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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-13
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
Niearaguan Canal BiIl in House, Army
 BilI in Senate.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The house will have little or no time during tho re- maining three weeks of the session to devote to anything except appropra- ton bills. Yet there are a number of measures of great importance which will press for consideration. The an- nouncement of Chairman Cannon that there was no time to consider the steamship subsidy bill and the Nicar- agua canal bill settles the fate of the former. The friends of the latter are to try a flank movement by attmpting to attach the canal bill to the sundry civil bill now under consideration. As it will be the only chance the bill will have at this session it's supporters will make a desperate fight. Time must be given for the consideration of the bill for the development of Hawaii, but it also for the present must give way to the ap- propriaton bills.
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THE BULGAR1A,s PASSENGERS.
New York Agent Says They Numbered
 47-A Crew of 75.

New York, Feb. 12.-A representative of The Associated Press referred to l.. l.. Boise, the general agent of the Ham, burg American line in this city, the in- formation received by cable that the Bulgaria had been reported by the tank steamer Weehawken drifting in a help less condition 800 miles from the Azores Islands and that twenty-five of her pas- sengers had been rescued by the Wee hawken. No report of the affair had reached MT. Boise up to that time and he was greatly surprised. He said the Bulgaria left this port on January 28. He said at first the steamer carried twenty-five steerage passengers, but later said she had forty-seven passen- bers on board. Her crew numbered sev- enty-five under command of Captain Schmidt. She had on board 107 horses and 5000 tons of freight, the most of it being grain. The Bulgaria, MT. Boise said, had no cabin accommodations for passengers and that therefore all the pas assengers aboard were in the steerage. They were mostly Germans and from all parts of the United States. The Bulgaria is not a British steamer. She was built in England, is a twin screw steamer of 5000 tons. MT. Boise had no idea what could have happened to the steamer except that probably some of her machiiery had broken in the heavy storms which have prevailed during the past week everywhere.
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In the Senate.

Washington, Feb. 12--The promised
 effort on the part of the committee on
 military affairs to get immediate con- sideration of the army reorganization
 bill probably will be the most impor
 tant feature of the proceedings of the senate during the present week. Lines are divided very sharply on this bill, and the contest over its consideration will unquestiona be both fierce and stubborn. The republican members of the committee manifest strong deter mination to press the bill regardless Of all other measures, and their first ef- fort will be to secure consent from the committee on appropriations to set the appropriation bills aside until the army bill can be disposed of. They argue that it is useless to proceed with the appropriations, especially those for the army, until it is known how large the army will be. Another question which bids fair to provoke controversy is that involved in MT Hawley's notice for motion for the reconsideration of unan- imous consent to the proposition to vote on the McEnery resolution at 3 o'clock Several senators were absent when the consent was given. Senator Hawley's motion for reconsideration was made after consultation with them. There is little doubt that MT. Mason will resist this attempt.
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GERMANY,S FRIENDSHIP.
The Effusive Amiability of Saturday's
 Debate iM Reichstag.

Berlin. Feb. 12.-What Russia is to
 Germany on the political chessboard, the United States are ot her in the com-
 mercial-politcal game Hence the ef- fusive amiability of Saturdays debate which, while it is certainly dictated by
 Germany's interests, is also partly prompted by considerations arising out of the anglo-American reapproachment. The United States are to be shown that it is not only England who is their friend. Herr Von Buelow has achieved a brilliant success. Baron Marschall expressed exactly the same ideas years ago, but they met then with a far cooler reception. It must have done Herr Won Buelow good to hear his praises sung by Prince Herbert Bismarck. That is an incident not exactly favoring the early appearance of the third volume of the Bismarck memoirs Prince Herbert spoke very flatteringly of American statesmen, who," he said, always acted on the principle of fair play, so that negotiations of whatever had always led in his fathers case to satisfy results, as his father had repeatedly acknowl- edged"
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LOST IN sNOTSLIDE.
Twenfy-fonr Lives mt Silver Plume.
 Col.-EIeven Bodies Recovered,

Twenfy-fonr Lives nt Silver Plume.
 Col.-EIeven Bodies Recovered.
 Georgetown, Col, Feb. 12.-In a snow slide at Silver Plume to-day, twenty four lives are believed to have been lost. Those dead are miners and their fami- lies. Eleven bodies have been recover ed, only two of which have been iden- tified. The disaster occurred at 8 o'clock this morning starting two miles from camp. The avalanche came with terrific force, carrying with 1t huge powders and immense trees. A short distance from the starting point the avalanche parted, one section coming from Cherokee gulch. taking with it two cabins occupied by Italians, and the shaft house of the Carry mine. The other slide came down William gulch, betwene the Uelican and the Seven- thirty mines. This portion of the slide did the most damage. Settlements of miners, mostly Italians, were swept by both gulches.
 For a week or more the inhabitants have moved from place to place to es- cape threatening disaster should the snow start down the mountain sides. Some fingered in their home and when the slide came to-day escape for them was impossible. It is estimated that thirteen bodies are still buried beneath the snow on the two gulches. There is practically no hope for those under the debris.
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GALE SWEEPS BRITISH ISLES,
Floods Caused at Many Points Serious
 Damage to Sea Walls.

London, Feb 12.-A heavy gale swept the British islands yesterday and has continued to-day causing floods at many points. Rivers have overf1owed their banks; railways have been sub- merged, and there have been numerous casualties along the coast At New port, Monmouthshire, a huge tidal wave leaped over the sea wall, submerging thousands of acres and the low lying portions of the town One man was drowned The unusually high tide to- day did serious damage to sea walls at Ryde and Sandowne on the Isle of Wight.
 A coal lighter has foundered off Cro- mera, Norfolk county, and five of her crew were drowned. It is feared that the loss of the British steamer Arno, which foundered in a gale off Nab lightship, will prove very serious s. aster. The captain and three members of the crew who reached South sea in an exhausted condition report that eight or ten men are missing of the ships company.
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AWFUL DISASTERS IN WEST
SEVENTEEN INSANE PERSONS ARE
 RUINED TO DEATH.
Caught in n Fire at the State Asylum of South Dakota At Silver Plume, Col, TweMty-fOur Lives Are Belle ved to Have Been Lost In SnOwslide - Eleven Bodies Already Recovered.
Bodies Already Recovered.

Yankton, s. D., Feb. 12.-One of the
 most horrifying fires in the history of
 Yankton occurred this morning at the
 state insane asylum, when one of the
 cottages took fire in the basement,
 completely ruining the building and causing the loss of the lives of seventeen was of stone and granite walls. The interior was wood and intended for laundry purposes, but owing to the crowded condition of the main building forty of the female patients were placed there and the laundry was operated in the basement. The exact cause of the fire is not known except that it origin ated in the drying room of the laun- dry.
 With the thermometer standing at 23 degrees below zero the inmates who could escape came down the narrow and bare feet into the bitter sold, and had it not been for the nearness of shell ter the suffering and probable loss of life from freezing would have been ter rible. The building was three stories high, with an attic and two entrances, one east and one west. There was one stairway from the second and third floors, which led into the main halls to these entrances, thus giving but one egress for those on the second and third floors and attic. Forty-two persons were in the building, forty patients and two female attendants. An inquest is now in progress at the asylum, which may deve.op the exact cause of the fire. It is not thought that blame will be at- tached to any of the attendants. Por- tions of charred remains can be seen in the debris at the bottom of the base ment. The work of removing the re- mains will begin in the morning. The four walls still stand. In 1882 the asy- lum, then frame building, was de- stroyed by fire and several lives were lost. The loss on the building to-day is $1S,000; uninsured.
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OFFICERS SHOOT EACH OTHER.
Trouble in the Camp of the Fourth
 Kentucky.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 12.-A special to-
 the Constitution from Anniston, Ala.s
 says: The trouble that has been brew- | ing for some time between Colonel Da-s vid Colson and First Lieutenant Ed- ward Scott of the Fourth Kentucky cul- | minated at late hour last night in
 shooting affray in which Colonel Colson
 was shot in the hip and Lieutenant
 Scott had a narrow escape. The affair occurred in restaurant. The lieuten- ant was sitting at table with Lieuten-S ant Blakeman, when Colonel Colson en- tered. He walked over near the two men and pulled Lieutenant Blakeman's ear, at the same time applying to him vile epithet. Lieutenant Scott de-3 clared that Blakeman was his friend and he would not allow him to be in- suited. S
 At this Colson drew pistol and Lieut. tenant Scott rose from his chair with a pistol in each hand. There were quite a number of men in the place, and while same say they do not know who fired first several declare that Colson opened
 
 before the onlookers could stop the fu- slade Lieutenants Mackay and Phelps were on duty as provost guard and were. in the room at the time. Lieutenant Phelps ran up to Lieutenant Scott, de- manding his pistols, and the latter gave them up. The pistol was taken from Colson by force. Quick as a flash Colo; mel Colson drew another weapon and fired, some say, at Lieutenant Scott, but without effect. The provost then bent his efforts to securing Colson's pistol, and in doing so struck Colson twice with his fist. Colson was the only man wounded. He was carried to an up- stairs room and physician were sum- moned.
 A bullet had entered his hip and ranged around to the rear, where it was located and extracted. Colonel Colson made frantic efforts to get up and secure his pistols It was some time before he could be queted. A friend oI Coisons swore out a warrant for Scott and he was arrested to-day. Both officers have many warm personal friends in the reg iment, which was mustered out yester- day. As the trouble has been brewing for some time and a strong and bitter feeling arose between the two factions now it is feared there might be further trouble and the entire provost guard was ordered out. Owing to the lateness of the hour, however, few people knew of the affair until morning.
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THE WEATHER IN FLORIDA.
Orange Belt Not Yet Within the Freez
 ing Zone.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 12-A storm of unusual severity is sweeping across the state of Florida. It began at Pen- sacoa this morning and touched this city tonight. Sleet has fallen to the depth of two inches at Pensacola and is falling here tonight. Some anxiety is felt concerning the safety of cattle on the ranges in the western part of the state and about the fruit and vegetable crop. The temperatures range at o'clock from IA degrees at Pensacola to 72 at Key West. The orange belt is as vet not within the freezing area.
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Great Western Circuit.

Dubuque, la, Feb. 12.-Dates for the great western circuit have been ar ranged in conjunction with the grand circuit tracks in the west, as follows: Davenport, July to S. Peoria, July 10 to 15, Detroit, July 17 to 22, Cleveland, July "A to 29; Chicago, July 31 to Aug ust 5; Fort Wayne, August to IT; Her rick, August to 12; Joliet, August 13 to 19; Independence, August 21 to 26; Dubuque, August 2S to September 2; Hamlin, September 4 to g; Milwaukee, September Il to 16; Terre Haute, Sep tember IS to 23; Rockford, September IS to 23; Louisville, September 20 to 30; Lexington, October 1 to 1.
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THE STORM IN NEW YORK.
Mails Late Ocean Liners Fail to Arrive
 -Harbor Full of Ice.

-Harbor Full of Ice.
 New York, Feb. 12.-The three days
 of unprecedented cold in New York fin-
 ished up last night with a driving
 snowstorm. During that time the mer-
 cury went lower inthe tube than it had
 since 1872, when the weather bureau first
 began to send out public reports. It
 reached degrees below zero. The snow
 snow continued throughout to-day and
 if the reports be true 1t will continue
 throughout tonight and perhaps again
 derful winter in New York. Already the snow record of last year has been
 beaten by more than foot, and what
 is more to the point it has s.remained longer on the ground, much to the dis
 comfort of the good citizens.
 Last nights storm was characterized
 more by the cold, biting wind that ac-
 companied it than by the fall of snow,
 but although the snowfall was not
 great it managed to drift sufficient along the railroad lines to delay many of the
 incoming trains and consequently the mails. In the morning the incoming mails were from three to five hours late and ost of them were incomplete, due to
 the failure of the through trains to make connections with the branch
 roads. The mails from the north and west over the New York Central, due at a. m., arrived at 9:10; the Boston and GaJ ct e.dE o'clock. The mails from the north and west due at 11:25 a. n., did not arrive until late in the afternoon, and so it was with all the mails, the later in the day they were scheduled to arrive the far- ther behind time they were. The har- Dor is full of masses of ice and minia- ture icebergs, with the result that ship ping is being interfered with. The Har- lem river was frozen solid north from the Harlem bridge. In the Kilb be- tween Falls Island and the inland and the mouth of the Harlem rivert the water was freezing rapidly, with great cakes of ice floating in it, that there was serious interference with the transport service of the New Haven railroad, tugs being used constantly to break l through the floes. The Boston express, which is ferried around to Jersey City, | was delayed very materially on this &C., count and the big freight car floats were | moved with the greatest difficulty.
 At late hour to-day none of the big | liners had reached their docks. A | strong north wind was blowing during the day and this may have the effect | of keeping some of them off the coast. The list of those due includes the Gu harder Eetruria, the Alsatia Anchoria, Paris, LeBretagne and the Spaarndam. The Spaarndam belongs to the Holland American line and should have reached [ port two days ago. The few vessels that did creep gratefully into port struggled through the ice foes in the lower bay. The few sound steamers scheduled to reach here this morning were about four hours late. The Brock on of the Fall River line passed the Battery on her way to her dock in the North river shortly after Il o'clock. The line steamer Maine reached Ter dock about tEe same time.
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WelcOm ed by England.

London, Feb 13.-The Times referring editorially to Saturdays debate in the Reichstag upon the interpolation of Count Won Kanitz, the agrarian leader says: The debate was a good omen for the establishment of a sound basis of the new order of things brought into existence by the overthrow of the i'm perial power of Spain. A reconciliation or reapproachment between Germany and the United States would be heartily welcomed in England and as additional guarantee of peace and progress throughout the world.
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DESPATCH FROM OTIS.
AguinaldO Probably Received Informa-
 ton from His Washington Agent.

AguinaIdO Probably Received Informa-
 ton from His Washington Agent.
 Washington, Feb. 12.-The following cablegram was received at the war de- partment to-day:
 Manila, Feb. 12. Adjutant General, Washington:
 Reported that insurgent representa- tive at Washington telegraphed to Aguinaldo before arrival of reinforce ments. Dispatch received at Hong Kong and mailed to Malolos, which de- cided on attack to be made about 7th. Very quiet to-day on lines from Caloo can on north to Panay on south. Yes terday small reconnoitering party twelve miles south of city fired on two men, slightly wounded. Two insur- gents with arms captured. Affair of Tenth MacArthur's division very suc- cegsful Enemy's loss considerable; have collected seventy dead bodies; more not yet discovered. Insurgents reported to be gathering in force twelve miles north on railway, but evidently perplexed. Otis.
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MORE LYNCHING IN GEORGIA.
THREE NEGROES TAKEN EROM.TxTr
 ATLEESBURG.
Hob of 300 Battered Down Walls in Spite of Sheriff's Protest-Tied victtms to Tree and Shot Them to Death " Governor Offers Reward for Appre- hensfOn of Lynchers.

Leesburg, Ga., Feb. 12.-A mob of am
 men came into this city at mfdnieht
 last night, broke into the iail. toolr
 therefrom three negroes and lvnchea
 them. The men were not hung. Thev
 were tied to tree and shot. They war;
 George Bevis, George Fort and wii,
 Holt The mob came into town from
 all directions and in all kinds of con-
 veyances. Americus sent the largesf
 delegation, probably 200 coming from
 that point. It was reported early in thS
 evening that they were going to Smith,
 Vile and take train from there. bllt
 the officials getting wind of this thas plan was changed. The party arrived at the jail about midnight. sheriff Jones was on the alert, and when ad-
 mission was asked promptly refused.
 His word went for nothing, and in A moment the jail door was battered down. In seven minutes the mob stood within the jail.
 The sheriff seeing he would be unable to do anything with the men entered the jail and asked them who they wanted. They told him they wanted to look over the negroes he had and they were after the rascals who had outrag- ed Mrs. Maroney, the wife of a schooI- master, ill December last. The sheriff then, under cover of several revolvers. unlockd the cage in which the negroes. four in number, were confined. The leaders were admitted, and as the three men were presented asked them to stand aside. The leader also asked for Arthur and Henry Rocks, saying they were equally guilty. The sheriff plead- ed with the mob and told them he did not think they were guilty. He said the evidence against them was not com- plete, and he finally prevailed upon the mob to leave them. The three men were then marched out of jail and talk en to the outskirts of the town and in a little strip of woods were tied to trees and shot to death.
 The men lynched were concerned in a crime which stirred south Georgia to it's depths Last December they entered the house of John Maroney, a school teacher, near Leesburg. The leader of the black trio ordered Mrs. Maroney to tie her husbands hands behind his back after which they bound him to the bedA The negroes then ransacked the house and one of them outraged Mrs. Maroney in sight of her husband. The negroes escaped and the state offered heavy reward. The negroes were not captured until two days ago. To-day Governor Chandler notified the sheriff he would offer larger reward for the apprehen- sion of the lynchers.
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TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
Committee Trying to Enlist American
 Interest in the UnGertaking.

Berlin, Feb. 12.-A committee, repre- senting the international congress for the prevention of tuberculosis, which will sit in Berlin from May "A to May 27 under the patronage of Empress Au- gustus Victoria and Prince Won Hohen- lohe called at the United States embas- sy to enlist American interest in the un- at the embassy. He is preparing re- port for the medical press on the pur- pose and scope of the congress, whose main object is to devise ways and means of combating tuberculosis and especially as popular scourge. Em- peror William will entertain the mem- bers of the congress-
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Lawton, has arrived here. General Lawton has telegraphed the United States consular agent, Alfred W. Hay den, that fifty members of the expedi- tion had deserted at Port Said and would be brought to Suez by train. A guard of Egyptian soldiers was mar shalled in the depot to prevent their escape. But only two men appeared. These said that neither they nor any of the others wished to desert the expedi- tion, They had gone ashore and got drunk, but were willing to return. The transport will wait for them here.
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Lfghtship Ont of POsitioM

Boston, Feb. 12.-Captain Bond of the steamer Howard, which arrived at this port to-day from Baltimore, reports from it's position, probably forced away by the heavy ice. The captain of the Shovelful lightship informed Captain Bond that the missing lightship was driven from it's station late Saturday night.
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Skaters Cut Of from Shore.

Chicago, Feb. 12.--SiXteen skaters liv- ing in the suburbs of Rogers park and Lake Forest were carried out into Lake Michigan on ice foes to-day. Ten of them were rescued and during the en- tire evening searching parties made f.uitless efforts to secure some trace of the missing six.
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BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
McClurg Building Destroyed-Loss
 $65O, O,OOO-- Bremen Frostbitten

FTOstDlNLens
 Chicago, Feb. 12.-The five story brick building at the northwest corner of Wabash and Madison street. occupied by Clug & Co.,, was, with ifs contents, to- tally destroyed by fire to-day, entailing loss of nearly $650,0O0 of which s50O,- 900 was on the stock. McClurg & Co., carried one of the largest stocks of rare old books and manuscripts in existence outside the great libraries, including many volumes which cannot be re- placed. All these were lost. The fire was started by an explosion of gas which leaked from pipe on the third floor and spread with amazing rapidity. Many of the firemen were severely frost bitten.
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Dreyfus is Well,

London, Feb. 13.-The Daily Tele- graph publishes the following dispatch from Cayenne, capital of French Gui- ana The judicial officer, who has just returned here from a visit to Dreyfus on the isle De Diable informs me that the prisoner is in good health, but de- clines to reply to the written interroga- tions of the court of cessation on the ground that his answers would be in- accurately transmitted to Paris.
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CONCESSIONS TO FRANCE.
Made by Italy i'm Rcd sea-Wfll Weaken
 British Strength.

London Feb. 13.-Italy and France, says the Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail, have agreed to share pos session of Cape Pumeira, on the Rahrta coast, at the southern extremity of the Red Sea. It is expected that France will fortify her position. In the opinion of the correspondent the British fortifi- cations at Perrin, in the Strait of Bab- El-Mandeb with France to ehe Red Sea, will lose much of their strategic value by this Italian concession to the French government.