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THE STARS AND STRIPES.
One Hundred and Sixteenth Anni-
yersary of Its ADOPTION.

NEW YORK, June 14.-To-day was
the 10th anniversary of the adoption
of the stars and stripes as the ma
tional emblem, and in accordance with
the usual custom school children in
many parts of the country toby n /
commemorative exercises, reviewing the
history of the construction of the first
flag and the significance of it's three
colors, the fixed number of stripes and
the present number of stars, together
with their manner of arrangement up
on the blue field.
Patriotic orations We're delivered and
the children joined in the singing OF
such songs as THE Star-Spangled
Banner and The Battle Cry of Free
DOM" Grand Army Posts, Sons of
Veterans, Sons of the American Revo-
luton and similar organizations also
celebrated the occasion throughout the
afternoon and evening with meetings
and banQuetS.
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LOWER BRANCH OF CONGRESS-
The House Holds a Session Lasting
But FOrtyuFiye Minutes.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE House
to-day adjourned until Thursday, after
a session that lasted forty-five minutes.
The only attempt to transact BUSH
ness was a resolution by Lacy R) of
Iowa for unanimous consent for a bill
for the relief of citizens of Greer Coun-
ty, o. T.
Henry CD Of Texas promptly OBJ
jected, and then after the usual Demo-
cratic protest against the Republican
policy of not appointing committees,
the House, by SO to IS, with fifteen
present and not voting, decided to adj
journ.
Before the session began a wheel
wound round with a monster petition
said to contain 100000 signatures, APP
pealing to Congress to recognize the
Cuban insurgents as belligerents, was
wheeled into the space in front of the
Speakers rostrum. 1t had been in cir
culation throughout the United States
for about six months. and was present.
ed to Congress by Representative Sui
ger of New York.
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What remained to be done to-day
was to exchange the copies of the treat
les held by each party, and to sign
what is known as the exchange pro-
tocols. For this purpose Senior Andrade
brought along the same magnificent
golden penholder, with it's eagle quill
and dialnond-studded heart, that had
been usel last February to sign the
original drafts of the treaties. This
pen is the property of the brother Of
the Minister. and was made for this
particular purpose. 1t will be sent to
Venezuela, now that it has fulfilled its
function, not to be used again, but to
be preserved as a relic.
When the signing was over, and each
of the parties held the exchange cop
les of the treaties, there was mutual
exchange of congratulations, and Mr..
Cridler was thanked for the pains he
had taken to prepare all of the docu-
ments for the occasion. The treaty now
becomes binding upon both Govern
ments. Great Britain and Venezuela,
and they must at once begin the prep
aration of the cases to be submitted
to the arbitrator, who will meet in
Paris for organization, probably some
time next winter.
With to-day's ceremonies the con-
nection of the United States Govern
ment with the negotiations ceases, and
the two Governments will be left to
work out the boundary dispute to a
conclusion unless there should be some
totally unexpected interruption in the
workings of the machinery which haA
been so carefully prepared to insure a
settlement Of this celebrated case.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
The Government immigration Station
on Ellis Island Burned.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE United
States Government station on Ellis ISL
and, in New York harbor, was de-
stroyed by fire this CTuesday) morning,
but with probably no loss of life. The
fire was first seen at 80 this morning
by the lookout from the harbor police
station. The fire spread rapidly. At
LOO a. M, the caves along the entire
roof began to fall, setting fire to the
wooden piers and docks on either side
AT lip a. M, the whole island was a
mass of flames AS quickly as posi-
bic, two sections of police, twenty men
and the police patrol launches, were
sent to the island. An alarm was i'm
mediately sent to the lower police pre-
cincts of the city, and twenty-five men
were ordered to the scene.
The fire grew weaker, and was soon
under way, with firemen, policemen and
others fighting it. The fireboat Mills
was sent to the island as quickly as she
could be made ready Later many
persons went over in tugs and row.
boats.
The end of the building in which the
fire started was used for sleeping, cook
ing and eating by the immigrants The
detention pen, in which there are al
ways a considerable number of immi-
grants being held for Investigation, was
soon consumed. Besides the building
mentioned, there are a hospital offices
of the commissioners, a laundry, a dis
injecting department and great cisterns
in which are stored large quantities of
rainwater gathered from the rooofs of
the buildings. Physicians and minor
officials live in the smaller buildings
1t is presumed at this hour that
these, with all the other buildings on
the island, will be destroyed
The valuable records are undoubtedly
destroyed The 200 immigrants were
safely transferred from the island to
the barge office at the Battery, leaving
no one on the island except the firemen
and few attendants.
The ferryboat John G.. Carlisle, which
plies between the Battery and Ellis ISL
and, arrived at 80 o'clock this morn
ing from the island with the sick from
the hospital. There seventy-five men
and forty-six women and children on
the boat Twenty of the women were
sick, one of them suffering from ty-
phoid fever, and said to be in a serious
COllNlIlIOll w It'll Tie party were also
the doctors and nurses.
The buildings consumed were simply
vast wooden shed structures. made of
the most inflammable material The
main building was 440x154 feet. and
four stories high. The first floor was
devoted to the baggage room. the
offices of the inspectors, the pens of the
immigrants and the offices of the ey
pressmen. The second floor was oc-
cupied by immigrants. 1t was a vast
open space divided into pens by picket
fences. The third floor was gallery
from which the crowds below could be
inspected without coming in contact
with the inspectors.
The cost of the plant is said to have
been $1S0,00O. All the records were
lost.
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REFORMED EPISCOPALIANS
The General Council Continues Its
Sessions.

NEW YORK, June 14-The General
Council of the Reformed Episcopal
Church continued its session this after
noon with only about half of the dele
gates present.
Bishop Cheney of Chicago denied pos
ttivelv that he had reconsidered and
withdrawn his resignation from the
committee.
r. w. Hare of DR.. Cheney's church
said the Reformed Episcopalians of his
parish and synod would not withdraw
from the church, but they would not
send any more delegates to general
councils.
In contradiction to Mr.. Hare's state
ment. indicating that the church mem
bers We're going to remain practically
independent of the General Council, Mr.
Upton of Philadelphia, a close friend OF
Bishop Cheney, nominated G. G. Keith,
a member of DR.. Cheney's parish. to be
a trustee of the Theological Seminary
to fill the vacancy caused by one of Fri
days designations. He was elected
Mr.. Hare explained that Mr.. Keith was
nominated a trustee in order that the
Chicago churches might keep their hold
on the seminary.
Presiding Bishop Fallows was given
Episcopal charge of the synodical juris-
diction of Canada in the place of Bishop
Campbell, resigned. until a new Bishop
is elected by the synod.
Bishop Cheney of Chicago again made
a request that his resignation of Fri
day be at once accepted. He said that
it would be impossible or him to remain
on any of the committees until he could
stand unchalIenged on the foundation
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UNION PACIFIC ROAD.
NONEY CAN BE RAISED TO RE-
DEEH THE PROPERTY.
The Company Can be Reorganized
Without Creating SIS, 100000
ON Preferred Stock.

NEW YORK, June 14.-H w. Rose
baum, who went to Europe last April
in the interest of some of the dissatis-
fed shareholders of the Union Pacific,
returned to-day. He says that he was
more successful than he ever hoped for
when he started.
Il fully realize he said, "the great
difficulty of opposing the powerful syn
dictate which is engaged now in the So
called reorganization of the Union Pa
cific Company. Some prominent houses,
however, have enlisted themselves on
our side, although their names are
withheld until the opposition is more
crystallized. This company can be
easily reorganized without the necessity
of creating $75,000,000 on preferred
stock
II think S50,000,0O0 can be easily
saved to the shareholders. OF course.
all Union Pacific reorganization plans
are dependent on being able to effect
a settlement of the Government on
about the basis which the present Re-
organization Committee contemplates,
but if such a settlement can be OBJ
tanned the creation of this mass of
preferred stock is absolutely unneces-
sary and wasteful. There are still
hopes, however, that Congress might
be induced to grant an extension on
the debt on a fair basis With a sink
ing fund the whole Government debt
could be discharged within a reason
able time and there is no necessity for
the Government to lose a dollar
THE Union Pacific, not counting the
I.
ing funds and some extraordinary
items, such as losses on investments.
which will not occur again. earned last
year surplus of 1850 over and
above payment to the Government of
81, IA, 000 and after having charged
the full interest on all its direct indebt-
edness except the various collateral
loans, which are, however, nearly self
supporting.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the interest on about S37 100000 first
mortgage bonds can be reduced from 6
per cent. to 4 per cent without the
necessity of giving the first mortgage
bonds millions in preferred stock as a.
bonus.
This alone would save to the COM
pany about $750,000 a year, and would
have enabled the company to apply last
years 100000 toward the payment
of the Government debt. OF course. all
financial men realize that if the Gov
eminent wants to sell out its claim and
receive cash therefor it would be quite
impossible to raise the full sum of about
500, 600, 600, which is now owing to the
Government, and the Government would
have to accept a heavy sacrifice. Any
benefit arising from this sacrifice
should, however, in all justice and fair
ness go to the stockholders, and any
thing that is left, after having made
a settlement with the bondholders. by
right and equity must revert to the
present shareholders
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That it Will be Impossible for Spanish
to Overthrow It.
Senator norgan Gives Out Interesting
Information Relating to the Situa-
ton in the IsIand-President Nc
KinIey Handicapped by People
Only Seeking to Make Money Out
of the Misfortune of Others.

NEW YORK, June IA dispatch to
the World from Washington saws:
Senator Morgan in an interview last
night said: Il have information from
most reliable authority that Cuba is
under the control of a completely or
gained civil Government, stronger to-
day than it ever was and so established
that it is impossible now for the Span
iards to overthrow it. The Cubans
have, by the natural resources of that
part of the island in which they are
dominant, sufficient food supplies to
sustain them to the end The tactics
of General Gomez in the meantime baf-
f1e the Spaniards effectuauy.
In the meantime the situation is so
grave in Spain that the Government is
obliged to keep at home all of its regu-
lar army of trained, seasoned, discip-
lined troops an army of $4,000 men,
$4,000 of whom might have been landed
on the island and swept it from one
end to the other. But that is now out
of the question. These soldiers are
wanted at home to meet dangers that
are threatening the throne. The Span
ish Government is afraid to put in con-
policy.
is impossible for me to even con-
ject IRE what President Mckinley will
DC. although I am not at all inclined
to impute to him unpatriotic motives.
But whatever this Government may do,
I am satisfied that this is one revolu-
ton which viii not go backward.
Work has already been accepted and
established which must result in the
independence of Cuba The Senate's
9 ton defining the relations between
Spain and Cuba is a firm and irrevoca-
ble declaration of the truth that there
is war in the island of Cuba
1.-The administration is subjected to
the pressure of two classes of Ameri-
can citizens concerning themselves
about purely business matters. One is
that which is said to have between
$50, 600, 900 and 100000, 900 invested in
the island. The other is the class which
like it avail themselves of the OPP
portunity to make money out of the d.
lemmas and distresses of others which
would have as the basis of Cuban indie
pendence the issuance of $50, 600 900 of
bonds, one-half to be devoted to re-
placing the losses sustained by Ameri-
cans and the other half to go into the
pockets of the bondholders and bond
placers. This Government, I think, is
now in a state of contention with these
influences. No matter how earnestly
the President may believe in doing JUS
tice to Cuba, or how great his desire
to promote her independence, or his
zeal to take care of our people and the
rights in the island, he is handicapped
by the crowd that are only seeking
to make money out Of the misfortunes
of others
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An Immense Amount of Damage Done
in Some Sections.
1any Houses Destroyed, Number of
People Killed, and Much Misery
Caused Among the Europeans,
EuraSianS and Natives i'm the Ex-
tenSive Area Affected.

CALCUTTA, June 14.-Later reports
Increase the gravity of the earthquake
shocks of Saturday in this city and vi
cinity. An extensive area was affected,
causing much misery among many OF
the poor Europeans, Eurasians and ma
tiveS.
The shocks were felt at Simla, Agra,
Bombay, Manipur and at many places
far down the central provinces. An i'm
mense amount of damage was done at
Hoogley, Burdwan and Dace, where
several persons were killed and at Co
palpoor, Patna, Ransganj, NangipoOr,
Balisor Maziffarpoor and Monghyr. At
Darljiing many houses were destroyed
Traffic on the Eastern Bengal Railroad
is interrupted. Bridges have been dam
aged and train was overturned on the
Assam Bengal line. The ground opened
at Manipur and the town of Kohima,
north of Manipur, was severely dam
aged.
The heat prevailing is the highest on
record, 126 degrees in the shade having
been registered at Jacobad, on the from
tier Of Baluchistan.
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PATENTS FOR RAILROAD LANDS.
A Senate Committee Will Investigate
the Matter.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-The SEN
ate Committee on Pacific Railroads to-
day decided to investigate the issuance
of patents to the Pacific railroads under
the Pettigrew resolution and appointed
Senators Foraker, Stewart and Harris
of Kanas a subcommittee for that
purpose. Following is the resolution:
That a committee of five Senators
shall be appointed by the -Presi-
dent, whose duty it shall be to investi-
gate the issue of patents for lands of
the United States to the Pacific Rail-
roads and the California and Oregon
Railway.
Said committee shall also investigate
and report to the Senate the amount
due to the sinking fund of the Union
and Central Pacific roads on account of
subsidies paid the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company by said roads and 6e-
Quoted from the gross earnings of said
roads and charged to the operating ex-
penses.
That said committee shall have power
to send for persons under oath touching
matters which they are hereby en-
powered to investigate and may hold
their sessions during the recess of the
Senate and may appoint a clerk for
said committee and the necessary and
proper expenses incurred in the exc
cution of this order shall be paid out of
the contingent fund of the Senate upon
vouchers approved by the Chairman of
said committee and the powers of said
committee may be exercised by any
subcommittee of their number
The committee also considered at
some length the resolution of Senator
Harris of Kansas, declaring it to be
the sense of the Senate that the Sec
rotary of the Treasury should clear off
the paramount liens on the Union Pa
cific Railway.
No action was taken on this resolu-
ton
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did not feel at liberty to give the eau
Gus full information. Although there
was much reticence observed, it was
believed that the President would be
consulted tomorrow on the subject of
the proposed treaty.
The caucus was in session from )
until 1850 o'clock, and three PROPOSE
tons only were under consideration.
These were: The question of what to
do with the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty,
the advisability of giving a sugar
bounty on beet sugar an dthe question
of an antitrust amendment.
The Hawaiian treaty question was
passed over, but the sugar bounty prop
osition was withdrawn, and the anti
trust amendment was referred to the
Republicans members of the fdiciary
Committee.
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ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.
Final Ratification of the Boundary
Treaty.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE final
ratification of the boundary treaty be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela
was exchanged at the State Depart
ment at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Because this exchange of ratifica-
tions marked the closing chapter in
the negotiations begun in the last and
deciding phase, almost two years ago.
the occasion was marked with some
formadity. The scene was the diplo-
matte reception-room in the State De-
partment, in which the original treaty
between Sir Julian Pauncefote and Sec
rotary Olney was signed last December.
and where on February I'd last the
present treaty was signed by the Brit
ish ambassador and the Venezuelan
Minister. To-day there We're present
in the room Sir Julian, Senior Andrade,
the Venezuelan Minister, and his Sec
rotary of Legation; Acting Secretary of
State William r. Day and Assistant
Secretary Thomas W. Cridler. who has
been instrumental in framing the vari-
Gus treaties, protocols and other writ
ings connected with the treaty.
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BASEBALL.
Results of Yesterdays National
League Games.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Hawley
was an easy mark to-day, and was
pounded hard from the start, thirteen
hits for a total of twenty-five bases be-
ing made in the first six innings. At
tendance $500 Score: Washington
16, hits IS, errors 3; Pittsburg 2, hits
8, errors 3. Observation-Disclosures and
Farrell; Hawley and Merritt, Leahy.
Umpire-Sheridan.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE In
dams won to-day's game from the
Phillies principally through the weak
pitching of Fifield and Wheeler. At
tendance, 5000. Score: Cleveland
10, hits IA, errors 2; Philadelphia 4, hits
Z, errors 3. Batteries-Young and
thinner; Fifield, Wheeler and Clements.
Umpre-McDermott and Mcdonald.
BOSTON, June 1.-Two good hits on
the part of the home team and loose
fielding by Ritchey in the fourth gave
the Bostons another game to-day At
tendance 1850. Score: Boston 5,
hits IL, errors 0; Cincinnati 3, hits s,
errors 4. Observation-Disclosures and
Bergen; Dwyer and Peitz. Umpire
Lynch
BALTIMORE, June 14-The cham
pions to-day won the second game of
the series from the Colonies in loose
ly played game. Attendance 1000.
Score: Baltimore 8, hits IL, errors Z;
Louisville Z, hits 8, errors 4. Batteries
-Hoffer and Bowerman; Fraser and
Dexter. Umpire-Hurst.
NEW YORK, June 14.-New York
took another game from the tail-end-
ers this afternoon, but they were lucky
enough to hit the ball when men were
on bases. Score: New York Z, hits
II, errors 3; ST. Louis f. hits 10, err
rors 2 Batteries-Seymour and War
ner; Donahue and Douglass Umpire
Emslie. Attendance 1900.
BROOKLYN, June 14-Anson's colts
played like lot of schoolboys against
the Brooklyns at Eastern Park this af-
ternoon. The Australian baseball
players witnessed the game from the
grand-stand. In the morning the
players from Kangarooland lined up
against team made up of Chicago
Brooklyn players. Thornton pitched
for the leaguers, but the Australians
won in five innings by a score of II to
8. Score: Brooklyn 10, hits 10, err
rors 3; Chicago 4, hits TO- errors 6.
Batteries-Daub and Grim; Denzer and
Donohue. Umpire-O'Day. Attend
ance = 600
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SENATORIAL CAUCUS.
Republicans Discuss Features of the
Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Re-
publican Senators We're in caucus for
more than three hours tonight. and
when adjournment was reached not very
much progress had been made. The Ha-
waiian treaty proposition was passed
over, to be considered at another eau
Gus, as several Senators expressed the
opinion that if it were true that treaty
of annexation was to be sent in it would
be absurd to enact legislation looking to
the abrogation of the treaty of reci-
procity. Senators who were aware of
the progress of the annexation treaty
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FAURE'S PERIL.
The Alleged Attempted Assassination
of the French President.

PARIS, June 1.-THE newspapers of
this city to-day agree that the alleged
attempt to assassinate President Faure
yesterday was either practical joke
or the act of mailman, and was ar
ranged so as not to hurt anybody
This afternoon the police found
second tube filed with powder and
scrap-iron near the scene of yester-
days explosion. They are of the opin-
ion that the miscreant is probably the
man who placed explosive tubes of a
similar character in the Palace de la
Concorde during the recent visit of
Emperor Nicholas.
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ambassador Porter.

PARIS, June 1.-THE United States
ambassador, General Horace Porter,
was a guest to-day at luncheon which
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, NJ
Hanotaux, gave in honor of Crown
Prince Ito of Japan and other foreign
representatives who are on their way
to attend the Diamond Jubilee of Queen
Victoria. General Porter has presented
his congratulations to President Faure
upon the latter's escape from what ap-
peared to be an attempt upon his life
Yesterday
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of the Christian liberty upon which he
came into the church in 1873. His resig-
nation was accepted.
The whole matter of the change of
legislation and the canons was laid over
until the General Council of 1900 in Bal
timore, as were some proposed changes
in the prayer book.
After a discussion a resolution was
passed admonishing members of the
church not to travel about for pleasure
or private business can the Sabbath.
The council adjourned after me-
mortal service for deceased members.
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posta, Congress Delegates.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-The dele
gates to the Universal Postal Cor gress
devoted to-day mostly to sight s. >: :.
The last work of the congress e
done tomorrow, when a prelimii-4 y
session will be held to sign the general
treaty which is now in proper form for
signatures. 1t will take effect on jan
uary l, 1899
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Four People Badly Burned.

plosion in the residence of stephen
Walsh, near Sharpsburg, this morning
set fire to the house and badly burned
the four occupants. The injured are:
Stephen Walsh, Mrs. Walsh, two chill
dren. Walsh and one of the children
are in a critical condition. The loss,
$4,000. was fully covered by insurance.
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Barnato.Commits Suicide.

LONDON, June II, midnight.-A spe-
cial dispatch from BuchaI. Island of
Madeira, off the west coast of Morocco.
says that on the arrival there to-day of
the British steamship Scot, which left
Table Bay Cape TOWN. on June I'd for
southampton, it was announced that
Barney Barnato, the South African dia-
mond king, who was among the pas
sengers, had committed suicide by leap
Ing overheard. His body was recovered
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Strike at New Haven.

NEW HAVEN, June 14.-On the an
nOuncement this morning of a 10 per
cent. general reduction of wages at the
Worcester Cycle shops in Middletown,
Conn, 100 men went on strike. There
was a reduction Of wages some time
ago at the shops, which gives employ
ment now to about 400 hands and to
about 700 when running on full time.
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Cyclone in Peru.

LIMA (Peru), June IA heavy cy-
clone swept over Arequipa on June 9th.
but no serious damage was done. DR..
Baringa, Minister of Justice under
President Pierola, arrived yesteday.