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SUBMITS STATEMENT

GE SENDS REVISED COMMISSION.

Present Gditipn 35 Per Cent. Shorter Than |Q'dicinal J)ocum?nt—Invest i-gatiiig'<9<fthimssiori De'uftlos Not t< PubllsTi Contents of Papers.

Kagan's Hevisctl Statement. Commissary General Ka.'.'an on Monday

sent the war investigation commission a revised statement in place of that originally made in response to Gen. Miles'charges. The revised statement.is about 35 per cent, shorter than that which was ordered with­drawn because of its violent and abusive character. The commission, ai'ter its re­ceipt, went into secrit Jsissioii to decide wh&hiJiy th$ rfrcsent flrrti jt.is ^xpurga-ted JSufrAiintlV *to p elm ft jitj lb be made a part flf Sid commissJoirs retorefs.

The commission, after a Secret session, decided for the present not to niake public Eagan's statement. " • .

The letter accompanying t'ne document says the objectionable features and what w is considered by tlic committee to be ir­relevant, have been eliminated. The letter continues: *'In tfijs connection i.desire to state thatj,therq \ys$ never a thought or in­tention niy parffof any disresptet what­soever to yiour commission."

Eagan sayS in explanation of the lan­guage ussd that he begs to invite the atten-' tion of the ec mmission to the fact that he was accused '•practically of feeding the soldiere with poisoned beef which made them si ck.''

GUILTY ONES MUST SUFFER

Some Officials at Iloilo Kot in Accord with the Revolutionists.

Official dispatches received in Madrid Sunday from Iloilo, Island of Panay, indi­cate that the natives arc disposed to be friendly, although absolutely opposed to the landing of the United States forces without orders from Malolos, the seat of the Filipino national government.

Some of the officials at Iloilo arc not in accord with the revolutionary government, but arc willing to accept an American pro­tectorate and to go to state the case to Aguinaldo if furnished transportation by the Americans.

Tlife United States transports .Newport, Arizona anil Pennsylvania, with the Eigh­teenth Infantry, the Iowa Battalion, the Sixth Artillery ijnd detr.c !;iiient of the Sig­nal Corps, ccn^itvi; !ng Uen. Miller's expe­dition, are anchored closa to Guimaras Is­land, between Panay and Jfegros, where an excellent water supply is obtainable. The natives, though indisposed primarily to fur­nish the Americans with fresh supplies, now permit the American officers lo go ashore, and furnish them with an escort during the daytime.

HAVANA'S CIVIL GOVERNMENT

Coiirtninrtial or Court of Inquiry Will Bo Held in Eagan's Case.

In answer to a direct question Monday afternoon, Secretary Alger said that the 'war department had taken no action in the case of Commissary General Eagan, but when the inquiry was pursued lie declined to say one wore' as to his intentions in the matter.' It was apparent during the day that this matter was receiving attention tion-and in fact the commissary general himself spent some time closeted with the secretary. Three.distinct lines of action were talked of as \yithih the line of prob­ability. The first was a strong letter of reprimand to be addressed by the presi­dent himself to Gen. Eagan, stating that for the immunity he had promised all wit­nesses before the commission lie would have courtmartialed him. The second line was an actual courtmartial, while the third was a court of inquiry. The purpose of the latter would be, it is said, to place upon a military tribunal the responsibility for deciding whether Gen. Eagan should be tried by a courtmartial or not.

GREAT COPPER COMBINE.

Said to j i Been Recently Effected |New York City.

•A gig^tfol<Kwnbfaiation in copper was re­cently effectedlnlNew York, and, with the reputed backing of the Standard Oil Com­pany, the American Copper Company, in its combination of Six great plants, expects to revolutionize the copper mining industry of the world. The Boston and Montana and Butte and Boston Mining Companies, the Ola Dominion Company of Arizona, and the -.Arcadian, Tamarac and Osceola Alining Companies of Michigan, arc named

, as the component parts of the new organi­zation; It is understood thc't|Juniet and Ilccla, the largest producer in tdSkakc Su­perior region, declined to entSfthe com­bine. '

^ S U R E O F $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . V» ••«£. " •' *'' Cornea- Confident Unclc Sam Will

Slake a Loan to Cubans. According jo Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Mi­

guel Gomez, a member of the Cuban com­mission now in Washington, the Cuban army is sure to receivc the three years' pay to which it is entitled, $40,000,000 being ad­vanced by the United States with the cus­tom houses of Cuba as security for its pay­ment. Brig. Gen. Gomez, wlio lias ar­rived in New York from Washington, is grateful for the way the commission has been reeived. The negotiations, it is ex­pected, will be completed by the end of this month, when the commission will re­turn to Cuba. Gen. Gome;-, says: "Our hopes have all been realized."

Staves Off the Death Ansel. John Block, whose end was predicted for

Saturday by a local prophet at Peoria, 111., lias staved oil the death angel. Failing to secure an injunction from the state's attor­ney, he spent the intervening time in fast­ing and praying. -All day he and his rela­tives were engaged in prayer. Mosaic law says the day ends at sundown, so Block felt safe after that hour and invited his friends in to a great feast.

! ' Talks of Revolt. Lieut. Bettis, of the Twenty-third Kan­

sas (colored) regiment is home in Wichita, Kan.tfrom Cubfr He says that unless the KansjjEH§fiSSwe allowed to come home 800n'jHi?5^5 ̂ a rev<)^ among them. BettiseM|]^mihy are sick and dying.

in Switzerland. A heptyy-ij^are,-Accompanied in different

parts of.Switgerltiid by torrential rains and snow hai dfdiie gwat damage. Many of the mountainpasgeg ar^ jbtofcked and it is feared that th^rt w|H b<xscri<yffi disaster.

\y fc C«Bt*^*1inr(lcn>r. Sa^UiHl&. bf|Sfesc«it City, Iroquois

Counffij Ill^Jabuf8k||£as stabbed fatally in the an|pi by Walter Tncssing, as a result of a trivial quarrel. Tnessing was captured near Watseka Saturday afternoon by a posse.

Dry Goods House Burac. A fire in the wholesale and retail dry

doods house of the J. S. Menken Company at Memphis, Tern., one of the largest es­tablishments" or* its kind in the south, caused an estimated loss of $450,000.

Mayor, Chief of Police and Superin­tendent of Corrections Selected. Senor Perfecto La Coste, it is said, will

lie appointed mayor of Havana by Gen. Ludlow. Senor La Coste is a wealthy planter, popular among all classes of Cu­bans and a resident of Havana. Cu­ban Gen. Menoeal will be chief of police, and Col. J. G. Evans, former governor of South Carolina, will be appointed superin­tendent of the department of corrections, embracing the police, the minor couris and the correctional institutions.

La Discuscion describes the finding of fifty human skeletons in a well on a planta­tion near Manguito. The writer of the story asserts that these people were un­doubtedly. thrown in while alive. The body of Senor Pedro Alayon, a prominent Cuban who disappeared mysteriously (lur­ing the insurrection, has been identified. La Discuscion accuses, the guerilla chief, Antonio Ities, Sergeant Jean Peres and

EAGAN CENSURED.

Investigation Commission Scores Him for Attacking Miles.

The war investigating commission on Saturday passed a resolution of censure of Gen. Eagan for the language he used when he • appeared in answer to the charges against the commissary branch of the army by Gen. Miles, and returned to him the typewritten statement he left with the com-, mission after reading it. to that body. With it was sent a letter explaining the reasons for this action and a copy of the censure.

Following is the letter sent Eagan: Brig. Gen. C. P. Eagan, Commissary

General of the War Department: Wo re­spectfully inform yov. thai:, regarding your testemony re:vi yesterday, the following resolution.waa uuanhuously passed:

"Move.-! Mat the commission receivc Gen. Eagan's testimony .without comment; that it be printed, but held for the con­sideration of the commission. Carried."

Having now considered the questions in­volved, we are determined that in many instances the vituperative language useil by you is not such as ought to be addressed as a witness to this board. We think the personal attacks and irrelevant statements contained in the papers' should be cut out, and before receiving it as testimony wc re­quest you revise its language, and, if you choose, resubmit for our consideration. We herewith return your papers. Very respectfully,

Charles Denby, Vice-President. <

LIKE A NOVEL ROMANCE.

WILL CENSURE ALL.

ARMY CHIEFS BLAMED BY WAR INVESTIGATORS.

Commission's Report Takes a Hnp at Everybody Concerned—liven Rebukes Congress for Failing to Provide ^ mokclcsa Powclcr-Uccf Cliaracs.

Nov/ Hampshire Sinn Finds His Fi­ancee Is His Sister.

A few days, ago there was a family re­union in Nashua, X. II., such as is seldom heard of outside the pages of a novel or on the stage. The people interested are Mrs. William E. Davis, Stephen A. White of Boston and Nashua, and Belle Lavero. In 1871 Stephen A. White of Weymouth placed his daughter Itose oiit: for adoption. In 18% she and Stephen A. White, jr., met and fell in love, lie proposed and was ac­cepted last Christmas day, and when her parents consent was asked she was told she was an adopted daughter, but her foster parents did not know whose daugh­ter she really was. An investigation was made, and it was then found that she is the

Vicenta Zalgo, a schoolmaster, of being the s.il1^ lien this I'aot became known authors of the terrible crime. All are said ''lu S'll fainted. Further inquiries revealed

the tact that Mrs. Davis is an elder sister, who was adopted by an uncle, also in 1S71 The family reunion followed. .

to be in Havana. La Discuscion presents also a story from Matanza.s of the linding there of the remains of from 100 to i!00 per­sons in a well, near the headquarters of the civil guard.

NINETEEN ARE DROWNED.

British Ship Andetina Capsizes in a Gale on the Oregon Coast.

The British bark, Andelina, 2,8U.> tons, of Nova Scotia, Capt. G. W. Sterling, sank in, twenty-two fathoms of water in front of the St. Paul mill wliarf at Tacoma, Wash., Saturday night, and the captain, mate and fifteen of the crew were drowned. No one witnessed the accident, as it occurred dur­ing the night. The vessel came in ballast from Shanghai. The ballast had been dis­charged and the ship was lying at anchor waiting to be towed into the deck.

A terrific gale raged on the bay, the wind blowing86miles an hour. Two great boom logs were placed beside the Andelina, one on each side. I>uring the gale one of the logs went adrift, causing the ship to carcen and to capsize at very little warning to the crcw. The vessel was entirely without bal­last and the hatches were open. All on board were caught like rats in a trap, and had no chance to escape. The ship simply careened over, the water flowed in the open hatches and she sank. A large number of the crew were discharged recently or the loss of life would have boon far more ap­palling.

MURDER AT PANA.

One Negro Miner Shoots and Kills His Partner.

Sunday afternoon Ike Inglis shot and instantly killed Dave Evans at Pana, 111. Both were negroes. Evans and Inglis had been companions, rooming and work­ing together at Springside mine. The trouble arose over dividing their wages, and Inglis, without a moment's warning, picked up a Springfield rifle and shot Evans through the heart. Inglis was jailed. As a result of the operators' meeting held Sat­urday, a committee will be sent to Spring­field to prevail on Gov. Tanner to retain the troops in Pana. Operator Penwell has gone to Chicago, and it is reported he will employ Pinkertons to guard the negroes and the coal companies' property after the troops leave. Frank Jones and .James Palmer, two non-union white employes oi Springside mine, were assaulted by un­known men early Sunday morning and seriously injured.

Temperance Spies Stoned. The war which has been bitterly waged

between temperance people and saloonmen over the Sunday closing law at Lexington, Ky., culminated Jan. 15. Through the evi­dence of the Bible students, who acted as spies, the tamperance people obtained over a hundred indictments against saloonists before the last grand jury. Sunday night spies started on their regular trips and m c with a warm reception. They were badly beaten up in some places and elsewhere were stoned. It is not known what action will result.

Finds His Family Frozen to Death. Thomas Uran of Hancock. Mich., camc

home Saturday on a visit to his family, and found the house deserted. He instituted a search, and found the bodies of his wife and two children, a girl and a boy, aged 4 and 5 years respectivelv, frozen stiff in a snow bank. They had perished in last Friday's blizzard.

Carnegie "Will Build a Library. Andrew Carnegie has ottered to give

5250,000 to erect a building for a public library in Washington, provided congress will furnish a site and provide suitable maintenance, not less than $10,000 per an­num. Steps will be taken at oncetosecnre the needed legislation.

Weekly Bank Statement. The New York, weekly bank statemant

shows a surplus reserve of $4,733,000. The banks now hold $28,263,000 in excess of the legal requirements.

ITorktown Sails for Manila. The gunboat York town sailed from San

Francisco Friday for Manila.

FLOODS IN OHIO.

Great Kise in the Ohio River and Its Bru:ic!ie3 Portends Trouble.

The rain of thelastfew days of last week which terminated with thunderstorms and a heavy downpour Saturday night, is likely to make a forty-five foot rise at Cincinnati. Data from the Ohio ltiver water shed re­ceived late Sunday night show great var­iableness in the severity of the rainfall. Excepting the Tennessee River every othei tributary of the Ohio is rising more or less rapidly.

The chief up-river rise seems to be the Monongchcla and two Kanawhas. A rapid swell at Marietta shows that the Muskin­gum is pouring out a flood. The Big Sandy, the Kentucky, and the Cumberland are all bank full. The Sciota and the two Miamis in Ohio and the Wabasli in Indiana are mak­ing copious contributions to the Ohio. It looks now as if the greatest rise will be be­low the mouth of the Wabash.

Vacancy Will Not Be Filled. It has practically been concluded at

Washington not to make an ppointment of a commissioner on the joint Canadian commission to fill the place vacated by the death of Kepresentative Dingley. It is felt that the committee has progressed so far towards.the end of its work that it would not be feasible to take in a new member.

Hare Gold Coins Stolen. Thieves stole six rare gold coins from the

Carnegie museum at Pittsburg, Pa., while the attention of the guard was distracted by two women. One of the coins is the Cromwell Broad Guinea, one of the five known to exist, and almost above price. It is feared the thieves in their ignorance have melted the coins for the gold.

Bank Teller Arrested. Albert E.Mussen, teller of the savings de­

partment of the Merchants' bank of Mon­treal, Que., has been arrested. There is a shortage in his accounts which, it is said, will amount to $30,000. The relatives aro wealthy. .

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, !?3.00 to $0.23; hogs, shipping grades, §3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to §4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2, 37c to 3Sc; oats, No. 2, 27c to 2!)c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 55c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 22c; potatoes, choice, SOc to 40c per bushel.

Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, clioicc light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 white, 34c to SOc; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31e.

St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2. 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 3Gc; oats, No. 2, 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c.

Cincinnati—Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, 70c to 72e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 3Gc to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 5Cc to 58c.

Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $2.50 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 37c to 38c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye, 50c to 58c.

Tclodo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 20c: rye. No. 2, 54c to 5(>c; clover seed, $4.50 to $4.55.

Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, C7c to t58e; corn, No. 3, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 1. 54c to 56c; barley, No. 2, 44c to 53c; pork, mess, $9.50 to $10.00.

Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; lio;rs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice weth­ers, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50.

New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn, No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; butter, crcamery, 15c to 22e; eggs. West­ern. 22c to 23c.

The New York Herald, in its Washing­ton dispatches, outlines what it declares will lie the findings of the commission to investigate the war. It will show that the primary trouble was due to lack of proper military organization and then pro­ceed to distribute litis blame upon Secre­tary Alger, (Jens. Miles. Shatter, Brooke nnd Breckinridge, and upon Congress it­self, the censure in the latter case being for its failure to make appropriations for smokeless powder. The Manila campaign alone, apparently, will escape criticism— t; fac* foreseen from the first.

Secretary Alger will be censured, it is said, for weakness, especially with Gen. Miles, while the commanding general will be blamed for several matters in his con­duct "before, during ai^d after the war, for his selection of certain army camps, for telling Secretary Alger he was in the habit of making out his own orders, and for bringing unfounded charges that bad beef was supplied to the troops in Porto llico." Gen. Sliafter. it is said, will be censured on points he admitted in his tes­timony and Gen. Breckinridge for leaving his department to lake part in the San­tiago campaign, while Gen. Brooke will »e blamed for conditions at Camp Thom­as, for lack of inspections and failure to carry out sanitary regulations. The blame, in short, will be pretty evenly dis­tributed along the liuc.

1'cif Chiiru s Unfounded. Coming down to the beef controversy,

ihe commission will find that (Jen. Miles' charges were unfounded, that the thirteen officers whose reports Gen. Miles submit­ted as showing the beef supplied for the l'orto Rico army was unfit for use never served in Porto Kico, and that there was absolutely no criminality iu liny of the contracts made for supplies for the ser­vice.

So far as the Santiago campaign is con­cerned, the commission will report that Gen. Shal'ter conducted that movement as efficiently as could have been expected under the circumstances. No fault will be found with Gen. Shatter except as to the points which he in his testimony ad­mitted.

The report will also show that Congress was^responsible for the equipment of the soldiers with black powder, as the ord­nance department did not get in time the necessary appropriations for smokeless powder. It has been found by the com­mission that a war has never been oper­ated with such a small loss of life. Only 1 per cent of the army died from illness and in1 battle. Faults which existed at Santiago also existed in Porto Itieo, there being a great deal of illness at that place. The Manila campaign was thoroughly sat­isfactory.

With respect to Montaul; Point, the commission will find that It was the best point that could have been selected for bringing the troops home from Cuba; that it would have been better bad the several thousand men and several thou­sand animals not been sent to that point from the South; but that there was no foundation for many of the complaints which were filed.

STONE THE SPANISH FLAG.

Havana Hotel-Keeper Makes Mistake in Uiinnins It Up,

In Havana, a company of the Tenth infantry was called out Sunday evening to -quell an. outbreak occasioned by a hotel keeper on the Calzada del Monte running up a Spanish flag. A crowd of Cubans gathered and §toued the flag and threatened the proprietor with violence. The officer in command of the soldiers ex­plained to the proprietor that the flag ought to be lowered, because it was likely to produce further disorder. The proprie­tor, in reply, assured the officer that no offense had. been intended, and that, hav­ing seen the English and German flags flying, he thought he would be at liberty to raise the flag of Spain. Two members of the company lowered the flag.

At Cienfuegos the Spanish troops, who arc thickly quartered in the warehouses and along the wharves, swarm through the city day and night. Their oflieers crowd the hotels. The soldiers are poorly fed and have had no pay for months. They are quiet enough, but their presence makes impossible a proper cleaning of the town and prevents activity on the part of the American administration.

The plantations of the district aro re­suming grinding. The public buildings in Cienfuegos arc still in possession of the Spaniards, and Gen. Bates and his staff are crowded into inadequate quarters.

FOURTH ON ITS WAY.

Chicago Rcjrimcnt Begins Its Trip to the Philippines.

Bound for a trip more than half around the world to the east, officers and men of the Fourth United States infantry left Fort Sheridan Sunday morning. With few halts they are to hasten to the Phil­ippines, where service in the tropics will claim them for indefinite months or years. The stops on the long journey of nearly 15,000 miles will be New York, Gibraltar, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Singapore, all except one of which are practically British ports. Three days are to be spent at each halting place, but the troops are not to be debarked from the transport Mohawk.

For seven or eight weeks they will be cooped up in the ship, sometimes in the furnace-like heat of the lied Sea, where night brings no relief from the sizzle and men tell of boats that have to turn about in order to get a little breeze for stifling passengers. But the men reck naught of these things. The ceremonies of depar­ture from the fort were not elaborate. The regiment went to New York in three sections over the Pennsylvania road and numbered over 1,200 men.

Thanks for Army Xnraca. Secretary Alger has sent a communica­

tion to Congress recommending that res­olutions of thanks be passed or medals be given to Margaret Livingston Chand­ler and Annie Bonligney for distinguished services while acting as nurses at Porto Rico.

Killed in a Duel. Lieut. Badeni, a son of the ex-premier

of Austria, has just been killed in a duel with a civilian named Scidner, whom he had insulted. The affair bas created a sensation in high circles.

SENATORIAL CHANGES.

Of Thirty Senators to I?e Elccted, Only Twelve Will Be New Men.

The terms of thirty members of the United States Senate- will expire Mnrcb 4. They are Senators Aldrich of Rhode Island Allec of Nebraska. Bate of Ten­nessee, Burrows o! Miclngau: Cannon ot tit ah. CI arli of Wyoming. Cockreli ot Mis-

, souri, Danie' of Virginia, Davis of I nesota, Faulkner of West ^ I Monev of Mississippi. Gorman of Maij* ! land, Grav of Delaware, Hale of Maine, Hanna of Ohio, Hawley of Connecticut, Lodge of Massachusetts, Mantle of Mon­tana, Mills of Texas, Mitchell of Wiscon­sin, Murphy of New York, Pasco of I)lor-ida, Proctor of Vermont, Qtiay of Penn­sylvania. Roach of North Dakota, Snutli of New Jersey, Stewart of Nevada, Tur-pio of Indiana, White of California and Wilson of Washington.

From the outlook politicians in Wash­ington generally believe that the follow­ing named Senators will be elected as their own successors: Aldrich, Bate, Bur­rows. Cannon, Clark, Copkrell, Daniel, Davis, Money, Hale, Hanna, Ilawley, Lodge, Pasco, Proctor, Quay, Stewart and Wilson, eighteen, leaving twelve Sen­ators out at the conclusion of their pres­ent terms, and making rqom for twelve new faces in the Senate and t.welvo >u»w families in society. On account * change in the political complexion of the Legislatures of their respective States Senators Gorman of Maryland, Allen ot Nebraska, Faulkner of West Virginia, Gray of Delaware, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy of New York, Roach of North Dakota, Smith of New Jersey, Turpic of Indiana and White of California, all of whom are Democrats, will be succeed­ed by Republicans. Senator Mantle of Montana will be succeeded by a Demo­crat.

MAY AID GEN. PALMER.

Frlenns Propose that Congress Help Him in llis Dcclininc Years.

It is said that Senator Cuilom is to in­troduce a bill in Congress providing a pension of $100 a month for Gen. John M.

I'.nhner. whose condition, lio:h physically and fi­nancially, is such that material aid from the country he fought for would be welcome. Ii: addition to the perma­nent loss of the sitrht ol his rijrht eye, his hearing is badly affected, and he has been compelled to give up the practice ol

«EN. I'AI.MEH. JAW with the firm ol which he is the senior partner. He is now at home, and is preparing a history of the bench and bar of Illinois and a volume of personal reminiscences.

CJen. Palmer, who is now S2 years old, was elected Governor of Illinois at the close of the war. lie subsequently served a. term in the United States Senate and ran for President in 189(5 on the gold standard ticket. Through a bill intro­duced by Senator Cuilom, Gen. McCler-nand of Springfield was granted a pension of $100 a month several years ago, and be has been prevailed upon to follow up this precedent in Gen. Palmer's case. "Of course, I will never take the initiative in such a matter," said Gen. Palmer when be was told of the efforts that, were being made in his behalf. "I will never ask Congress to vote mo an allowance, but I cannot help feeling grateful to friends who are taking a kindly interest in an old man who is rapidly approaching th' end of life."

MR. DINGLEY IS GONE.

DEMAND TO BE FREE.

Filipinos File a Sccuui Plea at Wash* irnton.

Secretary Ilay now has on the ofllcial file in his otllce a letter or memorandum handed in by Felipe Agoncillo, the Fili­pino representative of Aguinaldo, setting forth the reasons why the natives of the Philippine Islands should have an inde­pendent government without interference from the United States.

One of the first items of the memoranda is to the effect that Spain did not have possession of the islands at the time the treaty of peace was signed, and that treaty is looked upon as nil. Another ia that the Filipinos have established and maintained an independent government similar to that of the United States, foi seven months. Agoncillo wants to know when he will be given an opportunity t« present his cause to the President.

Nancy Barger of Bellefonte, Pa., has just died at the ago of 106.

Frau Charlotte Embden. the only sur­viving sister of the poet Heine, has just celebrated her 9Sth birthday.

America's oldest lighthouse keeper is Captain Ellsworth, who has had charge ol the Ipswich light since 1861. He is 85 years of age, yet attends to all his diffi­cult duties.

Mrs. Elizabeth Lamb Turner, a niece of Charles Lamb, died the other day in Chi­cago in her 80th year. She was a daugh­ter of Thomas Lamb, brother of the as-sayist, and a claimant to the Lamb es­tate.

At Chesham the oldest royal postboy in England—Jonas Miles—has just died. The deceased, who was 93 years of age, acted as postilion to four sovereigns—George III., George IV.. William IV. and Queen Victoria. He entered the royal service at the age of 14 and has for some years lived in retirement.

Martha Ann Darnell and Lucindaj Yates McKee are twin sisters, both wid­ows, of Putnam County, Indiana, both residing near Greencastle. They are near­ly 88 years old and have passed sixty-five years of their lives in the county named Mrs. Darnell bore eleven children and Mi's. McKee fifteen.

William Cnllen Bryant's surviving brother, John Bryant, whose homestead is in Cummington, Mass., is now living in good mental and physical condition at the age of 91.

Mrs. Lucy Alexander, believed to be the oldest person in the State of Iowa, died at Keokuk, Iowa, recently. Iler death was due to the infirmities of old age. She said that she was 15 years old at the close of the revolutionary war. The best ob­tainable records place the year of hei birth as 1770. She was of full AfricaE blood, her grandparents being broughl over as slaves from Africa.

PASSING OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADER.

Author of the Kxistlna TariiF Law Hies at Wasbinston of Heart Fail* nrc, Kcsiiltinc from Pncninonia_ Kkctch of Hi* Life and Services.

Nelson Dingley of Maine, leader oJBfce Republican side on the floor of the of Representatives and representrrtfB&e Second congressional district of Maine ia that body, died at Washington, D. C., of heart failure, resulting from extreme weakness due lo pneumonia, lie was un­conscious for many hours, and death came quietly without consciousness being re-gaineti. There were present at the time Mrs. Dingley, Miss Edith Dingley, Messrs. B. N. and A. II. Dingley, sons-of the deceased: .Tames O. Heme, an inti­mate friend of the family; Dr. Deale, one

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of t!ie physicians who had been attending him through his illness, and the two nurses.

To within a few hours before his death the family tirmlv believed, as it has throughout his illness, that Mr. Dingley would recover, and it was only when it became apparent that he was dying that its members gathered at his bedside,

^kctcti of His Life. Nelson Dingley, Jr., Governor of Maine

1S74-5 and member of Congress from the Second congres'^onnl district of Maine since 1SS1, was born in Durham, Andros-j eoggin County. Me., Feb. 15, 1S32. Ki tering Watorvillc college (now Colby u. versity) in 1S51, he remained there a yei and a half and then became n studeriKxt Dartmouth college, from which institution he was graduated in 1855 with high rank as a scholar, debater and writer.

After leaving college Mr. Dingley studied law in 1855-6 with Merrill & Fes-senden, in Auburn, to which city his par­ents had removed while he was in col­lege, and in the latter year he was admit­ted to the bar. Instead of entering upon the practice-of law he decided to become a journalist, for which profession he al­ways manifested a dccided taste. In Sep­tember, 1856, he purchased the Lewiston Journal, of which he had been practically the editor while studying law and to which in 1861 he added a daily edition. The paper rapidly increased in circulation and influence under his management.

In 1861, at the age of 29, he was elect­ed Representative from Auburn to the State Legislature, in which body he at once took high rank; was re-elected in 1862 and chosen Speaker of the House at the session of 3803. In 1863 he removed to Lewiston, where a few months after he was elected to the Legislature, and with the opening of the legislative session of 1864 was unanimously re-elected Speaker.

In 1873 Mr. Dingley was nominated the Republican candidate for Governor . Maine by a vote of two to one against tW| popular opponents and was elected b; about 10,000 "majority. In 1874 he w re-elected by over 11,000 majority, dec ing a third nomination in 1875. He was one of the delegates-at-large from Maine

®ePl,blican national convention in 1876 and-served on the committee on reso­lutions and was one of the sub-commit­tee of five who drafted the platform.

He actively participated in the presi­dential campaign of 1876 and in the State conventions of 1877-8-9. In 1879-80 he was chairman of the Republican execu­tive committee. In 18S1 Mr. Dinglev was nominated by the Republicans of the Sec­ond congressional district of Maine fill tile vacancy in Congress caused the resignation of William r. Frye. ^ was elected by a majority of over 5,000, nearly twice as large as ever before given to any candidate in that district. During his early terms in the House Mr. Dingley was active in work for the revival of American shipping.

In June, 1886, Mr. Dingley was re-elect­ed to the Fiftieth Congress and again elected to the Fifty-first Congress in 1888, to the Fifty-second in 18U0, the Fifty-third in 1893, the Fifty-fonrth in 1894 and the Hfty-fifth in 1896 by large and increased majorities. In the Fifty-sec­ond and fifty-third Congresses he was-an active member of the Committee on Appropriations.

In forming his cabinet prior to enterin. lJle of chief executive March 47 .'. l res'dent McKinley tendered the

position of Secretary of the Treasury to Mr. Dingley, but he declined the offer, preferring to remain in his position as-chairman of the Ways and Means Com-nuttec and floor leader of the Republican majority of the House. . Ynde5,hls ,ead the House within sixteen days after the Fifty-fifth Congress was-convened in extraordinary session on the 15th of March, 1897, by President Me-

vr A?as,sed a bi" *»vising the tariff. r

v: DinsJey was a Congrpgationalist in. religion. He was married June 11, 1857,

Sa[omo McKcnney of Auburn,. m f h®ro si* children-Henry

• (,u'ooase<l)- Edward N., Arthur H., Albert G. and Edith Dingley.

Cartoon Suppressed. lue last number of Paris Figaro re­

ceived at Berlin has been confiscated by the police. It contains a reproduction of a cartoon from the New York Puck, rep­resenting th^Czar's peace conference a* a congress of animals, erne of whom beat* ' the features of the Kaiser.

Money for Chicago Poatofflce. Secretary Gage has recommended tint

appropriation of $35,000 be made by this Congress, for the purpose of building an annex to the 4<"nporary poetoOTce a* Chicago.

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