ascertain if Oivera's fleet in Sajitiago harbor, ami not allow him to leave Santiago, if certainly to be there, "without decisive action," and gives t'nc admiral's tep'y in full an! "It will 'be that Rear Artmir.il chley's statement to the sen.itc does not -how tnat he started to letaivn to YWi and signalled to tlie squadron to lK.it effect, and infoimed the dc mcnl. and it miglt: lie infened that he immediately obeyed a order and t-unfvt the presence of tho eneiny at Saiv tiago.

Un the oontrarj-, his telegram, diled May 28. and written May 27, though having jn't reeehel tlie ii'legnm of the department and 'having on h.in.l a sufficient supply of coal to return to Key West, he leported that, he could not obey the older and continued proceed towards Key "West. However. it later became evident to him that unnecessary, and he re-armed the movement towards Santiago. SCRLF.Y XOT IX OOMJtAXU) 'Another point in Admiral Schley's let.

tei is touched upon in the following man- Jiei "Admiral mention cf the sig nal hy Admiral Sampson 8:45 a. nt. 'Disregard movements of evmi- and Jiiis mention of the movement of the oonmiandcr-in-ehief towards Siboney. is followed by an incorrect inference, to wii 'This left me senior of- licer and clothed fas with the re.non$ibilitr of "The signal above mentfamed is one which is frequently ma le in squadron and never held in any relinxjuishmeiit of command. Without nirthrr signal re- spon-ibility of coninund would not be shifted until the senior officer had goas out of signal distance." The statement i concluded with the "Tlie depanment furniihes the foregoing statement only to complete the rejoid in t-ompliance with the i-equest of the senate 23.

Desiriit; is do Admirals Samjwon and Sciiley -full for rendered, it has. after full consideration of all circumstances, rocommendcd -to the president their promotion to rear admirals, begs to express the hope tout Jiis- iix-ommendalionji to ihe same effort may be confirmed by the senate." WHAT SrGSBEE SAfD. AtLiched ia the iatter from secre- tan- is one from Captain Sigsbee in reply: to Admiral reference to himsel as commander of the scout steamer St. Paul, quoting him as authority for the opinion that fleet nas not in Santiago haibor. On this point said: "What I actually said to the admira that the pilot had fii-rt expressed the belief that tue.1 large ve -sels as Oervera's cruisers enild not get int Santiago becau.se of their length, but he afterwards admitted that they mip'ht get in -with the aid of tugs.

officer on board the St. Pan knew that I believed Ccrvpra to be at. Santiago: nevertheless I considered opinion." (He says that he first the fleet in the harbor Jlay 29 and signalled Sfhley and -adds: "While il hjid: not known from previous observation, that On-era fleet was at I believed it wa- there because I lud been si informed by the navy department and during the eight days -the St. Paul reanaincd otl different vessels touching there and communicating with me had brought no leport from the navy department. JOHN BULL CAME DOWN Britain Recedes from Her Objection to French Concer- sion at Muscat.

I'arK ilareh Celcasse, minister of foreign affairs, implying to an int Filiation in tlie chamber today, delight- iid the deputies by telling them that Kng- land' h.wt apologizes for the attempt to prevent France from securing a coaling station at Muscat. 'At Delcasse said that tlie 'British government had expressed ragret for the acttons of its represemta tives, which had occasioned Uie incident and had acknowledged the equity of French claims in Omaii. foreign miniiter said furtlier that negotiations ivere now in progress for a settlement of the Anglo-French di-spute-s in Africa. tDc-leasse declared that the facts were lhat the British resident demanded that tlie sailtan withdraw his concession to lau-p of cool depot near Jhi-tat. The sultan thereupon asked ranee to release tho conces-ion.

Franon refiucd. The sultan then cancelled the con cession. Great Britain, however, quickly admitted France's right to i coal lcprt ind expressed deep regret at the incident, 'ranee thus obtained complete satiifaciUon nd the incident is considered closed. Bclba-sse corroborated the statement that negotiation-, wete proceeding 0 twcen France and (Jicat Britain for dehn- ation of their African frontiers "in a -in- cere spiiit, of conciliation and with a view of reaching airangements guarantee lasting understanding ween thi; two countries." I A CAUv UO.WX TOR OCiRZOX. iMarvh 0.

Enjrlaml'H apologj- a Fr-ance for the Affair at Jiufcuit, which vas conununicated to the French cliam- er of deputies today, involves a sove.e rebuke to lLord who threatened he sult.m of Oman mith a stoppngo of iis subsidy if he printed a coaling sta- to France, and ordered the British leet to demonatratp at Mttsrat- Tins was he official act of the new India, which thits disavowed. Veiy favorable reports aie rccMvid regarding negotiation-, oi out-standiiig iw-stions between SreaL JJritaJn and Frame. It is Ihipuy, the French iretnicr, lus directed an endeavor to set- le all questions, that, in the question he has made up his mind propose important tariff modification-, favor of Great Britain, thus removing ausc of bitter complaint that th, 'rench policy killed British trade inrme- jately after a protectorate 1 of the island i Madagascar by eroctdng ariff barriers. The question of the Baln- v-allev is also said to he an air way- toward settlement. 1'rtuice Ins agreed to barter her claims or fair consideration elsewhere and the (sultanate of Oman) difficulty 'ha leen tided over by an arrangement by vhfrh France gets her coal and saves her onor.

but not make any territjri.il cquisittoii. Great 'Britain got her 1a.ik gainst tJie latter feature of the question iLse -she Fiance wairted a TMoaling station in Oman, not tor hersplt for Russia, who 'would make it 1he enninus of the Central Asian railroad rem Hmkestan to the Persian gulf. FltlPINOSJTTACK Make an Attempt to Caplur Waterworks but Retreat With Thirty Killed. OTIS TO MOVE FORWARD More Troops Have Arrived an Vativea Will Be Struck a Herd Blow. Hong Kong.

'March dispitch ficn Manila, dated 10 m. today, thai the Filipinos made an attempt toda fapttire the six mile from Manila. The attack was ropuls: with a los to the rebek, of killed and many wounded. The (Sccon Oiegon a ml the Fhst Nebraska were engaged. Two Americans wounded.

THIRTY NATIVES KILLED In tbe Attack Made by Filipinos Waterworks. Manila. 6. Rebels have 'bee concentrating in tlie vivinity of the voir. Today a patrol of Company Se- ond Oregon volunteers, was aTnbu.sh.c Two men were minded, but, the Oregon iarw held their under a heiiv lire until the remainder oi trip eompin.v a-sisted by two companies oi the ifiis Nebraska regiment, flanked Uie killing thirty aaid wounding several mor All native huts have been destroyed a Mariquina, and the country there is pret ly well cleared, but tile ifbe's were ro turning in small bodies 4 it sundown.

(Apparently tliey a secured a net supply of mokeless ammunition reoentl there has been a noticeable difl'eren'' during the last tew days. i The civil members of the United State Philippine commission, ivno anived diet 'Saturday from Hong Kong on the cruis; ISaltimoie, landed today. Pending avriv, of Colonel duties Denby, Unit ed Slate-, to Chiiiii. the othe civil of (he commission can nothing oflieiall.i (Troops arrived on Saturday jlie transport and tliat ai ixed on the i Ohio. diseiubatking, an ill preparations a being made to pro feed with .111 aggressive campaign bofor the wet seiisnn sets in.

i i Tlte lebels. anticipating an Anieric'ai advance, are iluny throwing up defence every direction and it is reported MO levyuig'inoji every pro vince. As a icsult great is tatisf action re.vai!vi among; tribes ordinarily unfriend to the loffolos, ipartieul.irly among Llie lHooonao, who asset a desire to as Ut in conquering tlie Tagalos if fin lishcd arms. iAt San I'edro lMaiC.iti Hie rebds at very active, erecting in front the position occupied 1 'by th Washington although A two-gin battery of th' Sivth artillejy repoitcJlj them. Despite thp liral Hie liealUi of the men in tile trenches luis unproved remarkably Kngineer AVinship of the in bot! boat Jtenninjfton XEW iSECOXD Washington, March 6.

The war ariment has anade announcement of ap- orrtionment of )01 second lieutenants ere- by the reorganiration bill among states and ten-itones. In ddition there ore. twenty appointnnenta large The opportioninent js on the oi pogniUiion. Jllinoi-, is apportioned four: Iowa lichigan three; Minnesota two: Xebnw- a fine, and "CHICAGO RIMARIES ndicate Selection of Carter Be- pablloan Mayorkltr Oaadldate. Chicago, March 0.

Primaries for selce- ion of delegates to tomorrow's Bepubli- via city convention were held today. To- light it seems probable that the follow- ng "ticket will be. named: dLiyor Zin.i R. Carter. Treasurer Emil fschaefer.

At torney-- Thomas H. Cannon. City Clerk-- oh Ranburg or Charles May WltMrtw. Itimsburg, March are umors current here tonight that Senator uay will withdraw before the close of ic present -week and Colonel George F. luff of Grwnsburw be chosen his succes- or in the Vnited States senale.

Quay's managers ridicule (he report and insist that under no circumstances will he witb- TO REPORT OX Paris, March united court Of cassation appointed Bttllo de flenpre, wao sueedtd de fBeaurepftire wesident of the civil division, to report port for revision of the TJrey- us trial. I leg-, yesteiday hy a volley from ihe "Wore SMALLPOX AT MANILA Death of Six Killed In Battle. WaAhingtnn, Qfareh report from Manila twelve deaths since Feb. 20 of whkjh, wx were from smallpox, three from wounds. KIULED BATTLE.

AEaiwli eoMfa fron that three privates WCTC killed one from the Third ai tillery, two from Ihe EigMlh infjntiT March 4. MOVK OH TBK five wounded 01 General Otis Preparloc; to Drive Back tbe Filipinos. (Washington. tireh is some reason to expect important news Ircm Manila -within the fortnight. It has developed that Onenl Otis 'has practically completed his plans for a move on ihti insurgents, which is expected to de prive tiem of offensive power at least.

It is probuble that he will form a large part of his force into volumns, soon as his reinforcements are all at hand, and will push these in parallel line-s through the jungles. Hearing out the in in every direction as the. move forward. The. American troops tin getting restless and nervous under the petty but annoj'ing sharpshootinj; of the Filipinos and are so anxious jmt a stop to this that General Otis Jms yielded 10 their desire.

WELCOME TO HBOROS American An Well Beoslted rponthelslaod. 'Washington, Mareh from General Otis received IWasJiington today indicates iat a satisfactory and agreeaWe reception wa accarded to the American troops which recently landed on the island of IXegros. They were sent there by General MiHer at llojlo in command df Colonel Smith, to take formal possession for Hie United which he did without trouble. to the time the landed a commission from tbe island visited Otis and said they were -willing to surrender and asked that take the-inhabitants under his protection. congratulatory address to Miller in Otis' dwprrtch aT ticniarly gratifying to officials of tie.

administration, as they indicate, that the feelings of the rf ithe iriaad of 'Xegros is snHt that there "Will be no trouble in dealing' triUf them hereafter. Otis'-dispatch is ai lloilo, 4ti enunent and congress of the of Xegros to Genezal CMiller, lloilo: We affectionately salute you and fongratulate oiirselves fo the bappy arrival of Colonel ajid troops under his orders, itntl beg you to send this salute and cojigr.it- ulaions TO General Otis at Manila, as the representative of the in tjie -'(Signed) MILLIONS OF ACRES Dnlon Pacirtc Go Xhroocb Formality Bale Omaha. Oiniaha, AH the land of th 0 Vnion i'ncinu JKailrood company in INebrailca covered by the fund mortgage of 1H73 given by the old company to the Union Trust company of New York as trustee, weiv today at the north door of the iijnrt Jimi-e in thi-, city. Just IK the n.ile iv.is begun pto. were hlel the m.i!et.

H. T. Clarke, who owns a number of ecu- tracts of to portioivs of land. filed a written pretest touching yy- tion of the property in whi'jh he is interested. which is considered me.isuie to maintain his jM'titioii in Tlie oilier protest a roveriti? some twenty-five typewritten copy was tiled in (he clerk's o'- of the IJnitetl Staw.s circuit emit, iind another c-opy was served on t'le -peeial master.

The author of this protest is H. U. of this eity, who ol leges he represents parties who to land undpr the of the I'nited States. It is forth in tlie protest that the t'nion Pacific company forfeited it-s tights to the lands in not selling or disposing of iJu-in nithin years after the. completion of roul.

provided in the contract with the siv- crament, ffhc protests were not, read at the sale. but were simply filed away ior fuluic referenc-e and the proceedings the order of lot exposure were continued. Sherman B. IXvy of St. j'-aul.

qteci.il mister appointed by Judge Walter Sanbom of the United StalcH circuh, coui conducted the suJc. IVompily 10 o'clock he made the announcement and then began to read tile descriptions ot' lands as published. (After each parcel of land had been tered separately the. 'whole was nl in bulk to W. D.

Cornish, representing tiie U'nion Pacific. 'Kquity in finds nn.ler i-onti-art sale 'brought 000: unsold lands, $1,000,000. FLOODS DO DAMAGE Many on Ohio Hirer (totting a Mnddr Bath Iarvli ti. lUamage hv (ho WE ARENOT IN IT Expansion Fever at Washington QMS Not Include China. NO HAND IN PARTITION of Our Affairs so Long as Our Commercial Interests Ate Hot Bothered.

Washington, March Tin 1 government h.Tx remained ly jKttsive the execution of the irtakian project to sccuie an "open do.iv" on the Chinese through tho if 'bay and outlying READY FOR JONKET Boef Inquiry Lwt Tw Uaiony at WMblnaton. Washington, Murch 0. -Tlie wai dc- court inquiry held a brief today, lust before tlu itmt tor tin- west, they will inspect the plants if und Kansas City. There was but oiu- witness I'xunii nod, Lientenunt Kifdi'iiik Munson. Xinth inhintry.

He said OIMI dining his service in ulm tin tht sui ivnder of Santiago his ivmurutml had 11- .1 lural Component nf the irttion, bacon canned roast beef i- tlio prnporlioti about ten Jays of the former to liftii-u days of the latter. I'util the xurivmier 3te received no complaints of the i-nntusl beef, bill the Mirrender In- eomniiwwiiy Merpiivnt reported to him that something wax making tlieincti very They 1M not know what it but it something thny lui.l eaten. After eliminating ovory rttlu-t factor that they could think of, they concluded it must 1 the eanned roast hcri. He oidered the cookw to try lisiitc tii the meat in stews with hnrd Lick islands. One of the today 'lood to cities on the Ohio river lar arc -slight.

At Huntuiffion, where tlie sUijfe. in fce.t, two )arges of coal were sunk itni thousands of saw logi wiLshcd awuy. uVt 'Portsmouth Cellars and factories are Hooded on street, -while on said: -Tho gcrvermnenL of the 't'nited Staites will not take any Ktcps in to the Italian demand far Chinese terri torj'." Jn other word's our government is ri Ms-ting from of broad polky tho aUuring lions from other powers the. wine is lipe for laid by tho L'nited States on part of Chinese coast line, and determined delinitvly 'to keep Winds off. lllut one.

moiivc could induce tlio government to change this policy, and that would be the desire to protect "our moitsly valuable commerep witU China fiom danger of being completely cut oft' through gradual extension of the of the rXttapean nations over i whflile seacoast. Sa long our tnide i-, let alone or is at least allowed fail' of development, and is not made to discrimination, so long will the United pinvrninent refrain fiynn any. interfvreni-e tomatoes. Inn it to mnkc nn fcrciu'c. The men continued siek.

Tin- men then discontinued the MI-P of tbe beef. On the home they still Inul canned roust hut the men did not HP tried tn turn it in to the com miK-sary nt, MonUruk. but the would not receive it. "Did you mnkc any repoit nf Colonel Dm is. "No sir." "Did it ever occur to you that it your to your command to repoit thin state of things (Xintimiod Vilnnd STA11TS THE GR.VXD KCSIH.

London, March (I- 1 --The. poKunal event of tlie pjst week was iraly'n drauutd for "door' ni the Celestial empiiej The Saturday Review say-: "It win hardly IN- doubled thai thu ivill prove ihe sis mi) fur a nt-li. Japan uill ad' viuu-e her long expected claim to Lie province of Fukien iUfd Ilussin will a pretext for urging further tFroivt und Tackson streets many'pWSple wetfe, driven ram dwellings. (In Qncimut.ti buviness nen in the loubuuU are. removing tJieir frctn cellars.

Xo dwollingw ihave distui ted e.vept two tenement qinu- H1OI1EST 1884. ilirch 0. Lowlands and J-t of the city ai'e flooded. Many faoni- ie-. huvo been obliged to moxe out, The Ohio river overflowed its banlcs J'oint and nearly the bun- no-ss portion of the city floDded.

re closed and all btulne-is is sitspended. iliddleport and Kacine are Iwth get-ling a muddy bitlt. lliver men say the Ohio higher now than it. Jias been since the nemorable of 1884. IX Charleston, W.

'Mar-h 0. 'After cveraj d-iys of heavy rainfall, the Ke- nawha. river, in an unprecedented hoit time, has covered almost the entire atwAvhki valley. iThis city Ls still nearly half submerged )tit the nver in falling, having receded hree feet. Five thousand ipeoplp were from their homes and will nft be ible to return for tiweral duys.

IX KEXTTJCKY. lonisville, Ky. LUarch 6. Swollen reams in ilCentueky are caitfiing gietit lamage, especially to farmers, and it is eared the worst ja yet to c-ome, re still rising. tusii-ilties have esitlted already.

The highest water sine? 862 is repoitc'd from (Louisa. SPAIX WILL PAY TROOPS. ilLidrid. cabinet council Ills afternoon derided to make immediate jayment of arrears of pay to repatriated roops. The duke of Tctunn, former immister of oreign twenty-seven Conner- ative senators and deputies divided to oppose the government and nill orm a dissident group.

injurious to Kril5-h iiillueivoo out of lielplt'-s government at howc.vi'r, lia not yet g.rt. he-r concession, the le.i^ 1 of San Mun bay. as a coaling station and naval 'base, on tlie as those, under Gernuiux 1 11 paU'li from fvkfn 'H tions tiwl the dowajfer enrprpss 8 losed to le.ject the dpmind." ITALY A DO NOT SI'EtiK, 'Jfarch tlie insulting manner in w-hk-h the. Chinese government haa the inquest, of the Jtol- ian government for lease of f.iu Mun bay, in tin- province of Che a ing station and natal -base, fcignor IMai tino, Italian minister, to hold direct t'omniunication whli thi' Tsiing Yamen. JlRliVK OFF XT3ROTIA3fB3WS.

London, March Times fmblishes tho following from Sfcuigliai: The'British. American Gernwn consuls tod-iv (Monday) declined to hold further negotiationrt the Uo-toi of Shanghai on the question of extension of foreign settlement, awing to tlie e.vas- ive and obstructive to he resorted. Tney will demand that, thn ie.roy appoint a' dcptify to range, matters. rather xeveroly. "As il appears to me now." snid Uir witness very t'rutikly, "it may hnvo.

hevu but the time the complaint so general, and thoiv tieinjj ly no chance of bettering the situation, I did not make any formal report il." Oi the lefrigerator beef. 1iu- witness aid that tlie principal objection to it that it spoiled before Ihe. men received it. He wax obliged to condemn whole consignment of rcfripertilor Iwcf tlircr times. The health (if men remmnod good till about two weeks before knviliff, when the command broke down all in a bunch.

His command was the headquarters pro- vDsl guard, ninde up of old and jiioKoil men. They were not tho sort to ront plain oP anything till bad reached the very limit of endurance. Their ness wild almost entiiely bowel imtl stomach trouble. This wound up tho taking mony in Washington, tut' com I. nil join-tied to meet ill OhlcHgo oil Thursday lu's oi'T OK iBrxton, March U.

-Cre uoHwlor of the pirt, his comuitssion as awnbpi' publican national hommfttw Mlis ehusetl The letter tion say-: "1 am constrained fee) that it that- ilu.rintnf.iM "'ift lUw be botter by one iv4w not hold an important federal office." 'SKLVTKNXTvS Illn.i "March AT PITTSBURG. Pittsburg. March miners and committees of the dis- 'ict met im joint convent Jon todny ivith ie of settling the wage scale or the fonring year, but after a lasting until nearly midnight, noth- wa.s accomplished and an adjournment a taken until iFriday. i BOTH SIDES FIRM Mloen Invtroct Deteffatec ta Bold One tor Increase. Springfield, March conference of ntinern and operators of Tllittiis, which adjourned over lost week, will meet again tomorrow, to receive tlie ie.

port of the joint wale committer which failed to agree on the subject of a posed increnie in the northern scale. Miners' delegate; hare iScn receiving instructions from their various districts since the convention. tidjourncJ and, in most oases, then! inKtruetionn direct them to hold out for the scale or reference of the matter to the state board of arbitration. Operator-! continue to insist that the wale, c.umot be wased and opinion pivvails that there will bo no agreement. nor has commuted the following sen Ole Olson, Knox nomily.

from five to ten years. Jennie Dunlop, Vermilion county, imn- der, three years tn three William IXiy, murder. nii' pire today. Silas Franklin county, imn- dcr, fi'oni forty to seven yearn. liiley Jlurke, Joeknon county, from eight to nix.

ud half 9Avidson Heed, Jeisey county, litriv-ny. from twenty-eight to sevon Chillicotlie, 0., Alitrvh Tho lio.ly 01 Mitchell, firnuf. found today in L'ppVr crmilt. He drowned while the wxrlleti nt, Uie ford. KILLED IX BOILER EXPLOSION.

OwcJisjbovo, -Muivh W.IH iiiHtiuitly killed and ThomUH and wei'c Rrtllly injuirtl by thi! of a boiler in Biixtei niiH in the suburbs today. IMED OF 'March Mark Kinp, principal of the, Manitoba 1'renbyterian college for fifteen year-. und author nf numerous works, is dead of pneumonia. He win aged 70. OXFORD VoiSWDGK.

(London, March and Of. ford eneWii arc due at Ihilnny lUxluy t- begin a ten preliminary exaroiw nii'1 praetiee for the grriit Ini.iU LOUD HAMJLTOX BOLTS. Ijondon, March CJaude John amilton, chairman of the Great Easte.n jilway, and brother of Ixrd George Ifam- ton. of ttate for India, has ufHed the political waters by suddenly from the Conservative party. In open letter of explanation he ao- that, while tlie foreign and colonial wliey goveniment hag his entire, app iu fUcal policy, home legislation attacks upon propeny and cap- al are contempt." Therefore he he can no longer sup- ort the administration.

AXI) iWOMAX TO Ottawa. March "Minto, governor general, signed nn order in th" council today for the exeiiition of Cordelia Viau I'oirier and Samuel convicted of the murder of Isidore t'oir- ifr, husband of the woman. The two will be hanged at Seholastique, Friday next. POJ'B IS OAJXINO. Home, March Another bulletin regarding the health of the popo was issued thin morning.

No other bulletin will bo until Tuesday eiening. TALBOT ItriXKW VOWC. (Xew York, Afarch 0. The Talbot, ordered FATAL PRAIRIE FIRES. an-Antonio, March dispatch San Diego prairie fires are rag- in Xeuees, Star aW Dnval hu not rained in section for more 8ix months and thcrdead, dry wrng like tinder.

Wear Wilam Oliver, a nneh iotnmmu, and two rpn were-Mirrau0ded by-flames 11 perished. QUEEX JLAY ME. Bruvsels, March Mary rietta of Belgium, who is suffering with broncho-pneumonia, passed a better night, but later in the day it was announced that the queen's strength much diminished, ajid a fatal termination still feared. OOXFESSES TO THE Emporia, KMia, March. jSfcn G.I- bert, in jail here, has confe-Md with a.

hammer he beat out the braiiisJof wife and four chfldrea net? Enterprise 'He said he badly in debt and wife Icept nagging hint about the children till he coirtd- wtand it no longer. WILL UKl-ME. March Tbe Valcan Iron worka, wbiei are conirailfd -by IWiHc ve teen jdh Otta m. year, am -with contracts on faand that will require a year's tine to voBplete. to iJie of Jxtrd chell to England, arrived here from ai- muda today.

The of Lord cheli are expected here early morning and will at be placed nn board tha Tmlbot, which will leave port about II o'clock. (The Talbot the tlrM British warship in viH thin fort wn? the war with, i-'pain. VRAM Wanbington, March the death at on thn 4th imtant of Corporal William Company iD, Eighth dMinoii, of pncuniTniu. FAX JOB FORTOBD WINEi. Wnnlilnston, March preirtdent BJI.

F. H. of lIHnoln nmlntniit (Urccior nf Uie THE WBATHBB. Washington. Indl.

cations for III)noli TtMaday am; Fair; wanner; varlaMe wlnfln. Monday--At 7 a. noon, 8) p. in- mldalffMi NEWSPAPER!.